1. I would like to thank Richard White, Robert Dixon and the two anonymous referees for their useful suggestions on earlier drafts of this article.
2. Sun, 16 May 1915.‘Veteran Walker’Sun, 16 May, 11 For a comprehensive account of Hamlet's career and his extensive public commitments see Howard McKern, William Mogford Hamlet, 1850–1931: Gentleman and Scholar, Sydney Howard McKern, (1995), pp. 20–41.