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In 1906 Australia’s high court backed ethnic cleansing. That historical wrong and error of law must be put right | Peter Prince and (Waskam) Emelda Davis

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A disturbing precedent that branded British subjects ‘aliens’ is made even more dangerous by the rise of populism today In Robtelmes v Brenan 120 years ago, Australia’s newly established high court approved an act of ethnic cleansing. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.

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