Abstract
The invasion of the Australian continent by Europeans caused massive disruptions to Indigenous cultures and ways of life. The adoption of new raw materials, often for the production of “traditional” artifact forms, is one archaeological indicator of the changes wrought by “colonization.” Two camp sites associated with the Queensland Native Mounted Police (NMP), a punitive paramilitary government force that operated through the latter half of the nineteenth century in the northeastern part of the continent, contain abundant flaked glass artifacts. These were undoubtedly manufactured by the Aboriginal men who were employed as troopers in the NMP, and/or their wives and children. Produced using traditional stone working techniques applied to a novel raw material, these artifacts are a tangible demonstration of the messy entanglements experienced by people living and working in this particular — and in some ways unique — cross-cultural context. For the Aboriginal troopers stationed in alien landscapes, the easy accessibility of glass afforded a means by which they could maintain cultural practices and exert independence from their employers, unencumbered by traditional normative behaviors.
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This research was supported by an Australian Research Council Grant (DP160100307). We thank Rinyirru Aboriginal Corporation for permission to conduct fieldwork on Rinyirru National Park, and the Rinyirru Rangers and Laura Rangers for facilitating the project and assisting in fieldwork at Boralga. We thank Philip Hughes and Jim and Sarah Lomas for granting permission for us access to the Mistake Creek site. Kelsey Lowe and Jeff Budby conducted initial geophysical investigations at Mistake Creek, and Kelsey Lowe conducted the geophysical investigations at Boralga. We thank Laura Rangers for their response to the draft, and also thank the reviewers of this paper. The viewpoints presented remain those of the authors. We are also grateful to the many Aboriginal corporations, communities and individuals who have assisted us over the years in our study of the Qld Native Mounted Police, and to the colleagues, students and volunteers who have similarly offered their support. We thank Mark Moore and Emma Watt for creating the 3D photogrammetry models of selected artifacts.
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Perston, Y., Wallis, L.A., Burke, H. et al. Flaked Glass Artifacts from Nineteenth–Century Native Mounted Police Camps in Queensland, Australia. Int J Histor Archaeol 26, 789–822 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-021-00624-5
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