‘An Act of Grace’: Reading Gender and Nationalism within Australian South African War Pension Provisions

Title: ‘An Act of Grace’: Reading Gender and Nationalism within Australian South African War Pension Provisions
Creator: Karageorgos, Effie
Relation: Australian Historical Studies Vol. 53, Issue 1, p. 75-96
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1031461x.2021.1914694
Publisher: Routledge
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2022
Description: The South African War of 1899–1902 occurred during Australia's Federation era, a period that defined the future composition of the nation. It also marked a significant site of transformation in the provision of war pensions from charity alone to a coordinated response between charity and the state. During the conflict, pensions and benefits were deemed a privilege bestowed on deserving recipients, an approach in contrast with the inviolable duty felt by Federal authorities towards returned soldiers during and after World War I. This article examines ‘acts of grace’ within the surviving South African War pension and charity archive to determine how political and military authorities embodied ideas about Australian nationalism and gender in their consideration of those in need.
Subject: Gender; Nationalism; Australian; South African; War; Pension
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1445188
Identifier: uon:42525
Identifier: ISSN:1031-461X
Language: eng
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