Queensland's treatment of its Aboriginal people is captured in this 7 part poster series.
Great for schools and libraries, learn about life under the Protection Act on a mission. Topics include marriage, employment and education, and the change-over from church to government administration.
Yarrabah Mission 1892-1960 poster series. |
In 1904 more than a hundred Aboriginal people were boarded on the Rio Loge (above) and relocated from the mission on Fraser Island to the mission at Yarrabah. Some were isolated on Fitzroy Island because they continued to abscond in an attempt to return to their families thousands of miles away.
Reflections in Yarrabah book. |
As a young man Norman Baird (above) fought to defend the rights of Australians in World War I only to come home and fight for his own freedom and that of his children. As an old-man and almost blind, Norman recorded an ancient language and preserved part of a unique Australian culture.
Norman Baird - a spark within book and MP3 (listen). |
