Aborigines
... Yet until recently the Aborigines infrequently appeared in the Australian history, so that the Australian has been presented with half a history. ... In my research, I found that the society has a strong racial intolerance towards aborigines in 1940s. Historical evidence confirms that aborigines have been subjected to extreme forms of racism. ... Alice answered ˇ°Rubbishˇ±, but that was how the aborigines were treated in the cattle and sheep stations in Perth, Broome. Many aborigines, both man and women, like to have a stock work. ... Like Derby Boxer, a lot of aborigines became stockman or stockwomen. ... Aborigines also became involved in pearling; in 1940s aborigines and Japanese were the main pearl divers in Broome. They worked hard, but got low pay and harsh conditions of life, because they were aborigines. ... Aborigines were treated like slaves, like tools, in the society of 1940s.