In 1933 the Kookaburra Football Club, a ‘half-caste’ team on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, attempted to negotiate a tour of major Queensland centres. The trip did not occur, in part because of resistance from the Chief Protector of Aboriginals who prohibited some players from travelling and investigated others. Beyond simply challenging the protectorate’s control, the episode offers insight into the arbitrary nature of race, the mechanics of racial categorisation and extrajudicial governmental intervention in the context of Thursday Island and the Torres Strait, and extends understandings of official attitudes to sport in Indigenous Queensland.

1933 年，位于托雷斯海峡星期四岛上的“半种姓”球队 Kookaburra 足球俱乐部试图谈判参观昆士兰的主要中心。这次旅行没有发生，部分原因是原住民首席保护者的抵抗，他们禁止一些玩家旅行并调查其他人。除了简单地挑战保护国的控制之外，这一集还深入了解了种族的任意性质、种族分类的机制和在星期四岛和托雷斯海峡背景下的法外政府干预，并扩展了对昆士兰土著体育运动的官方态度的理解。