Contents

THE DRAGON ASLEEP

Late Spring, 1900 Chihli Province North-east China

THE STONE DRAGON

1900 Cairns District The Australian Colony of Queensland

Late May 1900 Pekin China

Late May 1900 Cairns

Late May 1900 The British Legation Pekin

Late May 1900 Cairns and District Far North Queensland

Late May – Early June 1900 Pekin and the Western Hills

Early June 1900 Gulf of Chihli East of Pekin

Early Summer, June 1900 Pekin

Early June 1900 The Peiho River North-east China

Early to Mid June 1900 Pekin

Mid to Late June 1900 The Besieged Legation

Late June to Mid July 1900 Pekin – The Siege

Mid to Late July 1900 Pekin

Late July to Early August 1900 Pekin

Early August 1900 Pekin

Mid August 1900 Pekin

September 1900 Off the East Coast of Queensland

THE DRAGON AWAKE

1967 Beijing

Author’s Notes

Acknowledgments