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Joe’s Fellowship records the sorry treatment of Indigenous Diggers

May 28 2024 Updated May 28, 2024

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Joe Flick’s advocacy on behalf of forgotten Aboriginal Diggers, many of whom were shunned on their return to Australia, started on a rugby league trip to France. As part of his trip with the under 15’s Indigenous team, Joseph visited the Villers Bretonneux battlefield – a battlefield on which his own grandfather fought. Photo: Supplied

They served their country, risking their lives, and then, upon return, were not allowed to enter their local RSL Clubs…

Sorry treatment of many Aboriginal Diggers on their return to Australia is the subject of local First Nation’s man Joseph (Joe) Flick’s recently-completed Churchill Fellowship, honouring the brave Indigenous men who gave their lives defending the country that denied t...