{
  "id": 9786110,
  "title": "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",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/in-1906-australias-high-court-backed-ethnic-cleansing-that-historical",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T15:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/26/high-court-australia-south-sea-islanders-law-ntwnfb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}