Serving our Country

Indigenous Australians, war, defence and citizenship

Joan Beaumont, Allison Cadzow

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New South Books
02 April 2018

History; Australasian & Pacific history; Indigenous peoples; Civil rights & citizenship; Warfare & defence

After decades of silence, Serving Our Country is the first comprehensive history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's participation in the Australian defence forces.

While Indigenous Australians have enlisted in the defence forces since the Boer War, for much of this time they defied racist restrictions and were denied full citizenship rights on their return to civilian life. In Serving Our Country Mick Dodson, John Maynard, Joan Beaumont, Noah Riseman, Allison Cadzow, and others, reveal the courage, resilience, and trauma of Indigenous defence personnel and their families, and document the long struggle to gain recognition for their role in the defence of Australia.

'This book reflects four years of research involving more than 200 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and their commitment to Australia in a time of war. The result is a series of essays that outlines indigenous involvement in all our wars, how indigenous servicemen and women were so often appallingly treated on their return and how it helped shape indigenous activism...

At the heart of this important book is a sombre reminder of the broader themes of our national history.' - Nick Richardson, Herald Sun

Edited by: Joan Beaumont, Allison Cadzow
Imprint: New South Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781742235394
ISBN 10: 1742235395
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 02 April 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joan Beaumont is Professor Emerita, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, at The Australian National University. Her publications include the multiple awardwinning Broken Nation: Australians and the Great War (2013); with Aaron Pegram and Lachlan Grant; Australia's War, 1939-45 (1996); and Gull Force: Survival and Leadership in Captivity, 1941-1945 (1988). Allison Cadzow is Research Associate at The Australian National University on the Serving Our Country: a history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the defence of Australia ARC project. She co-authored Rivers and Resilience: Aboriginal people on Sydney's Georges River (2009) with Heather Goodall and co-edited Brokers and Boundaries: Colonial Exploration in Indigenous Territory with Tiffany Shellam, Maria Nugent and Shino Konishi (2016).

Reviews for Serving our Country: Indigenous Australians, war, defence and citizenship

'This book reflects four years of research involving more than 200 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and their commitment to Australia in a time of war. The result is a series of essays that outlines indigenous involvement in all our wars, how indigenous servicemen and women were so often appallingly treated on their return and how it helped shape indigenous activism...At the heart of this important book is a sombre reminder of the broader themes of our national history.' -- Nick Richardson, Herald Sun