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1855 sketch of Dundalli by Silvester Diggles. Dundalli (c. 1820 – 5 January 1855) was an Aboriginal lawman who figured prominently in accounts of conflict between British settlers and indigenous aboriginal peoples in the area of Brisbane in South East Queensland.
Within months of becoming premier, Bjelke-Petersen encountered his first controversy over allegations of conflict of interest. In April 1959, while still a backbencher, he had paid £2 for an Authority to Prospect, giving him the right to search for oil over 150,000 square kilometres (58,000 sq mi) near Hughenden in far north Queensland. The ...
The conflict in Queensland was the bloodiest in the history of colonial Australia. Some studies give evidence of some 1,500 whites and associates (meaning Aboriginal servants, as well as Chinese, Melanesian, and other non-Europeans) killed on the Queensland frontier during the 19th century, while others suggest that upwards of 65,000 Aboriginal ...
No numbers were made but the 'affray' was later described as 'one of the bloodiest in Queensland frontier history'. [158] 1849. Unknown numbers killed on the Balonne and Condamine. By 1849 clashes between Aboriginal people and settlers occurred on the Balonne and Condamine Rivers of Queensland. [63]
Queensland represents the single bloodiest colonial frontier in Australia. [62] [63] Thus the records of Queensland document the most frequent reports of shootings and massacres of indigenous people and the most disreputable frontier police force. [64] Thus some sources have characterised these events as a "Queensland Aboriginal genocide".
It holds historical significance and has been a site of various events over the years. Originally an island in the Burnett River, Paddy Island has seen frontier conflicts involving squatters and station hands from surrounding properties, resulting in significant confrontations with Aboriginal communities in the area. [2]
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.He is best remembered for his work mapping the various tribal groupings of Aboriginal Australians at the time of European settlement, shown in his map published in 1940.
The Other Side of the Frontier is a history book published in 1981 by Australian historian Henry Reynolds. It is a study of Aboriginal Australian resistance to the British settlement, or invasion, of Australia from 1788 onwards. The book constituted the first comprehensive research on this topic, and had a profound impact on Australian ...