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Black Armada

Australian newspaper published in September 1945 by The Courier-Mail, reporting that Dutch ships in Brisbane were declared "Black" by the Disputes Committee of the Trade and Labor Council.

The Black Armada (Indonesian: Armada Hitam) was a name applied to Dutch merchant and military vessels which were prevented from sailing to the newly proclaimed independent Indonesia from Australian ports due to waterfront strikes or 'black bans' by maritime trade unions from 1945 to 1949.


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