Index, bib, ill, p.208.non-fictionAn account of the campaigns and battles between Japan and the Allied nations in the Pacific and Asia during World War II.world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - pacific area, japan - history - 1912-1945

Index, bib, ill, , maps, p.208.non-fictionAn account of the aircraft, pilots, tactics, and results of the three-month Battle of Britain in 1940. world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - western europe, world war 1939-1945 - battle of britain 1940

Index, Bibliography, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionPhotography, maps, and eyewitness accounts describe the War in Vietnam.vietnam war 1961-1975, vietnam - history - 20th century

Illustrated book with dust jacket that has been covered with a clear protective film. Dustjacket has a red background. Front cover has an oval photograph of a woman in Victorian dress (Lucy Osburn) This photo has a grey frame with swirls. Also, on the front, the title is printed in white and the author's name in black. Title (in white) and author's surname (in black) are also printed on the spinenon-fictionThis book is a historical account of the early days of nursing in Australia, specifically focusing on the Sydney Hospital and Lucy Osburn, who arrived in Sydney in March 1868lucy osburn, sydney hospital-history, nursing-australia-history

a. Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Victorian Branch, 31st July, 1945, notice of annual general meeting on 29th. August, 1945. J.R. Fullarton, State Registrar. b. enclosed within notice of AGM, notice re revival of the activities of the Australian Chartered Accountant's Research Society and a profile on Brigadier E. Gorman..business, mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

328 p.; 24 cmnon-fictiona detailed historical account of the Knox and Dandenong regions in Victoria, Australia. The book explores the area's development from the arrival of the first pastoralists to its transformation into part of urban Melbourne. It highlights key figures such as James Clow, a clergyman and pastoralist, and John Wood Beilby, an explorer and speculator. The book also discusses the region's early agricultural struggles, the impact of the railway, and its emergence as one of Australia's first tourist destinations. Richly illustrated with photographs and maps, it provides a vivid picture of the area's history through original newspaper excerpts and documents. [AI generated text]knox (vic.), dandenongs

Memo from the Ballarat branch to Works Supt (and Depot Foreman), dated 23/1/1959 about the procedures for chargeable work in the repair of tramcars following an accident. Signed by Mr H W Linaker.Yields information about the procedures for the process of recovering costs for accidents to trams.Carbon copy of a typed foolscap sheet"Depot Foreman" in ink.secv, ballarat, accidents, accounting, repairs

Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Co. Bell Punch No. D406. A heavy nickel or chrome plated steel ticket or fare strip canceling / registering mechanism used on Melbourne cable trams. When a fare was sold, the bell would ring advising the passenger that their fare have registered. "An ingenious device resembling in principle the ticket punch of a railway porter. It is carried by the conductor who wears pinned to his coat a 'trip-slip'. He punches this once for every fare received; the action is simultaneously registered on a dial inside the punch and bell rings to appraise the passenger of the fact. The punch is provided with a patent lock, the secret of which is known only at headquarters and effective system of check is thus secured." (" A story of the Melbourne Cable Tramway System" - page 54). Used by the MT&O and MMTB until 1922/23 when replaced by the check ticket system. Manufactured by the Railway Register Manufacturing Company. Has "MT&O Co. ..." stamped on one side along with patent dates.Demonstrates the equipment used by the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Co. to register fares and provide an accounting method.Nickel or chrome plated steel ticket punch, used by the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co. stamped "MT&OCo" and "D406", c1885.ticket punch, tramways, trams, bell punch, tickets, fares, cable trams, railway register manufacturing company

index, ill, maps, p.248.non-fiction"Ron Fitch was born in 1910 into a railway family. He began his career as a 16-year-old engineering cadet and completed it, 46 years later, having worked at various times for two state railways and the Commonwealth, as Commissioner of South Australian Railways. In this book Fitch gives a vivid account not only of his career but of the camaraderie of the greater railway community, often experienced in the most trying of conditions. Fitch gives an account of laying track and the remarkable breed of men who do so, of advances in line-building techniques, of derailments and floods and washaways, of wrangles over attempts to implement standard gauge, of the politics of railways. In 2002 when 92 Fitch earned recognition from the Guinness Book of World Records when his thesis on South Australian railways made him the World's oldest recipient of a PhD."--Jacket.fitch, r. j. (ronald john), 1910-, railroad engineers -- australia -- .biography

Illustrated book bound in dark blue with title printed in gold ink on spine.non-fictionThe evolution of nurse registration in Victoria 1923-1973.nurses, nursing, nursing registraiotn -victoria-history

