Summary
Alternative Name(s): Button
'Bring the Boys Back, End Viet War' badge, alternatively known as a button, made circa 1967-1969.
The caption indicates the badge was created as a part of the anti-Vietnam War protest movement. Australia was involved in the Vietnam War in an advisory capacity from 1962. It increased its involvement after 1965 with the commitment of troops. Australian troops were withdrawn from Vietnam by the Whitlam Labor government in 1972. Protests against the War reached their peak in Australia in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The first moratorium march in Melbourne in 1970 attracted approximately 100,000 people.
The badge was acquired by the donor during his period of draft resistance and other anti-conscription activities between 1965 and 1972.
Physical Description
This is a tin-plate button, coated with a black paper and plastic cover. There is white print on the front, and a lapel pin attached to back.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Clothing & Textiles, Politics & Society
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Andrew Reeves, 1992
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Place & Date Made
Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1967-1969
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Collector
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Inscriptions
Printed, white ink, front: BRING/ THE/ BOYS BACK/ END VIET WAR
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Minimum dimensions
4 mm (Height), 33 mm (Outside Diameter)
Remeasured 2.10.08
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Maximum dimensions
33 mm (Outside Diameter)
Measurement From Conservation.
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References
Grey, Jeffrey and Doyle, Jeff (1991) "Australia and the Vietnam War: A Select Bibliography," Vietnam Generation: Vol. 3 : No. 2 , Article 11. Available at: [Link 1] Edwards, Peter (2014) Australia and the Vietnam War. Sydney, NewSouth Publishing.
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Keywords
Conscription, Personal Effects, Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Wars & Conflicts, Anti-Conscription Campaigns, Vietnam Moratorium, Peace Movements, Anti-War Demonstrations
