| ISBN |
9780987639080 |
| Author |
Ramsland, John, 1942- (author.) |
| Title |
The legacy of Douglas Grant : a notable Aborigine in war and peace : a historical biography / John Ramsland. |
| Portion of title |
Douglas Grant : a notable Aborigine in war and peace |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Melbourne, VIC : Brolga Publishing Pty Ltd, [2019] |
| ©2019. |
| Description |
369 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Douglas was born to Indigenous parents and, as an infant, was the sole survivor of a cruel massacre in northern Queensland. As an adult, he was a charismatic speaker on Aboriginal rights, but spoke with a distinct Scottish burr. Why was this so? He was rescued by a kindly Scottish immigrant and brought up and well educated in the Scottish way in Sydney's leafy suburb of Annandale. Highly successful at school, he became a leading engineering draftsman at Mort's Dock Company in Balmain and, later, a woolclasser at "Belltrees" station near Scone in the Hunter Valley of NSW. With friends from "Belltrees", he joined the 1st AIF. His dangerous encounters on the Western Front and as a prisoner-of-war in Germany are pieced together by the author from many fragments. Douglas bravely faced unpleasant racism in post-war Australia, but never lost his keen sense of humour and scholary interests. |
| Subjects |
Grant, Douglas, -- approximately 1885-1951 |
| Grant, Douglas, -- 1886?-1951 |
| Great Britain. -- Army. -- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| Australia. -- Army. -- Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) |
| Australia. -- Australian Army. -- Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) |
| Prisoners of war -- Biography |
| Men, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography |
| Scots -- New South Wales -- Biography |
| Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Biography |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Aboriginal Australian |
| Military history |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian |
| Aboriginal Australians -- History |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Biography |
| New South Wales -- History -- 20th century |
| New South Wales -- Social conditions -- 20th century |
| Call number |
2021.126 |
