Experiences of South Pacific Islander Peoples

Question 1

Where are the South Pacific Islander peoples from?

Answer 1

Cook Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga.

Question 2

When and where did the practice of blackbirding occur in Australia?

Answer 2

Between 1863 – 1906 in Queensland.

Question 3

How many South Pacific Islander peoples were brought to Australia?

Answer 3

Approximately 62, 000 between 1863 and 1904.

Question 4

How did the Queensland government first try to regulate the industry?

Answer 4

In 1868 with the Polynesian Labourers Act, which provided for the regulation of the treatment of Kanaka labourers.

Question 5

When and why did the practice of blackbirding end in Australia?

Answer 5

In 1904 as a result of The Pacific Island Labourers Act , enacted in 1901 by the Australian commonwealth, calling for the deportation of all Kanakas after 1906.