Prime Minister Scott Morrison asserted in a radio interview “there was no slavery in Australia”. However academics Thalia Anthony and Stephen Gray argue this is a common misunderstanding which often obscures our nation’s history of exploitation of First Nations people and Pacific Islanders. Legislation facilitated the enslavement of Aboriginal people in parts of Australia, including the Northern Territory, and underpinned the cattle industry with Aboriginal workers bought and sold as chattels, they write. Read the full work here.