256 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.non-fictionThis is not a history of the war years. It is an attempt to record my personal experience of events in three widely separated places in which I served in positions of some authority during the Second World War -- in the United States, the Middle East and India. It has been put together mostly from my personal diaries written day to day as things happened. There is very little in this book for which I do not have personal and detailed record of facts and opinions, put down at the time. I may say that my 1939-46 diaries contain over 700,000 words, so writing this book has been a matter of considerable selection and compression.I have written this story mainly in narrative form, but have introduced a number of selected diary entries from time to time which I think may help to reflect local colour and thinking at the time.I hope that this account of one man’s personal experience may fill in a few gaps in the record. world war 1939-1945, lord casey, richard gavin gardiner casey

non-fictionJoseph Jenkins was a Welsh itinerant labourer in late 1800s Victoria. Exceptional for a labourer at the time, Jenkins had a high level of literacy and kept detailed daily diaries for over 25 years, resulting in one of the most comprehensive accounts of early Victorian working life.swagmen, diaries, castlemaine area, maldon area, itinerant labourer

Illustrated book. Cover has green and white photograph "A Nurse at Work: the Journey" by Stacey Neaves, reprinted from the ANF(VB) publication 'CATCH THE MOMENT A Photographic Celebration of Nursing Yesterday and Today'. Title and authors name are superimposed in red print on front cover. On back cover is a quote by Dot Angell, summary of book and printers mark superimposed on photo in red print.non-fictionA social history of the Australian Nursing Federation, Victorian Branch. To work out the future direction of nursing it is essential that we understand its past, and documented in these pages are the struggles and victories told in the words of its members, both past and present.australian nursing federation. victorian branch-history, nurse-labor unions-victoria

Illustrated book with dust jacket. Book has a purple cover with full title and authors name in gold on front, authors name and abbreviated title in gold on spine. Dust jacket is cream in colour, with authors name and full title printed in purple ink on front. Authors name and abbreviated title printed in purple ink on spine. Also on front cover is a painting by Kevin Jopson of the entrance to Vindin House (nurses' home at Royal North Shore Hospital).non-fictionThis book is an account of the development of nursing practice as the original North Shore cottage hospital progressed to becoming one of the major medical institutions of Australia.royal north shore hospital-sydney-history, nurses, nursing

non-fictionA story of early settlement in the great forest of south Gippsland. Being a description of the Big Scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardship of its early explorers and prospectors; also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement, and development of the countrysouth gippsland, korumburra (vic.), land settlement, victoria, gippsland, personal observations, history

Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a cerulean blue cover, with the emblem of the Royal Melbourne Hospital nurse training school embossed in gilt on the front. Abbreviated title and authors names are embossed in gilt on the spine. The dust jacket has a pale blue background, with title and authors names printed in dark blue ink on the front and spine. Also on the front cover is a coloured illustration of a nurse in uniform, wearing a cap and cape (portrait of Jane Bell O.B.E by Vernon Jones, 1948). On the back cover is a black and white photograph of doorway (What is now Jane Bell House, Lonsdale St Melbourne, formerly, the Melbourne Hospital, established 1846) non-fictionThis book explores the life and contributions of Jane Bell, who served as the Lady Superintendent at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. It provides insights into her leadership from 1910 to 1934 and highlights her legacy in the nursing profession, including a good account of her service as a Principal Matron in the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War 1.jane bell, nurse administrators-victoria-biography, royal melbourne hospital, nursing-education

Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a cerulean blue cover, with the emblem of the Royal Melbourne Hospital nurse training school embossed in gilt on the front. Abbreviated title and authors names are embossed in gilt on the spine. The dust jacket has a pale blue background, with title and authors names printed in dark blue ink on the front and spine. Also on the front cover is a coloured illustration of a nurse in uniform, wearing a cap and cape (portrait of Jane Bell O.B.E by Vernon Jones, 1948). On the back cover is a black and white photograph of doorway (What is now Jane Bell House, Lonsdale St Melbourne, formerly, the Melbourne Hospital, established 1846) non-fictionThis book explores the life and contributions of Jane Bell, who served as the Lady Superintendent at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. It provides insights into her leadership from 1910 to 1934 and highlights her legacy in the nursing profession, including a good account of her service as a Principal Matron in the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War 1.jane bell, nurse administrators-victoria-biography, royal melbourne hospital, nursing-education

144, 187 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, genealogical tables ; 30 cmnon-fictionA genealogical and historical account of the Downes family, tracing their roots from Ireland to Australia. The book explores the life of Timothy Downes (1794–1894) and his descendants, detailing their experiences, challenges, and contributions to Australian society. It includes maps, portraits, and genealogical tables to provide a comprehensive view of the family's journey.timothy downes (c1794-1894), downes family

A stapled, card-covered, fifty-two page book with loose card cover.non-fictionSchool yearbook, presenting details of the events and students at Salesian College, Rupertswood, Sunbury.salesian college, rupertswood, sunbury, yearbook, "certantes in vita", 1973

Illustrated book with dust jacket. Book has a light green cover with title, author's name, publisher's name and logo embossed in gilt on the spine. Dust jacket has a photograph of a woman (Elizabeth Burchill) and baby as background to the front, with title and author's name printed in white. Spine and back of dust jacket are olive green in colour with itile, author's name, publisher's name and logo printed in white on the spinenon-fictionElizabeth Burchill offers a personal account of her experiences working as a nurse in Papua New Guinea during the 1960's. The book provides insights into the medical challenges, cultural differences and daily life of nurses serving a population with unique health needs and beliefs, including encounters with traditional practices and the establishment of medical facilities in remote areaselizabeth burchill 1904-2003, nursing-papua new guinea, missions, medical-papua new-guinea

