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#Australian South Sea Islander Stories

Australian South Sea Islander cane cutters on a sugar cane plantation in Queensland SLQ

Blackbird Film Shines a Light on a Dark Part of Australian History

JUNE 2015 Melbourne based Australian Solomon Islander filmmaker Amie Batalibasi has embarked on a journey to tell a story that has so often been left out of mainstream Australian history dialogue. The Australian South Sea Islanders (ASSI) are the descendants of some estimated 55,000 to 62,500 Pacific Islanders who were brought to Australia between 1863 …

Blackbird Film Shines a Light on a Dark Part of Australian History

I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which I live and work. I pay my respects to the people of the Kulin Nation and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders past, present and future.

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