Australia Since the Camera, Volumes 1-3Cheshire, 1972 - History |
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... Boer War was the proof of the fitness of the ' Young Queen ' to be a nation . Her hand was still on her sword - hilt . the spur was still on her heel , She had not cast her harness of grey war - dinted steel ; High on her red - splashed ...
... Boer War was the proof of the fitness of the ' Young Queen ' to be a nation . Her hand was still on her sword - hilt . the spur was still on her heel , She had not cast her harness of grey war - dinted steel ; High on her red - splashed ...
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... Boer War , as Kipling , who had the same streak , instinctively understood . Not only was it a war , but an irregular war that also involved women and children and legalised plunder and looting . The destructive larrikinism of ...
... Boer War , as Kipling , who had the same streak , instinctively understood . Not only was it a war , but an irregular war that also involved women and children and legalised plunder and looting . The destructive larrikinism of ...
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... Boer War , as in later wars . All this good and heroic side to the national character and those opposite cruel and lawless elements were tragically combined in the dashing figure of Lieutenant Harry Morant , who was sentenced to death ...
... Boer War , as in later wars . All this good and heroic side to the national character and those opposite cruel and lawless elements were tragically combined in the dashing figure of Lieutenant Harry Morant , who was sentenced to death ...
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