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Name
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The Leichhardt Tree
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Type of carceral site
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Other
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Dates of use
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1867 – 1990
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Quote
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Look, my great grandmother had no choice… she was brought here and along with another lady, they were put in shackles, offloaded at the mouth of the river, worked up the river to the Leichhardt Tree and [inaudible: 0:18] politely sold. Now, unlike somebody who's fleeing economic conditions or is an economic refugee, there's no other way, members of the committee, to put it, other than they were slaves.
Podcast.
Sutherland, Greg (guest). Roundtable briefing to mark the 20th anniversary of the recognition of Australian South Sea Islanders by the Australian Government, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, 27 Nov. 2014.
https://static.aph.gov.au/-/media/02_Parliamentary_Business/24_Committees/243_Reps_Committees/SPLA/South_Sea_Islanders/podcast/Australian_South_Sea_Islanders_Roundtable.mp3?rev=d38217f58bb7467d9af92f2ad4042bdb&hash=800C035FD1A9AEF9C28EF7F831C71C0C. Accessed 20 August 2026.
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Authority
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Private investment; CSR Sugar
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Archives and sources
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Sutherland, Greg (guest). Roundtable briefing to mark the 20th anniversary of the recognition of Australian South Sea Islanders by the Australian Government, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, 27 Nov. 2014.
https://static.aph.gov.au/-/media/02_Parliamentary_Business/24_Committees/243_Reps_Committees/SPLA/South_Sea_Islanders/podcast/Australian_South_Sea_Islanders_Roundtable.mp3?rev=d38217f58bb7467d9af92f2ad4042bdb&hash=800C035FD1A9AEF9C28EF7F831C71C0C. Accessed 20 August 2026.
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Contact
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Kristal
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identifier
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SITE-LTMAC