Introduction. The journey -- 1. Meet the travellers -- 2. 'Now enough' -- 3. Colonial circuits -- 4. American spectacle: 'Attractions of wonder' -- 5. European spectacle -- 6. Palaces of illusion and scientific discipline -- 7. 'Rare strangers' -- 8. To Constantinople and back -- 9. Absent presence: 'Billy, the Australien' at the Paris Exposition, 1889 -- 10. King Bill and Company : the story of the second group -- 11. Welcome home Tambo
Summary
In October 1993, news flashed around the world that the mummified body of a North Queensland Aborigine called Tambo had been found in the basement of a recently closed funeral home in Cleveland, Ohio. This event brought to public attention the little known stories of the removal abroad of two groups of North Queensland Aborigines