Indo-Fijians reflect on the journey of their ancestors from India to the sugarcane plantations of Fiji. More than 60,000 of their descendants now call Australia home. But the echoes of that trauma filled era persist as many grapple with their identity.
From 1879, across four decades, more than 60,000 Indians were brought to the British colony of Fiji under the indentured labour system.
They endured gruelling conditions in the canefields and the sugar mills.
If you woke up late... you got whipped.Hausildar, former indentured worker
Today, the emotional trauma of that era is still being felt by many of their descendants.
This episode of Our Pacific explores the arrival of indentured workers from India in Fiji, and their legacy.
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