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The Black Diggers [electronic resource] : Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World...
The Black Diggers [electronic resource] : Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World War
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Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1997.
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Date
1997.
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English
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Contents
1 online resource (242 p.)
Preliminaries; Contents; Black diggers; Neither necessary nor desirable; A community at war; A change in attitudes?; 'We fight blurry Japs alonga you. . .; 'Treat a man as a dog. . . '; Indispensable to the war effort.; 'Angels with wings. . . '; 'They proved themselves. . . '; Notes; Bibliography;...
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text
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computer
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online resource
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Publisher
Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1997.
Edition
2nd ed.
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
This book explores the war effort of Aboriginal and Islander Australians during the Second World War and the reasons their contribution has gone unrecognised for so long. This is a comprehensive account of the work black Australians during the years when their country faced the threat of invasion by the Japanese. Despite suspicion and prejudice, th...
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The Black Diggers [electronic resource] : Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World War
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BOOK
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English
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74VK3ek7KBXM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3ek7KBXM
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ISBN
0-85575-580-6
DDC
940.530899915
MMS ID
991023937096402626
