'Willing to Fight to a Man' : The First World War and Aboriginal Activism in the Western District of Victoria single work   essay  
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In April 1916, The Age ran a short story headed 'Aborigines in camp: Others willing to fight', announcing the presence of two 'full-blooded [sic] natives' among the soldiers at the Ballarat training camp...'

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    y separately published work icon Aboriginal History vol. 39 December Liz Conor (editor), 2015 9275424 2015 periodical issue

    'Volume 39 of Aboriginal History is timely for the centenary of Gallipoli this year. The 56 Indigenous men who fought in this disastrous battle are duly noted in its special section on Aboriginal war service, edited by Allison Cadzow, Kristyn Harman and Noah Riseman. As Riseman points out in his preface, Aboriginal History can be credited as playing a leading role in the inception of growing interest in Indigenous combatants by devoting an earlier special issue to them in 1992, still nascent days for the field. ' (Preface introduction)

         2015     pg. 203-222 Section: Special Section: Aboriginal War Service – Edited by Allison Cadzow, Kristyn Harman and Noah Riseman
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203-222 Special Section: Aboriginal War Service – Edited by Allison Cadzow, Kristyn Harman and Noah Riseman 'Willing to Fight to a Man' : The First World War and Aboriginal Activism in the Western District of Victoriasmall AustLit logo Aboriginal History
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  • Victoria,
  • Ballarat, Ballarat area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
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