The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two copies of "report on Employment of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders by the Defence Force during the Second World War". This report was written in response to a decision to settle under payments to aborigines and islanders who served in Special Conditions Units of Torres Strait Force in the Army during the 1939-1945 war. The Department of Defence began to receive claims from aborigines and islanders for whom no evidence of formal enlistment could be found. The report studied the extent of employment of aborigines and islanders and examined Commonwealth, State, Mission and private records. See also MSS1200.
Thesis "The relationship between Aborigines, Islanders and the Armed Forces in the Second World War". Examines the attitude of the services to Aboriginal and Torres Srait Islander enlistment, the role
30 page manuscript. The manuscript examines the national response to Cyclone Tracy in 1974. The role played by the National Disasters Organisation is examined in depth, with particular focus on it's r
75 Page manuscript. The manuscript examines a number of key events from the first 20 years after federation, except the First World War. Events and periods discussed include: The visit of the 'Great W
50 page manuscript. The manuscript examines the role of the RAAF in the later phases of the Second World War in New Guinea. The plans made by higher command are examined, as is the contemporary respon
Queensland Parliamentary Paper 114 of 1898, 'Condition of the Aborigines: Report of the Commissioner of Police on the Working of "The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1
Queensland Parliamentary Paper 114 of 1898, 'Condition of the Aborigines: Report of the Commissioner of Police on the Working of "The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1