‘Japan Fight. Aboriginal People Fight. European People Fight’: Yolngu Stories from World War II

Abstract Did you know that a Bathurst Islander captured the first Japanese prisoner of war on Australian soil? Or that a crucifix saved the life of a crashed American pilot in the Gulf of Carpentaria? These are excerpts from the rich array of oral histories o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Noah Riseman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland 2008-07-01
Series:The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
Online Access:https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/article/view/515