Title The Black diggers : aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the second World War / Robert A. Hall

Published Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 1989 ©1989

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	940.530899915 Hal/Bda 1997		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS	940.530899915 Hal/Bda 1997		AVAILABLE
MELB	940.530899915 Hal/Bda 1997		AVAILABLE

Description xv, 228 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm regular print Contents Black diggers: the digger legend and the inter-war period -- Neither necessary nor desirable: the struggle for the right to enlist -- A community at war: Torres Strait Islanders answer the call -- A change in attitutes?: enlisted Aborigines and islanders -- We fight blurry Japs alonga you...': Aboriginal de facto servicemen -- 'Treat a man as a dog...': Aborigines as a security threat -- Indispensable to the war effort: Army labourers in the Northern Territory -- Angles with wings: the isolated aborigines lend a hand -- They proved themselves Summary Includes review of involement in World War I and postwar; World War II service included overseas action, army labour corps, coastwatches, guides and guerilla training in Australia; relations with missionaries and service personnel at remote mission stations; military perceptions of possible Aboriginal- Japanese collaboration Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-219) and index Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Subject Australia. Australian Army -- Aboriginal troops Aboriginal Australians. Aboriginal Australian soldier Aboriginal Australian soldiers -- Northern Territory Aboriginal Australian soldiers Aboriginal Australians -- History. Soldiers -- Australia. Soldiers, Aboriginal Australian Torres Strait Islanders. Soldiers, Black -- Australia. Torres Strait Islanders -- History. World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Aboriginal Australian World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian aboriginal World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian Aboriginal World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Torres Strait Islander World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Torres Strait Islanders World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia. World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area -- Aerial operations, Australian. World War, 1939-1945 -- Papua New Guinea -- Personal narratives, Australian. SUBJECT Australia -- Armed Forces -- Aboriginal Australians http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94005586 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237 Australia -- Armed Forces -- Aboriginal Australians http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94005586 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Australia -- Armed Forces -- Aboriginal Australians. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94005586 Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- Minorities http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006787 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- Minorities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006787 Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- Torres Strait Islanders -- History Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- Torres Strait Islanders Australia -- Armed Forces. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 Genre/Form Biographies. Author Bernard Hames Collection LC no. 89084071 ISBN 004520005X 9780045200054

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