History of contact on North Cape York Peninsula, in four phases of settlement; documents Queensland government policy of deliberate destruction of the people; missionaries friendly relations with people; conflict between missionaries and police and settlers; murders committed by Frank Jardine while he was police magistrate; use of Aboriginal mounted troopers; massacre of the Kaurareg; development of Injinoo (Cowal Creek) community; movements and migrations of Kaurareg; deeds of grant in trust (DOGIT); struggle for land ownership; reconstruction of lives of Jack McLaren and Nicholas Wymarra
Analysis
Cape York
Aborigines
History
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 221-228
Issuing Body
First published in 1992 by Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies