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Assesses the Empire’s Patriotic Fund, set up in 1901 to meet the needs of dependants and men invalided in Australia during the Boer War
Offers the first comprehensive analysis of an Australian fund established to support those affected by a sustained war being fought for Empire by Australians
Examines applications to the Empire's Patriotic Fund to provide insight into how concepts of class and gender informed early twentieth-century social welfare
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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History, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
John McQuilton
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Empire’s Patriotic Fund
Book Subtitle: Public Benevolence and the Boer War in an Australian Colony
Authors: John McQuilton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61827-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61826-5Published: 07 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87172-1Published: 07 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61827-2Published: 25 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 131
Topics: Australasian History, History of Military, Imperialism and Colonialism, Social History, African History