KENNETH MACKAY (1859-1935) was the author of many books, including Songs of a Sunlit Land (1908) and Across Papua (1909), but was best known as a soldier and founder of the Light Horse fighting brigade. ANDREW ENSTICE is Senior Lecturer and JANEEN WEBB is Associate Professor & Reader at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. They are co-authors of Aliens & Savages: Fiction, Politics and Prejudice in Australia (1998) and The Fantastic Self (1999).