Let the Land Speak

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by Jackie French


  Bjelke-Petersen, Flo 256–7

  Bjelke-Petersen, Joh 256

  Black, George 223

  Black Jack 37

  blackbirders 128, 279

  Blackburn, Justice 120

  Blamey, General Thomas 304, 319

  Blue Mountains 65, 202, 210, 211

  ‘boat people’ 390–1

  Bolte, Henry 106

  Borrowdale 130

  Botany Bay 5, 65, 92, 106–11, 124–5, 132, 134, 162

  Bounty 154

  Bourke 266, 277

  Bourke, Governor 178, 198

  Braidwood 204, 244, 355

  The Bran Mash 304

  breads 140, 145, 150, 164, 243–5 see also damper

  ‘paper bread’ 43–4

  Brisbane 182, 331, 335, 336, 337

  Brisbane Central Technical College 259

  Brisbane, Governor 195

  Britain, emigration from 174–82

  British Admiralty 88, 93, 95, 98, 102

  Buckholdereia pseudomallei 58

  Builth, Heather 27

  Buley, E.C. 303

  The Bulletin 266

  Bundaberg 112

  bunya nut feasts 29, 34, 35, 42, 45, 60, 242

  Bureau of Mineral Resources 267

  bush flies 349

  bush foods 50, 124 see also living larder

  stigma 45

  bushfire strategies 5, 54–8, 344

  fireproof houses 344

  bushfires 275, 277, 339

  Bustard Bay 112

  cabbage trees 134, 138, 142

  Cadigal people 134

  Cairns 204

  Cammeraygal 149

  Campbell, Duncan 129

  Canberra 268, 339

  2003 fires 57–8, 268, 339, 342, 344–5

  Canberra Times 344

  Cape Agulhas 132

  Cape Farewell 105

  Cape Horn 84, 86, 99

  Cape Leeuwin 91

  Cape of Good Hope 124, 132, 138, 143, 162

  Cape Town 88, 125, 131, 143

  Cape York 24, 118

  Carboni, Raffaello 216, 218, 219–20, 226, 227, 229–30, 231–5

  Carnes, Captain Jonathon 67

  Carstensz, Captain 77

  Castlemaine 221

  cattle 193–4

  Charlotte 130

  child labour 279, 281, 282

  China 72–4, 75, 80, 155, 204

  Chinese settlers 204

  Chisholm, Caroline 179–80, 249

  Christchurch earthquake 342, 395

  Christmas beetles 361–2

  Churchill, Winston 315

  Citizen Military Force (CMF) 312

  Clarke, Reverend William Branwhite 211, 212, 213

  climate change 24, 238, 343, 388, 398, 400

  global warming 25

  Ice Age 24

  surviving 389

  cockatoos 359–60

  ‘cocky’ farmers 272

  Collins, Lieutenant David 126, 132, 142, 146, 151–2, 154–5, 156, 159

  consensus and cooperation 32–4, 38, 370–1

  consumerism 379

  control burns 55, 56–8, 169

  Cook, Captain James 1–2, 3, 38, 65–6, 70, 86, 88, 92–110, 112–22, 124, 134

  Cook, Elizabeth 93

  Cooksland scheme 182

  Cooktown 116, 134

  Cootamundra wattle 363, 380

  Cosgrove, General Peter 320

  Croajingolong National Park 105

  CSIRO 368, 381, 298, 403

  currency lads and lasses 174

  Curtin, John 315–16

  Cyclone Tasha 336

  Cyclone Tracy 344

  Cygnet 86–7

  Dagworth Station 286

  Dalrymple, Alexander 76, 93–4

  damper 244, 245–8

  pumpkin scones and 254–7

  recipe 246–7

  Dampier, William 86–8, 108

  A New Voyage Round the World 87

  Voyage to New Holland 88

  Dargues gold mine 237–8

  Darling, Governor 175, 195

  Darling River 274

  Darwin 344

  Japanese bombing 314, 316–17

  ‘Darwin glass’ knives 34, 66

  Davis, Neeta 368–9

  Dawes, Lieutenant William 44, 142, 159, 160–1

  Dawes, Police Magistrate 223

  de Bougainville, Louis-Antoine 91

  de Freycinet, Louis 89

  de Houtman, Frederik 79

  de Mendonça, Cristóvão 74

  de Quiro, Pedro Fernandez 76

  de Saint Allouarn, Louis François 91, 122

  de Sequeira, Captain Gomes 74

  de Torres, Luis Vaez 76

  de Vlamingh, Willem 78, 88–9

  Dedal, Jakob 79

  Denisovans 16, 24, 370

  Dennis, C.J.

