National Action (Australia)

National Action
LeaderJim Saleam
FoundersJim Saleam
David Greason
Founded1982
Dissolved1991
HeadquartersTempe, New South Wales
IdeologyAustralian nationalism
White nationalism[1]
Anti-multiculturalism
Anti-immigration
Political positionFar-right[1]
Eureka flag
Eureka flag

National Action was a militant Australian white nationalist group founded in 1982 by Jim Saleam, a far-right activist and convicted criminal,[2] and David Greason. Saleam had been a member of the short-lived National Socialist Party of Australia as a teenager during the 1970s.[3]

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.[1] Saleam served jail terms for both crimes.[2] He pleaded not guilty to both charges, claiming that he was set up by police.[1][2]

The group was disbanded following the murder of a member, Wayne "Bovver" Smith, in the group's headquarters at Tempe.[2] Saleam later became the New South Wales chairman of the Australia First Party,[2] 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.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d West, Andrew (29 February 2004). "White separatist takes on Marrickville". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e West, Andrew (29 February 2004). "No Apology For White Australia Policy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b Greason, David (1994), I was a teenage fascist, pp.283,284,289, McPhee Gribble
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