Australia's Involvement In The Vietnam War
By Madeline Carr Year 10 History Mr Kinloch
By Madeline Carr Year 10 History Mr Kinloch
Australia’s Changing Responses in the Involvement of The Vietnam War
Australians changed their responses to our involvement in the Vietnam War for many of reasons. Australians were initially in favour of the war, but these feelings soon changed. The Media Influenced these changes in attitudes as it was the first war that had ever been televised. This means, Australian families were able to view every night on television what was really going on in Vietnam. This effected the Conscription Debate, which never seemed to end. It eventually discouraged the amount of support for conscription. To explore these changes in attitudes, I will be using …show more content…
Many still believed in the governments claims that communism was spreading and that Australia was acting honourably in responding to the request from South Vietnam to help combat the Viet Cong. However, the 1960’s was a time of political change and people in positions of authority were being questioned. Younger age groups started to warm to this idea of questioning those in power. With more information becoming available about the war, such as through television, young people began to push to make their own decisions, determine their own beliefs and not just follow their …show more content…
With the major uproar of the conscription debate that World War I brought upon Australia, came back to haunt society. This chaos within the public by the means of the Vietnam War was uplifted with the many more freedom privileges and human rights that the 1960’s brought forward. The effect this had on the public was very debated, but the overall feeling of the anti-conscription supporters, were helped by media influences which allowed the public to see for themselves. This is in comparison with the new technology that was present in the Vietnam War, but not in the duration of WWI.
Dissent to the war was expressed in the conscription debate also. There were many of government, religious and personal groups that were formed to help in the anti-war movement and many of these focused around conscription. An interview from 1987 with one of the founding members of Save Our Sons, (Jean McLean), speaks about SOS’s success in the movement. This source clearly supports the idea of the public in time following the anti-war movement, revolving around the idea of being against conscription. This anti-war emotion was eventually shared by the majority of the Australian
By Madeline Carr Year 10 History Mr Kinloch
Australia’s Changing Responses in the Involvement of The Vietnam War
Australians changed their responses to our involvement in the Vietnam War for many of reasons. Australians were initially in favour of the war, but these feelings soon changed. The Media Influenced these changes in attitudes as it was the first war that had ever been televised. This means, Australian families were able to view every night on television what was really going on in Vietnam. This effected the Conscription Debate, which never seemed to end. It eventually discouraged the amount of support for conscription. To explore these changes in attitudes, I will be using …show more content…
Many still believed in the governments claims that communism was spreading and that Australia was acting honourably in responding to the request from South Vietnam to help combat the Viet Cong. However, the 1960’s was a time of political change and people in positions of authority were being questioned. Younger age groups started to warm to this idea of questioning those in power. With more information becoming available about the war, such as through television, young people began to push to make their own decisions, determine their own beliefs and not just follow their …show more content…
With the major uproar of the conscription debate that World War I brought upon Australia, came back to haunt society. This chaos within the public by the means of the Vietnam War was uplifted with the many more freedom privileges and human rights that the 1960’s brought forward. The effect this had on the public was very debated, but the overall feeling of the anti-conscription supporters, were helped by media influences which allowed the public to see for themselves. This is in comparison with the new technology that was present in the Vietnam War, but not in the duration of WWI.
Dissent to the war was expressed in the conscription debate also. There were many of government, religious and personal groups that were formed to help in the anti-war movement and many of these focused around conscription. An interview from 1987 with one of the founding members of Save Our Sons, (Jean McLean), speaks about SOS’s success in the movement. This source clearly supports the idea of the public in time following the anti-war movement, revolving around the idea of being against conscription. This anti-war emotion was eventually shared by the majority of the Australian