Fishing on Magnetic Island, police corruption, Mendax: Julian Assange's childhood in Australia

'I grew up in a Queensland country town where people spoke their minds bluntly. They distrusted big government as something that could be corrupted if not watched carefully. The dark days of corruption in the Queensland government before the Fitzgerald inquiry are testimony to what happens when the politicians gag the media from reporting the truth'
Julian Assange

'My son was taught not to blindly respect authority figures, and was often home-schooled because I did not want to see my children's spirits broken by the school system'
Julian Assange's mother

'He struck me as 'a very impressive person', with a restless, deep intelligence. These were gifted kids who the system really couldn't accommodate and so they had exited - mentally, emotionally, physically. These were kids exposed to poorly equipped teachers . . . who were unable to deal with high intelligence, who would spend all night on computers . . . effectively teaching themselves electrical and software engineering and computer science'
Suelette Dreyfus, Author and Journalist, after meeting Julian Assange early 1990's

Credits:
Most quotes are from articles in 'The Australian', Queensland Fitzgerald is historical footage and some quotes are from the book 'Underground' from Suelette Dreyfus

Disclaimer:
This content is based on our sources and reflects our current understanding, which may contain errors. This content may be updated as new information surfaces. The reason for doing this movie is to show viewers that Julian Assange is for real and has a real past - and also to find an explanation for what made him the Julian Assange of Wikileaks he is today.

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• julian assange
• wikileaks
• childhood
• queensland
• australia
• mother
• son
• magnetic island
• townsville
• christin assange
• daniel assange
• mendax
• hacker
• corruption
• police corruption

[SpicyHam]

he is my role model, a true honest person, unlike today's insane crazed city dwellers.

[natritious1]

first cyberpunk hero

[HelmetBlissta]

Great video