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Planting sugar cane, Mackay 1870s
State Library of Queensland.
South Sea Island labourers work a plantation near Mackay, supervised by men on horseback. (John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Image number 21683.)
Created:
1870
Date Added:
18 May 2006
Source:
John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Image number 21683.
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jpg (JPEG Image);
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550x400
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