Queensland Government immigration poster, c1891

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John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Queensland Government immigration poster, c1891. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Major settlements of Scandinavians in 19th century Queensland

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Major settlements of Scandinavians in 19th century Queensland. From Jens Lyng, ‘Scandinavian Settlement in Queensland: IV, A Troubled Beginning’, Norden, 27 June 1931, p 5

Portrait of Anna Christina Kruse in Danish national costume. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

National Danish costume, c1907. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

 John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Drawing of Norwegian naturalist and explorer Carl Lumholtz and his dog, c1882

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Photographer, Poul Poulsen, seated left, and other members of the Danish Community, Brisbane c1900. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Scandinavian masquerade ball, South Brisbane Town Hall, c1906.

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

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

Trinidad Garcia, c1939. Events in Europe prompted great changes in the cultural and industrial landscape of the north.

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South Johnstone strike, 1929. Responses to strikes, such as that in South Johnstone during 1929, rapidly polarised workers according to their ethnic background.

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