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Bibliographies

Harry "Breaker" Morant

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BOOKS

Carnegie, Margaret and Shields, Frank. In search of Breaker Morant: balladist and bushveldt carbineer. Armadale, Vic.: H.H.Stephenson, 1979

Cutlack, F.M. Breaker Morant: a horseman who made history, with a selection of his bush ballads. Sydney, Ure Smith, 1962

Davey, Arthur (ed). Breaker Morant and the bushveldt carbineers. Cape Town, Van Riebeeck Society, 1987

Denton, Kit The Breaker: the novel behind Breaker Morant. Toronto, Horizon Publishing, 1981.

Denton, Kit. For Queen and Commonwealth. Sydney, John Ferguson (distributed by Hodder & Stoughton), 1987.

Denton, Kit. Closed file. Adelaide, Rigby. 1983

Field, L.M. Australia and the South African War. L.M.. Field, 1964.

Harrison-Ford, Carl. Fighting words: Australian war writing. Melbourne, Lothian, 1986.

Jarvis, C.S. Half a life. London, John Murray, 1943.

Jenkin, Graham. Songs of the Breaker. Hectorville, SA, Book Agencies of Adelaide, 1980

Pollard, Jack (ed). Horses and horsemen: wild bush horses, thoroughbreds and the men who rode them. Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1965

Renar, Frank. Bushman and buccaneer: Harry Morant - his 'ventures and verses.
Sydney, H.T. Dunn, 1902.

Simmelhaig, Helen and Spencaly, C.F.R. For Australia's sake: a history of Australia's involvement in nine wars. Melbourne, Nelson, 1984.

Wallace, R.L. The Australians at the Boer War. Canberra, Australian War Memorial and the Australian Government Printing Service, 1970

Watson, Frederick Wentworth. The scandalous adventures of Captain Frederick Wentworth Watson Sandy Bay, Tas.: Anglo- Saxon-Keltic Society

Witton, George. Scapegoats of the empire: the true story of the bushveld carbineers. London, Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1982.

Witton, George. Scapegoats of the empire: the story of Breaker Morant's bushveldt carbineers.
London, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1982.


JOURNAL ARTICLES

Bridges, B. 'Lord Kitchener and the Morant Handcock executions'. Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 73, no. l, June 1987, pp. 24-40.

Cornford, Philip. 'The unmasking of a hero'. The Australian. 18 March 1978, supp. p.12.

Cumming, Fia. 'History: breaking new ground on Morant'. The Bulletin, 26 July 1983, p. 54.

Denton, Kit. 'The Morant hush-up job'. The Bulletin, 30 June 1973, pp 48-49

McNicoll, David. 'The Breaker' died bravely". The Bulletin, 9 June 1973, pp. 40-42.

Nichols, D.B. 'Breaker Morant and the Statute of Westmister'. Defence Force Journal, no. 33, Mar.-Apr. 1982, pp. 21-24.

Rickard, Alan and Smith, W. 'Boer War 'incident' revived in address'. Despatch, vol. 7, no. 2, Aug. 1971. pp. 27-29.

Sabretache, vol. 17, no. 2, Dec. 1975, pp. 119-124. 'Sentences on officers in South Africa'.

Sutton, Keith. 'Grim tale of South African war 'crime'. Despatch, vol.16, no. 5, Nov. 1980, pp 99-101.

Wallace, R.L. 'Certain aspects surrounding the executions in Pretoria in February 1902'. Despatch, vol. 19, no. l, July 1983.

Wallace, R.L. Correspondence. Despatch, vol. 16, no. 2, Aug. 1980, pp. 38-43.