Oh and Bob, our overseas friends probably do not realise that Queensland aborigines were 'paid', by putting their wages into a trust account (because they obvioulsy could not be trusted!) and they were given a few pennies - to buy tobacco! - or if they could 'prove' they needed new clothes or shoes, etc from time to time.

The Queensland Government 'stole' the balance - by moving it from tehse holding accounts held in trust for them to General Revenue. Decades have gone into trying to get it back... a 'generous offer' of a few thousand dollars each was refused, because many of them have records that they are owed much more, not including interest...