The Australian Abo Call, also known simply as Abo Call, was the first Aboriginal-focused publication printed in Australia, with all issues published in 1938.
There was a total of six issues of The Australian Abo Call, all published between April and September 1938.[1] It was the first publication in Australia focused solely on Aboriginal issues and politics.[2][3]
The paper was written and edited by John (Jack) Patten, who co-founded of the Aborigines Progressive Association (APA) in 1937, and featured news gathered by Patten on his travels through eastern Australia, as well as from correspondents nationwide. The newspaper's tagline was "The Voice of the Aborigines".[3]
William Ferguson, who co-founded the APA with Patten, was opposed to the publication of the Abo Call on the grounds that he believed it was a mouthpiece for its right-wing financial backers P. R. Stephensen and William John Miles. Ferguson also considered the newspaper's title to be insulting towards Aborigines.[a]
Stephensen was known as a writer and publisher, and was honorary secretary of the Aboriginal Citizenship Committee, a support group of the APA,[3] but was also known for turning to pro-Fascist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Communist views in his magazine The Publicist. which he founded in 1936.[4]
Abo Call closed down after six months of publication, due to lack of funds.
Archivesedit
Abo Call is available online through Trove, a service hosted at the National Library of Australia which allows access to historic Australian periodicals and newspapers.[5]
^In contemporary Australian use "Abo" is considered an offensive term.
Referencesedit
^Patten, J. T.; Aborigines Progressive Association (1938), The Australian Abo call the voice of the Aborigines, J.T. Patten, ISSN 1447-9060
^Meadows, Michael; Helen Molnar (2002). "Bridging the Gaps: Towards a history of Indigenous media in Australia". Media History. 8 (11): 9–20. doi:10.1080/13688800220134473.
^ abc. Discover Collections: Indigenous Australians. State Library of NSW. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
^Cunneen, Chris. "Miles, William John (1871–1942)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. This article was published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, (Melbourne University Press), 1986
^"The Australian Abo Call". Trove Digitised Newspapers. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
^"P. R. Stephensen – Papers and pictorial material, ca. 1905-1971". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
^Brown, Jerelynn (2011). "Tabloids in the State Library of NSW collection: A reflection of life in Australia". Australian Journal of Communication. 38 (2): 107–121.
^"Black Women's Action Group". Redfern Oral History. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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