[left to right] John Bain, Chris Bartle, Jack Van Tongeren

The Australian Nationalists Movement was founded by Jack Van Tongeren in Perth in 1985, and went on to form a branch in Sydney, and establish contacts in Brisbane, Hobart, and Melbourne. The ANM pushed an ideology of Australian Nationalism mixed with an apparent influence of neo-Nazism. [1]

The ANM campaigned against non-white immigration, and against Jewish influence in society. Some of their literature referred to "racial war" and a "white revolution".

Van Tongeren and several other ANM members were arrested in August 1989 for the firebombings of Chinese restaurants in Perth, as well as for various break-ins of commercial warehouses (it was alleged that the stolen goods were used to fund the ANM's activities). After their trial ended in September 1990, the ANM members had been convicted on dozens of charges; Van Tongeren was sentenced to 18 years jail. [2]

Van Tongeren was released in September 2002, and attempted to revive the ANM shortly thereafter, trying to reunite ex-ANM members and other activists in Perth; he was arrested in August 2004 on various conspiracy charges (malicious damage and other offences); his trial is pending. [3]

Jack Van Tongeren