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...also well looked after. They were paid in provisions-sugar, tea, butter, flour and meat. Their kids were often sent to private schools, the fees paid by wealthy pastoralists. "The [late '60s] equal-pay decision mucked up the old system," says Burton. "It made workers too expensive. So most Aborig-inal stockmen ended up losing their jobs, stuck on welfare...
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