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BL
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999227
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b753597
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| Main Entry
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Hall, Robert A., (Robert Anthony),1947-
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| Title & Author
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The Black diggers : : Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World War /\ Robert A. Hall.
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| Publication Statement
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Canberra :: Aboriginal Studies Press,, 1997.
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| Page. NO
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xv, 228 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0855753196
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: 9780855753191
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| Notes
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Originally published: Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 1989.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-219) and index.
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| Contents
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Black diggers: the digger legend and the inter-war period -- Neither necessary nor desirable: the struggle for the right to enlist -- A community at war: Torres Strait Islanders answer the call -- A change in attitutes?: enlisted Aborigines and islanders -- We fight blurry Japs alonga you...': Aboriginal de facto servicemen -- 'Treat a man as a dog...': Aborigines as a security threat -- Indispensable to the war effort: Army labourers in the Northern Territory -- Angles with wings: the isolated aborigines lend a hand -- They proved themselves.
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| Abstract
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Aboriginal Australians - A comprehensive account of the work of Aboriginal and Islander Australians during the Second World War and the reasons their contributions have gone unrecognised for so long.
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Aboriginal Australians-- History.
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Torres Strait Islanders-- History.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Participation, Aboriginal Australian.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Participation, Torres Strait Islander.
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Aboriginal Australians.
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Armed Forces-- Aboriginal Australians.
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Torres Strait Islanders.
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Australia, Armed Forces, Aboriginal Australians, History.
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Australia, Armed Forces, Torres Strait Islanders, History.
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Australia, Armed Forces.
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Australia.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.53/0899915
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| LC Classification
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D767.8.H26 1997
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