Download or read book Aboriginal Labour and the Cattle Industry written by Dawn May and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1994-11-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cattle has been big business for well over a century in Australia, earning substantial export dollars. Yet the contribution that Aboriginal people have made to this key sector of the economy has not been widely acknowledged. This book uncovers the central role of Aboriginal labour in the Queensland cattle industry from first contact to the present.