Djabugay Country by Timothy Bottoms
From time immemorial, a people called the Djabugay lived in the rainforests behind Cairns in tropical far north Queensland. Trade routes from the coast to the lush Tablelands and beyond linked established settlements; outrigger canoes voyaged along the coast and out into the Great Barrier Reef. Today, 130 years after the coming of white people, the Djugabay is a remnant, their lands taken away from them, their Storywaters partially lost. But the Djabugay are determined to make their way in a transformed world. This is the story of the Djabugay and their struggle - what happened to them and how it happened to them. It takes the reader from first contact between the rainforest dwellers and the newcomers, to the present day. Through accounts of the lives of families and individuals, it shows how out of dispossession and tragedy has come strength and hope. The story of the Djabugay is one that demonstrates not only what happened to a small group of traditional people caught in the expansion of the white frontier, but what happened all over Australia.
Timothy Bottoms is a Cairns-based professional historian and radio producer whose many published and broadcast projects include histories of the people of tropical far north Queensland based on collaboration with local communities. To research and write Djabugay Country, Tim worked closely with the Elders of the Djabugay to blend oral testimony with documentary, pictorial and other archival material into a fascinating community history.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781865080314 |
| ISBN 10 | 1865080314 |
| Title | Djabugay Country |
| Author | Timothy Bottoms |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
| Year published | 1999-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 148 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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