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Australian involvement in the Boxer Uprising 1900–1901

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Boxer Uprising: China 1900-1901

James J. Atkinson, Australian contingents to the China field force, 1900–1901 (Ryde, NSW: New South Wales Military Historical Society, 1976). [Brief overview of the campaign, nominal roll includes details of military service. Contains photographs, details of the Protector and China War Medal recipients.]

John Bastock, Australia's ships of war (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1975): 14–16 [Provides specifications of the Protector and outlines a brief history of the ship.]

Justin Corfield, The Australian illustrated encyclopaedia of the Boxer Uprising 1899–1901 (McCrae, Vic.: Slouch Hat, 2001) [Comprehensive and detailed, includes nominal rolls and biographical information for each of those who served, not just military service details.]

Kit Denton, For Queen and Commonwealth (Sydney: Time-Life Books Australia, 1987): 60–75

Ross Gillett, Warships of Australia (Adelaide: Rigby, 1977): 105–06 [General reference book on warships. Contains a brief history of the Protector and movement details.]

Bob Nicholls, Bluejackets and Boxers: Australia 's naval expedition to the Boxer Uprising (Sydney: George Allen & Unwin, 1986) [Includes nominal rolls and photographs.]

Bob Nicholls, Handy men up top: the New South Wales Navy in China 1900–1901 (Balmain, NSW: Ditty Press, 1990) [This booklet describes the involvement of the New South Wales naval forces.]

Official account of the military operations in China, 1900–1901 (London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1930) [British Official History of the campaign. Commences with the rise of the Boxer Secret society and the outbreak of hostilities against foreigners and extends to military operations to free the Foreign Legations in Peking. Covers the conclusion of peace and withdrawal of the allied forces from China. Contains a selection of maps.]

R.J.R. Pennock, A warship for South Australia (Australia: R.J.R. Pennock, 1996) [History of the Protector from 1884 to 1924.]

Neil C. Smith, Carving up the melon: Australians in the Boxer Rebellion, China 1900–1901 (Brighton, Vic.: Mostly Unsung Military History Research and Publications, 2000) [Includes nominal rolls. Similar coverage to Atkinson but with more detail.]

David M. Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, The Australian Centenary History of Defence, vol. 3 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001) [Brief entry on the Boxer Uprising in the context of the development of the Royal Australian Navy.]