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Robert Towns built Townsville fortune from enslaved Pacific Islanders
About 62,000 Pacific Islanders were forced to Australia between 1860 and 1906 to work as enslaved labour. Around 15,000 died on Queensland sugar plantations.
Why it mattersStatues and street names honouring colonists can help tell the real story of how their wealth came from enslaving people.
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