Remembering how 'blackbirded' people became the backbone of industry

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From the 1860s until 1904, around 50,000 people were brought to Australia — some of them kidnapped, others willingly — through employment contracts they did not fully understand

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elles_smiley Keep hoping someone might kidnap me would beat saving for the air fair 😂😊.... nite nite

Until 1904 . .? Still going on .. except we kick them home now when we are done

My late mum (would be 94 now) often spoke about the big strong “ Islanders up in Qld” Now they are back working (legally & willingly) in the orchards in the Goulburn Valley. A couple of seasons work can set them up for life back home!

In 1788 people were forced out of their home country of England to be bought to Australia as a slave to build a country that’s now one of the best places to live in the world.

ColleenLavelle1 AND, First Peoples enslaved, as they are today in Free Labor schemes ! Further those sent to war never brought back. Those sent to war and when came back sent back to slavery...

'... through employment contracts they did not fully understand...' I guess some things never change.

Thank you ABC and Elliose Farrow-Smith for bringing to light this part of Australia’s history.

Do you realise there are no native weasels in Oz? Or is it just a slow time in the SJW industry?

Disgraceful and disdain acts we have committed in the past.

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