Category Archives: WW1

WHAT WOULD CHARLES BEAN HAVE SAID ABOUT GEORGE CAMPBELL HUNT AIF

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Indigenous Histories

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

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Indigenous Histories

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

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Indigenous Histories

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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ABORIGINAL WRITING: LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS IN WW1 SERVICE RECORDS

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Indigenous Histories

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

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Indigenous Histories

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 →

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WALHALLOW: THE FIRST ABORIGINAL WW1 MEMORIAL?

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Indigenous Histories

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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ABORIGINES, WW1 AND ANZAC

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Indigenous Histories

Popular verse in the immediate post war period, could be a gauge of popular feeling about the war and another way of showing how the nation made sense out of the carnage and the fact of fighting. W. M. Fleming … Continue reading →

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Volunteers for the AIF

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Andrew McIntosh CPA, Optimize Business

Book Review: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Volunteers for the AIF: The Indigenous Response to World War One (Second Edition)  2012 Philippa Scarlett  I first came across Philippa Scarlett’s name as part of my research into World War One Australian Aboriginal soldier Douglas … Continue reading →

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CENTENARY OF WW1 2014 THE BLACK DIGGERS PROJECT

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Indigenous Histories

Another milestone on the road to recognition of Indigenous war service is the Black Diggers Project currently being developed for the 2014 Sydney Festival.  This is significant in two ways. It not only means that Aboriginal soldiers already have a … Continue reading →

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UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHS OF ABORIGINAL WW1 SOLDIERS

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Indigenous Histories

As well as the Aboriginal man standing beside  Harry Avery referred to by Andrew Mcintosh in his review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Volunteers for World War one there are numerous other men whose identity is still unknown. Some … Continue reading →

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