Title The blackbirders : the recruiting of South Seas labour for Queensland, 1863-1907 / Edward Wybergh Docker

Published Sydney ; London : Angus and Robertson, 1970 Sydney : Angus and Robertson Ltd, 1970 ©1970

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W'PONDS	994.303 Doc		AVAILABLE
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Description 289 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Contents The old plantation -- The homeland -- The recruiters become established, 1864-9 -- The recruiting booms, 1870-1 -- The sugar industry booms, 1864-80 -- Changing Melanesia -- Recruiting, 1871-83 -- Blackbirding in New Guinea -- The reaction in Queensland -- Recruiting, the last phase -- Deportation -- Epilogue Analysis Plantations Immigrant indentured personnel Kanakas Queensland, 1863-1907 Notes Bibliography: p. 277-281 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281) and index Subject Blackbirding. Contract labor -- Australia -- Queensland. Foreign workers -- Australia -- Queensland. Kanak (New Caledonian people) -- Transportation. Kidnapping -- Oceania. Melanesians -- Australia -- Queensland. Plantations -- Australia -- Queensland. Slave trade -- Oceania. SUBJECT Queensland -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481 -- 1824-1900 Queensland -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481 -- 1851-1891 Queensland -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481 -- 1851-1901 Queensland -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481 -- 1863-1907 Queensland -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481 -- 1901-1914 Queensland -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481 LC no. 75022823 ISBN 0207120382 (hbk.)

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