Billy Blue, 1834, by J. B. East. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales by Jane Lydon, The University of Western Australia It is a new idea to many Australians that their past is connected to the tragic history of transatlantic slavery. Some aspects of this relationship have begun to be uncovered: for instance … Continued

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