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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Beale, Pat, Operation Orders: The Experience of a Young Australian Army Officer 1963 to 1970
... Australia. Army - Officers - Biography...Australia. Army - Officers - Biography Vietnam This book ...This book gives a valuable insight into Australia's military involvement in South East Asia and Papua New Guinea as experienced by infantry officer, Pat Beale.This book gives a valuable insight into Australia's military involvement in South East Asia and Papua New Guinea as experienced by infantry officer, Pat Beale.australia. army - officers - biography, vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Cooper, Garry,Hillier, Robert, Sock It To 'em Baby: Forward Air Controller in Vietnam (Copy 2)
... Air pilots - Australia - Biography... - Australia - Biography Soldiers - Australia - Biography Garry Cooper ...Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected.Book - PaperbackGarry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected. vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - biography, air pilots - australia - biography, soldiers - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Cooper, Garry,Hillier, Robert, Sock it to 'em baby: forward air controller in Vietnam (Copy 1)
... Soldiers - Australia - Biography... - Australia - Biography Air pilots - Australia - Biography Garry ...Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected.Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected. vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - biography, soldiers - australia - biography, air pilots - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Bowman, Lawrence, The Inactive 'Cockroach'
... Soldiers - Australia - Biography...Australia - Armed Forces - Military life - Biography ...When the Australian Army is deployed to an area of Conflict they are said to be on 'Active Service'. For the ones left behind their service is not called "Active". this book was written to show that our 'Inactive Services' is definitely not Non-Production. It takes Fourteen Soldiers 'Left Behind' to keep One Soldier in the field.When the Australian Army is deployed to an area of Conflict they are said to be on 'Active Service'. For the ones left behind their service is not called "Active". this book was written to show that our 'Inactive Services' is definitely not Non-Production. It takes Fourteen Soldiers 'Left Behind' to keep One Soldier in the field.australia - armed forces - military life - biography, soldiers - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Dennis, Peter & Grey, Jeffrey, The Boxford Companion to Australian Military History
... Australia - Armed Forces - Biography... - Armed Forces - Biography The Oxford Companion to Australian ...The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History covers all aspects of this complex and fascinating subject.The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History covers all aspects of this complex and fascinating subject.australia - history, military - encyclopedias, australia - armed forces - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Tiger Man of Vietnam. (Copy 2)
... -- Officers -- Biography Australia. Army. Australian Army Training ...As he flew over South East Asia towards Vietnam, Captain Barry Petersen struggled to keep an aura of calm. Inwardly he was incredibly excited. Age 28, highy trained, with experience in anti-communist guerill warfare, he was about to embark on the biggest and most important mission of his life.As he flew over South East Asia towards Vietnam, Captain Barry Petersen struggled to keep an aura of calm. Inwardly he was incredibly excited. Age 28, highy trained, with experience in anti-communist guerill warfare, he was about to embark on the biggest and most important mission of his life. petersen, barry -- career in armed forces, vietnam -- officers -- biography, australia. army. australian army training team, vietnam -- officers, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, montagnard (vietnamese people), captain barry petersen, aattv -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Mary in the morning. (Copy 2)
... Australia. Army - Biography...Australia. Army - Biography Soldiers - Australia ...May in the Morning is the unique true story of a Vietnam soldier who was killed in action on his first wedding anniversary. An exceptional love story written from a woman's perspective, this book puts a human fact to the controversial war in Vietnam.May in the Morning is the unique true story of a Vietnam soldier who was killed in action on his first wedding anniversary. An exceptional love story written from a woman's perspective, this book puts a human fact to the controversial war in Vietnam. australia. army - biography, soldiers - australia - biography, private christopher william roost -
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 -
Merri-bek City Council
Photograph - Digital print on Ilford Fibre Pearl paper, Kim Kruger, Within ten miles of Melbourne 1, 2022
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Arnold, John, Cop In A baggy Green Skin
