SBS | 'We came out of slavery': Calls to amend Queensland monuments to represent labour trade history SBS As debate rages in the United States over the country's Confederate monuments, there are calls from Australia's South Sea Islander community to 'amend' monuments to Robert Towns and John Mackay over their involvement in the practice known as ... South Sea Islanders say statue of Townsville founder 'whitewashes' slave history 'Full truth': Descendants of Australia's 'blackbirded' islanders want pioneer statues amended Looking at a culture through its recipes |