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This essay traces a journey along the extreme north-eastern coast of Cape York, including Peak Point and Possession Island. It refers to massacres and cannibalism by Torres Straits Islanders of shipwrecked Dutch seamen. Meston also describes the west coast of the Cape, including the Mapoon Mission station as far south as the Coen River. He sets the scene of Aboriginal women collecting lily roots in a lagoon. He also admires the skill of Aboriginal men with 'their only weapon, the spear thrown with the woomera.'
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20769068
Wild Country and Wild Tribes III : A Tour in North Queensland
The Queenslander
The Queenslander
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- Cape York Peninsula, Queensland,
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