Justice All Their Own: The Caledon Bay and Woodah Island Killings 1932-1933

by Ted Egan

Book by Egan, Ted

244 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Ted Egan AO, is an author, acclaimed singer/songwriter, and National Living Treasure of Australia. His interest in Australian history, and particularly
World War I, originated from the fact that his mother, Grace, had three brothers who served at Gallipoli. One brother, Jack Brennan, died of wounds received there as a stretcher-bearer. The other two brothers served out the entire war and returned to Australia, both with impaired health. From his mother, especially, Ted developed an anti-war stance, although this is balanced by a firm belief that Australia should at all times be able to defend itself effectively. He wrote his first Anzac song, ‘Song for Grace’, on the basis of the story his mother told him as a child. He subsequently produced an album of 20 songs around this topic recorded on the CD that is included in this work.
Ted Egan was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for “contributions to the literary heritage of Australia through song and verse”. He was appointed Administrator (Governor) of the Northern Territory from 2003-2007, and was awarded Territorian of the Year in 2000. He is currently completing a PhD, on the first Administrator of the Northern Territory.