Aboriginal Slavery in Australia – Interview with Dr Stephen Gray, Monash University

Last week Prime Minister Scott Morrison stated that “there was no slavery in Australia”. Now, he’s back-pedaled and apologised since – but the ongoing issue of historical ignorance remains – that there is indeed a well-documented history of Slavery in this country.

I spoke with Dr Stephen Gray – Senior Lecturer, with the Faculty of Law at Monash University, who co-authored an article in the Conversation (with Dr Thalia Anthony) entitled “Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up for debate” – which gives many well-documented examples of Australia’s history of slavery… I asked Dr Grey (who has published widely on historical Australian Slavery) what he thought of Scott Morrison’s statement…