Nathan Wise
Biographic Data
| ID | 3840756 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathan Wise |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Wise |
| SIGNATURE | WISE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New England |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7657-3310 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
All the Pretty Noir Horses
Introduction The fusion of noir and Western elements in All the Pretty Horses (McCarthy) presents an anomalous hybrid, bridging the fatalism and existential despair of noir with the rugged individualism and pastoral decline of the Western. This relationship complicates traditional narrative boundaries, inviting readers to reconsider the archetypes and thematic constructs at play. Situated within a frontier grappling with industrial encroachment, …
The Inculcative Power of Australian Cadet Corps Uniforms in the 1900s and 1910s
The 1900s and 1910s were a prime era for the growth and empowerment of cadet corps within Australia. Private schools in particular sought to build on a newfound spirit of nationalism following the Federation of the colonies in 1901 by harnessing enthusiasm for the nation and British Empire, and by cultivating a martial culture among their predominantly middle-class students. The principal tool harnessed in that cultivation were the school cadet c…
‘A good faithful pal’
There is growing scholarly interest in the history of human-animal relationships. With regards to the First World War, scholars have increasingly sought to understand the nature of those relationships throughout the international armed forces and to ascertain the contribution animals made towards various war efforts. This article focuses on relationships between service personnel and horses in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World …
In the Shadow of Anzac
Australia is by far the most enthusiastic and profligate commemorator of the centenary of the First World War; a phenomenon that is closely connected to the fact that the war produced Australia's premier national myth, the Anzac legend. The dominance of the nationalist interpretation in Australia has masked important aspects of the war, such as the experience of the working class. This article reviews Australian labour historiography of the First…
Anzac Labour
Anzac Labour explores the horror, frustration and exhaustion surrounding working life in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Based on letters and diaries of Australian soldiers
Anzac Labour
The Nature of Work — The Western Front
The men of the AIF identified Europe as their primary destination. The pyramids of Cairo and the streets of London had simply been a sideshow to what many saw as the ‘real war’ in France and Belgium. Those who had enlisted to do a job were prepared to arrive where the ‘real work’ was being done. On the final boat to France and on the trains up to the front lines those fresh recruits who had not experienced combat on Gallipoli, known at the time a…
Job Skill, Manliness and Working Relationships in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I
Historical analyses of soldiers in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during World War I have focused overwhelmingly on combat experiences, the environment of the trenches, and the sense of 'mateship' that developed between soldiers. In recent years, labour and cultural historians have begun to approach this environment in new ways, and their work is uncovering a hitherto unseen side of the Australian experience of war. This article continues th…
An Intimate History of Digging in the Australian Army during the Kokoda Campaign of 1942
The military conduct of the Kokoda Campaign of 1942, a campaign that saved Australia from isolation, has been well documented by historians. Less-well documented, however, is the history of the labour undertaken by Australian soldiers during the campaign. Building upon recent historical analyses of labour in the environment of the military, this paper will utilise the written records and oral testimony of Australian soldiers to explore the nature…
The Myth of Classlessness in the Australian Imperial Force
The issue of class remains strikingly absent from much of the historical literature on the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during the First World War. This article briefly explores the pre-war class backgrounds of soldiers, the traces of class in their writings and their experiences, the class-based selection processes of soldiers' writing by post-war archives, and how key historians of the AIF have paid insufficient attention to class. It argues…
In military parlance I suppose we were mutineers
During World War I, the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), for all its apparent effectiveness in combat situations, developed a reputation as being an ill-disciplined and generally poorly-led group of 'colonial' soldiers. British commanders blamed this on 'failures of Australian leadership' and 'insufficient training'. During the early stages of the war the official Australian historian, Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, attributed blame to the small gro…
Fighting a Different Enemy
During World War I, the rank and file of the Australian Imperial Force utilized humour in their social protests against both their officers and the military regimen. This paper looks at the expression of this humour through a variety of mediums and explores the value of humour in providing an outlet through which these men could vent their anger at the military system. It further seeks to highlight how the adoption of humour in social protests be…
The Lost Labour Force
Of the 330 000 Australian men who embarked with the Australian Imperial Force during the Great War, over two-thirds were from Australia's working classes. Amongst these were many men who approached military service as a job of work; they enlisted for employment, for the pay, or for the benefits they believed they would receive upon discharge. Yet the traditional approach towards 'histories of the military' has largely passed by the daily work of …
Fighting a Different Enemy
