Descendants of South Sea Islanders believe history has a tricky way with words when describing the people brought to Australia to work in the 19th century.

It is grown only on the sea-coast of the States of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and the line of its growth extends from John's Island, just south of Charleston, to Amelia Island, Florida.

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.

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 ...

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.

It's been 30 years since Australian South Sea Islanders were recognised as a distinct group, but an exhibition to mark the occasion comes amid accusations of the modern-day slavery of Pacific ...

Vietnam has been ramping up its dredging and landfill work in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, creating another 330 acres of land since December last year, a U.S. think tank said in a ...

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.

South Sea Islander members missing from ‘Destination 2045’ tourism meeting Tourism operators were invited to hear the government’s 20-year tourism plan for Mackay but a key voice was missing ...

Countries surrounding the South China Sea have built more than 90 outposts on around 70 islands, rocks and reefs in the highly disputed area, satellite images show.

Estimates of the number of Pacific Islanders captured by blackbirders and forced to work on cotton and sugar plantations in Fiji and Australia range from 61,610 to more than 100,000.