Bluejackets and Boxers: Australia's Naval Expedition to the Boxer Uprising

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1986. - 164 pgs. The Boxer Rising of 1900 led to the dispatch of troops of no less than seven nations to China. This is an account of the Australian contribution (actually, the colonies of South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales). The 500-strong joint force was raised, despatched, and then served in China. This book is based on newspaper reports by special correspondents accompanying the bluejackets, and on unpublished diaries and memoirs. Illustrated with over 150 photographs.