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Author Archives: Indigenous Histories
ENGLISH BRIDES OF ABORIGINAL SOLDIERS OF WW1
During the course of WW1 and immediately after, an unknown number of members of the AIF who were stationed in England, on leave or convalescing, met and married English women. In most instances details of the marriage are contained in … Continue reading
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WILLIAM STUBBINGS: ABORIGINAL SOLDIER OF THE BOER WAR
On April 13th 1791 Watkin Tench, a young officer in the Marines, recorded a meeting on the banks of the Hawkesbury river between Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales and members of the Boorooberongal clan of the Darug. We … Continue reading
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PERCY KENNEDY ABORIGINAL JOCKEY : RACING IDENTITY AND FINE HORSEMAN
John Maynard’s Aboriginal Stars of the Turf is described as celebrating ‘the significant and exciting Aboriginal involvement in Australian racing history. Amongst the many Aboriginal jockeys highlighted in the book are Merv Maynard, Norm Rose, Frank Reys, Richard Lawrence ‘Darby’ … Continue reading
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WHAT WOULD CHARLES BEAN HAVE SAID ABOUT GEORGE CAMPBELL HUNT AIF
Thanks to writer John Tognolini I’ve recently located George Campbell Hunt of the 21st Battalion, AIF. John was gathering information about his uncle Stephen Tognolini M.M when he discovered George Hunt in a group photo of the 21st Battalion taken … Continue reading
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ABORIGINAL SOLDIERS AND GALLIPOLI
In 1933 a former private in the 15th Battalion drew attention to the service of Aboriginal men at Gallipoli when he said ‘I have stood shoulder to shoulder with half castes in Hell’s pit [Hell’s Spit], on Quinn’s Post, and … Continue reading
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WW1 SERVICE RECORDS AND THE CLARENCE VALLEY PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN WILLIAM LINDT
Information in the service record of a World War One Aboriginal soldier has been used to assist with the possible identification of the photograph of a young woman in a collection of images of Aboriginal people from the Clarence Valley … Continue reading
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BOER WAR: ANOTHER ABORIGINAL SOLDIER CONFIRMED
In early 1900 five Aboriginal men from Warangesda Mission, Darlington Point offered their services as scouts to the New South Wales Bushmen Contingent which was to leave for South Africa later that year. [D and B Elphick, The Camp of … Continue reading
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ABORIGINAL WRITING: LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS IN WW1 SERVICE RECORDS
Writing Never Arrives Naked: Early Aboriginal cultures of Writing in Australia (2006) by Penny van Toorn dispels the once popularly held belief that David Unaipon’s publication of Aboriginal legends in 1927 and 1929 were the first examples of Aboriginal writing. Van Toorn … Continue reading
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MORE TASMANIAN ABORIGINAL SOLDIERS WW1
Andrea Gerrard, now a Ph.D. student at the University of Tasmania, has been researching Tasmanian Aboriginal soldiers from WW1 for a number of years. The names of the 64 soldiers she has identified were published in the Hobart Mercury on … Continue reading
WALHALLOW: THE FIRST ABORIGINAL WW1 MEMORIAL?
On 17 August 1935 The Sydney Morning Herald noted the existence of a memorial to men who had served in World War One from Walhallow Aboriginal Station. Walhallow is at Caroona 20 miles west of Quirindi New South Wales. The … Continue reading
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