pearling industry
...We are closed in a box...
Text
1936
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Mer, Murray Island, pearling industry, Protection Act, strike
The islander migration
Text
1945-
employment, James Cook University, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, migration, pearling industry, Queensland, Torres Strait Islanders, World War 2
...we were being exploited...
Image and Text
1953-57
Department of Native Affairs, Exile, 1952, pearling industry, Queensland
...12 months exile...
Text
1951
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Department of Native Affairs, exile, Exile, 1952, gaol, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island Council, pearling industry, Protection Act
Exile
Topic
1953-1957
activism, exile, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Mer, Murray Island, Murray Island Council, pearling industry, Torres Strait
Douglas Pitt descendants
Image and Text
colonisation, Hayes, Bully, Kennedy, Flo, Mer, pearling industry, Pitt, Douglas, Stars of Tagai, Torres Strait Islanders
60 Days Notice
Text
1882
Mimi, Marou, Murray Island, Papua New Guinea, pearling industry, Pitt, Douglas, Torres Strait Islanders, trade
...the laws of the white man...
Text
1879
annexation, colonial rule, crown land, Erub Island, european contact, Flinders, Matthew , Kebisu, Murray Island, pearling industry, Tutu Island
Origin and Cause of Discontent
Text
1936
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Christianity, pearling industry, Protection Act, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, strike, Torres Strait Islanders
Diver's Lament
Audio
language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabuiag Island, pearling industry, songs, Torres Strait Islanders
...I was the first one to go to the water...
Text
1953-1957
employment, Kudub, George, Mabo, Edward Koiki, pearling industry
Pearl Fishers & Their Times
Topic
colonisation, fishing, pearling industry, sea rights, Torres Strait Islanders
Striking Back
Topic
1880-1936
Mer, Murray Island, pearling industry, strike, Torres Strait Islanders
Federal Attitude to Aborigines Unstable
Newspaper
Aboriginal Advancement League, aborigines, Federal Government, Australia, pearling industry, Torres Strait