The Australian Freedom League (AFL) was an anti-

conscription Conscription, also known as the draft in the United States and Israel, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military service, is enforced by law. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it conti ...

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