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Aboriginal labour and the cattle industry : Queensland from white settlement to the present
- Title
- Aboriginal labour and the cattle industry : Queensland from white settlement to the present / Dawn May.
- Author
- May, Dawn, 1942-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | GN667.Q4 M38 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 242 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Land use in Queensland at the time of first contact; Aboriginal resistance to settlers; importance of traditional Aboriginal skills in development of pastoral industry; incorporation of Aboriginal labour into the pastoral industry - by 1886 half the total workforce in the industry; 1897 Protection Act and requirement for written agreement for each worker in the industry; disparity in wages throughout the state; attitude of the labour movement to Aboriginal labour; station conditions; race relations; attitudes to women; 1919 Employment Regulation, establishment of missions and their role in provision of labour to pastoral industry; fight for equal pay; role of trade unions and FCAATSI; contemporary land management and acquisition of pastoral properties for traditional owners.
- Series Statement
- Studies in Australian history
- Uniform Title
- Studies in Australian history.
- Subject
- Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Queensland > Economic conditions
- Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Queensland > Social conditions
- Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Queensland > History
- Cattle trade > Australia > Queensland > History
- Unskilled labor > Australia > Queensland > History
- Economic sectors > Agriculture and horticulture > Pastoral industry > Beef cattle
- Employment > Conditions > Industrial relations > Trade unions
- Employment > Conditions > Wages
- Environment > Land management
- Land rights > Excisions and leases > Pastoral leases
- Occupations > Pastoral industry workers
- Politics and Government > Political parties > Australian Labor Party
- Race relations > Violent
- Race relations > Racism > Stereotyping
- 15.90 history of Australia and Oceania
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians > Economic conditions
- Aboriginal Australians > Social conditions
- Cattle trade
- Economic history
- Unskilled labor
- Wirtschaftliche Lage
- Viehhandel
- Geschichte
- Landarbeiter
- Veehandel
- Aborigines
- Iwi taketake
- Queensland > Economic conditions
- Queensland > History
- Queensland (Qld.)
- Queensland
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-234) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Aboriginal Land Use at the Time of Contact -- 2. The Arrival of White People -- 3. The Entry of Aboriginal Workers into the Cattle Industry -- 4. The 1897 Act and its Aftermath -- 5. Opponents of the Act -- 6. Continuity and Change -- 7. The 1919 Employment Regulation -- 8. Increasing Government Involvement -- 9. Missions -- 10. World War II and Beyond -- 11. Equal Pay -- 12. Contemporary Land Management -- Appendix 1. Estimating the Number of Aboriginal Workers in the Queensland Cattle Industry -- Appendix 2. Locations of North Queensland Cattle Properties -- Appendix 3. Pastoral Properties and Companies Employing 'Assisted' Aborigines in 1967.
- ISBN
- 0521465060
- 9780521465069
- 0521469155
- 9780521469159
- LCCN
- 94013644
- OCLC
- ocm30318273
- 30318273
- SCSB-2038376
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library