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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, A green baggy skin (Copy 1)
... Soldiers - Australia - Biography...- Personal narratives Australian Soldiers - Australia - Biography ...vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, australian, soldiers - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, A green baggy skin (Copy 2)
... Soldiers - Australia - Biography...- Personal narratives Australian Soldiers - Australia - Biography ...vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, australian, soldiers - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Cameron, Martin, Australia's Longest War (Copy 3)
... Soldiers - Australia - Biography... Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Australia Soldiers - Australia - Biography ...The author was a forward scout and section commander with the Seventh Battalion Royal Australian Regiment in Vietnam in 1970 on the Battalion's second tour of that country.The author was a forward scout and section commander with the Seventh Battalion Royal Australian Regiment in Vietnam in 1970 on the Battalion's second tour of that country. 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - australia, soldiers - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, O'Farrell, Terry, Behind Enemy Lines: An Australian SAS Soldier in Vietnam (Copy 1)
... Soldiers - Australia - Biography... Air Service - Biography Soldiers - Australia - Biography ...Behind Enemy Lines is an honest, personal account of one man's career as an SAS soldier.Behind Enemy Lines is an honest, personal account of one man's career as an SAS soldier.australia. army. special air service - biography, soldiers - australia - biography, australia. army. special air service regiment, sas soldier, infantry soldiers -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Blinco, Gary, Down A Country Lane To War
... Soldiers - Australia - Biography... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Soldiers - Australia ...This novel will encourage anyone who has been forced to face life from a position of handicap, to believe in themselves, and to imprint images of success into their subconscious minds that will eventually overwhelm their seemingly hopeless current reality.This novel will encourage anyone who has been forced to face life from a position of handicap, to believe in themselves, and to imprint images of success into their subconscious minds that will eventually overwhelm their seemingly hopeless current reality.soldiers - australia - biography, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Essex-Clark, John, Hassett: Australian leader: a biography of General Sir Francis Hassett
... Soldiers - Australia - Biography... Sir 1918 - Soldiers - Australia - Biography This is the story ...This is the story of a great Australian who joined the Army as a boy, trained at Duntroon, and started his fighting with an infantry battalion in the Libyan desert in World War 2. He served in Palestine, Syria, New Guinea and Bougainville.This is the story of a great Australian who joined the Army as a boy, trained at Duntroon, and started his fighting with an infantry battalion in the Libyan desert in World War 2. He served in Palestine, Syria, New Guinea and Bougainville.hassett, francis george sir 1918 -, soldiers - australia - biography -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Brodie, Veronica, My side of the bridge, 2002
... Aboriginal Australian -- South Australia -- Biography... Aboriginal Australian -- South Australia -- Biography. | Ngarrindjeri ...ix-xii; 189 P.; ports.; 21 cm.brodie, veronica. | women, aboriginal australian -- south australia -- biography. | ngarrindjeri (australian people) -- biography. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bassett, Marnie, The Hentys : an Australian colonial tapestry, 1962
... Henty family. | Pioneers -- Australia -- Biography... -- Australia -- Biography. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia ...This book tells the remarkable story of a family who left England to settle in Australia in 1829 and 1831. The Henty family is well known in all ?ustralianStates, particularly in Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania.pp.578; bibliography; Table; index; plates; maps; This book tells the remarkable story of a family who left England to settle in Australia in 1829 and 1831. The Henty family is well known in all ?ustralianStates, particularly in Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania.henty family. | pioneers -- australia -- biography. | frontier and pioneer life -- australia. | western australia -- history -- to 1829. | victoria -- history -- 1834-1851. -
Unions Ballarat
The Colt from Kooyong: Andrew Peacock, a Political Biography (Don Woodward Collection), Schneider, Russell, 1981
... council leader of the opposition liberal party australia biography ...Andrew Peacock was the member for Kooyong and at various times served as Leader of the (Liberal) Opposition. He served as a cabinet minister including the portfolio of Minister for Foreign Affairs. After leaving politics, Peacock became Australian Ambassador to the United States.Biographical and political (Liberal Party Australia).Book; 144 pages. Front cover: brown background with colour photograph of Andrew Peacock; yellow lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, leader of the opposition, liberal party australia, biography, politics and government -
Unions Ballarat
Don Chipp: The third man (Don Woodward Collection), Larkin, John et al, 1978
