Queensland sugarcane fields were riven with ethnic divisions between Anglo-Celts and migrants with non-English speaking backgrounds from southern Europe.

Kennedy's octant, 1848

Kennedy's octant, 1848

Location

Pascoe River Lockhart, QLD
Australia
12° 47' 15.0432" S, 143° 20' 40.4196" E
H311
Queensland Museum
Pascoe River, Cape York Peninsula
1 January 1848
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Pascoe River Lockhart, QLD
Australia
12° 47' 15.0432" S, 143° 20' 40.4196" E
Dimensions
345mm
235mm
75mm

Builder's plate, Ipswich Railway Works, c1945

This Builders plate from the Ipswich Railway Workshops proudly proclaims 'War Finish'.

Location

Australia
R154
Queensland Museum
Ipswich
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
77mm
110mm
5mm

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

Mary Watson's tank, 1881

Mary Watson, her infant son and Chinese servant Ah Sam escaped an attack by local Aboriginal people at Lizard Island in 1881 by rowing away in this iron beche-de-mer tank.

Location

Lizard Island Lizard island, QLD
Australia
14° 40' 4.9548" S, 145° 27' 49.5972" E
H43028
Queensland Museum
Lizard Island
29 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Lizard Island Lizard island, QLD
Australia
14° 40' 4.9548" S, 145° 27' 49.5972" E
Dimensions
610mm
1300mm
1250mm
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