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Koorie Heritage Trust
Education Kit, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Indigenous Australia, 1993
... . Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians... -- Social life and customs. Aboriginal Australians -- Social ...Booklets to introduce Aboriginal culture and lifestyles past and present throughout Australia. Extra copies in stackin stack12 booklets ; in folder, 31 cm.Booklets to introduce Aboriginal culture and lifestyles past and present throughout Australia. Extra copies in stackin stackaboriginal australians -- social life and customs. aboriginal australians -- social conditions. aboriginal australians -- history. arts, aboriginal australian. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Roberts, Janine, From Massacres to mining. The colonization of Aboriginal Australia, 1978
... Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. | Aboriginal... Australians -- Social conditions. | Aboriginal Australians ...White colonisation of Australia; violent conflict; establishment of reserves; current situation legal oppression in Queensland; racism and discrimination; poverty, malnutrition and disease; government policy; land rights; mining on Aboriginal land; Aboriginal struggle for rights.212 P.; appendices; maps; plates; ill.; footnotes; bib.; refs.; figs.; 21 cm.White colonisation of Australia; violent conflict; establishment of reserves; current situation legal oppression in Queensland; racism and discrimination; poverty, malnutrition and disease; government policy; land rights; mining on Aboriginal land; Aboriginal struggle for rights.aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | aboriginal australians -- government relations. | aboriginal australians -- land tenure. | colonisation | economics - income - poverty and low income | government policy | health - nutrition disorders | land rights - mining industry | land rights - excisions and leases - mining leases | race relations - violent - massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - to 1900 | race relations - racial discrimination - legislative -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Robertson, Geraldine, Our foremothers, 2006
... . | Women -- Australia -- Social conditions -- History. | Women's... -- History. | Women -- Australia -- Social conditions -- History ...79 P.; ports.;robertson, geraldine -- family. | women -- australia -- history. | women -- australia -- social conditions -- history. | women's rights -- australia -- history. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bowden, Ros et al, Being Aboriginal : comments, observations and stories from Aboriginal Australians, 1993
... Australians -- Interviews. | Aboriginal Australians -- Social... -- Social conditions. Being Aboriginal contains the powerful ...Being Aboriginal contains the powerful and moving stories of Aboriginal people who described their lives and attitudes in a number of radio documentaries for the ABC's Social History Unit ... Being Aboriginal is a moving chronicle of how some Aboriginal people experience life in white Australia. From the ABC Radio programs by Ros Bowden and Bill Bunbury.121 p. ; 22 cm.Being Aboriginal contains the powerful and moving stories of Aboriginal people who described their lives and attitudes in a number of radio documentaries for the ABC's Social History Unit ... Being Aboriginal is a moving chronicle of how some Aboriginal people experience life in white Australia. From the ABC Radio programs by Ros Bowden and Bill Bunbury.aboriginal australians -- biography. | aboriginal australians -- interviews. | aboriginal australians -- social conditions. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bolger, Audrey, Aboriginal Women and Violence : a report for the Criminology Research Council and the Northern Territory Commissioner of Police, 1991
... Australians -- Northern Territory -- Social conditions. | Aboriginal... Australians -- Northern Territory -- Social conditions. | Aboriginal ...Study of violence against Aboriginal women in selected towns, town camps, communities and outstations in Northern Territory; examines incidence, causes of violence, particularly role of alcohol, methods of dealing with violent situations, and responses of police , courts, health and welfare workers, Aboriginal legal services, womens refuges and alcohol agencies; sees positive aspects in Aboriginal womens use of refuges, new domestic violence laws and campaigns against alcohol; confusion over role of violence in traditional societies.vi, 104 p. : tables. ; 25 cm.Study of violence against Aboriginal women in selected towns, town camps, communities and outstations in Northern Territory; examines incidence, causes of violence, particularly role of alcohol, methods of dealing with violent situations, and responses of police , courts, health and welfare workers, Aboriginal legal services, womens refuges and alcohol agencies; sees positive aspects in Aboriginal womens use of refuges, new domestic violence laws and campaigns against alcohol; confusion over role of violence in traditional societies.abused women -- northern territory. | wife abuse -- northern territory. | family violence -- northern territory. | women, aboriginal australian -- northern territory. | aboriginal australians -- northern territory -- social conditions. | aboriginal australians -- northern territory -- wife abuse. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bulmer, John, Victorian Aborigines John Bulmer's Recollections 1855-1908, 1994
