1. STOLEN WAGES

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Definition
Causes
Aboriginal slaves
Repayment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oQMT0jiLsM

3. What does the video clip tell us?
• Aboriginal People were paid only 31% of White wages.
• They received only 20% of their own wage.

4. From the late 1800s until
the 1970s
-Enslavement of
Aboriginal workers
-Denial of access to their
wages
(corrupt officials and
employers stole their
wages in many cases)
-general reluctance to pay
the monies withheld of
governments and
churches

5. Administered Money
Aboriginal
Workers
Employer
Pocket Money
Government

6. Views about Stolen Wages
Gary Highland
National Director of
ANTaR
Rachael Siewert
Green Senator of
WA

10. Stolen Wages Repayment Scheme in
Queensland
$2,000 to $4,000 for a
lifetime of work
(2002)
Set aside $55.4
from Indigenous Wages
and Savings Reparations
Scheme
(2002)
Draw more than $15
from Qld Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
Foundation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuRdspayj04
(2008)

11. Conclusion
• Many Aboriginal workers couldn’t receive the
wages.
• Many Aboriginal women worked like a slave
labour.
• Governments have tried to pay back wages of
Aboriginal workers.
• But it is not easy to collect records.
• Aboriginal people claim low success of
repayment.

12. • Do you agree with the amount of repayment
that Queensland government decided?
($2000-$4000)
• How do you think the reasons that other
states and territory (South Australia, Victoria,
Tasmania, Northern Territory) do not set up
repayment scheme?

13. Reference
• gonkybonks 2007, Justice?, video recording, YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oQMT0jiLsM
• History of Indigenous wages: Queensland
Government 2012, viewed 18 September 2013,
<http://www.qld.gov.au/atsi/cultural-awarenessheritage-arts/history-indigenous-wages/>
• Korff, J, creative spirits, viewed 11 September 2013,
http://www.creativespirits.info/index.php
• Queensland Stolen Wages Fact Sheet, viewed 17
September 2013,
http://www.reconciliation.qut.edu.au/issues/recwee
k/StolenWagesFactSheet.pdf
• World News Australia 2013, Stolen wages issue heats
up, video recording, YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuRdspayj04