Understanding Deadman's Pocket: Peter Glynn and the making of a colonial frontiersman
Edited book (chapter)
Connors, Libby. 2017. "Understanding Deadman's Pocket: Peter Glynn and the making of a colonial frontiersman." Baker, Dallas John, Brien, Donna Lee and Sulway, Nike (ed.) Recovering history through fact and fiction: forgotten lives. Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 27-41
| Chapter Title | Understanding Deadman's Pocket: Peter Glynn and the making of a colonial frontiersman |
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| Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
| ERA Publisher ID | 1417 |
| Book Title | Recovering history through fact and fiction: forgotten lives |
| Authors | |
| Author | Connors, Libby |
| Editors | Baker, Dallas John, Brien, Donna Lee and Sulway, Nike |
| Page Range | 27-41 |
| Chapter Number | 3 |
| Number of Pages | 15 |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Place of Publication | Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom |
| ISBN | 9781527503250 |
| Web Address (URL) | http://www.cambridgescholars.com/recovering-history-through-fact-and-fiction |
| Abstract | On the morning of 5 February 1857 Peter Glynn crawled into the grounds of Caboolture Homestead. Glynn was seriously injured as a result of an Aboriginal attack which his fellow timber-getter did not survive, forcing him to spend three nights alone in the rainforest scrub which then lined the Caboolture River in southern Queensland. This attack at what became known as Deadman's Pocket developed into pioneering folklore. An investigation into Glynn's past however helps to place this attack into the context of a frontier that was both sexually violent and brutal and helps us to re-construct Aboriginal law thirty-five years after the coming of permanent British settlement to the region. |
| Keywords | bush legend, Aboriginal men, Aboriginal law, manliness, sexual exploitation, Caboolture, pioneers |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 450107. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history |
| 430302. Australian history | |
| 450599. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, society and community not elsewhere classified | |
| 430303. Biography | |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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