The Gulf Country
The story of people and place in outback Queensland
Published on 1. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-76063-165-9 (ISBN)
Description
'There is something about the Gulf Country that seems to become part of you.'
With its great rivers, grassy plains and mangrove-fringed coastline, Queensland's remote Gulf Country is rich and fertile land. It has long been home to Aboriginal people and, since the 1860s, also to Europeans and to settlers with Chinese, Japanese and Afghan ancestry.
Richard J. Martin tells the story of a century-and-a-half of exploration and colonisation, the growth of cattle and mining industries, and the impact of Christian missionaries and Indigenous activism, through to the present day. He acknowledges the brutal realities of violence and dispossession, as well as the challenges of life on the land in northern Australia.
Drawing on extensive interviews with people across the Gulf Country, this is a lively and colourful account of tight-knit communities, relationships across cultures and resilience in the face of adversity.
With its great rivers, grassy plains and mangrove-fringed coastline, Queensland's remote Gulf Country is rich and fertile land. It has long been home to Aboriginal people and, since the 1860s, also to Europeans and to settlers with Chinese, Japanese and Afghan ancestry.
Richard J. Martin tells the story of a century-and-a-half of exploration and colonisation, the growth of cattle and mining industries, and the impact of Christian missionaries and Indigenous activism, through to the present day. He acknowledges the brutal realities of violence and dispossession, as well as the challenges of life on the land in northern Australia.
Drawing on extensive interviews with people across the Gulf Country, this is a lively and colourful account of tight-knit communities, relationships across cultures and resilience in the face of adversity.
Reviews / Votes
'There is much to learn and enjoy from this book...[it adds] much to our historical knowledge of the Gulf Country.' - Lyndon Megarrity in Honest HistoryMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-76063-165-9 (9781760631659)
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Person
Richard J. Martin is a senior lecturer in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland. He has been researching the history of the remote Gulf Country of northern Australia for a decade, including research with Indigenous people on native title claims and cultural heritage matters.