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Re: General Discussions

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If only LP hadn't persuaded us all out of buying Teslas.

Don't Teslas run on diesel?
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Re: General Discussions

Reply #2551 –
Quote from: Thryleon – on
some of our first nations people were slaves.  This country is half built on it.

First Nations people were massacred, exploited, confined to missions and reserves, incarcerated, underpaid or not paid, but they weren’t enslaved.

The closest Australia came to slavery was the blackbirding that brought Melanesians here to work in the cane fields.  It was indentured labour rather than slavery and they were paid a pittance and returned home when their “contract” ended.

Australia wasn’t “half built on slavery”, it was probably closer to three quarters.  Rather than direct slavery, the wealth that drove the development of the pastoral industry and commerce in 19th century Australia was largely derived from the Transatlantic slave trade.  British families that made their money through the slave trade or through slave labour invested in Australia and the other British colonies.
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Re: General Discussions

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Quote from: Thryleon – on
some of our first nations people were slaves.  This country is half built on it.

First Nations people were massacred, exploited, confined to missions and reserves, incarcerated, underpaid or not paid, but they weren’t enslaved.

The closest Australia came to slavery was the blackbirding that brought Melanesians here to work in the cane fields.  It was indentured labour rather than slavery and they were paid a pittance and returned home when their “contract” ended.

Australia wasn’t “half built on slavery”, it was probably closer to three quarters.  Rather than direct slavery, the wealth that drove the development of the pastoral industry and commerce in 19th century Australia was largely derived from the Transatlantic slave trade.  British families that made their money through the slave trade or through slave labour invested in Australia and the other British colonies.

Your move.

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Re: General Discussions

Reply #2553 –
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I can't speak for the type of work undertaken in adut prisons but in the juvenile system....

For up to 16 year olds school was compulsory.
Older than that, they had the choice between school and 'work party'.
The numbers were pretty much an even split with this group...many chose the work party option.
Some chose a flexible attendance...e.g three days school, two days work
Work party duties consisted of things like gardening, mowing, cleaning common areas... and for those eligible, community service activities outside the centres.
It was hardly 'chain gang' stuff.

I think it’s similar up here Lods, the adult inmates are generally pretty happy to be out mowing and whippersnipping
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