Before the Anzac dawn : a military history of Australia before 1915 / edited by Craig Stockings and John Connor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Connor, John, 1966-

Stockings, Craig, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--Australia.

National security.

Australia--Armed Forces--History.

Australia.

Australia--History, Military--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (517 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : NewSouth Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive and compelling account of Australian military history before any soldier set foot on Gallipoli. It shows that this pre-1915 history has largely been forgotten. Indeed the extent to which Australians thought about war and experienced war before ANZAC existed will surprise many readers.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Traditional Indigenous warfare; 2. Frontier warfare in Australia; 3. British soldiers in colonial Australia; 4. The battle for the Eureka Stockade; 5. Australian naval defence; 6. Australians in the New Zealand Wars; 7. The rifle clubs; 8. Australia's boy soldiers: The army cadet movement; 9. Australians in the wars in Sudan and South Africa; 10. Radical nationalists and Australian invasion novels; 11. Edwardian transformation; 12. The capture of German New Guinea; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 11, 2013).

ISBN:

1-74224-161-1

9891742246604

1-74224-660-5

OCLC:

860394412