  The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke 297

  depressions 186, 198–202, 278–9

  Derrett, Julie 339, 341

  development 375–6

  Dharug people 37, 133, 135–7, 140, 148, 148, 150, 151, 160–2, 165

  Dickens, Charles 174

  didgeridoos 27

  The Dinkum Oil 304

  Dirk Hartog Island 78, 89, 91

  Djuuwin women 40–2

  Donnelly, Catherine 234

  droughts 4, 5, 33, 198–9, 205–7, 245

  1877–1903 264–87 see also Long Drought

  2002–2004 270

  Araluen 267–8

  land mismanagement 274

  predictions 287–9

  du Fresne, Marc-Joseph Marion 91

  duck 52

  catching by women 54

  Dulhunty, Robert 201

  dung beetles 349

  dust storms 205, 274

  Dutch East India Company 81

  Dutch East Indies 64, 77, 79, 81, 86

  Dutch traders/explorers 76–86

  Duyfken 77

  Earl of Pembroke 95

  earthquakes 395

  East India Company 90

  Easter Island 19

  eastern quolls 357

  ecosystems

  differences in 56

  vulnerability 358, 380

  Edwards, Colonel A.T. 296

  Edwards, Mrs Thelma (née Sheldon) 258

  Edwards, Ron 314

  eel farms 27–8

  Eendracht 79

  Eendrachtsland 79, 81, 108

  El Niño 343, 393

  Elliott, Brigadier ‘Pompey’ 306

  emigration in 19th century 174–5

  emus 50, 135, 146, 191, 200

  Endeavour River 116–18, 121, 134

  environmental impact assessments (EIAs) 375

  eucalypts 110, 348

  Eureka flag 226

  Eureka gold claim 212

  Eureka Stockade 5, 215–37

  Californian Rangers 215, 228–9, 230, 231

  democracy 223–5

  effect 235–6

  failure, reasons for 229–31

  German Rifle Brigade 229

  independence dream 220–1

  informants 229, 230, 235

  legacy 236–7

  plan 227–8

  rebels 219–20, 226–7

  troops 224–5, 231–5

  Eurocentric views 5, 72–3

  Eurunderee 265

  exploration 1–3, 72–91, 83–4, 95–113, 116–19

  Family Colonization Society 179

  Family Loan Colonization Society 179

  famine 60, 65

  Irish Potato Famine 177, 227, 244

  prediction 399–400

  Farrer, William 244

  Federation 265, 278, 279, 283, 286

  Federation drought 264, 270, 273–4 see also Long Drought

  female suffrage movement 264, 283–5

  feral cats 358–9

  Ffrench, Bernie 368–70

  Ffrench, Charlotte 184–5, 187, 188

  Ffrench, John 185

  Ffrench, Peter 177, 184–8, 348
, 362

  Fiji 85, 104

  firestick farming 4, 5, 39, 44, 54–5

  first colony 123–69 see also First Fleet

  birth rate 158–9

  convicts 137–8, 141, 143, 144–7, 153

  despair 144–5, 158

  first spring 145

  first winter 144

  food availability 135–7, 141–4, 152–3

  food preferences and land use 244–5

  gardens 138, 141, 145–6, 154, 159, 164, 165

  housing 147–8

  marines 137–8, 144, 154, 168

  Polynesian brides 128–9

  rations 140, 147, 152, 153–4, 165, 168

  relationships with Dharug people 148–50

  selection of convicts 127

  starvation myth 123–69

  First Fleet 5, 92, 125–6, 129–32, 164, 252

  numbers 127–8

  first settlers 14–15, 20–2, 388 see also Indigenous Australians

  climate and conditions 21

  cultural similarities 23, 26

  early spread 23–4

  Ice Age, impact 24

  numbers 24

  stories of 15–16

  fish/fishing 27, 52–3, 155

  catching (for women) 63

  spearing (for men) 62

  Fish River 211

  Fishburn 130

  Fletcher, Tom 324

  floods 5, 25, 33, 328–31, 335–6

  building on flood-prone land 331–2, 337–8, 343–4

  predicting 345

  Queensland 1974 335, 342

  Queensland 2011 336–9, 342

  flying foxes 49, 349, 380

  food see also living larders; starvation of early colony myth

  choices 376–7

  1820, by 166

  iconic 241–2

  ignorance of colonists 159–60

  Indigenous ingredients of nations 241–2

  Indigenous storage and cooking techniques 46–8, 242–3

  loss of knowledge 45, 46

  moral omnivores 377–9

  starchy 43–4, 136

  time of first colony 135–7, 145–6, 157

  Fort Wellington 37

  4th Light Horse 304

  foxes 358

  Franklin, Miles 251

  free settlers 130, 166, 175–7

  Fremantle 201

  French, John 324

  French, Maurice

  The Lamington Enigma 260

  French, Val 318

  Friendship 130

  frogs 363–4

  Gagudju people 15

  Gai-Mariagal 37

  Gallipoli 4, 290–5, 299–300, 307–8 see also Anzac legend

  Anzac Cove 293, 300

  Cape Helles 291

  Chunuk Bair 300

  Gaba Tepe 291

  Hill Number 971 291

  Lone Pine 300, 301, 308–9

  trench papers 304

  Garden Island 138

  genocide 37

  Genyornis newtoni 20–1

  giant snake (Wonambi naracoortensis) 20

  Gipps, Governor 179, 211

  goannas 48

  gold 4, 180, 185, 203–5, 210–11

  discovery myth 211–13

  impact on land 61, 237–40

  legacy of Eureka 236–7

  mining rights 220–1

  wet seasons 213–14

  Gold Coast Bulletin 343

  Gold Fields Royal Commission 235–6

  Golden Grove 130, 132

  Gooch, Paul 212

  Gove land rights case 120

  Great Australian Bight 25, 65

  Great Barrier Reef 19–20, 74, 90, 91, 112, 371

  Great Depression 324–5

  Great Drought see Long Drought

  Great South Land myth 75–6, 93–5, 98, 100, 102, 103, 120 see also Terra Australis Incognita

