The veil is slowly being lifted on the forced or coerced migration – ‘blackbirding’ – of Pacific Islanders for labourWhat’s in a name? If that name happens to be Townsville, the coastal north-east Queensland city, the answer is: slavery.

The veil is slowly being lifted on the forced or coerced migration – ‘blackbirding’ – of Pacific Islanders for labourWhat’s in a name? If that name happens to be Townsville, the coastal north-east Queensland city, the answer is: slavery.