Aboriginal labour and the cattle industry : Queensland from white settlement to the present /

Aboriginal labour and the cattle industry : Queensland from white settlement to the present /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	May, Dawn, 1942-
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Description:	p. cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in Australian history
Subject:	Australian aborigines -- Australia -- Queensland -- Economic conditions. Australian aborigines -- Australia -- Queensland -- Social conditions. Australian aborigines -- Australia -- Queensland -- History. Cattle trade -- Australia -- Queensland -- History. Unskilled labor -- Australia -- Queensland -- History. Aboriginal Australians. Aboriginal Australians -- Economic conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. Cattle trade. Economic history. Unskilled labor. Queensland -- Economic conditions. Queensland -- History. Queensland. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1652453

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ISBN:	0521465060 (hardback) 0521469155 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Aboriginal land use at the time of contact
2. The arrival of white people
3. The entry of Aboriginal workers into the cattle industry
4. 1897 and its aftermath
5. Opponents of the Act
6. Continuity and change
7. The 1919 Employment Regulation
8. Increasing government involvement
9. Missions
10. World War II and beyond
11. Equal pay
12. Contemporary land management
Conclusion
Bibliography