Pacific Islander labourers in the Mackay District, late 1800s

Pacific Islander labourers in the Mackay District, late 1800s

Description

This posed black-and-white photograph shows indentured Pacific Islanders by their grass hut homes, probably on a Mackay sugar plantation in Queensland. Some are seated on logs or rough timber benches and one woman can also be seen. They are dressed in Western-style clothes. More huts can be seen on the cleared rise in the background, while a garden of some description is in the foreground.

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