MAMU IN AUSTRAILIA

MAMU ARE FROM COAST AND RAIN FOREST OF FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND. THEY HAD 5 CLANS. A CLAN WAS PHYSICALLY SHORTER THAN OTHERS AND LIVED IN DENSE FORESTS THAT WERE RADICALLY ADJACENT TO THE RIVER. THE MAMU WERE HUNTERS AND GATHERERS. THEY STRONGLY RESISTED EUROPEAN OCCUPATION. IN 1872 THE MAMU ABUSED THE SURVIVORS OF THE SHIP CALLED MARIA. IN LATE 1870'S EUROPEAN TREE CUTTERS AND CHINESE CAME TO PROSPECT FOR GOLD. AN INSPECTOR ATTACKED THE MAMU WHEN HE WAS ESCORTING THEM. THE MAMU FOUGHT FIERCELY. THEIR FAMILIES WERE LATER BROKEN DOWN AND DISPERSED.

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