  Green Island 113

  greenstone quarries 28, 34

  Greer, Chales 97

  Guardian 162

  Gundagai 328–31, 333, 342

  Gunditjmara people 27–8, 34

  Gunwinggu people 16

  Guugu Yimithirr men 38, 116–17

  Halford, Thomas 154

  Hamilton, General Sir Ian 308

  Hancock, Lang 67

  Hargraves, Edward 210–11, 212–13

  Harrison, Helen 267

  Hartley 211

  Hartog, Dirk 78–9

  Hasleham, Frank Arthur 233

  Hawaii 19, 121

  Hawkesbury River 139, 166, 334, 342

  Hayes, Anastasia 233

  health care companies 401

  heatwaves 277, 399

  herbicides 60, 347, 355, 359, 362–3

  Hickes, Lieutenant Zachary 105, 112

  Journal of a Voyage in the Endeavour 105

  Higgins, Chief Justice Terence 344

  Highland Clearances 176

  HM Bark Endeavour 1–2, 65, 66, 92, 95–113, 116–19

  shipwreck and the goat 1–2, 4, 96, 113–16, 119, 122

  HMS Sirius 125–6, 128, 130, 143, 148, 154, 155

  HMS Supply 128, 130, 132, 148, 154, 164

  Holyoake, Henry 223

  Homo floresiensis 370

  Honner, Lieutenant Colonel Ralph 320

  Horii, General 319

  Hotham, Governor 5, 217, 222, 223, 224, 226, 229, 230, 235

  housing 280

  Houtman Abrolhos 79

  human population movements 15–17, 19

  Humffray, J.B. 223, 236

  Hunter, Captain John 149

  Ice Age 16, 18, 21, 24, 25, 370, 371

  Imberombera 16

  in-ground ovens 47

  India 64, 73, 75, 79, 80, 90, 109, 125, 148, 175, 253, 313, 315, 391

  Indian Ocean 20, 85, 132

  Indigenous Australians see also first settlers

  consensus and cooperation 32–6

  cultural diversity from adaptation 26–9

  differences from European/Asian nations 29–30

  DNA 16–17

  flood warnings from 332, 334

  food see living larders

  help given to European settlers 202–3, 329–31

  impact of European settlement 37–8

  kinship traditions and systems 34–5

  languages 33–4

  population at time of European settlement 32–3

  regional festivals 35

  separation in Ice Age 24

  trade 34, 66

  women 40–52

  Indonesia 14, 18, 38, 64, 79

  Innisfail 204

  introduced animals 186, 358–9

  invention prediction 403–4

  Ireland 175, 177, 184, 227

  Irish soda bread 245, 246

  Ironbark pumpkin 252, 253

  isolation and environment 28

  Iwaidja people 37

  Jackson, Sir George 111

  Jacky Jacky 330–1, 333

  Jacobszoon, Lenaert 79

  Jandamarra of the Banuba 37

  Janszoon, Willem 77

  Japan 308

  New Guinea campaign 313–15

  Java 70, 73, 74, 77, 78, 166

  Jervis Bay 106

  Johnson, Dr Samuel 119

  Johnstone, Reverend 157, 161, 163

  Justinian 162

  Kameygal people 106–7, 133

  kangaroos 35, 52–3, 117, 135, 146, 155, 200–1, 350–4

  illegal shooting 350–1

  Kavel, Augustus 181

  Kennedy, Tom 227

  kindness 382–3

  King Frederick William 181

  King George III 103

