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Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Tom Curran, Across the bar : the story of 'Simpson', the man with the donkey: Australia and Tyneside's great military hero, 1994
Simpson made between 12 to 15 trips each day rescuing wounded soldiers in the face of Turkish fire. This is his story.Index, notes, ill, maps, p.395.non-fictionSimpson made between 12 to 15 trips each day rescuing wounded soldiers in the face of Turkish fire. This is his story.gallipoli campaign - history, gallipoli campaign - medical corps - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Sphere, A man called Intrepid, 1976
This book tells for the first time one of the best kept secrets of World War Two. British Security Co-ordination made a major contribution to the eventual allied victory.Index, ill, maps, p.541.non-fictionThis book tells for the first time one of the best kept secrets of World War Two. British Security Co-ordination made a major contribution to the eventual allied victory.world war 1939 – 1945 – secret operations – britain, secret service - britain -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Hodder & Stoughton, The Churchill factor : how one man made history, 2015
Marking the fiftieth anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Boris Johnson explores what makes up the 'Churchill Factor' - the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century. Taking on the myths and misconceptions along with the outsized reality, he portrays - with characteristic wit and passion-a man of multiple contradictions, contagious bravery, breath-taking eloquence, matchless strategizing, and deep humanity. Fearless on the battlefield, Churchill had to be ordered by the King to stay out of action on D-Day; he pioneered aerial bombing, yet hated the destruction of war and scorned politicians who had not experienced its horrors. He was a celebrated journalist, a great orator and won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was famous for his ability to combine wining and dining with many late nights of crucial wartime decision-making. His open-mindedness made him a pioneer in health care, education, and social welfare, though he remained incorrigibly politically incorrect. Most of all, as Boris Johnson says, 'Churchill is the resounding human rebuttal to all who think history is the story of vast and impersonal economic forces'. THE CHURCHILL FACTOR is a book to be enjoyed not only by anyone interested in history: it is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what makes a great leader.Index, notes, bibliography, ill, p.421.non-fictionMarking the fiftieth anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Boris Johnson explores what makes up the 'Churchill Factor' - the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century. Taking on the myths and misconceptions along with the outsized reality, he portrays - with characteristic wit and passion-a man of multiple contradictions, contagious bravery, breath-taking eloquence, matchless strategizing, and deep humanity. Fearless on the battlefield, Churchill had to be ordered by the King to stay out of action on D-Day; he pioneered aerial bombing, yet hated the destruction of war and scorned politicians who had not experienced its horrors. He was a celebrated journalist, a great orator and won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was famous for his ability to combine wining and dining with many late nights of crucial wartime decision-making. His open-mindedness made him a pioneer in health care, education, and social welfare, though he remained incorrigibly politically incorrect. Most of all, as Boris Johnson says, 'Churchill is the resounding human rebuttal to all who think history is the story of vast and impersonal economic forces'. THE CHURCHILL FACTOR is a book to be enjoyed not only by anyone interested in history: it is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what makes a great leader.great britain - politics and government - 1936-1945, winston churchill - biography -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, HarperPress, Apache : the man, the machine, the mission, 2008
Apache' is the first book to come from the cockpit of the most sophisticated fighting helicopter the world has ever known. Designed in the mid 1980s to take on the Soviets, these machines have proven themselves as the perfect tool for combat in Afghanistan. Ed Macy's account of the incredibly hard Apache selection process, tougher than that of the SAS, combined with his description of the sheer difficulty of flying one of these helicopters provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between man and machine fighting in the toughest conditions imaginable.Index, ill, maps, p.374.non-fictionApache' is the first book to come from the cockpit of the most sophisticated fighting helicopter the world has ever known. Designed in the mid 1980s to take on the Soviets, these machines have proven themselves as the perfect tool for combat in Afghanistan. Ed Macy's account of the incredibly hard Apache selection process, tougher than that of the SAS, combined with his description of the sheer difficulty of flying one of these helicopters provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between man and machine fighting in the toughest conditions imaginable.afghan war 2001-2021 - military operations - britain, afghan war 2001-2021 - personal narratives - britain -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, The Miegunyah Press, A merciful journey : recollections of a World War II patrol boat man, 2005
In 1939 Marsden Hordern's mother refused to sign the paper allowing her seventeen-year-old son to fight overseas with the Royal Australian Air Force. 'I did not rear you to be killed in an airplane,' she said. 'Join the navy.' He took her advice and in doing so determined his future. In small patrol boats, Fairmiles and a Harbour Defence Motor Launch, he patrolled the shores of Japanese-held territory, assisted beleaguered commandos in Timor, and was finally caught up in the drama of rounding up Japanese prisoners of war and guarding them in New Guinea.Index, bibliography, notes,maps, ill, p.334.non-fictionIn 1939 Marsden Hordern's mother refused to sign the paper allowing her seventeen-year-old son to fight overseas with the Royal Australian Air Force. 'I did not rear you to be killed in an airplane,' she said. 'Join the navy.' He took her advice and in doing so determined his future. In small patrol boats, Fairmiles and a Harbour Defence Motor Launch, he patrolled the shores of Japanese-held territory, assisted beleaguered commandos in Timor, and was finally caught up in the drama of rounding up Japanese prisoners of war and guarding them in New Guinea.world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia, royal australian navy -
