huts

@ PhM - why don't you add this photo to your rural life set?

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164043588/16889874 - a very similar pic...which looks to have been taken on the same occasion...appeared in the Sydney Mail on 24th January, 1906...in a pictorial feature on the 1905-06 wheat harvest...see pic rhs titled 'The Bag Lifter at Work...'

Creator: Unidentified. Location: Hughenden district, Queensland. Description: The humpy appears to be made of vegetation and canvas. Cooking utensils appear at the entrance to the shack. View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/133108 Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/research-collections You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.

A bushman with his dog A bushman with his dog and horse outside a humpy. This picture is thought to have been taken in the Hughenden district, QLD, around 1910-1920. By the looks of it it’s made from canvas and branches and you can see cooking utensils near the entrance. A humpy (or gunyah) was traditionally used by Aboriginals as a temporary shelter and white settlers were quick to see the benefit of this type of dwelling. Often a standing tree was the main support which led to the name of lean-to also being used. Branches and bark were the basis of these dwellings until something more permanent was erected, if needed. Later on anything that was lying about was used to build shelter. Canvas, sheets of corrugated iron and flattened drums being particularly favoured. The word humpy comes from the Jagera language (a Murri people from Coorparoo in Brisbane); other language groups would have different names for the structure. In South Australia, such a shelter is known as a “wurley” also spelled wurlie." Source:https://www.nicolealexander.com.au/2018/05/27/a-bushman-with-his-dog/

The horse looks tired!

Huts at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement 1911 Rita Huggins remembers leaving her grandmother in Woorabinda while the rest of the family were transported to Barambah: “We went to Woorabinda to leave her there. She only lived three weeks after that. She went into the bush to die. She didn’t have the will. “Don’t take my gundaberries (children). Don’t take them. I bring them into the world” she said to the policeman but he just pushed her aside.” - Rita Huggins, interview, 1984 The profound trauma of being driven from their traditional country and of having their family networks and culture shattered is still vivid for many of our parents and grandparents. Source: www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryqueensland/51261569244/...