During World War I, the rank and file of the Australian Imperial Force utilized humour in their social protests against both their officers and the military regimen. This paper looks at the expression of this humour through a variety of mediums and explores the value of humour in providing an outlet through which these men could vent their anger at the military system. It further seeks to highlight how the adoption of humour in social protests be…
Fighting a Different Enemy
During World War I, the rank and file of the Australian Imperial Force utilized humour in their social protests against both their officers and the military regimen. This paper looks at the expression of this humour through a variety of mediums and explores the value of humour in providing an outlet through which these men could vent their anger at the military system. It further seeks to highlight how the adoption of humour in social protests be…
The Lost Labour Force
Of the 330 000 Australian men who embarked with the Australian Imperial Force during the Great War, over two-thirds were from Australia's working classes. Amongst these were many men who approached military service as a job of work; they enlisted for employment, for the pay, or for the benefits they believed they would receive upon discharge. Yet the traditional approach towards 'histories of the military' has largely passed by the daily work of …
In military parlance I suppose we were mutineers
During World War I, the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), for all its apparent effectiveness in combat situations, developed a reputation as being an ill-disciplined and generally poorly-led group of 'colonial' soldiers. British commanders blamed this on 'failures of Australian leadership' and 'insufficient training'. During the early stages of the war the official Australian historian, Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, attributed blame to the small gro…
The Myth of Classlessness in the Australian Imperial Force
The issue of class remains strikingly absent from much of the historical literature on the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during the First World War. This article briefly explores the pre-war class backgrounds of soldiers, the traces of class in their writings and their experiences, the class-based selection processes of soldiers' writing by post-war archives, and how key historians of the AIF have paid insufficient attention to class. It argues…
Anzac Labour
Anzac Labour explores the horror, frustration and exhaustion surrounding working life in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Based on letters and diaries of Australian soldiers
Anzac Labour
The Nature of Work — The Western Front
The men of the AIF identified Europe as their primary destination. The pyramids of Cairo and the streets of London had simply been a sideshow to what many saw as the ‘real war’ in France and Belgium. Those who had enlisted to do a job were prepared to arrive where the ‘real work’ was being done. On the final boat to France and on the trains up to the front lines those fresh recruits who had not experienced combat on Gallipoli, known at the time a…
Job Skill, Manliness and Working Relationships in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I
Historical analyses of soldiers in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during World War I have focused overwhelmingly on combat experiences, the environment of the trenches, and the sense of 'mateship' that developed between soldiers. In recent years, labour and cultural historians have begun to approach this environment in new ways, and their work is uncovering a hitherto unseen side of the Australian experience of war. This article continues th…
An Intimate History of Digging in the Australian Army during the Kokoda Campaign of 1942
The military conduct of the Kokoda Campaign of 1942, a campaign that saved Australia from isolation, has been well documented by historians. Less-well documented, however, is the history of the labour undertaken by Australian soldiers during the campaign. Building upon recent historical analyses of labour in the environment of the military, this paper will utilise the written records and oral testimony of Australian soldiers to explore the nature…
In the Shadow of Anzac
Australia is by far the most enthusiastic and profligate commemorator of the centenary of the First World War; a phenomenon that is closely connected to the fact that the war produced Australia's premier national myth, the Anzac legend. The dominance of the nationalist interpretation in Australia has masked important aspects of the war, such as the experience of the working class. This article reviews Australian labour historiography of the First…
‘A good faithful pal’
There is growing scholarly interest in the history of human-animal relationships. With regards to the First World War, scholars have increasingly sought to understand the nature of those relationships throughout the international armed forces and to ascertain the contribution animals made towards various war efforts. This article focuses on relationships between service personnel and horses in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World …
The Inculcative Power of Australian Cadet Corps Uniforms in the 1900s and 1910s
The 1900s and 1910s were a prime era for the growth and empowerment of cadet corps within Australia. Private schools in particular sought to build on a newfound spirit of nationalism following the Federation of the colonies in 1901 by harnessing enthusiasm for the nation and British Empire, and by cultivating a martial culture among their predominantly middle-class students. The principal tool harnessed in that cultivation were the school cadet c…
All the Pretty Noir Horses
Introduction The fusion of noir and Western elements in All the Pretty Horses (McCarthy) presents an anomalous hybrid, bridging the fatalism and existential despair of noir with the rugged individualism and pastoral decline of the Western. This relationship complicates traditional narrative boundaries, inviting readers to reconsider the archetypes and thematic constructs at play. Situated within a frontier grappling with industrial encroachment, …
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