Planter inertia: the decline of the plantation in the Herbert River Valley

Vidonja Balanzategui, Bianka

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Agricultural associations were a worldwide phenomenon in the nineteenth century. They were formed by large and small farmers alike to improve agricultural skills, encourage innovation, and provide access to rural extension. Some also acted as political lobbying groups. In tropical sugar growing areas however, where plantation agriculture was a pervasive phenomenon, such associations were the preserve of the planter elite. These associations could be powerful agents for the preservation of planters' social, political and economic dominance and the plantation system of production. Though the plantation system prevailed from 1872 until 1908 on the Herbert River in tropical north Queensland the planters there failed to unite effectively. This article will explore those planters' efforts to form associations and explore why their efforts failed when planters elsewhere successfully united and thrived.

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1837-784X

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2020

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Professional Historians Australia

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