Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: On June 24, 1921, an Aboriginal man, Anthony Martin Fernando, walked into the offices of Der Bund, a leading progressive newspaper in Berne, Switzerland. Several days later, a highly critical account of colonial rule in Australia appeared in the pages of the newspaper, its centrepiece a letter written by Fernando himself. Encouraged by the idea of minority rights recently described by the League of Nations, Fernando appealed to the Swiss people for their support of self-rule for indigenous peoples in the settler colonies. Only through League of Nations mandate over reserve lands, governed by Switzerland or the Netherlands, he advised, could the just future of the Aboriginal race be assured in Australia.
Source: Transforming Cultures eJournal
DOI: 10.5130/tfc.v3i1.685
Author: Fiona Paisley
Institution: Griffith University
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1569656842