indentured labour

Pandanus basket, Vanuatu, 1883-1900

Pandanus basket, Vanuatu, 1883-1900

Location

Australia

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E5616

Queensland Museum

Penama, Vanuatu

23 November 2010

Australia

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South Sea Islander cane knife

South Sea Islander cane knife

Location

Erakala Mackay, QLD

Australia

21° 8' 28.356" S, 149° 11' 8.25" E

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E16946

Queensland Museum

Mackay

23 November 2010

Erakala Mackay, QLD

Australia

21° 8' 28.356" S, 149° 11' 8.25" E

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Dimensions

651mm

157mm

Australian South Sea Islanders

When I was a child I would ask my mother where we came from, she would take a tea towel from the drawer and show me a map of the New Hebrides.

Solomon Island axe with decorative handle, 1883-1900

Solomon Island axe with decorative handle, 1883-1900

Locations

Makira

Solomon Islands

E310

Queensland Museum

Makira, Solomon Islands

28 October 2010

Makira

Solomon Islands

South Sea Islander huts, Farnbro, Childers, 1904. Queensland agricultural journal, 1904. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Group of South Sea Islanders, Watawa Plantation, Bingera, 1897. Queensland agricultural journal, 1897. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

South Sea Islanders cutting cane, Bingera, 1897. Queensland agricultural journal, 1897. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

South Sea Islanders planting cane, Bingera, 1897. Queensland Agricultural Journal, 1897. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

South Sea Islanders, loading sugar cane, c1890. Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland image 16964

South Sea Islanders, Lower Herbert, c1890. Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland image 18049