[Editor: This article, by “Banjo” Paterson, regarding his travels in northern Queensland (including some commentary on non-Europeans), as well as an eyewitness account of a race riot on Thursday Island, was published in The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW), 31 August 1901. A … [Read more...] about Going North: About the East: Some reflections: The coloured invasion of Australia: The battle of Thursday Island [by “Banjo” Paterson, 31 August 1901]