... -- Victoria. | Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Social life and... Australians -- Victoria -- Social conditions. Blurb: " John Bulmer ...Blurb: " John Bulmer began his missionary work in 1855, commencing a life dedicated to the Christianising of Victorian Aboriginal people at Yelta on the Murray, in the Wimmera and Monaro and at Lake Tyers in Gippsland. ...he recorded many of his recollections in thirteen papers, in correspondence with R. Brough Smyth and A. W. Howitt and in ... Royal Geographical Society of Australia."`xv, 98 p. : ill., map. figs.; tables; notes, word list; bib.;; 25 cm.Blurb: " John Bulmer began his missionary work in 1855, commencing a life dedicated to the Christianising of Victorian Aboriginal people at Yelta on the Murray, in the Wimmera and Monaro and at Lake Tyers in Gippsland. ...he recorded many of his recollections in thirteen papers, in correspondence with R. Brough Smyth and A. W. Howitt and in ... Royal Geographical Society of Australia."`bulmer, john, 1833-1913. | aboriginal australians -- missions -- victoria. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- social life and customs. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- social conditions. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Burbank, Victoria Katherine, Fighting women : anger and aggression in Aboriginal Australia, 1994
... -- Social conditions. | Women -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land... Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Social ...xvi, 250 p. : 24 cm.women, aboriginal australian -- northern territory -- arnhem land -- social conditions. | women -- northern territory -- arnhem land -- psychology. | aggressiveness -- northern territory -- arnhem land. | sex role -- northern territory -- arnhem land. | interpersonal relations. | feminist criticism -- northern territory -- arnhem land. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Booklet, Aboriginal Affairs (Association), On Aboriginal Affairs, 1962
... Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- Periodicals... 17 no. ; 22 cm. Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions ...A bi-monthly news sheet distributed by "Aboriginal Affairs" a voluntary association which acts as an exchange for items relating to the welfare and advancement of people of Aboriginal descent. Aboriginals, Australia - Land, history. No. 12Cummeragunga - new policy no. 11.Assimilation - issues - National Missionary Council No. 917 no. ; 22 cm.A bi-monthly news sheet distributed by "Aboriginal Affairs" a voluntary association which acts as an exchange for items relating to the welfare and advancement of people of Aboriginal descent. Aboriginals, Australia - Land, history. No. 12Cummeragunga - new policy no. 11.Assimilation - issues - National Missionary Council No. 9aboriginal australians -- social conditions -- periodicals. | aboriginal australians -- government policy -- periodicals. | aboriginal australians, treatment of -- periodicals. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bandler, Faith, The time was ripe : a history of the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship (1956- 69), 1983
... . | Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. | Australia -- Race... -- Australia. | Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions ...It is a history of not only the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship but the birth and growth of the Federal movement. A picture is also given of the earlier Aboriginal struggles of the 1920s to 1940s led by pioneers like William Cooper, Bill Ferguson and Doug Nicholls.203 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.It is a history of not only the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship but the birth and growth of the Federal movement. A picture is also given of the earlier Aboriginal struggles of the 1920s to 1940s led by pioneers like William Cooper, Bill Ferguson and Doug Nicholls.aboriginal-australian fellowship -- history. | australian aborigines. organisations: aboriginal-australian fellowship, 1956-1969. | race discrimination -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | australia -- race relations. | bandler, faith. | fox, len, 1905-2004. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Booklet, Kelly, Howard (Victorian SEMP Race and Ethnic Relations team) et al, Black Conditions, 1978
... Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. | Aboriginal....; ill.; 28 cm. Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions ...A study of Aboriginal communities and the living conditions of Aborigines. A social justice booklet.28 p.; ill.; 28 cm.A study of Aboriginal communities and the living conditions of Aborigines. A social justice booklet.aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | aboriginal australians -- housing. | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Report, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, The first step : a report on the initial community consultations on the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, 1992
