The White Army of 1931 : origins and legitimations : the League of National Security in Victoria in 1931, and the means by which it was legitimated

Cathcart, Michael

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The White Army of 1931 : origins and legitimations : the League of National Security in Victoria in 1931, and the means by which it was legitimated

Date

1985

Authors

Cathcart, Michael

Abstract

I first heard of the White Army when I was twelve. Mr Hewett was everyone's idea of the Edwardian gentleman: tweed jacket, healthy tan, straight-backed and filled with a zest for England, the Queen's English and the ridiculous. His idea of a Friday afternoon classroom treat was to play his boys a recording of Dame Sybil Thorndyke reading "The Lady of Shalott".