A slippery bastard : B J Thomason on the legend of Breaker Morant Thomason, Bronwyne 2014, A slippery bastard : B J Thomason on the legend of Breaker Morant, Overland, no. 214, Autumn, pp. 10-16. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads thomason-slipperybastard-2014.pdf Published version application/pdf 284.46KB 339 Title A slippery bastard : B J Thomason on the legend of Breaker Morant Author(s) Thomason, Bronwyne Journal name Overland Issue number 214 Season Autumn Start page 10 End page 16 Total pages 7 Publisher O. L. Society Place of publication Footscray, Vic. Publication date 2014-04 ISSN 0030-7416 Keyword(s) Breaker Morant history Australian Boer War Summary Breaker (Harry) Morant fought beside Australians during the Boer War and since being executed after an unfair court-martial, speculations began to surface as to his real identity. He claimed to be the son of a British Admiral, but the mystery as to who he really was, and his true identity continues to baffle researchers. This essay offers some insights into to the reasons for Morant's identity crisis. Language eng Field of Research 210303 Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) Socio Economic Objective 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology HERDC Research category C3 Non-refereed articles in a professional journal Copyright notice ©2014, O. L. Society Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30062472 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Sun, 13 Apr 2014, 11:50:05 EST Mon, 14 Apr 2014, 09:53:36 EST Thu, 08 May 2014, 12:29:59 EST Thu, 08 May 2014, 12:33:13 EST Thu, 08 May 2014, 13:56:05 EST Thu, 08 May 2014, 13:58:29 EST Tue, 13 May 2014, 12:14:16 EST Fri, 06 Feb 2015, 11:26:30 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 23:32:39 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 06:05:34 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:03:49 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 241 Abstract Views, 341 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Sun, 13 Apr 2014, 11:49:48 EST by Bronwyne Thomason