An exploration of the little-known yet historically important emigration of British army officers to the Australian colonies in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The book looks at the significant impact they made at a time of great colonial expansion, particularly in new south Wales with its transition from a convict colony to a free society.

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Australian National University, Australia

Christine Wright

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CHRISTINE WRIGHT lives in New South Wales, and is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra, where she completed her PhD on the impact of Peninsular War veterans on the Australian colonies. She has lectured, tutored and published in the fields of British and Australian history.

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Book Title: Wellington's Men in Australia
Book Subtitle: Peninsular War Veterans and the Making of Empire c.1820-40
Authors: Christine Wright
Series Title: War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306035
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-25230-1Published: 28 April 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32194-0Published: 01 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-30603-5Published: 28 April 2011
Series ISSN: 2634-6699
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6702
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 243
Topics: World History, Global and Transnational History, History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Imperialism and Colonialism, Australasian History, Modern History

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