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Indigenous Australians and Human Trafficking


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What is the experience of indigenous Australians (the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples) with human trafficking? Seth and JJ give some historical context, then JJ gives an overview of the types of slavery experienced by indigenous Australians in the past and present, and discusses vulnerabilities of these populations that are sometimes invisible.

Sources:

* Australia's History, Tourism Australia
* Australia - History, Encyclopedia Britannica
* Indigenous Australians, Wikipedia
* Vulnerability of Indigenous Persons to Human Trafficking, US Department of State
* Impact of European settlement on Indigenous people, Skwirk Online
* Racism in Australia, Wikipedia
* Australia needs to own up to its slave history, The Sydney Morning Herald
* Bringing them home, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
* Stolen Generations, Wikipedia
* Servant or Slave: Reshaping Australian history through a new lens, SBS
* Did legalised slavery exist in Australia?, SBS
* Blackbirding: Australia's history of luring, tricking and kidnapping Pacific Islanders, ABC
* 10 things you should know about slavery in Australia, NITV
* Was there ever Aboriginal slavery in Australia?, Creative Spirits
* Photo: Wikipedia
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