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Rural Australia and the Great War (Paperback)
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Rural Australia and the Great War (Paperback)
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In the cities and in the countryside of Australia, the Great War of
1914 - 1918 marched to somewhat different tempos. John McQuilton
evokes the wartime experience of all rural Australians by capturing
the moods of the country towns and hamlets of North Eastern
Victoria. Every aspect of the war - recruiting, fund-raising and,
eventually, homecoming and the design of the war memorial - was
marked by a mixture of small-minded local politics, heroism and
sacrifice, and grief. Individuals, whether journalists, town
councillors or leading local citizens, shaped the recurring battles
on the home front. The conscription debates were particularly
vicious, as the countryside exhausted its pool of volunteers long
before the cities. In small communities the 'shirker' could not
hide; everyone knew which families had sent men to the front, and
who had genuine reasons for staying home. This intimacy worked in
favour of the many German Australians: country people knew them as
trusted neighbours, but in the cities they were reviled as enemy
aliens. Rural Australia and the Great War is unique among writing
on the First World War in creating a richly detailed picture of
wartime in a particular part of country Australia. For country and
city readers alike, this is fascinating social history.
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