Category Archives: WW1

DAVID HUGGONSON WRITES ON RACISM IN EDUCATION IN QUEENSLAND 1924-1949

David Huggonson is a former teacher with involvement in Aboriginal organisations as well as the author of numerous newspaper and journal articles, particularly on Aboriginal service in the First World War. He is the creator of the exhibition Too Dark … Continue reading

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ABORIGINAL SERVICE IN WORLD WAR ONE: 63 MORE AIF VOLUNTEERS NAMED.

Anzac march 2017, Canberra. Courtesy Enlightning Productions It is now ten years since the publication of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander volunteers for the AIF: the Indigenous response to World War One. This contained, as well as analysis and commentary, … Continue reading

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WALTER PARKER, NEWLY IDENTIFIED BOER WAR SOLDIER: A TRIUMPH FOR FAMILY HISTORIAN

Section of the Australia National Boer War Memorial, Anzac Parade Canberra dedicated in 2017 Photo Ben Wrigley. https://www.bwm.org.au/ The upsurge in family history research in recent years has greatly assisted in the identification of the service of Aboriginal men in … Continue reading

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THE ELUSIVE JACK MILTON, WW1 AIF: A MYSTERY SOLVED

As a result of years of research Benita Parker has at last been able to solve one of the mysteries associated with Aboriginal war service. The case of Jack Milton of Karuah has long puzzled those attempting to identify Aboriginal … Continue reading

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ABORIGINAL SERVICE AND WW1: 61 MORE VOLUNTEERS LOCATED

Since the publication in April 2018 of Edition Four of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander volunteers for the AIF: the Indigenous response to World War One, more names of Aboriginal volunteers have come to light, from various sources. These include … Continue reading

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UNPACKING ALF’S CRICKET CASE : THE STAFFORD FAMILY AND WORLD WAR 1

Michelle Flynn with her daughter, fourth and third from right  Koori Mail 2014 Naidoc In 2014 Michelle Flynn entered and won a Canberra local radio competition – the prize a tour of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait … Continue reading

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ABORIGINAL MEN AT GALLIPOLI: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE TO ANZAC

The identification of Aboriginal men who are known to have served on Gallipoli has continued to grow from the 56 soldiers acknowledged in 2015. In 2018 the names of those who took part in the landing or arrived in the … Continue reading

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ABORIGINAL SERVICE IN WW1: 151 NAMES ADDED TO THE GROWING LIST OF AIF VOLUNTEERS

During the past two years we have been concentrating our efforts on expanding the number of known men of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage who volunteered to serve in the First World War. Below are the names of 151 … Continue reading

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ALFRED ‘TINY’ RYAN : THE BOXING SOLDIER

Bogan River Tribe 1898 from the family album of Charles Jepson Morris, courtesy of grandson Bert Morris. Collection of the Local History Room, Narromine Library.        Alfred Ryan is the small boy seated on a log. Sometime after 1917 the remains … Continue reading

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UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBERS: THE REVEILLE LISTS AND ABORIGINAL MEN IN THE FIRST AIF

In 1931 and 1932, Reveille the journal of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia, (the predecessor of the Returned and Services League and referred to as the RSL) published lists of Aboriginal men who served in the … Continue reading

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