Identity area
Reference code
AU NBAC N358-368
Title
An open letter to the President of the United States of America / by Gordon Barton [poster]
Date(s)
- 21 Oct 1966 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
(1961 -)
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A reproduction of a full page advertisement which appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on the day of the arrival in Sydney of Lyndon Baines Johnson, president of the United States. Publication of this advertisement ultimately lead to the formation of an organisation to oppose Australian participation in the Vietnam war. This organisation was the forerunner of the Australia Party, now Australia's fastest growing major force.