- Title
- The rise of the modern Aboriginal political movement, 1924-1939
- Creator
- Maynard, John
- Relation
- Serving Our Country: Indigenous Australians, War, Defence and Citizenship p. 113-135
- Publisher
- NewSouth
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- One of the most important outcomes of the First World War for Aboriginal Australians was the rise of a united, well-organised Aboriginal political movement. During the 1920s and 1930s a number of Aboriginal political organisations were formed, with varying degrees of success and longevity, in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. This political activism was galvanised by the increasing control of Australian state governments over Aboriginal lives, particularly evident in the separation of Aboriginal children from their families, the revoking of independent Aboriginal farming land, and the confiscation of Aboriginal belongings and property. Significantly, many individuals connected to the Aboriginal political revolt were returned soldiers who became disillusioned as they realised that their sacrifices and service overseas had failed to deliver recognition equal to that of white soldiers. They witnessed the increased hardship of and pressure on their families and communities; and many of these battle-hardened and worldly-wise men were now in the city, a recognised fertile ground for radicalisation.
- Subject
- political activism; Indigenous Australians; First World War; soldiers
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1404233
- Identifier
- uon:35296
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781742235394
- Language
- eng
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