The defining feature of colonial Queensland was its high immigrant population.

Dancing Coming of the Light ceremony, Thursday Island, 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

Hammond Island, 1958. On the hill is the Catholic Church built by Islanders from local stone.

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

Religious ceremony, 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

Shark dance headdress, 1989

Shark dance headdress, 1989        

Locations

Erub Island, Torres Strait, QLD
Australia
Cairns, QLD
Australia
16° 55' 24.2364" S, 145° 46' 25.8636" E
QE12721
Queensland Museum
Cairns, Queensland
1 January 1989
28 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Erub Island, Torres Strait, QLD
Australia
Cairns, QLD
Australia
16° 55' 24.2364" S, 145° 46' 25.8636" E
Dimensions
660mm
650mm
260mm

Portable altar set

Portable altar set

Location

Australia
H27692
Queensland Museum
28 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
295mm
265mm
115mm

Girls from Yarrabah Aboriginal Reserve, 1954.

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

‘Surviving the system’

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