Myall Creek Massacre (1838)
In 1838 white settlers murdered 28 Aboriginal men, women and children near Myall Creek Station. The massacre is a harrowing reminder of Australia’s colonial violence...
Category : International
A Papuan Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel guiding an injured Australian soldier home, 1942
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A Papua New Guinean Native “Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel”, guiding an injured Australian soldier home, Christmas Day, 1942. An Australian soldier, George “Dick” Whittington, is aided...
Slave shackle being removed by a British sailor, 1907
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A British blacksmith removing the leg irons off a slave, 1907. This photograph shows a sailor removing the manacle from a newly freed slave. The picture...
Rescued slaves crowd the deck of the HMS Daphne, 1868
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They were freed from Arab slave traders between November 1st and 4th of 1868. Rescued East African slaves were taken from a show aboard HMS...
Africans in German Imperial Army, 1870-1918
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Josef Mambo (born in 1885 in Tanga, East Africa) was brought to Germany as a child (1897) and later served as the kettle drummer in...
Mine worker x-rayed for diamond check, 1954
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De Beer mine workers are X-rayed at the end of every shift before leaving the diamond mines, Kimberley, South Africa, October 1954. South African mine...
Cabinet ministers lined up for execution after a coup d’état in Liberia, 1980
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A Liberian Army soldier stands ready to execute a former cabinet minister following the 1980 coup. The minister in the photo: Cecil Dennis. On April...
Genocide In The Congo
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From 1885 to 1908, Belgian King Leopold II took control of the Congo. He turned the nation into a moneymaking machine by farming ivory and...
Henry Morton Stanley
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Henry Morton Stanley, a prominent figure in African exploration, is a complex and controversial historical figure. His expeditions into the heart of Africa in the...