CAIRNS JUNIOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY
history
general history of Cairns
transport - shake rattle and rollers
wagons, shipping, Kuranda rail, steam, vehicular
strangers in a strange land
- first contact, aboriginal history
pre-european, post-european, first contact
exploration
sea & land
government
local, state, federal
industry
mining, timber, agriculture, aquaculture,
mysteries
aboriginal cannibals - fact or fiction?
social history
life, entertainment, education, leisure & holidays, medicine & health
multi-culturalism
japanese, chinese, signalese, kanakas, afghans, etc
tourism
law & order
police, native mounted police, courts
defence force
- wars and conflicts
boer, russian conflict, ww1, ww11, conflicts following ww11
time warp
how kids lived 150, 100, 50, 25 years ago
diary entries
newspaper
photographs
films
maps
religion - joss house, muslim, hindu, kanakas, christian, aboriginal
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how to join cairns junior historical society
about the cairns historical society
the cairns museum