I.Ethnicity and Inequality Pacific Islanders were kidnapped by the Blackbirders'from their own islands and brought to Australia as indentured labourers.These workers were subjected to the "Whites only"fever that resulted in the 1901 The Pacific Island Labourers Act.Of the 10,000 Pacific Islanders who were living in Queensland and northern NSW only 700 were exempt from deportation when this Bill became law. I. Ethnicity and Inequality • Pacific Islanders were kidnapped by the ‘Blackbirders’ from their own islands and brought to Australia as indentured labourers. These workers were subjected to the “Whites only” fever that resulted in the 1901 The Pacific Island Labourers Act. Of the 10,000 Pacific Islanders who were living in Queensland and northern NSW only 700 were exempt from deportation when this Bill became law