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2024-10-29 14:56:34 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E993C2A892460F4492D93A442C003FFE6DAC1C7041E5B95A6D49AA4F0B11C609
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This photo shows Indigenous men in chains at Wyndham Prison. Many were jailed for minor offences such as trespassing or cattle theft under colonial laws. Often leading to forced labor. The original source for the photo attributed the arrests to ‘cattle spearing,’ not rape. https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-forgotten-australian-war-behind-this-harrowing-photo/ https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/australian-aborigines-chains-1902/
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