The Gulf Country

The story of people and place in outback Queensland

Richard J Martin

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English

Allen & Unwin
01 April 2019

Australasian & Pacific history; Indigenous peoples; Australian Society

'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.

By: Richard J Martin
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
Weight: 458g
ISBN: 9781760631659
ISBN 10: 1760631655
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 April 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for The Gulf Country: The story of people and place in outback Queensland

'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 History