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Djabugay country : an aboriginal history of tropical North Queensland
- Title
- Djabugay country : an aboriginal history of tropical North Queensland / Timothy Bottoms.
- Author
- Bottoms, Timothy (Timothy David Reis)
- Publication
- St. Leonards, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DU125.D63 B67 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxii, 138 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- Culture and history of the Djabuganydji, Nyagali, Guluy, Buluwanydji and Yirrganydji peoples who speak dialects of Djabugay; Ancestors' stories; history of contact by sea and by land; setting up Mona Mona Mission near Flaggy Creek and operation of the Mission; Kyber Farm; Four Mile Beach Camp, Port Douglas; effects of the closure of Mona Mona Mission on 1/1/1963; life at Mantaka; handback of parcels of land at Mantaka and Kowrowa.
- Subject
- Mona Mona Mission (Qld.)
- Djabugay (Australian people) > History
- Djabugay / Tjapukai / Djabuganjdji language (Y106) (Qld SE55-01)
- Djabugay / Tjapukai / Djabuganjdji people (Y106) (Qld SE55-01)
- Stories and motifs
- Stories and motifs - Cultural heroes
- Social organisation
- History
- Colonisation
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Government policy - State and territory - Queensland
- Land rights - Handbacks
- Daily life
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Race relations
- Djabugay (Australian people)
- Iwi taketake
- Cairns Region (Qld.) > History
- Cairns Region (Qld.) > Race relations
- Kuranda (NE Qld SE55-02)
- Mareeba (NE Qld SE55-01, SE55-05)
- Cairns (NE Qld SE55-02)
- Port Douglas (NE Qld SE55-01)
- Barron River (NE Qld SE55-02, SE55-05)
- Flaggy Creek (NE Qld SE55-02)
- Mona Mona (NE Qld SE55-02)
- Mantaka (NE Qld SE55-02)
- Kowrowa (NE Qld SE55-02)
- Queensland > Cairns Region
- Queensland > Nord
- Aborigines
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-132) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword by the Elders -- Preface by Noel Pearson -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Illustrations -- A guide to Djabugay pronunciation -- Glossary -- 1. Journeys of the Gurra-Gurra (Ancestors) -- 2. From Bama Bulmba to Far North Queensland (1873-1912) -- 3. Mission Days (1913-1962) -- 4. This side of the railway tracks (1963-1997) -- Afterword by Henry Reynolds -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- ISBN
- 1865080314
- 9781865080314
- LCCN
- 00363898
- OCLC
- ocm40792743
- 40792743
- SCSB-864477
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library