Title The cruise of the Helena : a labour-recruiting voyage to the Solomon Islands / edited by Peter Corris

Published Melbourne : Hawthorn Press, 1977

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Description ix,119 pages : maps on endpapers ; 23cm Summary First-hand account of the system of recruiting South Sea islanders for Queenslands sugar plantations Analysis Labour trade. Solomon Islands, 1892-1893. Readings from contemporary sources Plantations. Immigrant indentured personnel. Recruitment from Solomon Islands. Queensland, 1892-1893. Early works. Personal observations Voyages by brigs: Helena . Pacific Ocean, 1862-1893. Personal observations Notes endp.map; tbl Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Helena (Ship) Contract labor -- Australia -- Queensland. Foreign workers, Solomon Islander -- Queensland Labor -- Australia -- Queensland. Labor movement -- Australia -- Queensland. Working class -- Australia -- Queensland. Labor -- Solomon Islands. Labor movement -- Solomon Islands. Working class -- Solomon Islands. Voyages and travels. Melanesians -- Australia -- Queensland. Problem solving. Working class -- Australia -- Queensland. Working class -- Solomon Islands. SUBJECT Melanesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78093659 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 Melanesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78093659 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 Melanesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78093659 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Melanesia https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008542 -- history Author Corris, Peter. LC no. 79318817 ISBN 072560154X 9780725601546

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