... -- Australia. | Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.... | Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. | Aboriginal Australians ...In October 1987, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was established to find out why so many Aboriginal people were dying in prison - 99 between January 1980 and May 1989 alone. Since then, tragically, there have been another 25 deaths.The findings of the Royal Commission and its recommendations have been widely publicised since their release in May 1991. They catalogue the terrible history of dispossession and oppression of our people. The Commission makes 339 recommendations on how the past hurt and current disadvantage of the Aboriginal people can be redressed... The main themes to emerge not surprisingly, underline many of the issues raised in the Royal Commission's Final Report - the plight of families of the deceases, Aboriginal / police relations, the lack of access to land, substance abuse, appalling health, inadequate housing, and the pressing need to provide education and employment for our youth.41 p. ; 25 cm.In October 1987, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was established to find out why so many Aboriginal people were dying in prison - 99 between January 1980 and May 1989 alone. Since then, tragically, there have been another 25 deaths.The findings of the Royal Commission and its recommendations have been widely publicised since their release in May 1991. They catalogue the terrible history of dispossession and oppression of our people. The Commission makes 339 recommendations on how the past hurt and current disadvantage of the Aboriginal people can be redressed... The main themes to emerge not surprisingly, underline many of the issues raised in the Royal Commission's Final Report - the plight of families of the deceases, Aboriginal / police relations, the lack of access to land, substance abuse, appalling health, inadequate housing, and the pressing need to provide education and employment for our youth.australia. royal commission into aboriginal deaths in custody. | prisoners, aboriginal australian. | prisoners, aboriginal australian -- death. | prisoners, aboriginal australian -- mortality. | prisons and race relations -- australia. | police -- complaints against -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | aboriginal australians -- criminal justice system. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Broome, Richard, Aboriginal Australians. Black Responses to white Dominance 1788-1994. (Second Edition), 1994
... Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. | Race.... Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. | Race discrimination ...Surveys traditional life and values, confrontations with the British; violent conflicts with settlers, native police throughout the country; attacks on Aboriginal initiative at Coranderrk, Cumeroogunja and other settlements; racial legislation, missionary attitudes; cattle industry, mining; discrimination; growth of Aboriginal rights movement, Aboriginal organizations, land rights.4-275 P.; plates; ill,; appendices; notes; bib.; index; 22 cm.Surveys traditional life and values, confrontations with the British; violent conflicts with settlers, native police throughout the country; attacks on Aboriginal initiative at Coranderrk, Cumeroogunja and other settlements; racial legislation, missionary attitudes; cattle industry, mining; discrimination; growth of Aboriginal rights movement, Aboriginal organizations, land rights.aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | race discrimination -- australia. | australia -- race relations. | economic sectors - agriculture and horticulture - pastoral industry - beef cattle | religions - christianity - missions | settlement and contacts - 20th century | enterprises - pastoral industry | government policy - assimilation | government policy - initial period and protectionism | government policy - integration | government policy - state and territory - new south wales | government policy - state and territory - victoria | law - land | land rights - mining industry | land rights - pastoral industry | socioeconomic conditions - living conditions | occupations - pastoral industry workers | law enforcement - police - native police | law enforcement - police conduct and attitudes | politics and government - political action - land rights | race relations - violent - massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - to 1900 | race relations - racism - stereotyping | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Broom, Leonard, A blanket a year, 1973
