[Editor: This article about kanakas in Queensland was published in The National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW), 25 April 1892.] The black streak in Queensland. Eight vessels are being fitted out in Queensland for the Islands on “black-birding” expeditions. In other words a … [Read more...] about The black streak in Queensland [25 April 1892]
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Slavery in Australia [poem, 17 August 1871]
[Editor: A poem written against the practice of “blackbirding” in Australia. Published in The Newcastle Chronicle, 17 August 1871.] Slavery in Australia. There is a plant, a deadly plant, Now springing ’neath our skies; Oh, pluck it forth, for where it grows, There … [Read more...] about Slavery in Australia [poem, 17 August 1871]