A dumping ground
Subtitle: a history of the Cherbourg Settlement
By: Thom Blake.
Publisher: University of Queensland Press; Distributed in the USA and Canada by International Specialized Book Services
Published: 2001
Place of publication: St Lucia, Qld; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement (Queensland); Aboriginal Australians -- Relocation -- Australia -- Queensland.; Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- History -- 20th century.; Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Government relations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-309) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 A completely successful undertaking?; title: The genesis and early development of; title: Barambah settlement 1; title: 2 Deported 'at the sweet will of the Government'; title: The removals program 33; title: 3 'To leave as little remembrance'; title: The process of domination and civilisation 56; title: 4 A depot of semi-starvation, disease and misery'; title: The health of the inmates 85; title: 5 Treated like slaves'like merchandise'; title: The dynamics of labour 117; title: 6 A4 decided menace'; title: Popular perceptions and reactions to the settlement 161; title: 7 The Barambah mob - 'one big tribe'; title: Identity, cultural resilience and vitality 197; title: 8 More than a dumping ground 237.