The Australian Crisis [novel by C. H. Kirmess, 1909]

[Editor: This novel about a Japanese invasion of Australia was written by Charles H. Kirmess. The story was originally published as a serial in The Lone Hand (Sydney) from October 1908 to August 1909, under the title of “The Commonwealth Crisis”; it was then published in book form in 1909 as The Australian Crisis by Thomas Lothian (Melbourne), George Robertson (Melbourne), and by the Walter Scott Publishing Company (London).]

The Australian Crisis

By

C. H. Kirmess

Preface

Contents

Part I
The feet of clay

I Ships that pass in the night
II An unadvertised immigration policy
III Dancing on a volcano
IV Japan explains
V Australia’s reply
VI A study of British sentiment
VII Naval power and world politics
VIII Colonial fancies
IX Parliament
X Pax Britannica
XI Furor Australiensis
XII Pereat! (The flaming elections)

Part II
The romance of the White Guard

I The march over a thousand miles
II In touch with the enemy
III The first campaign
IV Retreat and reinforcement
V The second campaign
VI The death ride

Part III
Birth-pangs of twentieth century nationhood

I Storm-clouds gathering in the West
II The mastery of the goldfields
III Clash of arms
IV Civil war in Australia and its inevitable result
V Great Britain garrisons the Northern Territory
VI A transformation scene in the North
VII Like tigers at bay
VIII Bleeding white
IX Massacre
X Black Christmas — Peace on Earth, but no great joy for Australia

George Robertson & Company
(Proprietary Ltd.)
Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane

First impression, April, 1909.
All rights reserved.

Source:
C. H. Kirmess, The Australian Crisis, Melbourne: George Robertson & Company, April 1909

Also published in two other editions:
C. H. Kirmess, The Australian Crisis, Melbourne: Lothian, 1909
C. H. Kirmess, The Australian Crisis, London: Walter Scott Publishing Company, April 1909