White children and their Pacific Islander attendants at the Hambledon Sugar Plantation outside Cairns, c1891.

Collection of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland image 172486

Pacific Islander wooden club, c1870s

Pacific Islander wooden club, c1870s

Location

Australia
E6970
Queensland Museum
Malampa, Vanuatu
23 November 2010

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Australia
Dimensions
1100mm
137mm

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
E16946
Queensland Museum
Mackay
23 November 2010

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Erakala Mackay, QLD
Australia
21° 8' 28.356" S, 149° 11' 8.25" E
Dimensions
651mm
157mm

Solomon Island canoe paddle, 1884

Solomon Island canoe paddle, 1884

Location

Solomon Islands
E4508
Queensland Museum
Solomon Islands
1 January 1884
28 October 2010

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Solomon Islands
Dimensions
1412mm
413mm

Solomon Island axe with decorative handle, 1883-1900

Solomon Island axe with decorative handle, 1883-1900

Locations

Makira
Solomon Islands
MK
Solomon Islands
E310
Queensland Museum
Makira, Solomon Islands
28 October 2010

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Makira
Solomon Islands
MK
Solomon Islands

The Swallow family and members of their staff at Hambledon Sugar Plantation outside Cairns, c1889.

Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland image 171012

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, two visions of a white tropical Queensland vied for ascendancy. One was based on the principle of white dominance.

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