Professor Bruce Scates is Chair of History and Australian Studies and Director at the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University, Victoria. Professor Melanie Oppenheimer is Chair of History and Chair, School Research Committee, in the School of History and International Relations at Flinders University of South Australia.

• Part I. Managing the Men: 1. 'When the inspector calls': the yeoman quest; 2. 'Men on the margins': suspect soldiers; 3. 'I intend to get justice': moral economy; Part II. Battling the Land: 4. 'Droughts and flooding rains': markets and seasons; 5. 'A land only fit for rabbits': environmental degradation; Part III. Damaged Men: 6. 'War wrecked': sending cripples to the country; 7. 'From the farm to the asylum': mad and 'nervy' men; Part IV. Getting On: 8. 'Taking on a holding': women and families on the land; 9. 'Settling down': successful soldier settlers.

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Professor Bruce Scates is Chair of History and Australian Studies and Director at the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University, Victoria. Professor Melanie Oppenheimer is Chair of History and Chair, School Research Committee, in the School of History and International Relations at Flinders University of South Australia.

• Part I. Managing the Men: 1. 'When the inspector calls': the yeoman quest; 2. 'Men on the margins': suspect soldiers; 3. 'I intend to get justice': moral economy; Part II. Battling the Land: 4. 'Droughts and flooding rains': markets and seasons; 5. 'A land only fit for rabbits': environmental degradation; Part III. Damaged Men: 6. 'War wrecked': sending cripples to the country; 7. 'From the farm to the asylum': mad and 'nervy' men; Part IV. Getting On: 8. 'Taking on a holding': women and families on the land; 9. 'Settling down': successful soldier settlers.

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Professor Bruce Scates is Chair of History and Australian Studies and Director at the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University, Victoria. Professor Melanie Oppenheimer is Chair of History and Chair, School Research Committee, in the School of History and International Relations at Flinders University of South Australia.

• Part I. Managing the Men: 1. 'When the inspector calls': the yeoman quest; 2. 'Men on the margins': suspect soldiers; 3. 'I intend to get justice': moral economy; Part II. Battling the Land: 4. 'Droughts and flooding rains': markets and seasons; 5. 'A land only fit for rabbits': environmental degradation; Part III. Damaged Men: 6. 'War wrecked': sending cripples to the country; 7. 'From the farm to the asylum': mad and 'nervy' men; Part IV. Getting On: 8. 'Taking on a holding': women and families on the land; 9. 'Settling down': successful soldier settlers.

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