Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Pacific Islanders and Torres Strait 1860-1940 / Anna Shnukal

Label
Pacific Islanders and Torres Strait 1860-1940 / Anna Shnukal
Main title
Pacific Islanders and Torres Strait 1860-1940 / Anna Shnukal
Summary
The developing role of Pacific Islanders in Torres Strait Islander society; early contact history; race relations; London Missionary Society and the influence of Pacific Islander missionaries; strategies used by Pacific Islanders - kinship, marriage adoption, acquisition of land, birth rates; development of pan-islander consciousness and the role of alliance and language