... australian labor party Prime minister - Australia Biography ...Don Chipp was a former Liberal Party politician. He was the founder of the Australian Democrats in 1977 and gained the balance of power in the Senate. The foreword is written by John Gorton (former Liberal Prime Minister) and an afterword by RJ Hawke (former ALP Prime Minister). Section titles: 1. In the beginning 2. Inside Canberra: Menzies to Fraser 3. Moving on 4. Present shock Biographical and political interest (Australia).Book; 254 pages. Dust jacket: grey background; colour artistic representation of Don Chipp; red lettering; authors' names and title. Cover: red background; gold lettering; authors' names and titles on spine.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, chipp, don, politics and government, senate - australia, liberal party australia, senators, australian democrats, parliament, menzies, robert, fraser, malcolm, hawke, rj, alp, australian labor party, prime minister - australia, biography, autobiography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, For the Love of Children: My life and medical career / [by] David Buxton Pitt, 1999
... pediatricians - australia - biography... mental health - victoria - history pediatricians - australia ...xiv, 208 p. : ill., ports.mental health - victoria - history, pediatricians - australia - biography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Santamaria: against the tide / [by] BA Santamaria, 1981
... politicians - australia - biography.... a santamaria (bartholomew augustine), 1915-1998 politicians - australia ...xvi, 382 p. : ports. Cover illustration Louis Kahanb. a santamaria (bartholomew augustine), 1915-1998, politicians - australia - biography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Alan McCulloch, Encylopedia of Australian Art, Volume One, A-K, 1984
... artists -- australia -- biography -- dictionaries.... -- australian -- dictionaries artists -- australia -- biography ...2 volume 1984 edition of Alan McCulloch's History of Australian ArtHawthorn, Vic. : Hutchinson of Australia, 1984 2 v. (xxxv, 1327 p., [264] p. of plates (some col.) ; 24 cmnon-fiction2 volume 1984 edition of Alan McCulloch's History of Australian Artart -- australian -- dictionaries, artists -- australia -- biography -- dictionaries. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Alan McCulloch, Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Volume Two, L-Z, 1984
... artists -- australia -- biography -- dictionaries.... artists -- australia -- biography -- dictionaries. encyclopedias ...Volume 2 of Alan McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art.Hawthorn, Vic. : Hutchinson of Australia, 1984 2 v. (xxxv, 1327 p., [264] p. of plates (some col.) ; 24 cm. non-fictionVolume 2 of Alan McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art.artists -- australia -- biography -- dictionaries., encyclopedias - australian art -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Allen & Unwin, A Smile for My Parents, 2017
... australia -- history -- 20th century -- biography.... australia -- history -- 20th century -- biography. prime ministers ...Biography of Dame Pattie and Sir Robert MenziesCrows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2017 ©2013 xii, 227 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, plates ; 20 cm non-fictionBiography of Dame Pattie and Sir Robert Menziesaustralia -- history -- 20th century -- biography., prime ministers -- australia -- biography. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Douglas Pike, Australian Dictionary of Biography Vol.1 1788-1850 A-H, 1966
... australia - biography.... This, and the other six volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography ...v. 1. 1788-1850, A-HMelbourne : Melbourne University Press; London ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1966 v. <1-18> ; 26 cm + index + corrigenda + supplement. non-fictionv. 1. 1788-1850, A-Haustralia - biography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Melbourne University Press, Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 6 1851-1890 R-Z, c.1970
... australia - biography.... This, and the other six volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography ...Melbourne : Melbourne University Press; London ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1966-<2012> v. <1-18> ; 26 cm + index + corrigenda + supplementnon-fictionaustralia - biography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Jane Sandilands, Helen Macpherson Schutt Philanthropist 17 April 1874-19 April 1951, 2001
... philanthropists -- australia -- biography... -- australia -- biography women in philanthropy. Melbourne : Helen M ...Melbourne : Helen M Schutt Trust , 2001 36 p. : ill., ports ; 30 cm. non-fictionschutt family, schutt helen macpherson, helen m. schutt trust, philanthropists -- australia -- biography, women in philanthropy. -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, The Herald and Weekly Times, Who's who in Australia 1944, 1944
... Australia - Biography... - Biography Biographies - Dictionaries Notable Australians in 1944 p ...Notable Australians in 1944p.906non-fictionNotable Australians in 1944australia - biography, biographies - dictionaries -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, The Herald and Weekly Times, Who's who in Australia 1955, 1944
... Australia - Biography... - Biography Biographies - Dictionaries Notable Australians in 1955 p ...Notable Australians in 1955p.872non-fictionNotable Australians in 1955australia - biography, biographies - dictionaries -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Robert Hale Ltd, Journeyman Taylor : the education of a scientist, 1957
... Geographers - Australia - Biography... Geographers - Australia - Biography Antarctica - Discovery ...The biography of Thomas Griffith TaylorIndex, ill, maps, p.352.non-fictionThe biography of Thomas Griffith Taylorgeographers - australia - biography, antarctica - discovery and exploration -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Palmos, Frank, Ridding the Devils (Copy 2), 1990
... War correspondents -- Australia -- Biography... correspondents -- Australia -- Biography Tet Offensive Saigon Viet C Viet ...During the Tet Offensive in Vietnam in 1968, the war correspondent Frank Palmos and four other colleges were ambushed in Saigon by a squad of Viet Cong. His four colleges were killed; but by playing dead Palmos alone survived. These killings of unarmed civilians attracted worldwide publicity.During the Tet Offensive in Vietnam in 1968, the war correspondent Frank Palmos and four other colleges were ambushed in Saigon by a squad of Viet Cong. His four colleges were killed; but by playing dead Palmos alone survived. These killings of unarmed civilians attracted worldwide publicity. vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- journalists -- biography, war correspondents -- australia -- biography, tet offensive, saigon, viet c, viet cong -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Palmos, Frank, Ridding the Devils; Vietnam Revisited (Copy 1), 1990