This dispatch books gives information regarding Nobelius Nursery customers and dispatch details for 1953-1955.This dispatch book is historically, and socially significant as the entries give an insight into the output of the Nobelius Nursery and where its customers lived during 1953-1955. Paperback exercise book with railway dispatch book with blue and white shell decoration on front cover and arithmetical tables on back cover, dates start 20 AUG 1953 and conclude 16 JUN 1955, only 9 pages filled in. On front cover: 'C. A. Nobelius + Sons P/L / Dispatch Book 1953' Inscription in verso front-end page: 'W Herman Char[?]/ up to 7Ibs 1/- -14- 2/- 28- iciot 2/6 1/2- 3/9'" c. a. nobelius & sons, gembrook nurseries, horticulture, accounting, emerald

Ill, p.224.non-fictionThe unit originally left Australia as a completely Victorian unit but returned with representatives from all Sates in the Commonwealth. The 2/29th Battalion was the fist Victorian unit into action in the Malauan campaign and has the distinction of two set of battle honours, one for the bloody Muar Road battle where the battlion initially and later in association with the 2/19th Battalion held the crack Japanese 5th Division, the Imperial Guards for six days to enable the whole British force to be withdrawn behind Yong Peng, and the second for their part in the battle for Singapore Island. It was during the intial battle with the Japanese Imperial Guards on Sunday, January 18, 1942 that the Battalion with the supporting anti-tank guns of the 2/4th Anti Tank Regiment accounted for 8 Japanese tanks in one morning. Two commanding officers were killed during the Muar Road battle and total casualties for the week were 13 officers and 296 O/R/'s. It was when Lt.-Col. S. A. F. Pond, who took command, set about re-forming the Battalion after Muar that reinforcements from all States joined the unit. The battalion spent 3 1/2 years as P.O.W.'s of the Japanese and a long period of this working on the infamous Burma-Thailand railway where 260 lost their livesworld war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – malaya, australian army - 8th division

Black paperback book with white and orange writing on cover and spine and colour photograph on front covernon-fiction'In 1942 a group of sixty-five Australian Army nursing sisters was evacuated from Malaya a few days before the fall of Singapore. Two days later their ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese. Of the fifty-thre survivors who scrambled ashore, twenty-one were murdered and the remaining thirty-two taken prisoner. White Coolies is the engrossing record kept by one of the sisters, Betty Jeffrey, during the more than three gruelling years of imprisonment that followed. It is an amazing story of survival amid deprivation and the harshest of conditions. The women's ingenious and entertaining attempts ot make their lot more tolerable, and their comradeship as they suffered so much anguish, display their incredible endurance and strength in the face of adversity.' Back cover of bookworld war two, wwii, ww2, australian army nurses, agnes betty jeffrey, betty jeffrey, paradise road, bangka island

Red paperback book with colour drawings on cover and white and blue text on cover and spinenon-fiction'War memorabilia with a difference. The spirit of pariotism and self sacrifice which gave birth to an organisation such as the V.A.D. and allowed it to function, initially as a vouluntary unit in the early years of the war and later, through integration, as the Australian Army Medical Women's Service, is recorded for all time in this beautifully presented book. Accounts of service throughout Australia, in the Middle East and the S.W. Pacific, exhibit the particular brand of good humour and comradeship which was so much a part of service life. These personal experiences have been skilfully combined by Mary Critch (who herself saw service in Australia and the Islands) with photographs and official documents to create an absorbing story of both historical and human interest. The foreword is by Miss May Douglas, M.B.E.' From back cover 'Contents: Who Were the V.A.D.'s? Suitable Capable Women of the A.M.F. V.A.D Service Overseas 1941-1943 The Australian Continent Finding Our Bearings 1941-1942 The Australian Connection Reorganisation of the Service of the V.A.D. Training the A.A.M.W.S As Nurses The South West Pacific 1943-1946 Service With Occupational Forces and Demobilisation'australian army voluntary aid detachments, australian army medical women's service, mary critch, history of vad, history of aamws, australia

A small book of 32 pages including illustrations by Patricia Cuss. This publication is part of a series "Life in Australia"non-fictionThis book was one of a series intended as a simple introduction to Australia, its life and people, for young readers overseas. Each was planned as a brief account of a single subject about Australia. juvenile literature australia, snow in australia

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Publication celebrating the first 25 years of Beaconhills College. Written by John Waterhouse a member of staff at the college.Let Your Light So Shine is a comprehensive historical account of the first 25 years of Beaconhills College, researched and written by College Historian John Waterhouse. Through and detailed narrative and illustrated throughout, this book charts the school’s journey from its foundation in 1982—born of a passionate local community’s vision—to its evolution into a leading educational institution. 225 pages. Colour and black and white illustrations. Paperback. Let your light so shine before people that they will praise your Father in heaven Matthew 5:16schools, pakenham, private schools