Cooloola Coast: Noosa to Fraser Island : the Aboriginal and Settlers Histories of a Unique EnvironmentLong golden beaches and rocky headlands, high forested dunes, dark waterways and broad lakes - these spectacular features make up the Cooloola Coast. Stretching sixty-five kilometres from Noosa to Fraser Island, it is a remarkable and diverse environment.Cooloola Coastdescribes the area's many-layered history of human occupation in absorbing detail, opening with the story of its Aboriginal occupants, whose kinship with nature was little understood by Europeans. A new and intriguing account tells of the legendary Eliza Fraser and the effects of her experiences on relations between Queensland's Aboriginal and white inhabitants. The final section features the speculators, timber-getters, farmers and fishermen who came seeking opportunities on a new frontier.Illustrated with maps, photographs and drawings, Cooloola Coastis the first comprehensive history of this beautiful and unique environment. |
Contents
Uncovering the Past | 20 |
Fruits of the Land | 34 |
Attitudes and Beliefs | 53 |
Castaways and Runaways | 78 |
Speculators | 125 |
A Land of Plenty? | 168 |
One Hundred Years On | 184 |
Select Bibliography | 201 |
Common terms and phrases
Aborigines Australian blacks Bligh boat Bracewell Bracewell's Brisbane Broutha bunya camp Captain castaways cedar cedar-getters century coastal Colonies convicts Cooloola Coast courtesy John Oxley Curtis Double Island Point dugong Dundathu dunes early Ebenezer Thorne Elanda Point Eliza Fraser European explored fire fish forests Fraser Island Gaiarbau Gympie Inskip Point John Baxter John Graham John Oxley Library kangaroos kauri pine Kin Kin Creek Lake Cootharaba land Langevad logs Luya Mary River Maryborough McGhie middens miles Moreton Bay named natives Newsa Noosa Head Noosa River ocean Otter oyster Petrie Petrie's Reminiscences railway reported rescue sand Sandy Strait sawmill Scrub settlement settlers Shipwreck south-east Queensland Stirling Castle story survivors swamps Sydney Teewah Beach Tewantin Tiaro timber timber-getters Tin Can Bay Tin Can Inlet Tinana Creek Tommy trees tribe wallum Weyba Wide Bay Wide Bay bar Wide Bay district William Pettigrew wreck Youlden