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It is hard to imagine Christianity being taken in worse circumstances to a people than has been the case with Aborigines throughout much of Australia. Christianity has been an intrinsic part of the colonization process and, as a consequence, has been a companion to frontier violence, dispossession, disease, depopulation, and degradation. Christianity was the religion of the white conquerors who assumed authority and control over Aboriginal people. Missionaries were part of the new law that dominated Aboriginal law. This has certainly been the case in North Queensland (Loos 1982). The missionaries were, of course, as much prisoners of their culture as other colonists. From the hindsight of the twentieth century, many of their attitudes toward Aboriginal people can be seen as offensive. Yet, unlike the other colonists, they came to give Aborigines the greatest gift they had to offer: the salvation they had found in Jesus Christ. They confused their salvation with their culture and both with the 'civilization' they tried to impose on Aborigines. Source; Concern and Contempt Church and Missionary Attitudes Towards Aborigines in North Queensland in the Nineteenth Century Noel Loos

Taroom is a small picturesque country town located on the banks of the Dawson River in the Sandstone Wonders region, an aptly-named region encircled by magnificent sandstone cliffs and mountain ranges, offering adventures into ancient landscapes and rural Queensland pioneering history.
Locals describe Taroom as a friendly town – welcoming to visitors, with some great spots to grab a good country meal, a nice cuppa, a unique gift shop, regular sporting events and river festival, and lovely scenic spots to visit, including having a picnic at Sandy Creek, just on the outskirts of town; or at Isla Gorge – watching the gorge’s colours changing at sunset and sunrise.

Source:
sandstonewonders.com/stories/exploring-taroom-and-surrounds/

This is one of my favourite albums, cause I do love bottle trees 🌟

There might be a dog too.

And lots of ghosts ...

Mr French / Lawrence returned to Pettigo later - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000317158 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000317159

A Cabinet size catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000335407 is the same day (see the luggage on the platform). In a previous Pettigo visit, Niall McAuley and Fred Dean Snr. spotted a GNR wagon on the left which implied after 1896. See comments -

Trifecta again. Spot the differences. Which was first? catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000328886 - Imperial (this photo) catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000040525 - Royal catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000335407 - Cabinet