Princess K'Gari's Fraser Island: A History of Fraser IslandA history of European contact with and settlement on Fraser Island (K'gari), including first-hand accounts of European settlement; impact of settlement on the Ngulungbara, Batjala and Dulingbara people and their culture; Eliza Fraser incident; shipwrecks; missions at White Cliffs and Bogimbah; relations with pastoralists and timber getters; management of the Island's dingoes. |
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Contents
Before the fall | 1 |
Affluent subsistence | 11 |
Enter the serpent | 19 |
A serious quarrel with truth | 31 |
Paradise lost | 49 |
The serpent invades Eden | 65 |
The newcomers | 77 |
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Princess K'Gari's Fraser Island: A History of Fraser Island |
| Author | Fred Williams |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Fred Williams, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0958103402, 9780958103404 |
| Length | 180 pages |
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