Film Tag: Indentured labour

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Blackbird

A short film about pacific islanders kidnapped or forced to work on Queensland's sugar cane fields.

Film Topics:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAgricultureWorking Conditions

Film Tags:

AgricultureAustraliaBlackbirdingHealth & safetyIndentured labourIndigenousPacific IslanderQueenslandSlaverySolomon IslandsSugar caneWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary
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For Love or Money

A documentary feature that charts the history of Australian women in the workplace and their struggles.

Film Topics:

Textiles and ClothingWomen

Film Tags:

1918 Minimum wage for women1934 Wonthaggi strike1972 Whitlam electionAboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAustraliaAutomationClothing industryConvictsDepressionsDomestic servantsEducationEqual pay for womenFamilyFeminist movementGreat Strike of 1917Indentured labourIndigenousIndigenous discriminationManufacturingNursingPoliticsPovertySocial justiceStrikesTailoresses unionTextiles and ClothingUnemploymentUnionsVietnam WarWhitlam Labor GovernmentWollongong steelworks - womenWomenWomen driving tramsWomen's AuxiliaryWomen's Militant GroupWomen's workplace rightsWonthaggiWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace reformWorkplace relationsWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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Sugar Slaves

A documentary about pacific islanders kidnapped or forced to work on Queensland's sugar cane fields.

Film Topics:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAgriculture

Film Tags:

AgricultureAustraliaBlackbirdingBundaberg - QueenslandHealth & safetyIndentured labourIndigenousPacific IslanderPentecost IslandQueenslandSlaverySugar caneWhite Australia PolicyWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary
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