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Book, Corgi Books, The sharp end of war : the fighting man in World War II, 1980
A graphic description of what combat was like for the ordinary soldiers of World war TwoIndex, bib, ill, p.396.non-fictionA graphic description of what combat was like for the ordinary soldiers of World war Twoworld war 1939-1945, soldiers - history - 20th century -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Pamphlet, Combat Ration (one man)
printed list of contents and instruction sheet - rations mounted on cream cardList of rations and how to prepare themration sheet -
Clunes Museum
Book, Dorothea Hickey, A Goldfields Man, 2009
Description of life in the Victorian goldfields from 1951 to 20th century.1 Cerise cardboard covered book with photo of Leo & Eileen Hickey, 61 pages .2 Letter written by Dorothea Hickey dated 19/11/2009 fictionDescription of life in the Victorian goldfields from 1951 to 20th centuryfrancis leo hickey, james hickey, regimental army australia -
Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Drawing, George LAMBERT, The old man, n.d
Gift of Mack Jost, 1983graphite on paper -
Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Sculpture, Bruce ARMSTRONG, Bird and man, 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Bruce Armstrong, 2022cypress -
Winchelsea and District Historical Society
Book, Wild White Man
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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Puppet, Man with Checked cap, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Paper mache head hand painted brown with black hair and beard. Bright blue painted eyes. Black and white check hat. Brown fabric body with purple and white striped tie. Attached with tacks to wooden head support.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharron lohe -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Further Ramblings of an Old Man, 1994
History of the life of L. P. (Phil) Heron and Family.Small book. Light tan cover with black writing. Black sketch depicting hill overlooking the ocean.Dedication to authors wife Edeheron family history, family history books, phil heron -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Stencil Man
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Inverloch Historical Society
000540 - Photograph - Inverloch - William Newton (Dad) in the middle of 3-man fishing party aboard Swan, also Tom Henderson - from Clyde Newton
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Inverloch Historical Society
000052 - Photograph - 1886 - Boy & Man on Track - OM Beard
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Inverloch Historical Society
000158a - Photograph - Man on balcony
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Inverloch Historical Society
000179 - Photograph - Man and child at a mine shaft?
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Inverloch Historical Society
Photograph - Unknown man with shire horse
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Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Patrick Skene Catling, Freddy Hill: The Story of a Modern Man of Pleasure, 1970
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Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, J. Bronowski, The Ascent of Man, 1973
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Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, Matrix of Man, An Illustrated History of Urban Environment, 1968
Hardcover w/ Dust JacketReview of the book by John M. Johansen in Forum May 1969city planning -- history; urbanism; urban ecology (sociology), walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Newspaper - Clipping, Sydney Morning Herald, Brave man, said Utzon, 04.06.1966
Robin Boyd’s desk cupboard contained two exercise books (item D482.1-D482.2) and assorted articles, essays and other material regarding the building of the Sydney Opera House, inserted inside the front cover of Walkabout magazine, July 1966 (item P1377). This publication is one of those inserts. Many of these were collected by Boyd’s eldest daughter, Mandie, who recalls that her father was writing a book, but was very disillusioned with the way the entire Opera House saga unfolded.Newspaper clipping'Age, June 4 1966', in Robin Boyd's handwritingsydney opera house, utzon, sydney opera house project, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Newspaper - Clipping, J. S. Macdonald, A man success did not spoil, 1923
This is a tribute to Mr Penleigh Boyd, Robin Boyd's father, on his death, written by a fellow artist J. S. Macdonald. Mr Penleigh Boyd died on 27 November 1923.walsh st library, tribute -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, J. P. Donleavy, The Ginger Man, 1979
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Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Professor Zelman Cowen, The Private Man: The Boyer Lectures 1969, 1969
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Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Professor Zelman Cowen, The Private Man: The Boyer Lectures 1969, 1972
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Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Richard Casement, Man Suddenly Sees to the Edge of the Universe, 1984
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketwalsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, C M Vines, A Little Nut-Brown Man: My Three Years with Lord Beaverbrook, 1968
Hardcover w/Dust Jacketbritish biography, max aitken beaverbrook, publishers and publishing, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man, 1897
SoftcoverPenleigh Boydbritish literature, walsh st library