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Civil engineer Danel Korb took the day off work to make the most of what the Antarctic blast left behind – but that was after she went for a surf and a skate. “They said ‘that’s the Taranaki Dream’.” Korb was up before dawn and paddling out at Graveyards, off Paora Rd in Wārea, in the icy darkness. She was so committed to the swell she went with “literally nobody” there, and didn’t realise how far out she was until it got lighter. “It was a bit tiring, but I got back – and there was still some frost on the grass,” she said. “It was a successful surf.”
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Australia s use of Pacific Islander workers in the late 19th century was part of a much bigger story of British sugar barons and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
South Sea Islander children in Queensland, around 1902-05. Photo: Queensland State Library
There are moves afoot to scrub colonial businessman Benjamin Boyd’s name from the map. The owners of historic Boydtown on the NSW south coast are planning to change its name, while Ben Boyd National Park may also be renamed. Residents in North Sydney will take part in a survey to rename Ben Boyd Road, too.
The reason: Boyd’s links to “blackbirding” in the 19th century.
There are moves afoot to scrub colonial businessman Benjamin Boyd’s name from the map. The owners of historic Boydtown on the NSW south coast are planning to change its name, while Ben Boyd National Park may also be renamed. Residents in North Sydney will take part in a survey to rename Ben Boyd Road, too.
The reason: Boyd’s links to “blackbirding” in the 19th century.
Blackbirding was a term given to the trade of kidnapping or tricking Pacific Islanders on board ships so they could be carried away to work in Australia.
Boyd instigated this practice in the late 1840s, bringing the first group of Pacific Islanders to work on land in the Australian colonies. Although his scheme ultimately failed, other labour traders would deliver approximately 62,000 islanders to Queensland and NSW between the 1860s and 1900s.
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Andover Youth Services Director Bill Fahey was fired May 10 following an investigation. (Shutterstock)
ANDOVER, MA County prosecutors and state police investigated allegations regarding Bill Fahey and found they did not rise to the level of criminal conduct, an official confirmed.
District attorney s spokeswoman Carrie Kimball confirmed that Andover police referred allegations against the former Andover Youth Services director to the Essex County District Attorney s Office, as first reported by the Eagle-Tribune.
Andover police spokesman Lt. Edward Guy called the allegations very concerning.
Subscribe The Andover Police Department had been notified several months ago of alleged incident(s) that were very concerning involving Mr. Fahey as Director of Andover Youth Services, Guy said. This incident(s) had occurred some time ago.