This political paper opposing the involvement of Australian soldiers in Vietnam was written in late June 1966, just after Labor and Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell was shot at while campaigning for the 1966 federal election. He had just addressed an anti-conscription rally at Mosman Town Hall in Sydney where Peter Kocan, a 19-year-old factory worker, had waited for him, a sawn-off .22 calibre rifle concealed under his coat. The Vietnam Action Committee (VAC) was the first major organisation formed in Australia to oppose the Vietnam War and conscription. Based primarily in Sydney and associated with university campuses, it organised street protests demanding the immediate withdrawal of Australian and U.S. troops, paving the way for later large-scale moratorium movements.A typed newsletter on foolscap paper. The heading is printed in green ink, text in black on faded white paper. The newsletter consists of six double-sided pages. VAC Newsletter no.11, June 15c, 60c for 6 issues, $1 a yearnewsletter, vietnam, peace movement, anti-war, antiwar, anti-vietnam, oakley, arthur calwell, anti-conscription, calwell, whitlam

For South Vietnam the year 1964 opened with the government in turmoil. Reeling from the November 1963 coup, the government had been purged of supporters of outsed President Ngo Dinh Diem, and the individuals who had replaced them were very often political hacks of little experience or ability.vietnam -- history., vietnam peace movement, montagnard (vietnamese people), 1961-1975., vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- united states., president ngo dinh diem

The Vietnam Action Committee (VAC) was the first major organization formed in Australia (circa 1965–1966) to oppose the Vietnam War and conscription. Based primarily in Sydney and associated with university campuses, it organized early, influential street protests demanding the immediate withdrawal of Australian and U.S. troops, paving the way for later large-scale moratorium movements.A four page extract taken from the North Vietnam weekly newspaper called the "Vietnam Courier". ....IN SOUTH VIETNAMpeace, vietnam action committee, anti-war, anti-conscription, protest, peace movement, oakley, moratorium

This is a publication of the Vietnam Action Committee (VAC), a key Australian anti-war organisation formed in 1966 to oppose the Vietnam War and conscription. Based in Sydney, it was involved in publishing anti-war literature and organising the protests that led to the Moratoriums of the 1970s.A typed and then copied foolscap publication, 6 double- sided pages with a selection of articles and cartoons. Yellowed, aged paper and inconsistent inking throughout. Front page promotes a Conscription Protest March in Hyde Park, Sydney, Sunday 7th August 1966Vietnam Action Committee Newsletter No.12, August 1966publication, vietnam, cartoon, anti-vietnam, anti-war, peace, peace movement, oakley

Between 1965 & 1972, twenty-year-old Australian males had to register for National Service. The ballot was held twice a year and the marbles, which bear numbers that represented birth dates, were used in a barrel to determine who would be called up. Each numbered marble represented two birthdates. Men born on the dates of the numbers drawn were thereby called up for National Service. National Service was a hotly debated issue. These ballot balls were the items at the centre of the argument. The peace movement in Australia was opposed not only to Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, but also to conscription of young men into National Service.The marbles are made of wood that have numbers on them. vietnam ballots, national service scheme, marbles, conscription, birthday ballot, nasho