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Margaret Thorp

By JOL Admin | 14 July 2014

Born on 12 June 1892, Margaret Sturge Thorp was a quaker, feminist and pacifist who campaigned against war during WW1 at great cost to herself. She was harassed by the police and government officials and assaulted and abused at rallies by soldiers and others, including one notable incident at the Brisbane School of Arts in Ann Street in July 1917.

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Mark Cryle

Mark is a musician and historian currently undertaking research into the origins of ANZAC Day. He is a Ph.D student at the University of Queensland where he was formerly the Fryer Librarian.

 

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