'For too long the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the war efforts has not been recognised. There is very little to show Indigenous recognition at the Australian War Museum, unless you walk up a rather lonely path. David Huggonsen, a Canberra historian says 'Few Australians are aware that Aborigines have fought in every war that Australia has been involved in since the Boer War.' And Aboriginal Australia was never given the opportunity to learn of those brave men and women either. They are the 'Forgotten Heroes' of Australia. 

So, the Coloured Digger Project came about. It was formed by a small group of men and women who believe that 'Our' history should also be told. That 'Our' men and women shoud also be recognised and honoured.

Both government and private history sites state that many Aboriginal Australians who served in the wars, once they came back to Australia, were herded back onto the missions. Some had their children taken away, sopme who served were even part of the Stolen Generations themselves. And there are still those who remember being told to march at the back of the march  and not with their units in country towns.

So we will honour Indigenous fallen. We will honour those Indigenes who came back. We will honour those who fell by the wayside after they came back. We will honour them all. And 'we will remember them.' Mark Spinks in the April Babana newsletter.