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Author: Graham Smith Publisher: Boolarong Press ISBN: 1921555831 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 254
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Recollections of a young boy growing up in a Queensland bush community during the most turbulent time in Australia's history. The stories are from a world that is almost unrecognisable to the one we live in today, about a community that no longer exists. My immediate family want to remember 'Grandad's stories', and I hope the wider audience will enjoy either renewing their acquaintance with the world of their childhood, or learning about the world of parents and grandparents.
Author: Graham Smith Publisher: Boolarong Press ISBN: 1921555831 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 254
Book Description
Recollections of a young boy growing up in a Queensland bush community during the most turbulent time in Australia's history. The stories are from a world that is almost unrecognisable to the one we live in today, about a community that no longer exists. My immediate family want to remember 'Grandad's stories', and I hope the wider audience will enjoy either renewing their acquaintance with the world of their childhood, or learning about the world of parents and grandparents.
Author: JP Powell Publisher: Brio Books Pty Ltd ISBN: 1922267104 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 248
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As WWII ravages the world and the Japanese Empire has set its sights on Australia, the Americans have come to save us. But not all soldiers are heroes and not all heroes are soldiers. Sergeant Joe Washington, a US Military Police, loves music and photography but spends his days delving into the sordid and petty crimes committed by the thousands of American troops passing through town. While trying to find stolen gasoline stores, he is sent to investigate the body of an American soldier found dumped in a cemetery. Suddenly Joe is up against notorious detective Frank Bischof. Although ordered to leave the investigation alone, Joe fears that Bischof is protecting the most likely suspect while trying to pin the crime on an innocent – and intriguing – young woman, Rose. A woman who seems to walk between the parallel worlds of black market deals and Brisbane’s high society. ‘‘a rattling good murder mystery with a well worked plot that is fast paced and complex enough to engage the reader.’ Westender ‘Beautifully textured, thoughtful and satisfying.’ Emily Maguire
Author: Peter Dean Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 110731139X Category : History Languages : en Pages :
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In 1942, the shadow of modern war reached Australia's shores for the first time. In this compelling volume, leading historians explore why 1942 was such a pivotal year in Australia's history and explain how the nation confronted some of its greatest challenges. This broad ranging study covers key issues from political, economic and home front reform to the establishment of a new partnership with the United States; the role of the Air Force and the Navy; the bombing of Darwin; as well as the battles of Kokoda, Milne Bay, the Beachheads and Guadalcanal. Australia 1942 provides a unique and in-depth exploration of the controversy surrounding the potential for invasion. Japanese and Australian historians offer perspectives on Japanese military intentions and strategies towards Australia and the South Pacific. Generously illustrated, it is essential reading for anyone interested in one of Australia's most decisive and critical years.
Author: Paul Burns Publisher: Allen & Unwin Academic ISBN: 9781864485394 Category : Australia Languages : en Pages : 254
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The story behind the Brisbane Line controversy - the idea that parts of Australia above a line just north of Brisbane would be surrendered to the Japanese without firing a shot. It is a tale of political deceit, manipulation, cowardice and betrayal by politicians on all sides for electoral gain, culminating in the scapegoating of innocent army officers.
Author: Drew Cottle Publisher: Upfront Publishing ISBN: 9781844261215 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 257
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In late 1941 and early 1942 a Japanese invasion of Australia seemed imminent. One potential solution to this threat was the establishment of a military line across Australia from Brisbane to Adelaide. Territory south of this line would be defended; the rest of the country would be abandoned. Although never implemented, not surprisingly the Brisbane Line remains to this day a controversial and sensitive topic in Australia, with any suggestion of treachery vehemently refuted. Taking the line as his starting point, Cottle examines the possibility of a collaboration between Japanese intelligence and prominent sections of the Australian ruling class. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, trading links between Japan and Australia had flourished and, as a result, many within Sydney's business establishment began to look favourably upon increasing Japanese influence at the expense of British interests.Through a fresh examination of contemporary sources and drawing on the testimony of Ken Cook, an anti-fascist counter-intelligence agent during this period, Cottle uncovers a fascinating story of collaboration, conspiracy and betrayal - a story which is still being denied today.
Author: Jan McLeod Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1925675912 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 322
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At Templeton’s Crossing in October 1942, Private Nick Kennedy paused to write in his diary: ‘One wonders why all this strife should be … these men in the prime of their life cut down like flowers’. As a young nursing orderly serving with the 2/4th Australian Field Ambulance, Kennedy was unenviably well-placed to reflect on the futility of war. The Australian Army was woefully unprepared to fight a medical war in Papua and the soldiers paid the price. Almost 30,000 soldiers suffered from illness and tropical diseases, and an estimated 6000 were killed or wounded during the six-month campaign. These statistics have traditionally been represented as unavoidable consequences of fighting a war in a place such as Papua. This book disputes that narrative. Death and disease were inevitable outcomes, but the scale of the suffering was not. The medical challenges presented in Papua were extreme – they were not insurmountable. Shadows on the Track considers a wide range of issues that impacted on the health of the Australian soldiers before, during and after the Papuan campaign was fought and won. The strengths, successes, shortcomings and failures of the medical campaign are identified, analysed and evaluated. The focus on the front-line medical personnel – the men of the field ambulance units – brings a new perspective to the battles of the Kokoda Track, Milne Bay and the Beachheads. Shining a light on these Australians who tended the sick, mended the wounded and buried the dead in Papua makes stepping out of the shadows a little easier.
Author: Phil Jarratt Publisher: Boolarong Press ISBN: 1925877965 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 386
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This comprehensive history of Noosa comes straight from the heart. Award-winning writer Phil Jarratt has lived in the seaside town for more than 30 years, and has played many roles, as both communicator and protagonist, over its transition from sleepy village to iconic resort. In many ways it is a love letter to his adopted home, but the Noosa story is not always a pretty one, and Jarratt does not flinch from the harsh realities of the cruelties inflicted on the Kabi Kabi First Nation, nor from the wild years when Tewantin was a playground for cashed-up gold diggers, nor from the unscrupulous development deals of the Joh era. But this is a history filled with admiration for the fighters of the past, and hope for the future.
Author: Graham Smith
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