Indigenous Perspectives

Indigenous Australians were allowed to fight in WW1 if they had no European family members

• True

• False

Indigenous Australians were treated equally within the military

• True

• False

Some Indigenous men wanted to go to war because they thought it would be an adventure

• True

• False

Indigenous soldiers were payed less than non-Indigenous soldiers

• True

• False

Indigenous Australians only fought in Gallipoli, not on the Western Front.

• True

• False

Indigenous Australians received land when they returned from the war

• True

• False

What did Indigenous men sometimes do to be allowed to enlist?

• Bribe the enlistment officers

• Give a fake name and birthdate

• Lie and say they were Maori or Indian

• Ask an Indian man to enlist using their name

Why do we not know exactly how many Indigenous soldiers fought in WW1?

• No Indigenous soldiers fought in WW1

• Enlistment officers did not write down the ethnicity of soldiers

• Indigenous soldiers liked to burn their service records

• Indigenous soldiers were less likely to return to Australia

How were Indigenous soldiers treated after the war?

• They won equality

• They were thanked and celebrated

• They were ignored

• They were not allowed to come back to Australia