Monthly Archives: August 2013

PETITIONER, SOLDIER, WRITER, POET, NURSE: THE MULTIFACETED INDIGENOUS LEANE FAMILY

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Indigenous Histories

Albert Edmund Leane enlisted in the AIF in January 1916 under the name Albert Edward Leane. He gave his age as 18 and became a member of No 4 Tunnelling Company. The Company left Sydney on 22 May but Leane … Continue reading →

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A LIFE CUT SHORT: LESTER ‘MICK’ FELL – JOCKEY AND SOLDIER.

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Indigenous Histories

  Lester Oliver Fell at J.E. Pike’s stable gate. Courtesy Colin Stuart  Another jockey whose Aboriginal heritage, like that of Percy Kennedy, has to date been unrecognised, is Lester ‘Mick’ Fell. Lester Fell’s family had their Aboriginal roots at Merrigal … Continue reading →

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