Book description
The Boxer Uprising broke out in rural China and quickly gained
tacit support from some of the Chinese government who saw the anti-foreign
movement as a useful tool to pressure foreign powers. This resulted in
a fifty-five day siege of the Peking Legations from June to August 1900.
Nine countries sent military forces to China. These defeated the
Chinese and Boxer armies and captured Peking, imposing a heavy indemnity on
China. The Australian Naval Contingents from New South Wales, Victoria
and South Australia, were the first Australians to serve in Asia.
There were also Australians in the British forces, and working as
missionaries and journalists in China during the Boxer Uprising - the
best-known being George Morrison who was in the Legation Quarter throughout
the siege.
The Australian Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Boxer Uprising is the
first book to deal with all levels of Australian involvement in China at
that time. Profusely illustrated, detailed biographical appendices
cover all members of the Australian contingents; and there is an extensive
bibliography on all aspects of the Boxer Uprising.
About the author
Justin Corfield gained his doctorate from Monash University
in 1991 for his thesis, Khmers Stand Up! A history of the Cambodian
Government 1970-75; and has been teaching History and International
Studies at Geelong Grammar School since 1993. The author of many
books and newspaper articles, his family history, The Corfields,
received the Alexander Henderson Award in 1994.
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