religion

Too remote, too primitive and too expensive: Scandinavian settlers in colonial Queensland

The defining feature of colonial Queensland was its high immigrant population.

Dancing Coming of the Light ceremony, Thursday Island, 1958. Slide by Harry Hyndman, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland

Hammond Island, 1958. On the hill is the Catholic Church built by Islanders from local stone.

Religious ceremony, Torres Strait, 1958. Slide by Harry Hyndman, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland

Shark dance headdress, 1989

Shark dance headdress, 1989

Locations

Erub Island, Torres Strait, QLD

Australia

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Cairns, QLD

Australia

16° 55' 24.2364" S, 145° 46' 25.8636" E

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QE12721

Queensland Museum

Cairns, Queensland

1 January 1989

28 October 2010

Erub Island, Torres Strait, QLD

Australia

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Cairns, QLD

Australia

16° 55' 24.2364" S, 145° 46' 25.8636" E

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Dimensions

660mm

650mm

260mm

Portable altar set

Portable altar set

Location

Australia

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H27692

Queensland Museum

28 October 2010

Australia

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Dimensions

295mm

265mm

115mm

Girls from Yarrabah Aboriginal Reserve, 1954.

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Missions and reserves

‘Surviving the system’