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South Sea Islander labourers gathered around a drum outside a hut in Innisfail, ca.1902

South Sea Islander labourers gathered around a drum outside a hut in Innisfail, ca.1902View item in catalogue

The men are dressed in working clothes and some are carrying spears, bows and arrows. A large drum-like instrument is being beaten with sticks by a few of the men. South Sea Islanders were brought to Queensland in the 1860s to work as farm labourers.

Attribution

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Negative number: 128864