Maryborough Plantations
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Cartographic Name
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Maryborough Plantations
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Identifier
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SITE-MAR
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category
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Plantation
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temporalCoverage
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1832-1838, 1860s-1904
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sourceOrganization
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Queensland Polynesian Labourers Act 1869
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text
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"all so that the grand old families o’ Maryborough can hold their balls an’ drive oot in their carriages, never mind that their plantations are built upon ruined homes and martyred black men." Historical Fiction. Cato, Nancy. Brown Sugar. St Martin’s Press, 1974, p.22.
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"‘Well, sir, I have seen some rough things, and have heard a good deal about slavery in the South Seas; but the nearest attempt at slavery I have ever witnessed has been enacted on board here today. You are the biggest slaver in Queensland!’" Labour/Slavery History. Wawn, William T. The South Sea Islanders and the Queensland Labour Trade. A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1973, p.184.