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StateLibQld 2 251858 Large contingent of military personnel passing through the Hughenden district, 1891

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StateLibQld 2 251858 Large contingent of military personnel passing through the Hughenden district, 1891

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Large contingent of military personnel passing through the Hughenden district, 1891.
In early 1891, central Queensland shearers went on strike. From February through until May, central Queensland was on the brink of civil war. Striking shearers formed armed camps outside of towns. The culmination of the strike came at Barcaldine, when the colonial administration ordered the arrest of the shearers' leaders on charges of sedition and conspiracy. Sights such as these large movements of soldiers and their supplies were common throughout the Central Queensland district during this period.

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