Cirrus@Austlit

'This issue of the Journal contains articles that address constant themes in Northern Territory history – travel, settlement and war. We begin with a contribution by Mickey Dewar on the stories of four young men who travelled the Territory in the years preceding the First World War. Their hopes and dreams as they undertook their adventures in this vast and new land serve as a counterpoint to the impending war - one killed in action soon after arriving at the front; two returning to Australia scarred by the horror of their experience; and one, although not serving, subject to suspicion and alienation on account of his heritage. As Dewar concludes, the war years changed everything in the Territory and for those living there.' (Editorial introduction)