RECOGNITION, employment and services were a few of the issues raised at a discussion between government members and South Sea Islander groups from all over the state yesterday.

From 1863, around 62,000 people were kidnapped or taken from the South Sea Islands to work in Queensland's agricultural industries in a process known as blackbirding. By 1908, ...

Members of Australia's South Sea Islander community have come together to celebrate what's known as Sugar Fest. It's been 30 years since South Sea Islanders were formally recognised as a distinct ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Mackay. Followed categories will be added to My News. The extraordinary story of Andrew's ancestors, who along with up to 60,000 others, were recruited from ...

The whereabouts of South Sea Islanders believed to have been buried on a hospital site in North Queensland in the late 1800s remains a mystery after a ground-penetrating radar search failed.

Labor and LNP parliamentarians have unanimously supported a motion to recognise Australian South Sea Islanders after hearing some undertakings made 22 years ago by then premier Peter Beattie were ...