Australian South Sea Islander

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	Australian South Sea Islander Recognition Day
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:culturalHeritage	gptkb:Melanesian
gptkbp:descendedFrom	people from Vanuatu people from Fiji people from Kiribati people from Melanesia people from New Caledonia people from Papua New Guinea people from Solomon Islands people from Tuvalu
gptkbp:firstRecognitionYear	1994
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	many ancestors were blackbirded (forcibly recruited) to work on sugarcane plantations descendants of people brought to Australia between 1863 and 1904
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Australian South Sea Islander
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Australian_English English South Sea Islander Creole
gptkbp:notIndigenous	not classified as Indigenous Australians
gptkbp:organization	gptkb:Australian_South_Sea_Islanders_United_Council Australian South Sea Islander Secretariat
gptkbp:population	about 50,000
gptkbp:recognizedBy	gptkb:Government_of_India distinct cultural group
gptkbp:region	gptkb:New_South_Wales gptkb:Queensland
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Pacific_Islanders gptkb:Melanesians gptkb:Indigenous_Australians
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:South_Sea_Islander
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7