| Description |
xv, 271 : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Susan Crooke Memorial Collection |
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Susan Crooke Memorial Collection
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| Contents |
'We didn't know we would be evacuated' -- The mainland experience -- 'It was all of a sudden' -- 'Leave the islanders where they are' -- Enlistment and the quest for freedom -- The enemy at the front door -- Fear and faith -- Hard times -- 'The people had to do it' -- Breaking down barriers -- Reflections |
| Summary |
Torres Strait Islander women's experiences during the Pacific War, 1942 to 1945; pre-war life in theTorres Strait; living under the Torres Strait Islander Act 1939, and withdrawal of the Department's officers in March 1942; evacuation of women and children to mainland Australia, including Cherbourg; Thursday island wives of Japanese divers; evacuation of Hammond Island Mission women and children to Cooyar with Father Flynn; residents of the outer islands were not evacuated; the bombing of Nurapai; recruiting men for war service, account of recruiting men at gunpoint at Masig; discussion on recruitment and volunteering; rates of pay for men; discussion of civil defence; AIF signallers assisted the women left on the islands; Battle of the Coral Sea; living conditions during the war; receipt of child endowment in 1941 and withholding of moneys by the Department; council elections of 1944; teachers' training college on Mabuiag under Phillip Frith; education of children during the war; health services; proclamation of peace on 15 August 1945 and return of the men |
| Analysis |
World War, 1939-1945 - Queensland - Torres Strait Islands - Personal narratives |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Women - Queensland - Torres Strait Islands |
| Notes |
Torres Strait Islander content |
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Torres content |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 266-271 |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
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Women, Torres Strait Islander -- Biography.
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Women, Torres Strait Islander.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Australia -- Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Australia -- Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) -- Personal narratives.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) -- Personal narratives.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Queensland -- Torres Strait Islands -- Personal narratives
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| SUBJECT |
Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850 -- 1939-1945
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Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136144 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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| Author |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
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| LC no. |
98156027 |
| ISBN |
0855753137 |
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