Generations ago, families were ripped apart in the Pacific — now, these women are working to reunite them

After thousands of people were taken from islands in the Pacific in the 19th century and brought to Australia to work, their only link home was storytelling and song — now, with the rise of social media and affordable travel, their descendants are working to reunite families that were torn apart.

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