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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