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| Layer Id | 1278 | Name | Dalrymple's Campaigns |
| Description | The Australian Wars on the tropical north east coast of Australia were instigated primarily by George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple, between 1859 to 1863 in expeditions to the lands and waters of many peoples, including Darumbal, Guwinmal, Yuwi, Giya, Yuru, Bindal, Baradha, Biri, Gugu-Badhun, Nyawaygi, Wargamaygan, Djirbal, Yidinjdji, Djabugandjdji and, Kuku-yalanji people. This is the coast to the north of Rockhamption, to Townsville, and later, as far as Cooktown.
A later expedition in 1873 extended between Mourilyan Bay to the Daintree and around Cooktown. Previously, Dalrymple had supported the violent suppression of a peasants revolt in Ceylon and occupied land on the Darling Downs. On these expeditions north Dalrymple expected resistance and prepared well armed and coordinated landings aimed at capturing and securing sites for colonial outposts, bringing with him troopers of the Native Police. He and his men killed many Aboriginal people. From these coastal locations, colonists extended into the hinterland and beyond the Great Dividing Range. According to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, "He hoped to explore the coast north of Cooktown but in 1874 was given charge of the government settlement at Somerset on Cape York." Among the motivations for these expeditions was a shortage in global sugar supplies caused by the American Civil War (1861-1865). These regions are prized sugar growing areas. It was also hoped to establish livestock, and potentially connect telegraph lines to Singapore. These industries and gold rushes prompted colonisation in the area. A cluster of massacres in Djirbal country, between Townsville and Cairns, a broad fertile coastal area, suggests that conflict there was especially intense and prolonged. |
Subject Keywords | history, colonial, tropical coast, Queensland, Indigenous, Frontier Wars, Australian Wars |
| Type | Event | Warning | WORKING DRAFT ONLY |
| Contact | bill.pascoe@unimelb.edu.au | Created At | 2024-01-22 21:39:12 |
| Updated At | 2024-01-22 22:48:01 | Ghap Url | https://tlcmap.org/layers/1278 |
| Statistic | Value | Unit |
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Total Places
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12 | - |
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Area
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54799.169417697 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((148.27560421679365 -20.012064239767014,148.23371884081672 -19.993352726054262,147.50458714220835 -19.660450816537477,146.89201351855144 -19.2168299002691,146.0275884624337 -18.26367430946429,142.44649883959767 -10.940474989947846,148.27560421679365 -20.012064239767014)) | - |
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Density
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0.00021898142120608 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(146.3151709895633 -17.712216055980843) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((142.44649883959767 -20.012064239767014,142.44649883959767 -10.940474989947846,148.27560421679365 -10.940474989947846,148.27560421679365 -20.012064239767014,142.44649883959767 -20.012064239767014)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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Mourilyan and Johnstone River, North East Expedition | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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Somerset, Cape York | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |
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Start Date
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1859 | - |
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End Date
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1874 | - |
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Duration
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15 | years |
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Median Date
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1864-01-01 | - |
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Average Date
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1866-05-01 | - |