... . Australia. Surveys | Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions... -- Social conditions. | Australia -- Social policy. | Land rights ...Land rights, perhaps the best known of Aboriginal grievances, is bitterly expressed in 'All they give us now for our land is a blanket once a year'. Yet, as Broom and Jones show in this book, the Aborigines are disadvantaged in every way. No one knows who are Aborigines, how many there are, what jobs they hold, what education they have received. Yet, until this extraordinary ignorance is rectified, there is no basis for planning vital improvements. The authors stress the urgent need for public authorities to gather information on Aboriginal health, housing, employment, and education. Without this information no attempt to overcome the gross inequalities can hope to succeed. A Blanket a Year offers constructive professional help. It is vital reading for politicians, administrators, social workers, educationists, and for all fair-minded Australians.98 p. ; notes; tables; references; 23 cm.Land rights, perhaps the best known of Aboriginal grievances, is bitterly expressed in 'All they give us now for our land is a blanket once a year'. Yet, as Broom and Jones show in this book, the Aborigines are disadvantaged in every way. No one knows who are Aborigines, how many there are, what jobs they hold, what education they have received. Yet, until this extraordinary ignorance is rectified, there is no basis for planning vital improvements. The authors stress the urgent need for public authorities to gather information on Aboriginal health, housing, employment, and education. Without this information no attempt to overcome the gross inequalities can hope to succeed. A Blanket a Year offers constructive professional help. It is vital reading for politicians, administrators, social workers, educationists, and for all fair-minded Australians.aborigines. social planning. information requirements. australia. surveys | aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | australia -- social policy. | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bandler, Faith, Turning the tide : a personal history of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, 1989
... Islanders -- History. | Aboriginal Australians -- Social.... | Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. | Race discrimination ...Turning the Tide is about political struggle in the past three decades of Aboriginal affairs in Australia. Faith Bandler's background has given her the right to speak out loudly and clearly against racial discrimination. In 1956 she co-founded the Aboriginal - Australian Fellowship and later became a key figure in the founding of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islandersxvii, 173 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.Turning the Tide is about political struggle in the past three decades of Aboriginal affairs in Australia. Faith Bandler's background has given her the right to speak out loudly and clearly against racial discrimination. In 1956 she co-founded the Aboriginal - Australian Fellowship and later became a key figure in the founding of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islandersbandler, faith. | federal council for the advancement of aborigines and torres strait islanders -- history. | federal council for the advancement of aborigines and torres strait islanders -- history. | aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | race discrimination -- australia. | australia -- history -- 20th century. | australia -- race relations. -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Book, Glenelg-Hopkins Catchment Management Authority, Yambuk Lake Yambuk people : stories of Yambuk Lake and the catchments of Eumeralla and Shaw Rivers, 2008
... yambuk (vic.) -- social conditions.... / dhaurwurd-wurrung people (s20) (vic sj54-11) yambuk (vic.) -- social ...This title explores the complex relationships between the people and the place of Yambuk; the value of local knowledge and tells the stories of the Yambuk Lake, wetlands, rivers and catchment. Historic records and photographs are combined with the recollections of more than 20 people who know the lake.vi, 207 pages : colour illustrations, maps. ; 21 x 30 cm. Includes bibliographic references. non-fictionThis title explores the complex relationships between the people and the place of Yambuk; the value of local knowledge and tells the stories of the Yambuk Lake, wetlands, rivers and catchment. Historic records and photographs are combined with the recollections of more than 20 people who know the lake.baxter, annie maria, 1816-1905., water quality management -- victoria -- yambuk lake., settlement and contacts - settlers., animals - fish - eels., gunditjmara / gurndidy / dhaurwurd-wurrung people (s20) (vic sj54-11), yambuk (vic.) -- social conditions., yambuk (vic.) -- history., yambuk lake (vic.), yambuk (w vic sj54-11), deen maar / lady julia percy island (w vic sj54-11), eumeralla (w vic sj54-11), peek wurrung people, book -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Big Sky, Beneath the pale blue burqa : one woman's journey through Taliban strongholds, 2010
... Afghanistan - Social conditions... - Social conditions Afghanistan - Personal recollections - Kay ...Kay Danes is no stranger to danger, having survived a terrifying 11-month hostage ordeal in communist Laos. In 2008, she faced her fears and embarked on a humanitarian aid mission to people devastated in war-torn Afghanistan. This powerful story will have you enthralled as you travel with Kay through Taliban strongholds and the remote wastelands of Al Qaeda terrorists. Her story provides a rare glimpse of places we may never visit and the courageous Afghan people determined to persevere against overwhelming odds.Ill, maps, p.345.non-fictionKay Danes is no stranger to danger, having survived a terrifying 11-month hostage ordeal in communist Laos. In 2008, she faced her fears and embarked on a humanitarian aid mission to people devastated in war-torn Afghanistan. This powerful story will have you enthralled as you travel with Kay through Taliban strongholds and the remote wastelands of Al Qaeda terrorists. Her story provides a rare glimpse of places we may never visit and the courageous Afghan people determined to persevere against overwhelming odds.afghanistan - social conditions, afghanistan - personal recollections - kay danes -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Home front, 2011
