This is an important study of an important, though very little known, Aboriginal figure. Professor Peter Read, University of Sydney

Paisley's ‘The Lone Protestor’ captures Fernando's idiosyncrasies, the courage and alienation of his struggles, and, finally, the tragedy of the Australian Aboriginal whose dogged campaigns passed with insufficient notice from his fellow Australians. Almost a century later, ‘The Lone Protester’ sets the historical record straight. Professor Grant Farred, Cornell University

In this thoroughly researched and moving biography Fiona Paisley illustrates the importance of taking imperial histories beyond the boundaries of the nation. Through the life of AM Fernando we see how the personal geographies of a marginal Aboriginal Australian man can illuminate national histories of Britain and Australia, the political geographies of two World Wars and the international and imperial networks that battled over the rights of colonised peoples. Dr Caroline Bressey, Director, Equiano Centre, University College London