Blackbirding is the coercion of people through deception or kidnapping to work as slaves or poorly paid labourers in countries distant from their native land. The practice took place on a large scale with the taking of people indigenous to the numerous islands in the Pacific Ocean during the 19th and 20th centuries. These blackbirded people were called Kanakas or South Sea Islanders. They were taken from places such as Papua New Guinea,the Solomon Islands,Vanuatu,Niue,Easter Island,the Gilbert Islands,Tuvalu,Fiji,and the islands of the Bismarck Archipelago amongst others.
Sir Augustus Charles Gregory was an English-born Australian explorer and surveyor. Between 1846 and 1858 he undertook four major expeditions. He was the first Surveyor-General of Queensland. He was appointed a lifetime Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Sir William MacGregor,was a Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea,Governor of Lagos Colony,Governor of Newfoundland and Governor of Queensland.
Sir Anthony Musgrave was a colonial administrator and governor. He died in office as Governor of Queensland in 1888.
An agent-general is the representative in cities abroad of the government of a Canadian province or an Australian state and,historically,also of a British colony in Jamaica,Nigeria,Canada,Malta,South Africa,Australia or New Zealand and subsequently,of a Nigerian region. Australia's and Canada's federal governments are represented by high commissions,as are all Commonwealth national governments today.
Indooroopilly is a riverside suburb 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) south-west of the Brisbane CBD,Queensland,Australia. In the 2021 census,Indooroopilly had a population of 13,622 people.
The following lists events that happened during 1927 in Australia.
Sir Samuel James Way,1st Baronet,was an English-Australian jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia from 18 March 1876 until 8 January 1916.
The Cairns Post is a major News Corporation newspaper in Far North Queensland,Australia,that exclusively serves the Cairns area. It has daily coverage on local,state,national and world news,plus a wide range of sections and liftouts covering health,beauty,cars and lifestyle. The Cairns Post is published every weekday and a weekend edition which is called The Weekend Post is published on Saturdays.
The following lists events that happened during 1868 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1878 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1877 in Australia.
Diamantina,Lady Bowen,was a noble from the formerly Venetian Ionian Islands who became the wife of Sir George Bowen,the first Governor of Queensland.
Stratford is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census,Stratford had a population of 1,138 people.
William Henry Walsh J.P. was an Australian pioneer pastoralist or squatter and politician in early Queensland. He was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1859-1859,Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1865–1878,and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council 1879–1888. He was the Queensland Minister of the Crown 1870–1873,Speaker in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 6 January 1874 to 20 July 1876.
Sir Richard Solomon,was a South African attorney and legislator. He was a member of Parliament and the Attorney General of the Cape Colony and Attorney General,Lieutenant-Governor,and Agent-General of the Transvaal Colony. After serving as Agent-General of the Transvaal from 1907 to the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910,Solomon was the first High Commissioner of South Africa to the United Kingdom to his death in 1913.
Allan McFarlane was a Scottish pastoralist and parliamentarian in The Murray and then Mount Barker districts of the Colony of South Australia.
Carl Magnus Oscar Friström,generally known as Oscar Fristrom,was a portrait painter and art teacher born in Sweden,who had a substantial career in Queensland and South Australia,and was best known for his depictions of Aboriginal Australians.
The Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA) is the Queensland chapter of the Country Women's Association in Australia. The association seeks to serve the interests of women and children in rural areas in Australia through a network of local branches. Established in 1922,local branches provide friendship and mutual support to their members while contributing to the betterment of life in their local communities. Over time,many branches have evolved to include support for wider issues such as domestic violence campaigns and fund-raising for international initiatives such as orphanages.
Parramatta Park is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census,Parramatta Park had a population of 3,508 people.
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