The Discipline of Dress: Uniform Buttons and Accoutrements of the Native Mounted Police in Queensland, Australia
Grguric, Nic, Burke, Heather, Wallis, Lynley A., Cole, Noelene, Barker, Bryce, and Hatte, Elizabeth (2023) The Discipline of Dress: Uniform Buttons and Accoutrements of the Native Mounted Police in Queensland, Australia. Historical Archaeology, 57 (2). pp. 703-726.
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Abstract
Clothing is capable of providing a range of insights into aspects of identity, authority, power, and hierarchy. Here we present the results of an analysis of an assemblage of uniform buttons and accoutrements from seven 19th-century Native Mounted Police (NMP) camps in Queensland, Australia. As part of wider colonial structures of discipline and expropriation, the NMP uniform was a powerful symbol of control: over troopers’ bodies, over NMP detachments by officers, and over “wild” and “savage” Indigenous peoples by the NMP. Exploring the history and development of the NMP uniform, its intent in constructing officers and particularly troopers, the indexical qualities it acquired as a symbol of violence and fear amongst Indigenous people, and some of the alternative ways in which uniforms could be worn provides a variety of insights into the role, nature, and experience of the Queensland NMP.
La ropa es puede proporcionar una variedad de conocimientos sobre aspectos de identidad, autoridad, poder y jerarquía. Aquí presentamos los resultados de un análisis de un conjunto de pertrechos y botones de uniformes de siete campamentos de la Policía Montada Nativa (NMP, por sus siglas en inglés) del siglo XIX en Queensland, Australia. Como parte de estructuras coloniales más amplias de disciplina y expropiación, el uniforme de la NMP era un poderoso símbolo de control: sobre los cuerpos de los soldados, sobre los destacamentos de la NMP por parte de los ofciales y sobre los pueblos indígenas “salvajes” y “descontrolados” por parte de la NMP. Explorar la historia y el desarrollo del uniforme de la NMP, su intención de construir ofciales y, en particular, soldados, las cualidades indexadas que adquirió como símbolo de violencia y miedo entre los pueblos indígenas, y algunas de las formas alternativas en que se pueden usar los uniformes, proporciona una variedad de ideas sobre el papel, la naturaleza y la experiencia de la NMP de Queensland.
Les vêtements ont le potentiel d’apporter une variété d’éclairages sur les aspects liés à l’identité, l’autorité, le pouvoir et la hiérarchie. Nous présentons ici les résultats d’une analyse d’un assemblage de boutons d’uniforme et d’habits provenant de sept camps de la Police montée (Native Mounted Police—NMP) du 19ème siècle dans le Queensland en Australie. S’inscrivant dans les structures coloniales plus vastes de la discipline et de l’expropriation, l’uniforme NMP était un symbole puissant de contrôle, à savoir sur les corps de ses membres, sur les détachements NMP par les ofciers et enfn sur les peuples indigènes «sans retenue » et « sauvages » par le NMP. L’étude de l’histoire et du développement de l’uniforme NMP, de son intention quant à la construction d’ofciers et particulièrement de membres de la police montée, des qualités indexicales dont il a été investi en tant que symbole de violence et de peur parmi les peuples indigènes, de même que certaines des manières alternatives dont ces uniformes pouvaient être portés, fournit une variété d’éclairages sur le rôle, la nature et l’expérience de la NMP du Queensland.
Item ID: | 80416 |
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Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
ISSN: | 0440-9213 |
Keywords: | buttons, Native Mounted Police, Queensland, uniforms |
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Funders: | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
Projects and Grants: | ARC DP160100307 |
Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2024 06:07 |
FoR Codes: | 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4301 Archaeology > 430107 Historical archaeology (incl. industrial archaeology) @ 50% 45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4501 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history > 450101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology @ 50% |
SEO Codes: | 13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1304 Heritage > 130402 Conserving collections and movable cultural heritage @ 100% |
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