- Kanaka (Pacific Island worker) - Wikipedia
Kanakas were workers (a mix of voluntary and involuntary) from various Pacific Islands employed in British colonies, such as British Columbia (Canada), Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and Queensland (Australia) in the 19th and early 20th centuries
- Kanaka | Indigenous, Pacific Islanders, Melanesians | Britannica
Kanaka, (Hawaiian: “Person,” or “Man”), in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, any of the South Pacific islanders employed in Queensland, Australia, on sugar plantations or cattle stations or as servants in towns
- Kanakas Surfwear
To reach Tourmaline Canyon “we” used to walk from Loring Street or use the path from Mission Blvd, down the canyon, cliff side They had their hut on the beach and you would find someone you know there from 6am to midnight The hung out all day long
- Hawaiians - Kanakas - Salt Spring Island
They called themselves Kanakas, the Hawaiian for “human being ” A series of gold rushes (starting in California in 1848 and on the Fraser River in B C in 1858) led to huge influxes of mainly American and European miners
- The White Australia Policy: Kanakas and the Pacific Island Labourers Act
Kanakas (as labourers from the Pacific Islands were called) were imported in large numbers to work in Australia (especially in Queensland, but also in northern New South Wales)
- Kanaka (Pacific Island worker) Facts for Kids
Most "Kanakas" in Australia came from Melanesia, not Polynesia Their descendants today often call themselves " South Sea Islanders " This is also the official term used by the government Most of these workers were recruited or tricked into working Some were even kidnapped from places like the Solomon Islands and New Hebrides (now Vanuatu)
- “Kanakas” settlers of the San Juan Islands - Island Histories
Native Hawaiian Islanders, known as Kanakas were important early settlers in the San Juans During the first half of the 1800s, the Hudson Bay Company (HBC) expanded their fur-trading empire establishing forts, farms, and warehouses in the Pacific Northwest
- Kanakas - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Kanakas were workers from various Pacific Islands employed under varying conditions in various British colonies, such as British Columbia (Canada), Fiji and Queensland (Australia) in the 19th and early 20th centuries
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