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Underground, marsupial outlaws and other rebels of Australia's War in Vietnam, a graphic novel by Mirranda Burton

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Underground, marsupial outlaws and other rebels of Australia's War in Vietnam, a graphic novel by Mirranda Burton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Underground

Nature of contents

comics graphic novelsbibliography

Responsibility statement

a graphic novel by Mirranda Burton

Sub title

marsupial outlaws and other rebels of Australia's War in Vietnam

Summary

Why would a wombat be registered for war? It's 1965, and an old Tattersalls barrel starts rolling marbles to randomly conscript young Australian men to fight in the war in Vietnam. Melbourne housewife Jean McLean is outraged, as are her artist friends Clif and Marlene Pugh, who live in the country with their wombat, Hooper. Determined to wreck the system, Jean forms the Save Our Sons movement's Victorian branch, and she and her supporters take to the streets to protest. Meanwhile, in the small country town of Katunga, Bill Cantwell joins the Australian Army, and in Saigon, young Mai Ho is writing letters to South Vietnamese soldiers from her school desk. And when Hooper's call-up papers arrive, he mysteriously goes underground... As these stories intersect in unexpected ways and destinies entwine, a new world gradually emerges - a world in which bridges of understanding make more sense than war. This stunning graphic novel, full of empathy, courage and resistance, is based on true events

Target audience

adult

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