Anti Conscription Posters Ww1 Australia

And some relating to the 1916 conscription referendum.

Anti conscription posters ww1 australia. Shackleton s call to australia. How it was the australian men s duties to help their mother country and that they would be backstabbing the other australian troops fighting in ww1. Education against the odds. Posters were used as a powerful tool to encourage men to help the war effort by enlisting.

An anti conscription poster by the labour party when conscription was proposed and australia was divided in half. The australian labor party itself was divided although a majority supported the no case. World war 1 recruitment and patriotic posters. Support for world war i was high in 1914.

Jun 27 2013 explore andywalton7 s board conscription posters on pinterest. At the beginning of the first world war australian law required all young australian men to participate in national service within australia only if australia came under direct attack. Women played a central role in the conscription campaigns. Feminist vida goldstein later commented that conscription politicised australian women more than any other issue.

Newspapers like the labor call and the australian worker were especially strong and consistent supporters. The 1916 referendum was the first of two during the first world war and one of many conscription debates throughout australian military history. Billy hughes labor government proposed conscription as the solution to declining numbers of men. However stories of lost campaigns and war horrors coupled with increasing casualty rates saw recruitment levels decline.

Conscription in australia or mandatory military service also known as national service has a controversial history dating back to the first years of nationhood australia currently only has provisions for conscription during times of war when authorised by the governor general and approved within 90 days by both houses of parliament as outlined in the defence act 1903. We ve digitised the posters from our collection so you can view them online. The against the odds education resource provides a stimulating range of activities for students undertaking the compulsory victorian history curriculum level 9 10 unit australia at war 1914 1945 it helps students reflect on the complexities of the conscription debate through a range of analytical. Follow your mates enlist.

The victory over conscription in ww1 education resource. As participants they were active on both sides. Vast numbers of men enlisted to serve in the australian imperial forces aif. Labor s support of the anti cause was especially strong in victoria new south wales south australia and queensland although some individual labor leaders apart from hughes himself were in favour.

By 1916 there was a shortage of men to fight overseas. Support for conscription usually originated from a sense of loyalty to britain which was seen as the motherland outrage at germany s attack on belgium and france or out of fear for australia s safety if britain lost the war.