In 1906 Australia’s high court backed ethnic cleansing. That historical wrong and error of law must be put right | Peter Prince and (Waskam) Emelda Davis
A disturbing precedent that branded British subjects ‘aliens’ is made even more dangerous by the rise of populism today In Robtelmes v Brenan 120 years ago, Australia’s newly established high court approved an act of ethnic cleansing . Between 4,000 and 6,000 Australian South Sea Islanders were to be forcibly expelled as “aliens”, despite the majority having full legal belonging as “British…
We haven't written up this one. The Guardian Australia has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