... World war 1914-1918 - Social conditions - Australia... - Military policy World war 1914-1918 - Social conditions - Australia ...Pictorial essay depicting social conditions in Australia during the First World WarIll, p.135.non-fictionPictorial essay depicting social conditions in Australia during the First World Warworld war 1914-1918 - military policy, world war 1914-1918 - social conditions - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian War Memorial, The government and the people, 1939-1941, 1952
... Australia - Social conditions - 1939-1941... Australia - Social conditions - 1939-1941 A political and social ...A political and social history of Australia during the war of 1939-45. This volume carries the story to December 1941, when Japan entered the warIndex, ill, p.644.non-fictionA political and social history of Australia during the war of 1939-45. This volume carries the story to December 1941, when Japan entered the waraustralia - politics and government 1939-1941, australia - social conditions - 1939-1941 -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian War Memorial, The government and the people, 1942-1945, 1970
... Australia - Politics and government - Social conditions... Australia - Politics and government - Social conditions A study ...A study of the administrative and political management of the Australian war effort.Index, ill, p.644.non-fictionA study of the administrative and political management of the Australian war effort.australia - politics and government - 1942-1945, australia - politics and government - social conditions -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Weldon Publishing, The Home front family album : remembering Australia 1939-1945, 1991
... Australia 1939-1945 - Social conditions... conditions World war 1939-1945 - Social aspects Rationing - Red Cross ...Rationing - Red Cross - Women's role in wartime - Japanese midget submarines - Clothes rationing - Coalminers' strike - Censorship - Ration books.Index, ill, p.208.non-fictionRationing - Red Cross - Women's role in wartime - Japanese midget submarines - Clothes rationing - Coalminers' strike - Censorship - Ration books.australia 1939-1945 - social conditions, world war 1939-1945 - social aspects -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Allan Ashbolt, An Australian experience: Words from the Vietnam years, 1974
... australia - social conditions 1965-1972... - social conditions 1965-1972 vietnam war - 1965-1975 ...The Australian experience covers the period of the 1960s and early 1970s when Allan Ashbolt was a leading activist in the Australian anti - war movement.p.398.non-fictionThe Australian experience covers the period of the 1960s and early 1970s when Allan Ashbolt was a leading activist in the Australian anti - war movement.australia - social conditions 1965-1972, vietnam war - 1965-1975 -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Joan Beaumont, Broken nation : Australians in the Great War, 2013
... world war 1914-1918 - social conditions...-1918- australia - history world war 1914-1918 - social ...The Australian experience of war in all its complexity - from the homefront as well as the battlefront - as the men and women who experienced it chose to understand and remember it. The Great War is, for many Australians, the event that defined our nation. The larrikin diggers, trench warfare, and the landing at Gallipoli have become the stuff of the Anzac legend. But it was also a war fought by the families at home. Their resilience in the face of hardship, their stoic acceptance of enormous casualty lists and their belief that their cause was just, made the war effort possible. This book brings together all the dimensions of World War I. Combining deep scholarship with powerful storytelling, this book brings the war years to life: from the well-known battles at Gallipoli, Pozieres, Fromelles and Villers-Bretonneux, to the lesser known battles in Europe and the Middle East; from the ferocious debates over conscription to the disillusioning Paris peace conference and the devastating Spanish flu the soldiers brought home. We witness the fear and courage of tens of thousands of soldiers, grapple with the strategic nightmares confronting the commanders, and come to understand the impact on Australians at home and at the front of death on an unprecedented scale. A century after the Great War, this book brings lucid insight into the dramatic events, mass grief and political turmoil that makes the memory of this terrible war central to Australia's history.