Research uncovered “stories of girls as young as eight who were kidnapped and raped and infected with syphilis. Teenage girls were kept for sex and chained up at night to stop them running away.
A Encyclopaedia Africana
September 13, 2020
BLACK VELVET: THE RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE OF ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLAND FEMALES
The idea of “chastity” among Aboriginal women was considered by the European men as “preposterous”.