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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...
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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
Pearl Shell Ornaments
Text
 
pearling industry, shells, Torres Strait
Pincatada Maxima
Text
1870-1970
Mer, pearling industry, shells, Torres Strait
Diving for Pearl Shell
Video
1968
pearling industry, shells
The Newcomers
Text
1840s-
Mer, pearling industry, sea rights, Torres Strait, Yorke Island
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...
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1879
annexation, colonial rule, crown land, Erub Island, european contact, Flinders, Matthew , Kebisu, Murray Island, pearling industry, Tutu Island
Origin and Cause of Discontent
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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
...Why we weren't equal to the rest of Australia...
Audio
 
employment, pearling industry, racism
...I was the first one to go to the water...
Text
1953-1957
employment, Kudub, George, Mabo, Edward Koiki, pearling industry
... Koiki left me...
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Cairns, employment, Exile, 1952, Kudub, George, pearling industry
Education & Early Work
Topic
 
education, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island, 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