Aboriginal people are the unsung heroes of the pastoral industry. Their labour, knowledge and know-how made its early success possible.
Join a guided tour of Working Country: Aboriginal stockmen and stockwomen.
Take a walk through kuril dhagun and explore State Library’s collection; stories of Aboriginal stockmen and stockwomen, the role of Aboriginal trade routes in establishing Queensland’s stock routes, the experiences of working on cattle stations, Aboriginal-run rodeos, and the fight for civil rights and land rights.
Book your space now!
Where: kuril dhagun, level 1, State Library of Queensland
Please Note: There is no need to bring a printed ticket, instead when you arrive your name will be checked off on a registration list.
If you are unable to attend this event please advise us via email at exhibitions@slq.qld.gov.au or phone 07 38429125 as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else. State Library of Queensland films, records and photographs events for use in marketing and communications. If you do not wish to be filmed, recorded or photographed please advise our staff upon your arrival.
Image Attribution: Stockmen rounding up cattle on horseback in Doomadgee in the 1960s, Peter Knowles, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image 32860-0001-0003.
Image Attribution: Stockmen at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement, 1911. J.A Tate, Appel photographs and papers, 1900-1929. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Record number 99183885153202061.
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