Charles Edward Broadhurst
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Charles Edward Broadhurst was a pioneer pastoralist and pearler in colonial Western Australia. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1874 and 1875. In 2009, he was recognise
Charles Edward Broadhurst
Blackbirding
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Blackbirding was the trade in indentured labourers from the Pacific in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is often described as a form of slavery, despite the Slave Trade Act 1807 and the Slavery A
In 1869, HMS Rosario seized the blackbirding schooner Daphne and freed its passengers, who were bound for Queensland, Australia.
Kanaka workers in a sugar cane plantation in Queensland, late 19th century.
Robert Towns
Vanuatuan recruits for sugar plantations in Australia, Vanuatu, c. 1910