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Australia's Communities and the Boer War

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Authors:
  1. John McQuilton

    1. History, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

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  • Refutes the argument that the founding of Australia's federation was peaceful

  • Focus on local level allows close examination of historical detail

  • Positions the Boer War and the First World War within an imperial and colonial context

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: “Dot” Briggs

    • John McQuilton
    Pages 1-3

  3. Portrait of a Region

    • John McQuilton
    Pages 5-15

  4. “Skyrocket Patriotism”: October 1899 to December 1900

    • John McQuilton
    Pages 17-31

  5. Exploring Disloyalty

    • John McQuilton
    Pages 33-43

  6. Our Boys

    • John McQuilton
    Pages 45-58

  7. From the Veldt

    • John McQuilton
    Pages 59-70

  8. Removing the Stain: Wilmansrust

    • John McQuilton
    Pages 71-82

  9. The Occasional War: January 1901 to August 1902

    • John McQuilton
    Pages 83-95

  10. Obligations, Monuments and Moving On

    • John McQuilton
    Pages 97-108

  11. Conclusion

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    Pages 109-112

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 113-128
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About this book

This book explores an Australian regional community’s reaction to, and involvement with, the Boer War. It argues that after the initial year the war became an ‘occasional war’ in that it was assumed that the empire would triumph. But it also laid the foundations for reactions to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914. This is the first exploration of the place of the Boer War in Australian history at the community level. Indeed, even at the national level the literature is limited. It is often forgotten that, despite the claims that Australia became a federation via peaceful means, the colonies and the new nation were, in fact, at war. This study aims to bring back into focus a forgotten part of Australian and imperial history, and argues that the Australian experience of the Boer War was more than the execution of Morant and Hancock.

Authors and Affiliations

  • History, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

    John McQuilton

About the author

John McQuilton is Associate Professor of History at the University of Wollongong, Australia.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Australia's Communities and the Boer War

  • Authors: John McQuilton

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30825-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30824-1Published: 11 July 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80896-3Published: 30 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30825-8Published: 30 June 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 128

  • Topics: History of Sub-Saharan Africa, History of South Asia

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