This black-and-white photograph shows indentured Pacific Islanders methodically hoeing weeds from a large sugar-cane field at Herbert River in north-eastern Queensland. They wear Western-style clothes and hats. A white man, only just visible on the left and facing the Islanders, stands in front of the line of labourers, presumably overseeing their work. Adjoining is a field of tall sugar cane with trees and a house set in the distance.
Credits | Reproduced courtesy of State Library of Queensland
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Creator | Unidentified |
Identifiers | State Library of Queensland image number 16956
TLF resource R8007 |
Source | State Library of Queensland, http://www.slq.qld.gov.au |