The Pacific Islanders' Fund and the Misappropriation of the Wages of Deceased Pacific Islanders by the Queensland Government
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20596437 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clive Moore (0000-0001-9221-3457, Historical and Philosophical Inquiry; University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Politics & History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-9522 • E-ISSN: 1467-8497 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ajph.12083 |
| OpenAlex | W1997341019 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
The Queensland Pacific Islanders' Fund operated between 1885 and the 1900s but is largely unknown today. It was established in the Treasury to facilitate the operation of the Pacific Island Labourers Act 1880 Amendment Act 1885 to safeguard return fares and to ensure that the money due to deceased Islanders was returned to their families. However, over time, because of the high death rates, the wages of deceased Islanders became so substantial that they were able to be used to supplement the administration of the whole labour trade. Money was drawn off to subsidize Islander hospitals and Christian missions, to an extent that in the final 1900s deportation years there was no longer enough money available to pay full fares. The Queensland government seldom returned the full wages to the families of the deceased Islanders and profited largely from their deaths. In today's money, millions of dollars were misappropriated, in similar fashion to wages misappropriated by the same government from Aborigines
Business · Ethnic group · Government (linguistics) · Misappropriation · Pacific islanders · Political science · Australian History and Society · Law
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0.45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |