Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Slavery in Australia" in English language version.
Up until the late 1970s, all Indigenous Australians were governed under various protection acts which controlled every aspect of their lives — from whether they could buy a new pair of shoes to whether they could marry. It was these acts that allowed Aboriginal people's wages to be held in trust by state and territory governments.
Let me give you five examples of slavery in Australia. [...] No, you are not personally responsible for this history. But we are all responsible for how we remember our nation's past and how we might go about redressing its violence.
Up until the late 1970s, all Indigenous Australians were governed under various protection acts which controlled every aspect of their lives — from whether they could buy a new pair of shoes to whether they could marry. It was these acts that allowed Aboriginal people's wages to be held in trust by state and territory governments.
Let me give you five examples of slavery in Australia. [...] No, you are not personally responsible for this history. But we are all responsible for how we remember our nation's past and how we might go about redressing its violence.