The Peacemaker (newspaper)

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The Peacemaker was a pacifist newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It was published from 1939 to 1971.

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In 1939 Frank Coaldrake (1912–70) was a community worker with the Brotherhood of St Laurence in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. [1] In 1938-39 he had been the travelling secretary of the Australian Student Christian Movement, and during this time he had become a convinced pacifist. [2] Three weeks after the declaration of war in 1939, he founded The Peacemaker, a monthly paper to inform and assist those who conscientiously objected to military service. [3] Although The Peacemaker was notionally a monthly publication, the actual publication history was more erratic than that suggests.

Coaldrake was president of the Federal Pacifist Council of Australia from 1943 to 1946. [4] He offered to serve as a missionary in Japan, initially in 1943 at the height of the war to Dr H. V. Evatt, the Minister for External Affairs and which was declined, [5] but which was accepted by Bishop George Cranswick, Chairman of the Australian Board of Missions in 1946. [6] He left Melbourne at the end of 1946 to spend 15 months studying Japanese at the University of Sydney. [7] At this point the Federal Pacifist Council (which was the Australian section of War Resisters' International) [8] took over responsibility for publication of The Peacemaker. [9]

During this time The Peacemaker was a strong campaigner for those who objected to performing national service. [10] The last issue featured a cover photo of the anti-war activist and conscientious objector Michael Matteson whilst on the run from police. [11]

The Peacemaker ceased publication in 1971.

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References

  1. ↑ "Australian Dictionary of Biography: Frank Coaldrake" . Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Australian Dictionary of Biography: Frank Coaldrake" . Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Australian Living Peace Museum: The Peacemaker" . Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Australian Dictionary of Biography: Frank Coaldrake" . Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Anglican Focus: From Australia to post-War Japan and back – the extraordinary life of Canon Frank Coaldrake" . Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Australian Dictionary of Biography: Frank Coaldrake" . Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Australian Dictionary of Biography: Frank Coaldrake" . Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "eMelbourne: Anti-War and Peace Movements" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Australian Living Peace Museum: The Peacemaker – 1947-63" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "Australian Living Peace Museum: The Peacemaker – 1947-63" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Australian Living Peace Museum: The Peacemaker's last years (1969-71)" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Australian Dictionary of Biography: Frank Coaldrake" . Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "Australian Living Peace Museum: The Peacemaker – 1947-63" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "Australian Living Peace Museum: The Peacemaker – 1947-63" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "Australian Living Peace Museum: The Peacemaker – 1947-63" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "Australian Living Peace Museum: The Peacemaker – 1947-63" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  17. ↑ "Australian Dictionary of Biography: Ernest Edgar Vyvyan Collocott" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  18. ↑ "Australian Living Peace Museum: The Peacemaker – 1947-63" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  19. ↑ "Australian Living Peace Museum: The Peacemaker during the Vietnam War Era (1964-68)" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  20. ↑ "Australian Living Peace Museum: The Peacemaker during the Vietnam War Era (1964-68)" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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