White slavery
On 1 August 1911, 21-year-old Annie Robertson was tried at the Melbourne on three counts of procuration. Robertson had introduced three teenage girls she knew to some Chinese men, who paid them for sex. The girls then gave Robertson a cut of the money. The case further stimulated fears about the possibility of so-called 'white slavery' in Australia. Robertson was found guilty and sentenced to one year hard labour.
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