What do you know about Blackbirding? In this episode we talk to Aunty Emelda Davis Chairperson of the Australian South Sea Islander Association whose mother is the first generation born to a ‘Sugar Slave’ who was kidnapped off the beach on Tanna Island at the age of twelve. We also talk to Fiona Mount President of the Tweed Heads Australian SSI United Community about the history that brought people here.
01/07/2020
What do you know about Blackbirding? In this episode we talk to Aunty Emelda Davis Chairperson of the Australian South Sea Islander Association whose mother is the first generation born to a ‘Sugar Slave’ who was kidnapped off the beach on Tanna Island at the age of twelve. We also talk to Fiona Mount President of the Tweed Heads Australian SSI United Community about the history that brought people here.
01/07/2020