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.628.non-fictionThe Australian experience of war in all its complexity - from the homefront as well as the battlefront - as the men and women who experienced it chose to understand and remember it. The Great War is, for many Australians, the event that defined our nation. The larrikin diggers, trench warfare, and the landing at Gallipoli have become the stuff of the Anzac legend. But it was also a war fought by the families at home. Their resilience in the face of hardship, their stoic acceptance of enormous casualty lists and their belief that their cause was just, made the war effort possible. This book brings together all the dimensions of World War I. Combining deep scholarship with powerful storytelling, this book brings the war years to life: from the well-known battles at Gallipoli, Pozieres, Fromelles and Villers-Bretonneux, to the lesser known battles in Europe and the Middle East; from the ferocious debates over conscription to the disillusioning Paris peace conference and the devastating Spanish flu the soldiers brought home. We witness the fear and courage of tens of thousands of soldiers, grapple with the strategic nightmares confronting the commanders, and come to understand the impact on Australians at home and at the front of death on an unprecedented scale. A century after the Great War, this book brings lucid insight into the dramatic events, mass grief and political turmoil that makes the memory of this terrible war central to Australia's history.world war 1914-1918- australia - history, world war 1914-1918 - social conditions -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Thomas Nelson, Australian Women at War, 1984
... Women - Australia - Social conditions.... Women - Australia - Social conditions War - Female participation ...This book records the achievements of our women for all time. It tells of bravery, self-sacrifice, endurance and devotion. When Patsy Adam-Smith wrote Australian Women at War in 1984, her aim was to tap into the memories of all the ‘brave, modest, forgotten women’ while they were still alive, in order to honour them. Now, for the first time, this iconic volume is republished for an entirely new generation of readers. This magnificent work is a history of how Australian women have responded to war – from 1900, when the first nurses sailed to the Boer War, to 1945 and its aftermath. Recording the achievements of our women for all time, it tells of their bravery, self-sacrifice, endurance and devotion. Australian Women at War is a tribute to Australian women.Index, ill, p.386.non-fictionThis book records the achievements of our women for all time. It tells of bravery, self-sacrifice, endurance and devotion. When Patsy Adam-Smith wrote Australian Women at War in 1984, her aim was to tap into the memories of all the ‘brave, modest, forgotten women’ while they were still alive, in order to honour them. Now, for the first time, this iconic volume is republished for an entirely new generation of readers. This magnificent work is a history of how Australian women have responded to war – from 1900, when the first nurses sailed to the Boer War, to 1945 and its aftermath. Recording the achievements of our women for all time, it tells of their bravery, self-sacrifice, endurance and devotion. Australian Women at War is a tribute to Australian women. women - australia - social conditions, war - female participation -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Melbourne University Publishing, The broken years, 2010
... World War 1914-1918 - Social conditions...-1918 - Social conditions Before the First World War most ...Before the First World War most Australians shared the emotions and traditions of the British Empire. Proud of their British heritage, anxious to raise the Imperial status of Australia, they were eager to fight and, if need be, to die in defence of their race and country. But the horror and tragedy of the conflict brought fundamental changes in outlook. Many of the pre-war enthusiasms persisted, but the days of unquestioning allegiance to Empire were beginning to come to an end, to be replaced by the bittersweet tradition of Anzac. Dr Gammage shows how and why these changes took place. Using the diaries and letters of one thousand front-line soldiers of the First Australian Imperial Force, most of them now part of a unique collection housed in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, he reconstructs the motives and expectations with which these men volunteered and the experiences they encountered. He highlights and examines the new attitudes to war and to the homeland that developed and foreshadows the important effects in Australia of the changed outlook brought home by the survivors. Those who have returned from war will recognise immediately the raw realities faced by the 'diggers', the growing disillusionment, and the hopes for the future. Those with fathers, husbands, or brothers who served, and all those concerned with what happens to men at war, cannot fail to be moved by the simple dignity of the men{u2019}s accounts, or by the understated courage with which they wrote to their families of the miseries they endured. This book, written with sensitivity and scholarly care, must be read if we are to understand war and its impact on the ethos of a nation.Index, bib, ill, notes, p.288.non-fictionBefore the First World War most Australians shared the emotions and traditions of the British Empire. Proud of their British heritage, anxious to raise the Imperial status of Australia, they were eager to fight and, if need be, to die in defence of their race and country. But the horror and tragedy of the conflict brought fundamental