Re-examining Australia's 'blackbirding' past and its roots in the global slave trade
- Written by Emma Christopher, Scientia Fellow, UNSW
South Sea Islander children in Queensland, around 1902-05. Queensland State Library
There are moves afoot to scrub colonial businessman Benjamin Boyd’s name from the map. The owners of historic Boydtown on the NSW south coast are planning to change its name, while Ben Boyd National Park may also be renamed. Residents in North Sydney will take...
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