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Australia's political prisoner : John Zarb
Title : Australia's political prisoner : John Zarb Australia's political prisoner : John Zarb
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Source : Campaign for Peace in Vietnam (S.A.), SRG 124/8
Date of creation : 1968
Format : Ephemera
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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Copyright : This item is reproduced courtesy of Hon Lynn Arnold on behalf of the former Campaign for Peace in Vietnam organisation. It may be printed or saved for research or study. Use for any other purpose requires written permission from Hon Lynn Arnold on behalf of the former Campaign for Peace in Vietnam organisation and the State Library of South Australia. To request approval, complete the Permission to publish form.
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Single page leaflet detailing the case of John Zarb, a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War who was convicted and jailed in 1968 for refusing to be conscripted.


Subjects
Coverage year : 1968
Period : 1946-1979
Further reading :

Doyle, Jeff, Jeffrey Grey, and Peter Pierce. Australia's Vietnam War, College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2002

McKay, Gary. Bullets, beans and bandages : Australians at war in Vietnam, St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin , 1999

McKay, Gary. Viet Nam shots : a photographic account of Australians at war, St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002

Murphy, John. Harvest of fear : a history of Australia's Vietnam War, St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1993

Pederson, Geoff. Two years too long : a "Nasho" in Vietnam, Norwood, S. Aust. : Peacock Publications, 2004

Internet links :

Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) See: History: Vietnam

Australian War Memorial See: Australians at War: Australian Military History Overview: Vietnam War 1962-1975

Australian War Memorial See: Research and Family History: Encyclopedia: Conscription

Australians at War [Department of Veterans' Affairs]

Reporting the nation: 50 years of ABC TV news and current affairs. Key stories: 1969: 'Protests against Vietnam War gather momentum in Australia'

Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia See: Education

Vietnam War 1962-72

Vietnam War 1961-1975 State Library of South Australia Factsheet


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