... War correspondents -- Australia -- Biography... correspondents -- Australia -- Biography Tet Offensive Saigon Viet Cong ...The most gripping, terrifying, frightening, sad and then funny search for the Viet-CongThe most gripping, terrifying, frightening, sad and then funny search for the Viet-Congvietnam war, 1961-1975 -- journalists -- biography, war correspondents -- australia -- biography, tet offensive, saigon, viet cong -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Parr, Alan, Memories of Vietnam
... Soldiers - Australia - Biography... Soldiers - Australia - Biography Battle of Long Tan Nui Dat ...This is a story of considerable worth. It is told modestly, intimately and with the air of confidentially that bespeaks the courage and honesty of a man who has been there and done that.This is a story of considerable worth. It is told modestly, intimately and with the air of confidentially that bespeaks the courage and honesty of a man who has been there and done that.vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, australian, soldiers - australia - biography, battle of long tan, nui dat -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Fitch (Ronald John), Making Tracks - 46 years in Australian Railways, 1989
... Railroad engineers -- Australia -- Biography... Prahran Railroad engineers -- Australia -- Biography Fitch R. J ...Recollections from Ron Fitch about his 46 year career on the Autralian railwaysindex, ill, maps, p.176.non-fictionRecollections from Ron Fitch about his 46 year career on the Autralian railwaysrailroad engineers -- australia -- biography, fitch, r. j. (ronald john), 1910- -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Fitch (Ronald John), Australian Railwaymen - From Cadet Engineer to Railways Commissioner, 2006
... Railroad engineers -- Australia -- .Biography... -- Australia -- .Biography "Ron Fitch was born in 1910 into a railway ..."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.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 -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Mott, Winifred, Pioneering in Steam Locomotion - Designer, Descendants, Restoration
... Railroad engineers -- Australia -- .Biography... Prahran Railroad engineers -- Australia -- .Biography tourist ...A history of the locomotive designer Eugene Victor Siepen & the Mornington Railway Preservation Societyindex, ill, maps, p.239.non-fictionA history of the locomotive designer Eugene Victor Siepen & the Mornington Railway Preservation Societyrailroad engineers -- australia -- .biography, tourist railways and museums - victoria -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book - Prime Ministers' wives
... Prime ministers' spouses -- Australia -- Biography...Prime ministers' spouses -- Australia -- Biography Pattie ...Since Federation Australia has had twenty-four prime ministers. This book delves into the lives of the wives of ten of these men revealing how they survived the rigours of marriage to Australia's most powerful men. As well as describing these women's public activities, the author explores their private lives: their romances with the men who were to become prime ministers, their marriages, the joys and anxieties of childbirth and family life, the losses and infidelities. Taking us from the early days of Federation, these revealing portraits hold up a mirror to a changing Australia.23 cm H, 342 p; index; notes: 1 sourcesnon-fictionSince Federation Australia has had twenty-four prime ministers. This book delves into the lives of the wives of ten of these men revealing how they survived the rigours of marriage to Australia's most powerful men. As well as describing these women's public activities, the author explores their private lives: their romances with the men who were to become prime ministers, their marriages, the joys and anxieties of childbirth and family life, the losses and infidelities. Taking us from the early days of Federation, these revealing portraits hold up a mirror to a changing Australia.prime ministers' spouses -- australia -- biography, pattie deakin, elizabeth and mary hughes, enid lyons, elsie curtin, elizabeth chifley, pattie menzies, zara holt, margaret whitlam, tamie fraser, hazel hawke -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Madden, Michael C, Dasher: The Kevin Wheatley VC Story, 2021
... Soldiers - Australia - Biography...Soldiers - Australia - Biography Vietnam War (1961-1975 ...The Dasher Wheatley story is one that all Australians should know and be proud of. No one has given us a better example of how we should treat our fellow men.The Dasher Wheatley story is one that all Australians should know and be proud of. No one has given us a better example of how we should treat our fellow men.soldiers - australia - biography, vietnam war (1961-1975), victoria cross, dasher wheatley, deaths in vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Taylor, Adrian, From Nui Dat to Discharge: Honouring Their Service 4 Platoon B Company 7 RAR, Vietnam 1970-1971, 2017
... Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography.... -- Australia -- Biography. John ' Bunda' Walker Ken Weightman 4 Platoon ...This book is about the men who made up 4 Platoon, B Company, 7 Battalion.This book is about the men who made up 4 Platoon, B Company, 7 Battalion.australia. army. royal australian regiment. battalion, 1961-1975 -- participation, 1961-1975 -- personal narratives, soldiers -- australia -- biography., john ' bunda' walker, ken weightman, 4 platoon, b company, 7 battalion, 7 rar, operation finschafen, australian task force base, nui dat, pte robert hughes, cpl allan aldenhoven, pte john walker