The Australian Freedom League (AFL) was an anti-

conscription Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day un ...

organisation founded in Australia in 1912. Growing out of an earlier organisation called the "Anti-Military Service League", it was initially based in

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, although by 1914 there were branches in every state except

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. It was active in producing pamphlets and other material to promote its views that military training would have a negative and corrupting effect on young men and boys.

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1912 establishments in Australia Anti-conscription organizations {{Australia-poli-stub