Book, Jane Ross, The myth of the digger: The Australian soldier in two world wars
The myth of the digger
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The Australian digger represents all the virtues Australians hold dear - mateship, equality, bravery and irreverence. But before 1914 Australia had no military tradition. Jane Ross has analysed the nature and origins of the myth of the digger.