2021 $2 Indigenous Military Service We Will Remember Them Impressions PNC

Aboriginal and Torres Strait slander people have served in every conflict and commitment involving Australian defence forces since Federation, including both world wars. It is estimated that at least 1,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders fought in the army in World War l (despite technically being barred from doing so) and around 4,000 in World War Il. Chern'ee Sutton is a contemporary Indigenous artist from the Kalkadoon people, Mt Isa, Queensland. Her painting Caina Putut, Ilya, Wartanganha ("Long ago, Today, Tomorrow") is a tribute to Indigenous members of the Australian Defence Force, past and present.