- The popular opinion of the non-Indigenous Australians during the time of the late 1930s and early 1940s, was that in comparison to other indigenous groups in Arnhem Land, the Yolngu were "savages."
- The only information that depicts their war streak is their help in World War II.
- They worked in official and unofficial ways such as manual laborers, scouts, soldiers, and guerrilla patrols.
- They believed they were allies to the war; Australia was their homeland, and this joined the Yolngu and the Commonwealth together.
- Dr. Donald Thomson was responsible for the organization of the Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit (NTSRU).
- The majority of the information about WWII and the Yolngu stems from non-Indigenous residents.
- After World War II, the Yolngu were not adequately compensated.
- It wasn't until 1992 that the Australian government decided to right their wrongs and rightfully compensate those who served in the war.
Source: http://ohr.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/07/24/ohr.ohq051.full
Image: http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/indigenous/images/img_historicalProfiles.jpg
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