One Flag, One Queen, One Tongue New Zealand and the South African War

by Crawford, John; McGibbon, Ian

• ISBN13: 9781869402938
• ISBN10: 1869402936
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Auckland University Press

Summary

This collection of essays by leading New Zealand and Commonwealth historians, including Tom Pakenham and Carman Miller, discusses different aspects of New Zealand’s involvement in the South African war. The essays arose from a 1999 conference to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the departure of the first contingent of New Zealand troops to fight in the war. They explore opposition to the war, women, and the place of Maori in the war while placing the New Zealand effort in a wider imperial framework.

Author Biography

John Crawford is the New Zealand Defense Force's official historian. He is the author of To Fight for the Empire. Ian McGibbon is a senior historian at the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. He is the author of The Path to Gallipolli and The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Chapter 1 The Origins of New Zealand's South African War Contribution	1	(11)
Ian McGibbon
Chapter 2 Desperately Seeking Service: The Australasian Commandants and the War	12	(16)
Stephen Clarke
Chapter 3 Opposition to the War in New Zealand	28	(18)
Malcolm McKinnon
Chapter 4 New Zealand Women's Opposition to the Soul African War	46	(12)
Megan Hutching
Chapter 5 The Contribution of the Colonial Forces	58	(15)
Thomas Pakenham
Chapter 6 The Best Mounted Troops in South Africa?	73	(27)
John Crawford
Chapter 7 The Social and Geographical Composition of the New Zealand Contingents	100	(19)
Colin McGeorge
Chapter 8 'Different Race, Same Queen': Maori and the War	119	(9)
Ashley Gould
Chapter 9 New Zealand Women and the War	128	(23)
Ellen Ellis
Chapter 10 The Australian Perspective on the War	151	(14)
Craig Wilcox
Chapter 11 The Montreal Flag Riot of 1900	165	(15)
Carman Miller
Chapter 12 War Memories, Historical Consciousness and Nationalism: South African History Writing and the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1999	180	(25)
Ian van der Waag
Chapter 13 The Impact of the War on the New Zealand Military Forces and Society	205	(10)
John Crawford
Selected secondary sources	215	(2)
Notes on Contributors	217	(2)
Index	219