The Aborigines and Torres Islanders of Queensland

Short factual account of past history and present conditions of natives; Study to serve as basis for understanding thoroughly the policy of assimilation, deals specifically with Queensland; Origin, food control and cultivation, knowledge of plant chemicals and health, hunting, recreations purrupurru, swimming games & cats cradle; Effect of white settlers - extermination period 1840-1897, segregation, 1897, missions; Present conditions, policies, employment, education; Brief history of Torres Strait Islanders.