How Aboriginal man Port Essington Jack and his brothers ended up in 1840s Hong Kong
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Commander Pasco was united with the boys aboard the HMS Vulture.
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The fascinating story of how three young Indigenous boys were possibly kidnapped and taken to Hong Kong before being rescued by an unlikely hero has been uncovered by Darwin-based historians.
Key points:
Three young brothers were kidnapped from their NT home and taken to Hong Kong as slaves in the 1830s
Years later, Commander Crawford Pasco rescued the boys
One of the boys, Medlone, went on to be the Territory s oldest Indigenous man of his time
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