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Open to all who served or was it? Soldier Settlement for Tasmanian Aboriginal Soldiers
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Gerrard, A, Open to all who served or was it? Soldier Settlement for Tasmanian Aboriginal Soldiers, Tasmanian Historical Studies, 20 pp. 23-39. ISSN 1324-048X (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
On the eve of yet another war in 1939, William Cooper, leader of the Australian Aborigines League wrote to the Federal Minister of the Interior, reminding him of the way Aboriginal servicemen had been treated after World War One. Cooper informed John McEwen that thousands of 'coloured' men had enlisted in the first Australian Imperial Force and that doubtless many more would do so again if required.1 Those who had survived, Cooper went on, were pushed back to the bush, where they had 'no status, no rights, no land and ... nothing to fight for but the privilege of defending the land ... taken from him by the white race without compensation or even kindness'.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | History and Archaeology |
| Research Group: | Historical Studies |
| Research Field: | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology |
| UTAS Author: | Gerrard, A (Mrs Andrea Gerrard) |
| ID Code: | 102591 |
| Year Published: | 2015 |
| Deposited By: | Humanities |
| Deposited On: | 2015-08-28 |
| Last Modified: | 2016-09-08 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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