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Kanaka

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Kanaka

Ethnic Hawaiian. The word was formerly used indiscriminately by Australians to describe all South Sea islanders, especially those who were abducted and sent to Australia to work on the Queensland sugar plantations (see blackbirding). The practice was prohibited in 1906.



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All the Kanaka boys are dead now; one fell overboard of the launch, and one died of a wounded heel that he poisoned in some way with plant-juice.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
In the top one lay Oofty-Oofty, a Kanaka and splendid seaman, so named by his mates.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
There was only one kanaka who came out of the Huahine that last voyage, and that kanaka was Joe.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
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