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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

Member for Mirani Stephen Andrew is a direct descendent of South Sea Islander slaves brought to north Queensland to work on sugar plantations. Picture: Daryl Wright ...

Owners of South Seas Island Resort on Captiva Island are planning to launch a grass roots effort to convince residents that its plans for parts of the venerable resort, battered by Hurricane Ian ...