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  1. Justice for the kanakas: Australia’s ‘invisible’ Melanesians

    early 1900s: recruiting became a voluntary affair. “The change came not from any substantial alteration ... influenza epidemic of 1919, which killed many prominent Islanders. An astounding 30% of kanakas died in ... six of whom had died in the previous 13 months. Equal treatment Since the 1973 Trans-Tasman ...