Content tagged with War Service
The difference identity makes: Indigenous Cultural Capital in Australian Cultural Fields
Through the struggles of Indigenous Australians for recognition and self-determination it has become common sense to understand Australia as made up...
Publication or resource - 23 May 2019
Nganapurru malngmarama balandanha runungura baman
"We found a white man on an island long ago" A first-hand account of the rescue of U.S Air Force Flight Lieutenant Clarence Sanford on 14th...
Blog post - 23 Apr 2019
Our Mob Served book launch
Gallery - 28 Mar 2019
Our Mob Served – a vivid picture of Indigenous war service
The oral histories and treasured family photographs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service men and women create a vivid picture of...
News - 28 Mar 2019
Our Mob Served
Our Mob Served presents a moving and little-known history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander war time and defence service, told through the...
Publication or resource - 15 Mar 2019
Remembrance Day 2018
AIATSIS pays our respects to Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders who served and died in all wars. Each year on the 11th November...
Blog post - 9 Nov 2018
Protecting Country, Serving Nation
In a tranquil and reflective bush setting on the slopes of Mount Ainslie just behind the massive Byzantine Revival style of the Australian War...
Blog post - 3 May 2017
Fighters from the Fringe
The highly respected and admired Oodgeroo Noonuccal, also known as Kath Walker, articulated the feelings of Aboriginal people for the rest of...
Explore article - 3 Jun 2015
War Service
Group portrait of the special platoon consisting of Aboriginal soldiers, all volunteers, at Number 9 camp at Wangaratta with Corporal Mullett (left...
Explore article - 3 Jun 2015
Torres Strait Islander Women and the Pacific War
Summary Between 1942 and 1945, Torres Strait Islander women experienced the fears and uncertainties of living virtually on Australia's front line...
Publication or resource - 3 Dec 2014