viii, 240 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates; maps, portraits
Summary
Explains why Haddon had difficulty distinguishing between traditional and Pacific Island culture on Torres Strait Islands; prior to coming of missionaries transport by canoe, trade and wealth based on shell; European voyagers had passed through the Strait, first settlement on mainland in Gudang country; bech-de-mer and pearl fisheries used Pacific Islander labour causing conflict with Torres Strait Islanders; 1872 annexation of half of Torres Strait by Queensland to regulate labour and protect Torres Strait Islanders; Imperial Kidnapping Act caused labour shortage; Pacific Island teachers for London Missionary Society reinforced status of Pacific Islanders; 1879 annexation of all Torres Strait Islands followed by administration on Thursday Island and alcohol problem among Pacific Islanders; Torres Strait Islander land tenure systems
Notes
Includes bibliographies and index
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 177-192
Notes
Copy 3 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
