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'On 21 September 2018 Emeritus Professor Eric Richards died suddenly of a heart attack while in London, aged seventy-eight. This was as sad as it was shocking for his family, colleagues and friends. It was hard to believe that a man of such fitness and vigour, both physical and intellectual, could leave us so unexpectedly. Eric will be remembered as one of the great Australian historians of the last fifty years and one of the great gentlemen of our profession.' (Introduction)

'Michael Walsh has published in three different areas of art history: British (including imperial) cultural production in the first two decades of the twentieth century, especially on the Great War; medieval heritage and conservation in the post‐conflict zone of Famagusta, Cyprus; and twentieth‐century music biography, especially on protest and pacifism. It is surprising that Walsh is the first person to write a scholarly study on Eric Bogle, yet no surprise that he has done so in no ordinary way.'  (Introduction)