changes in outlook. Many of the pre-war enthusiasms persisted, but the days of unquestioning allegiance to Empire were beginning to come to an end, to be replaced by the bittersweet tradition of Anzac. Dr Gammage shows how and why these changes took place. Using the diaries and letters of one thousand front-line soldiers of the First Australian Imperial Force, most of them now part of a unique collection housed in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, he reconstructs the motives and expectations with which these men volunteered and the experiences they encountered. He highlights and examines the new attitudes to war and to the homeland that developed and foreshadows the important effects in Australia of the changed outlook brought home by the survivors. Those who have returned from war will recognise immediately the raw realities faced by the 'diggers', the growing disillusionment, and the hopes for the future. Those with fathers, husbands, or brothers who served, and all those concerned with what happens to men at war, cannot fail to be moved by the simple dignity of the men{u2019}s accounts, or by the understated courage with which they wrote to their families of the miseries they endured. This book, written with sensitivity and scholarly care, must be read if we are to understand war and its impact on the ethos of a nation. world war 1914-1918 - personal correspondence, world war 1914-1918 - social conditions -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Marshall Cavendish, The Falklands : the aftermath, 1984
... Falkland Islands - Social conditions.... Falklands war 1982 Falkland Islands - Social conditions Discusses ...Discusses the aftermath of the Falklands conflict in 1982Ill, maps, p.144.non-fictionDiscusses the aftermath of the Falklands conflict in 1982falklands war 1982, falkland islands - social conditions -
The Celtic Club
Book, Emily Lawless, Hurrish, 1992
... Ireland - Social conditions... Ireland - Social conditions A violent tale of local rivalries ...A violent tale of local rivalries about land in Munster, Irelandp.196.fictionA violent tale of local rivalries about land in Munster, Irelandirish fiction, ireland - social conditions -
The Celtic Club
Book, Molly Keane, Two Days in Aragon, 1985
... Ireland - Social conditions... - Social conditions Irish fiction In the Georgian house of Aragon ...In the Georgian house of Aragon live Grania and Sylvia Fox. Wild-blooded Grania is conducting a secret affair with Foley, whilst Sylvia falls for the charms of Captain Purvis. Attending Aragon's strawberry teas, the British Army Officers can almost forget the reason for their presence in Ireland. But the days of calm are numbered because Foley in a member of Sinn Fein.p.256.fictionIn the Georgian house of Aragon live Grania and Sylvia Fox. Wild-blooded Grania is conducting a secret affair with Foley, whilst Sylvia falls for the charms of Captain Purvis. Attending Aragon's strawberry teas, the British Army Officers can almost forget the reason for their presence in Ireland. But the days of calm are numbered because Foley in a member of Sinn Fein. ireland - social conditions, irish fiction -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, George Allen & Unwin, Lord Shaftesbury and social-industrial progress, 1926
... Great Britain - Social conditions - 19th century.... Great Britain - Social reform Great Britain - Social conditions ...A biography of social reformer Lord ShaftesburyIndex, ill, bib, p.446.A biography of social reformer Lord Shaftesburygreat britain - social reform, great britain - social conditions - 19th century -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Hamish Hamilton, Address unknown, 1939
... Germany - Social conditions... Address unknown p.57. Germany - Social conditions Germany ...Originally published in the United States in 1938 Address Unknown was an instant sensation and international bestseller. It was written before World War Two to alert the American public to the reality of Nazi power and its power remains undiminished after decades.The series of fictional letters between a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco and his German business partner in Munich traces their relationship as it changes after the coming to power of the Nazis.p.57.non-fictionOriginally published in the United States in 1938 Address Unknown was an instant sensation and international bestseller. It was written before World War Two to alert the American public to the reality of Nazi power and its power remains undiminished after decades.The series of fictional letters between a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco and his German business partner in Munich traces their relationship as it changes after the coming to power of the Nazis. germany - social conditions, germany - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Smith Elder and Co, The reign of Queen Victoria : a survey of fifty years of progress v.1, 1887
... Great Britain - Social conditions - 19th century....1. Map, p.594. Great Britain - Social conditions - 19th ...A study of the history of Great Britain during the reign of Queen VictoriaMap, p.594.non-fictionA study of the history of Great Britain during the reign of Queen Victoriagreat britain - social conditions - 19th century, great britain - economic conditions - 19th century