Aborigines

Native Police

England, like most European powers, conquered and ruled a large colonial empire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Separating land, separating culture

Before the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 was introduced, many Aboriginal people lived within the boundaries of their own ‘country’ according to cultu

The 1967 Referendum – the State comes together?

The 27 May 1967 national Referendum was a turning point in Queensland’s political landscape, though not in the manner ordinarily conceived.

Map of Queensland Reserves and Missions, 1958

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1 January 1959

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QLD

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Queensland Parliamentary Papers

Map of Queensland Reserves and Missions, 1958. Location of Government Settlements, Church Missions and Torres Strait Island Reserves. Native Affairs - Annual Report of the Director of Native Affairs for the year ended 30 June 1958, Queensland Parliamentary Papers, Vol 2, 1958–59. Places mapped include Cherbourg Settlement, Woorabinda Settlement, Foleyvale Reserve, Aitkenvale Hostel, Palm Island Settlement, Fantome Island, Yarrabah Mission, Mona Mona Mission, Bloomfield Mission, Hopevale Mission, Lockhart River Mission, Bamaga Settlement, Mapoon Mission, Weipa Mission, Aurukun Mission, Edward River Mission, Doomadgee Mission, Morningington Island, Boigu Island, Dauan Island, Mabuiag Island, Badu Island, Moa Island, Saibai Island, Darnley Island, Yorke Island, Murray Island, Stephen Island, Yam Island, Coconut Island, and Thursday Island.

Palm Island Dancers, 1930. Collection of John Oxley Library. The photographer has positioned visiting white tourists at centre stage.

Collection of John Oxley Library

Carpet snake painting

Palm Island’s origins are in Gubbal or Carpet Snake Dreaming. The painting by James McAvoy, with assistance from other Palm Islanders, Joanne Bulmer, Vina Palmer and HJ Wilson, is one of many tributes to Palm’s history that are displayed on the island yet often overlooked by visiting journalists. Private Collection.

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Palm Island, QLD

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Plan of Palm Island Compound, Justices Department, 7 January 1931. Collection of Queensland State Archives. Palm Island compound (1930) built on the principle of segregation akin to apartheid. Palm Islanders were banned from entering tree lined Mango Avenue where white staff members were housed.

Collection of Queensland State Archives

Map of Palm and Surrounding Islands, 1941

Palm Island, QLD

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1 January 1941

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Palm Island, QLD

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Lands Office

Collection of Queensland State Archives

Map of Palm and Surrounding Islands, 1941. Lands Office, Palm Island Bundle. Collection of Queensland State Archives. Palm and surrounding islands. Fantome’s lock hospital for treatment of venereal disease was positioned opposite Palm’s Coolgaree Bay. The lazarette for leprosy sufferers were positioned at the opposite end.

Palm Island

Palm Island is situated in north Queensland, 65 kilometres northwest of Townsville, in Halifax Bay. It is the largest Indigenous community of Queensland.

Stone walls do a prison make: law on the landscape

The imposition of a new and dominant system of law was an important part of the European settlement of Queensland.