Australia's Communities and the Boer War

132 Pages·2016·2.043 MB·English

by  John McQuilton (auth.)

AUSTRALIA’S
COMMUNITIES
AND THE BOER
WAR
John McQuilton
Australia’s Communities and the Boer War

John   M cQuilton
Australia’s
Communities and the
Boer War
John   McQuilton
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-30824-1 ISBN 978-3-319-30825-8 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-30825-8
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CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Any author owes a debt of gratitude to many people. Mine includes Karl
James, Linda Wade and Jen Roberts who read the manuscript and pro-
vided constructive feedback, the peer reviewer who alerted me to a source
that, much to my shame, I should have checked more thoroughly, and
John Kwok. I also owe thanks to the staff at the National Archives of
Australia and the Public Record Offi ce of Victoria for their assistance, and
to the good people at Palgrave Macmillan. The research was funded in
part by the University of Wollongong. The book is dedicated with love to
my son, Alexander.
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BBREVIATIONS
NEWSPAPERS
AO Alpine Observer
B&BA B ogong and Benambra Advertiser
BMM B order Morning Mail and Riverina Times
C&HT C hiltern and Howlong Times and Ovens Register
CC Corryong Courier
FS Federal Standard
MI M urray Independent
O&MA O vens and Murray Advertiser
RS R utherglen Sun and Chiltern Valley Advertiser
UM&MH U pper Murray and Mitta Herald
WC W angaratta Chronicle
W&TS W odonga and Towong Sentinel
YT Y ackandandah Times
OTHER
AMA A malgamated Miners’ Association
ANA A ustralian Natives Association
AWM A ustralian War Memorial
ION I nspector of Nuisances
NAA N ational Archives of Australia
PROV P ublic Record Offi ce of Victoria
VMR V ictorian Mounted Rifl es
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ONTENTS
1 Introduction: “Dot” Briggs 1
2 Portrait of a Region 5
3 “Skyrocket Patriotism”: October 1899 to December 1900 1 7
4 Exploring Disloyalty 3 3
5 Our Boys 45
6 From the Veldt 5 9
7 Removing the Stain: Wilmansrust 71
8 The Occasional War: January 1901 to August 1902 83
9 Obligations, Monuments and Moving On 9 7
10 Conclusion 1 09
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