Brisbane

The Aboriginal Presence 1824-1860

By: Raymond Evans, Rod Fisher, Libby Connors, John Mackenzie-Smith, Dennis Cryle

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Paperback | 11 December 2020

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This second edition has been reviewed and expanded to include some of Australia’s best qualified historians and researchers in Aboriginal history. Many of these authors continue to campaign for more research into First Nations history and the Frontier Wars.

This second edition of Brisbane: The Aboriginal Presence now comprises a foreword which examines recent research in Aboriginal studies, and seven instead of six papers on race relations in the Brisbane region between 1824 and 1860. It covers the convict and early settlement periods until the Separation of Queensland from New South Wales in late 1859.

The papers provide overviews of race relations during each of these periods, and highlight various themes, including:

Aboriginal occupation before European settlement

The impact of European settlement

Reciprocal attitudes and relations

Aboriginal resistance and European repression

Sexual relations between Aborigines and Europeans

The role of law, administration and the press

Aborigines in the local economy

The failure of assimilation

The fate of local clans

These themes are illustrated by numerous incidents and case studies including:

The observations of explorers, missionaries and administrators

Convict, runaway and settler experiences

Violent clashes on Stradbroke Island in 1831–32

Aboriginal hangings between 1841 and 1859

Unrest in the ‘suburbs’ during the late 1840s to 1850s

Squatters, Governor Gipps and the Kilcoy poisonings between 1841 and 1843

The white raid on Yorks Hollow camp in 1846

The police attack on Breakfast Creek camps in 1846

These papers are based on detailed research of primary sources by experienced historians who are distinguished for the originality and calibre of their work.

This attractive and informative volume is for everyone interested in race relations generally and Brisbane in particular, including students, teachers, schools, libraries, academics and the general reader.

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