Monthly Archives: April 2014

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SOUGHT: KEVIN GILBERT, ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS AND THE WAR OF INVASION

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Indigenous Histories

  Kevin Gilbert Courtesy Fairfax Press In early September 1991 Kevin Gilbert was photographed by Richard Briggs against the background of the Australian War Memorial. He carries a cross in almost Christ like manner as he walks towards Anzac Parade. However it … Continue reading →

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JACK ALICK BOND: BOER WAR ABORIGINAL SOLDIER

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Indigenous Histories

Research earlier this year by Hamilton historian Peter Bakker has located another Aboriginal man who fought in the Boer war. Bakker has found that Jack Alick was in the pre-Federation New South Wales First Australian Horse and has also been … Continue reading →

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NON WHITE AUSTRALIANS AND THE AIF

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Indigenous Histories

Arthur Malcolm Quong Tart, Brisbane, 1917. Courtesy Lois McEvoy The public image of the men of the first AIF given currency by Charles Bean, the editor of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 and author of some of its volumes, was … Continue reading →

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