, ▁which ▁was ▁to ▁remain ▁extraordinary ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁un pre ced ented ▁for ▁any ▁Queensland ▁journalist ▁of ▁his ▁era . ▁ ▁Yet ▁it ▁so ▁happened ▁that ▁his ▁most ▁last ing ▁legacy ▁became ▁the ▁numerous ▁articles ▁he ▁wrote ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁most ▁pain ful ▁issue ▁of ▁all ▁– ▁Queensland ' s ▁front ier ▁ind igen ous ▁policy , ▁Native ▁Police ▁system , ▁and ▁what ▁he ▁contin ually ▁argued ▁was ▁an ▁ur gent ▁need ▁for ▁the ▁government ▁to ▁reform ▁and ▁move ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁fundamental ▁rights ▁of ▁ind igen ous ▁people . ▁An ▁issue ▁which ▁was ▁to ▁remain ▁un sol ved , ▁cont ested ▁and ▁a ▁pain ful ▁legacy ▁that ▁even ▁his ▁closest ▁friends ▁would ▁prefer ▁to ▁forget ▁rather ▁than ▁to ▁remember . ▁ ▁Indeed , ▁Carl ▁Fe il berg ▁is ▁beyond ▁question ▁the ▁most ▁out standing ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁frequently ▁c ited ▁advoc ate ▁of ▁ind igen ous ▁human ▁rights ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁colonial ▁Queensland , ▁and ▁he ▁certainly ▁belongs ▁in ▁the ▁ranks ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁notable ▁of ▁his ▁kind ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁colonial ▁Australia . ▁Al most ▁all ▁ind igen ous ▁policy ▁critical ▁articles , ▁editor ial ▁comments ▁and ▁editor ial s ▁printed ▁in ▁the ▁Br is b ane ▁Cou rier ▁and ▁its ▁week ly ▁The ▁Queensland er ▁between ▁ 1 8 7 4 ▁and ▁ 1 8 8 6 ▁were ▁author ed ▁by ▁Carl ▁Fe il berg . ▁Additionally ▁he ▁conducted ▁two ▁length y ▁campaign s , ▁one ▁in ▁the ▁Queensland ▁Patri ot ▁in ▁ 1 8