A letter containing a neo-Nazi recruitment flyer has shocked and upset residents of a regional town.
The letter, from the European Australian Movement, founded by well-known neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell, was distributed to residents of the Cairns suburbs of Redlynch, Smithfield, Kewarra Beach and Edmonton in north Queensland.
The letterhead features neo-Nazi symbols and the treacherous mantra “blood and honor.”
It tells readers that ‘white Australians are becoming a minority’ and calls for ‘the building of a physical and politicised white Australian community’ for the ‘preservation and advancement of white people in Australia’.
Redlynch resident Rob Dwyer said the cairns post during the week he was ‘disgusted’ by the letter he received believed it was delivered ‘under cover of darkness’.
“It feels like people are being called upon to train for genocide, it’s disgusting,” Dwyer said of the letter.
‘I immediately felt physically ill and I think of all my neighbours – Pakistanis, Indians, Koreans, Japanese – and they’ve probably been through this too, so it just boggles the mind.’
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) confirmed it is investigating the incident after it was reported by concerned residents.
The letter, left in mailboxes in the northern Queensland city of Cairns, called for the “preservation and advancement of white people in Australia”
A Queensland Police spokesperson said: ‘The QPS is well positioned to monitor and assess both individuals and groups that pose a threat to the safety and security of all Queenslanders.’
‘All cases of threats to cultural and religious communities are treated with the utmost seriousness.
‘The QPS remains committed to community safety and works with people from our culturally diverse society to foster better relationships, further develop mutual partnerships and build platforms for community engagement.’
Identical or near-identical letters have previously been left in mailboxes in other Australian cities and regions, such as the Gold Coast in south-east Queensland in 2020.
At a 2022 European Australia Movement meeting in Melbourne, outrage erupted after a photo was taken of a child standing in front of the masked group and next to a shirtless man with a swastika tattoo.
The group has been seen on several occasions with members wearing neo-Nazi symbols or giving the Hitler salute. Sewell was also prominently featured.
Sewell is often seen at neo-Nazi marches and rallies.
Thomas Sewell (pictured centre front), who founded the European Australian Movement, is a popular participant at new Nazi rallies and marches
Last October, he was spared jail by a Victorian court on Friday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of violent disorder over a violent confrontation with hikers in Cathedral Range State Park northeast of Melbourne on May 8, 2021.
About 10 to 15 members of Sewell’s group confronted a separate group of six friends who were staying nearby and decided to climb Mount Sugarloaf.
The court was told the incident began when one of the walkers filmed the men, many of whom were wearing T-shirts with the Celtic cross, a symbol of white supremacy, and saw a sticker on a nearby tree that read “Australia for the white man”.
The group, including Sewell, began kicking and punching a vehicle as the hikers attempted to leave, smashing windows and taking their cell phones.
Sewell, who had been in custody for more than six months after his arrest, was sentenced to one month and seven days in prison. This sentence will be recognised as time served.