Litster, Mirani, Wallis, Lynley, Burke, Heather, and Cole, Noelene (2024) Coercion and Pacification on the Frontier: Glass Beads from Nineteenth-Century Native Mounted Police Sites in Queensland, Australia. In: Smith, Claire, Pollard, Kellie, Kanungo, Alok Kumar, May, Sally K., Lopez Varela, Sandra, and Watkins, Joe, (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Global Indigenous Archaeologies. Oxford University Press.

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Abstract

The Native Mounted Police were a paramilitary organization that operated across Queensland, Australia during the nineteenth century. Archaeologically they are represented by numerous camp sites occupied for varying durations, from just a few weeks to several decades. Living in these camps were White officers and the Aboriginal troopers serving under them, accompanied by the female partners of the troopers and sometimes of the officer(s), and their children. This investigation and analysis of glass beads recovered archaeologically from the Burke River (Boulia), Mistake Creek (Belyando), and Lower Laura (Boralga) Native Mounted Police camps represents the first detailed analysis of such objects in the Queensland context. We interpret these results within their spatial context and suggest that glass beads were given as enticements to Aboriginal women to act as go-betweens, as tokens to reward tractable behavior, and as symbols of co-optation for the female partners of the Native Mounted Police troopers.

Item ID:	83357
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	9780197607725
Keywords:	glass beads; Cape York, Queensland, Native Mounted Police
Copyright Information:	Copyright © 2024 Oxford University Press.
Date Deposited:	07 Aug 2024 00:17
FoR Codes:	45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4501 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history > 450101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology @ 100%
SEO Codes:	21 INDIGENOUS > 2104 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and culture > 210401 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artefacts @ 100%
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