Article 304R8 'Full truth needs to be told': Descendants of ‘blackbirded’ South Sea Islanders want memorials amended

'Full truth needs to be told': Descendants of ‘blackbirded’ South Sea Islanders want memorials amended

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Ben Doherty
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Attention on the plight of forced labourers and the Queensland pioneers who profited from them is the latest in the global debate over historical statues

Memorials to Queensland pioneers who were involved in the "blackbirding" of South Sea Islanders should be amended to more fully reflect history, say descendants of the islanders forcibly brought to Australia.

The call comes as the global debate over historical monuments continues. In the US, statues of confederate generals have been removed for being representatives of the transatlantic slave trade, secession and the Jim Crow laws, while in Sydney, there are calls to amend the epigraph of a statue of James Cook that claims he discovered the continent of Australia.

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