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Kalamia Plantation

Name
Kalamia Plantation
Type of carceral site
Plantation
Dates of use
1882 – 2026
Quote
I've applied to the Government for another twelve Kanakas and Mr Callaghan has applied for a couple of dozen Hindus. He believes that Hindus cut the cane better than Kanakas.
Novel, Historical Fiction.
Devanny, Jean. Cindie: A Chronicle of the Canefields. University of Queensland Press, 2003 [1949], p. 28.
Authority
Private investment; CSR Sugar
Archives and sources
Dashiell Moore
location
Townsville, Gurambilbarra
Contact
Dashiell
identifier
SITE-TVKAL
Item sets
Carceral Sites
Media
A sketch plan of Airdmillan, Kalamia and Seaforth sugar plantations, Lower Burdekin, c1888. Pioneer Mill Records, Photograph 52. Courtesy of the James Cook University Archives, Townsville.