National Action (Australia)
| National Action | |
|---|---|
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| Founders | Jim Saleam David Greason |
| Leader | Jim Saleam |
| Foundation | 1982 |
| Dissolved | 1991 |
| Country | Australia |
| Headquarters | Tempe, New South Wales |
| Newspaper | Advance (1983–1989)[2] |
| Ideology | Australian nationalism[3][4] White nationalism[5] Anti-multiculturalism Anti-immigration[6] |
| Political position | Right-wing[7][8] to far-right[5] |
| Size | ~500 (1989)[9] |
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| Far-right politics in Australia |
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National Action was a militant Australian white nationalist group founded in 1982 by Jim Saleam, a far-right activist, and David Greason.[10][11] Saleam had been a member of the short-lived National Socialist Party of Australia as a teenager during the 1970s.[12]
Jim Saleam's criminal convictions include property offenses and fraud in 1984 and being an accessory before the fact in regard to organising a shotgun attack in 1989 on African National Congress representative Eddie Funde.[5] Saleam served jail terms for both crimes.[11] He pleaded not guilty to both charges, claiming that he was set up by police.[5][11]
The group was disbanded following the murder of a member, Wayne "Bovver" Smith, in the group's headquarters at Tempe.[11] Saleam later became the New South Wales chairman of the Australia First Party,[11] and stood as its endorsed candidate several times.
The National Action co-founder David Greason's book, I was a Teenage Fascist, tells of Greason's own time within the Australian fascist movement and the events behind the founding of National Action.[13]
See also[edit]
- Australians Against Further Immigration
- Far-right politics in Australia
- Reclaim Australia
- True Blue Crew
- United Patriots Front
References[edit]
- ^ "Eureka: a short war that's long on history". The Age. Nine Entertainment. 3 November 2004. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ Saleam 1999, p. 474.
- ^ Whitford 2013, p. 40-41.
- ^ "Fitzgerald Immigration Enquiry A Fraud". White Australia News. No. 12. National Action. 1988. p. 2.
- ^ a b c d West, Andrew (29 February 2004). "White separatist takes on Marrickville". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ Whitford 2013, p. 42.
- ^ Whitford 2013, p. 43.
- ^ "Item HT 8520". Museums Victoria Collections. Melbourne: Museums Victoria. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
National Action, a right-wing organization that promoted, amongst other things, a return to a White Australia policy, and was particularly against immigration from Asia.
- ^ Saleam 1999, p. 190.
- ^ Greason 1994, p. 276.
- ^ a b c d e West, Andrew (29 February 2004). "No Apology For White Australia Policy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ Greason 1994, p. 283-284.
- ^ Greason 1994, p. 5.
Bibliography[edit]
- Whitford, Troy (2013). "Combating Political Police: An Overview of National Action's Counterintelligence Program 1982–1990" (PDF). Salus Journal. 2 (1).
- Saleam, James (1999). The Other Radicalism: An Inquiry Into Contemporary Australian Extreme Right Ideology, Politics And Organization 1975–1995 (PDF) (Thesis). Sydney, Australia: Fisher Library, University of Sydney.
- Greason, David (1994). I was a Teenage Fascist. Carlton: McPhee Gribble. ISBN 9780869142851.