This image was taken at was is now known as Trinity Beach, just around a bend from Palm Cove in Queensland. SEE THE LARGE SIZE FOR THE CLOUD LINE DEPTH OF FIELD HERE

Prior to European occupation (read invasion), this and every part of the land we now call Australia was occupied by what we now call Aboriginal people (See profile for an overview of this history).

INDIGENOUS HISTORY

HISTORY OF PALM BEACH (PALM COVE)

Aborigines are the original inhabitants of Palm Cove as they are with the rest of Australia and their existence, some say, dates back to over 60,000 years. There is also information suggesting that the Chinese walked the shores of the Cape York Peninsula over 3000 years ago followed by the Japanese who landed ashore in the 1940s. Captain Cook is thought to have made a brief stop in Palm Cove to replenish his water supply in Sweet Creek that runs between Angsana Resort and the site for the new Royal Palm Cove before running his ship aground at Cape Tribulation.

The most celebrated white man "discovery" however, was by G.E. Dalrymple’s Northeast Coast Expedition of 1873 when Sub Insp. F. Thompson, Sub Insp. R. Johnstone and Walter Hill touched base on the sandy shores of Palm Cove. The welcoming reception they received was not what they had expected. The indigenous people, obviously not too enthusiastic about their new visitors, opened a " reckless attack" on G.E. Dalrymple’s crew which ultimately led to one of the largest documented beachfront invasions in Australian history.

Of course the experiences of Indigenous – European interactions were not homogenous nor were the attitudes each Indigenous group took towards European ‘settlers’ and visa versa. The overall story was not good for Indigenous people, but simplistic accounts of adversarial conflict and a will to wipe out the Indigenous community are simply false. I recommend reading The Australian People (edited by James Jupp). This account gives a reasonably balanced view from a historians perspective. See the link below to order this book.

books.google.com.au/books?id=yTKFBXfCI1QC&pg=PA369&am...

PHOTOGRAPH FOOTNOTES;

Apart from cropping and brightness/contrast adjustments, all of my images are presented as they were when the shutter closed, unless otherwise stated.

Trinity Beach

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