The Australian Crisis (C. H. Kirmess 1909)

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter VII Like tigers at bay Early on November 25, 1912, Colonel Ireton left the fort with an escort of two officers, a sergeant and four men. The latter led several spare horses … [Read more...] about Part III Chapter VII [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter VI A transformation scene in the North. The Imperial garrison had hardly arrived in the Japanese settlement when the Federal Government began to regret that it had ever consented … [Read more...] about Part III Chapter VI [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter V: Great Britain garrisons the Northern Territory Chapter V Great Britain garrisons the Northern Territory Ever since the closure of the Northern Territory Coast the British … [Read more...] about Part III Chapter V [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter III Clash of arms Even when the Government of Western Australia seized the consignment of Federal armaments, it had not finally decided on open resistance against the … [Read more...] about Part III Chapter III [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter II The mastery of the goldfields Colonel Ireton, alighting in Kalgoorlie, found himself in surroundings very different from those he had fled. However, he was quite prepared for … [Read more...] about Part III Chapter II [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Part III Birth-Pangs of Twentieth Century Nationhood Chapter I Storm-clouds gathering in the West On August 12, 1912, two days after the Federal election riots in Perth and … [Read more...] about Part III Chapter I [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter VI The death ride The death of the beloved Commander-in-Chief electrified his troops. Far from discouraging them, it filled them with a supreme desire for vengeance. They fought … [Read more...] about Part II Chapter VI [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter IV Retreat and reinforcement The ignorance which the movements of the enemy on the previous day seemed to imply regarding the whereabouts of the White Guard, was either another … [Read more...] about Part II Chapter IV [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter III The first campaign McPartoch determined to dislodge the enemy. The nature of the country favoured the display of Australian bush craft. A shallow, densely wooded depression … [Read more...] about Part II Chapter III [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Part II The romance of the White Guard Chapter I The march over a thousand miles The deliverance of the Commonwealth depended entirely on material force. But a century of peaceful … [Read more...] about Part II Chapter I [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter XII Pereat! (The flaming elections) Decks clear for action! What matter if a world outside cries horror over thee, Australia? Better be Devil than King Log, croaked over by … [Read more...] about Part I Chapter XII [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter VII Naval power and world politics “The supremacy of the British Navy [1] is the safety of Australia, and this supremacy is absolute.” That was the conviction in which the people … [Read more...] about Part I Chapter VII [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter VI A study of British sentiment The Japanese descent upon the Northern Territory had been well timed. Over the world of white men there lingered the afterglow of an epoch of … [Read more...] about Part I Chapter VI [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This is a chapter from the novel The Australian Crisis by C.H. Kirmess.] Chapter IV Japan explains The Japanese colony in the Northern Territory had been successfully founded. Of its first period of existence and growth no official information has yet become … [Read more...] about Part I Chapter IV [The Australian Crisis, by C.H. Kirmess, 1909]