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In the Beginning an Autobiographical Elements
The Evolution and the Outcome
Perceptions, Strands and Starting Points
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Starting Points
Strands
The North
Outlines
Borders
Australia
Queensland
The Bookshelf
Recollection and Reconstruction
Preface and Foreword
Northward Bound
What We Left Behind
My Familiar Territory
Maiwar and Meanjin
Early Brisbane
Migaloo Auchenflower
Suburban Auchenflower
What We Found
Arriving
Townsville's Original Footprint
'Course When I Come Here This Was All Scrub
Reflection and Reminiscence
An Elegant Queenslander in Auchenflower
A Catholic nunnery in a thoroughly Protestant neighbourhood
Milton State School
A Move to Townsville
Origins, Indigenes and Antecedents
Origins
In The Beginning
On the Surface: Shaping the Land
On the Surface: Vegetation and Climate
Indigenes
Out of Africa
Flora, Fauna and Megafauna
The Human Landscape
What Mob Is That?
Bindal
Biri
Biyaygiri
Darumbal
Darumbal (language)
Djabugay
Djiru
Ewamian
Gia
Gugu Badhun
Guugu Yimithirr
Guwinmal
Kokomini
Kokowara
Kuku Nyungkal
Kuku-Yalanji
Lama Lama
Manbarra
Muluridji
Mutumui
Nyawigi
Warrgamay (language)
Wulgurukaba
Yangga
Yidinji
Yilba
Yirrganydji
Yuru
Yuwibara
Antecedents
Mapping The North
Prelude: Tracing an Outline
Perceptions and Misconceptions
Six Voyages
Luis Vaez Torres with the San Pedro and Los Tres Reyes (1606)
Willem Jansz in the Duyfken (1606)
Jan Carstensz with the Pera and Arnhem (1623)
Abel Tasman with the Limmen, Zeemeeuw and the Bracq (1644)
Jean Etienne Gonzal in the Rijder and Ludowijk Van Asschens in the Buijs (1756)
James Cook in the Endeavour (1770)
Adding Detail
North Queensland
Themes and Variations
Reference Material
Texts, Sources and Readings
The Filing Cabinet
People
Englishmen and their associates
William Bligh
James Cook
Iberians
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
Fernão de Magalhães
Alvaro de Mendaña y Neira
Pedro Fernández de Quirós
Luis Váez de Torres
Italians
Marco Polo
Netherlanders
Hendrik Brouwer
Jan Carstensz
Willem Jansz
Abel Janszoon Tasman
Australia
Matthew Flinders
Edmund Kennedy
Phillip Parker King
Ludwig Leichhardt
John Oxley
The North
Andrew Ball
Richard Daintree
George Elphinstone Dalrymple
Ezra Firth
James Morrill
James Venture Mulligan
Christie Palmerston
Captain Henry Sinclair
Lieutenant J.W. Smith
William ("Bill") Smith
Places
Antecedents
The Age of Discovery; Colonial Empires
Batavia
Brazil
Malacca
The Ancient World
Australia
Continents, Islands, Nations, Oceans et cetera
Islands of Gold
Maluku Islands
New Guinea
Pacific Ocean
Terra Australis Incognita
Queensland
Brisbane
Auchenflower
Marlborough
Ogmore
Port Clinton
Rockhampton
The North
Around the Coast
Albatross Bay
Arafura Sea
Bowling Green Bay
Cape Bowling Green
Cape Palmerston
Cape Tribulation
Cape Gloucester
Cape York
Coral Sea
Duyfken Point
Great Palm island
Gulf of Carpentaria
Palm Island Group
Torres Strait
Goldfields and Mineral Deposits
Hodgkinson Minerals Area
KIngsborough
Thornborough
Palmer Goldfield
Maytown
Palmerville
Landforms, Landmarks and Topographic Features
Barron Gorge
Mount Elliot
Highways and Thoroughfares
Bloomfield Track
Bruce Highway
The Bump Track
Gillies Highway
Kennedy Highway
Kuranda Range Road
Mulligan Highway
Nathan Street (Townsville)
Palmer River Roadhouse
Palmerston Highway
Ross River Road
Rivers, Streams and Bodies of Water
Alligator Creek
Baratta Creek
Bloomfield River
Burdekin River
Laura River
Regions, Districts and Local Government Areas
Atherton Tablelands
Aurukun Shire
Burdekin Shire
Brandon
Clare
Dalbeg
Millaroo
Burke Shire
Cairns Region
Cairns Central Area
Northern Mulgrave area
Smithfield
Southern Mulgrave area
Gordonvale
Cape York Peninsula (a.k.a. 'The Cape')
Carpentaria Shire
Cassowary Coast Region
Greater Innisfail area
Greater Tully area
Johnstone Area
Mission Beach
Charters Towers Region
Pentland
Cloncurry Shire
Cook Shire
Lakeland
Laura
Croydon Shire
Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire
Douglas Shire
Dry Tropics
Eacham Shire
Etheridge Shire
Einasleigh
Forsayth
Mount Surprise
Flinders Shire
Hinchinbrook Shire
Halifax
Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire
Isaac Region
Belyando area
Broadsound area
Carmila
Clairview
Flaggy Rock
St Lawrence
Nebo area
Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire
Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire
Mackay Region
Mackay Suburbs
Ooralea
Mackay Towns
Farleigh
Kuttabul
Mackay Localities
National Parks
Mirani area
Eungella
Sarina area
Koumala
Mapoon Aboriginal Shire
Mareeba Shire
Biboohra
Dimbulah
Kuranda
Mount Carbine
Mount Molloy
McKinlay Shire
Mornington Shire
Mount Isa (City)
Napranum Aboriginal Council
Northern Peninsula Area Region
Palm Island Aboriginal Council
Pioneer Valley
Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire
Richmond Shire
Tablelands Region
Atherton area
Eacham area
Millaa Millaa
Herberton area
Others
Torres Shire
Torres Strait Island Region
Townsville City
Weipa Town
Whitsunday Region (a.k.a. 'The Whitsundays')
Bowen area
Mount Coolon
Whitsunday area
Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire
Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire
Significant Centres
Atherton
Ayr
Bowen
Cairns
Charters Towers
Collinsville
Cooktown
Home Hill
Ingham
Mackay
Mareeba
Port Douglas
Proserpine
Ravenswood
Sarina
Townsville
Vocabulary
migaloo
Bibliographic References
Books
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Theses and Dissertations
Newspapers
On-line resources
Maps, Charts and Photographs
Spare
Links
Iberians
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