  King, Lieutenant Philip Gidley 138

  Kingsbury, Private Bruce 324

  Kirkpatrick, Private John Simpson 301

  ‘koala soldiers’ 4, 312–13, 315, 320–6 see also Anzac legend; Gallipoli; Kokoda; New Guinea

  Kokoda 308, 309–12, 319–20, 322–7

  Kokoda Track 321

  Kokoda Track Foundation 320


  Kondo, Admiral Nobutake 313

  Kublai Khan 75

  Kundigal people 37

  La Niña 109, 289, 336, 343, 393

  La Trobe, Governor Charles Joseph 218, 221

  labour, cheap 280

  Lady Juliana 162

  Lady Penrhyn 130

  Lake Condah 27

  Lake Eyre 199

  Lake George 199, 394

  Lake Mungo 24

  Lalor, Captain 293

  Lalor, Peter 226–7, 230, 231, 233, 236

  Lamb, Anne 178

  Lamington, Lord and Lady 259–60

  lamingtons 259–63

  recipe 260–1

  land

  cheapness, impact 193–4

  importance of understanding 6–7

  Indigenous women’s impact 49–52

  infinite land myth 194–7

  learning 368–70

  living on 6–7

  local knowledge 372

  love for 384–5

  predictions for the next century 388–405

  ‘reading’ 367–8

  stories from 7–8

  study of 7

  war over 383

  land use

  contemporary farming 208–9

  cost-benefit analyses 240

  crimes against land 348–64

  droughts see droughts

  early settlers 184–209

  farming costs 193–4

  first colonists 138–9

  flood-prone land 331–3, 337–8, 343–4

  food preferences and 244–5

  introduced species 275–7

  land clearing 186–7, 205, 347, 348–9

  pollution of waterways 363–4

  sheep see sheep

  soil erosion 186, 190, 274

  weeds 362–3

  Landcare Australia Limited 347–8

  Lane, William 154

  Lang, Dr John Dunmore 178, 182

  Lawson, Henry 224, 265–6, 272, 273, 281, 284

  Lawson, Louisa 283

  Layton 178

  Leavitt, Mary 283

  Leeuwin 79

  life expectancy 401

  Lister, John 212, 213

  living larders 42–63, 124, 135–7, 169 365

  impact of colonial settlers 186–91

  lizards 360–1

  Lockyer Valley 336

  locust plagues 187, 364, 367, 397

  Long Drought 273–4

  food 271–2

  political and social effects 264–5, 270–1, 286–7

  severity 266–7

  soup kitchens 271, 278

  Long Jimmy 330

  Mabo, Eddie 120

  Macarthur, Elizabeth 196

  MacArthur, General 319

  Macarthur, John 194, 196

  Macassan fishermen see trepang fishermen

  McBrien, James 211

  McCallum, Private Charlie 323

  McClelland, Sergeant 212

  McGill, James 228, 230

  MacIntyre, John 160–1

  Macquarie River 201

  Madagascar 77, 78

  Magnetical Island 112–13

  Mahogany Ship 74

  maize 150

  Majors Creek 6, 237–9, 358, 362–3

  mange 355

  maps 1, 3, 65–6, 71–2, 73, 76, 76, 90

  Mason (Masson), Mr 132

  Mauritius 166

  Mauritius 79

  megafauna 21, 26

  Melbourne 217, 224, 226, 230, 235

 

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