Palm Island Dancers, 1930

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.

Location

Palm Island, QLD
Australia
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Plan of Palm Island Compound, 1931

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
Australia
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1 January 1941
1 September 2010
1 September 2010

Location

Palm Island, QLD
Australia
See map: Google Maps
1 September 2010
Lands Office

Collection of Queensland State Archives

Palm Island

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.

The Queen in Queensland, Pix 27 March 1954

The Queen in Queensland was the feature subject in Pix magazine on 27 March 1954. The cover showed the Queen arriving at the State Recepiton at Parliament House, Brisbane, greeted by the State Premier Vince Gair. Other pages featured photographs of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Brisbane, Toowoomba, Townsville, and Cairns. Much was made of the weather and the mix of formality and informality surrounding the tour. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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