REVIEW: Conspiracy of Silence, Melbourne Historical Journal
Tim Bottoms2017-12-16T09:20:47+00:00DOWNLOAD PDF: Review-Bottoms-2013-Conspiracy-of-Silence
An example of one pastoralists acquisitiveness
Tim Bottoms2017-12-16T08:43:52+00:00Extract from Conspiracy of Silence [pp.18-19] by Timothy Bottoms PDF Version: Arthur Palmer (Premier: May 1870 - Jan 1874), like Thomas McIlwraith, Herbert and Mackenzie, and so many other Queensland colonial politicians, were also investing in pastoral runs on the expanding Queensland frontier. There can be no doubt that they had a vested interest [...]
The Queensland Native Mounted Police
Tim Bottoms2017-12-16T08:11:05+00:00Extract from Conspiracy of Silence [pp.18-19] by Timothy Bottoms The Native Police force became the legitimate instrument of government policy, first in NSW and later in the newly formed colony of Queensland.[1] The Native Police had three duties: to break up - disperse - large assemblages of Blacks, and at the same time to [...]
Under the Act An Overview
Tim Bottoms2017-12-16T08:43:42+00:00by Timothy Bottoms PDF Version:Under-the-Act-An-Overview-by-Timothy-Bottoms It was the design and action of the state government (both Labor and conservative), under the auspices of the Aboriginals Department that implemented the control of Indigenous Queenslanders. Local whites had little or no say in government policy. The Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act [...]
Moreton Bay Courier 4 April 1861: LEGALISED MURDER OF ABORIGINES
Tim Bottoms2017-12-16T08:43:19+00:00CONTEXT BY TIMOTHY BOTTOMS This letter was published on 4 April 1861, some 2½ years after the colony of Queensland came into existence (10 December 1859). During this period of the first Queensland colonial government they were referred to colloquially as the 'Squatting Ministry'. The Treasury was broke so the Executive [...]
FRONTIER MEMORIAL: Cullin-la-ringo, Emerald, QLD, Thursday 17 October 1861
Tim Bottoms2017-12-16T08:43:04+00:00Example of Inappropriate Frontier Memorial Signage at the Cullin-la-ringo Site None of this information is acknowledged on site or in the district. The entrance to Cullin-la-Ringo historic site, South-West of Emerald (Qld), in 2009. Note the sign does not mention the Aboriginal tribal group or any reason for the massacre occurring or the result [...]
MEDIA RELEASE: Dr Timothy Bottoms publishes results of extensive research
Tim Bottoms2020-03-29T11:48:00+00:00PAPER PUBLISHED JULY 2017: Genocide in Colonial Queensland, Australia PDF VERSION Queensland's Genocide Experience on the 19th Century frontier, Hidden in the 20th, acknowledged in the 21st (?) https://www.crikey.com.au/2017/07/07/online-map-of-aboriginal-massacres-evinces-the-shocking-truth-of-colonial-violence/ Dr Timothy Bottoms, Senior Historian with NQ Research Associates has published his latest academic paper, which effectively argues that the violence on [...]
FRONTIER MEMORIAL: Hornet Bank, Taroom, QLD, Tuesday 27 October 1857
Tim Bottoms2017-12-16T08:41:59+00:00Hornet Bank is a private property and to preserve the owners privacy it would not be appropriate to try and establish signage unless they were agreeable, but it is a working property, so it is unlikely they would want any signage on the property itself. Possible it could be acknowledged in Taroom the closest [...]
FRONTIER MEMORIAL: Eidsvold, NSW, 1851-1856
Tim Bottoms2017-12-16T08:41:46+00:00Example of Inappropriate Frontier Memorial Signage in Eidsvold Just north of Eidsvold (c.120kms South West of Bundaberg) locals have erected a shelter in honour of the NSW Native Mounted Police. This force was incorporated into the Queensland Native Police after separation (December 1859). It is apparent that their role as exterminator's of Aboriginal people [...]
FRONTIER MEMORIAL: Myall Creek, NSW, Sunday 10 June 1838
Tim Bottoms2017-12-16T08:41:19+00:00Dr Timothy Bottoms was Guest Speaker at the Myall Creek Memorial Commemoration Ceremony 8 June 2014. SOURCE: http://honesthistory.net.au Myall Creek Memorial Talk, Sunday 8 June 2014, Honest History, 23 June 2014, updated This item is relevant to the history of relations between Indigenous and White Australians but also to the way we have suppressed and distorted that [...]