Noel Fatnowna Fatnowna Family Archive. [Archive] (Unpublished)
Summary
Noel Fatnowna (1929 to 1991) from Mackay is well known among the Australian descendants of Solomon Islands indentured labourers of the late 19th century. Around fifty thousand Pacific Islanders were recruited to work in Queensland between 1863 and 1907, part of a wider migration of labour throughout the Pacific from the middle of the nineteenth century.
Noel Fatnowna was paramount in re-establishing links between Malaita and Mackay. His book, Fragments of a Lost Heritage (1989)¹, written with Roger Keesing, tells the story of reuniting his family and of his childhood in Mackay.
These items belong to Oliver Noel Fatnowna, son of Harry Norman Fatnowna, the Australian-born son of Kwailui and Orran I who were labour recruits from Fataleka, East Malaita, Solomon Islands. A short history of the family is included in the accounts book listed below.
More information on Oliver Noel Fatnowna is available on the Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopedia 1893 - 1978 (See Related Links).
List of this archive's contents
Additional Information
Special Collection items may be used on the Library premises by visiting the appropriate Reading Rooms during opening hours. Digital copies of selected items from this Archive will be made available through the repository as copyright or other restrictions allow.
The Clive Moore Album is located in the NQ Photographic Collection.
References
Related titles from the North Queensland collection:
¹Fatnowna, N. (1989). Fragments of a lost heritage. North Ryde, Australia: Angus & Robertson.
Moore, C. (1985). Kanaka: A history of Melanesian Mackay. Port Morseby, Papua New Guinea: University of Papua New Guinea Press.
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