Dugong hunting, Torres Strait, 1958. Slide by Harry Hyndman, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland

Copyright © Peter Hyndman and the Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland

Attending church, Torres Strait, 1958. Slide by Harry Hyndman, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland

Copyright © Peter Hyndman and the Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland

Dive helmet, pre 1939

This diving helmet was used by deep sea divers in the early twentieth century.

Location

Australia
H3866
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010
Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010
Australia

Torres Strait Dhari, 2001

Torres Strait dhari, 2001

Location

Erub Island,Torres Strait
Australia
QE12725
Queensland Museum
Brisbane
1 January 2001
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Erub Island,Torres Strait
Australia
Dimensions
630mm
570mm
15mm

‘Surviving the system’

Pearling became the largest industry in far north Queensland in the 1890s and had a massive impact on coastal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Before the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 was introduced, many Aboriginal people lived within the boundaries of their own ‘country’ according to cultu

Map of Queensland Reserves and Missions, 1958

QLD
Australia
1 January 1959
1 September 2010
1 September 2010

Location

QLD
Australia
Queensland Parliamentary Papers

Map of Queensland Reserves and Missions, 1958. Location of Government Settlements, Church Missions and Torres Strait Island Reserves. Native Affairs - Annual Report of the Director of Native Affairs for the year ended 30 June 1958, Queensland Parliamentary Papers, Vol 2, 1958–59.  Places mapped include Cherbourg Settlement, Woorabinda Settlement, Foleyvale Reserve, Aitkenvale Hostel, Palm Island Settlement, Fantome Island, Yarrabah Mission, Mona Mona Mission, Bloomfield Mission, Hopevale Mission, Lockhart River Mission, Bamaga Settlement, Mapoon Mission, Weipa Mission, Aurukun Mission, Edward River Mission, Doomadgee Mission, Morningington Island, Boigu Island, Dauan Island, Mabuiag Island, Badu Island, Moa Island, Saibai Island, Darnley Island, Yorke Island, Murray Island, Stephen Island, Yam Island, Coconut Island, and Thursday Island.

Queensland possesses two Indigenous groups: Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders.

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