Bamaga women's stall, Bamaga show, Cape York Peninsula, 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

Jardine cannon

Jardine cannon

This cannon is thought to have been used by the Jardine family during their conflict with local Aboriginal people at Somerset on Cape York Peninsula. 

Location

Australia
H10505
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
160mm
865mm
200mm

Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival

Laura, QLD
Australia
1 January 2009
8 October 2010
8 October 2010

Location

Laura, QLD
Australia

Copyright © Rurik Henry, Collection of Rosita Henry

Our cover shows masked dancers of the sivirri cult on Cape York, cover image Walkabout, July 1969. "Hero cults, cults of masked dancers of Papuan affinity, infiltrated Cape York Peninsula and established a foothold on both eastern and western seaboards. The cover photograph shows masked dancers in colour associated with the culture hero, Sivirri, in the Tjundjundji Tribe of the Lower Batavia River, western Cape York. In the foreground is the Trenna, the scared initiation ground, and in the background the Mbaga, the enclosure for the initiates." Copyright Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland
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