An MP had much better working conditions and '5' star accommodation' compared to the poor bloody field soldiers.An MP had much better working conditions and '5' star accommodation' compared to the poor bloody field soldiers.australia - armed forces - military police - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Blinco, Gary, Down A Country Lane To War
... Soldiers - Australia - Biography...Soldiers - Australia - Biography Vietnamese Conflict 1961 ...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, Jackomos, Alick,Fowell, Derek, Forgotten Heroes: Aborigines At War From The Somme To Vietnam
... Aboriginal Australians - Biography Australia - Armed Forces ...Victorian aborigines distinguished themselves at war overseas and on the home front this century. Many of them came from a long tradition of warriors; their forebears waged war last century on the European settles who had occupied their traditional homelands.Victorian aborigines distinguished themselves at war overseas and on the home front this century. Many of them came from a long tradition of warriors; their forebears waged war last century on the European settles who had occupied their traditional homelands.aboriginal australians - biography, australia - armed forces - aboriginal australians - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Morgan, Dave, Ice journey: a story of adventure, escape
... 1961 - 1975 - Veterans - Australia - Biography... - 1975 - Veterans - Australia - Biography Veterans - Australia ...Ice Journey is the biography of Vietnam veteran and Antarctica expeditioner Dave Morgan, a self confessed ordinary bloke who has led anything but an ordinary life.Ice Journey is the biography of Vietnam veteran and Antarctica expeditioner Dave Morgan, a self confessed ordinary bloke who has led anything but an ordinary life.post-traumatic stress disorder - australia, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 - veterans - australia - biography, veterans - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Stretton, Alan, Soldier In A Storm: An Autobiography
... Australia - Armed Forces - Biography... - Biography Few Australian professional soldiers have become so well ...Few Australian professional soldiers have become so well known in recent years as Major-General Alan Stretton.Few Australian professional soldiers have become so well known in recent years as Major-General Alan Stretton. stretton, alan, 1922-2012, australia - armed forces - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Kane Dale, Lyn, Lady Soldiers: Picture Yourself In the WRAAC - Womens Royal Australian Army Corps
... Australia Army - Women - Biography...Australia Army - Women - Biography Vietnam War 1961 - 1975 ...This book contains the stories of 51 women, from all over Australia, who joined the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) or the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) between 1953 and 1976.This book contains the stories of 51 women, from all over Australia, who joined the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) or the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) between 1953 and 1976.This book contains the stories of 51 women, from all over Australia, who joined the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) or the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) between 1953 and 1976.australia army - women - biography, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 - veterans - australia -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Cable Kenneth J and Marchant Jane C, Australian Biographical and Genealogical record 1842 - 1899 Volume 2, 1985
Biographies of persons who lived on mainland Australia compiled from information submitted by individuals. The subject must have arrived or born in Australia 1842 -1899, and must be deceased. contains some photographs.genealogy, settlers -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Spurway John T & Allen Allison, General Musters of New South Wales Norfolk Island and Van Diemens Land, 1992
This volume contains biographical and genealogical information about Australians, famous and infamous, and ordinary citizens compiled from information provided by family historians.genealogy, biography -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Artwork, other - Lithograph, Acacia Longifolia (c1880) Artist, Rosa Fiveash, Acacia Longifolia, 1882-1890
Acacia Longifolia (Willdenow) (Labillardiere). The Maritime long-leaved Wattle C1880. Artist- Rosa Fiveash (1854 � 1938). Drawn on stone by H.B. (H. Barratt) Lithographed by E. Spillar. Lithograph printed in colour, from multiple stones on paper. Mounted in wooden frame with Acorn engraved motif.Early museum photographs. Documents from Parks Victoria.. In 1882 Rosa was invited to illustrate The Forest Flora of South Australia by John Ednie Brown. Nine parts of this work, which was never completed, were published in 1882-90. Each one contained five attractive lithographs of native plants and Rosa drew 32 of the 45 published; they were drawn as specimens came to hand, in no particular botanical order(second. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fiveash-rosa-catherine-6184Lithograph -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Ferguson, George, Some early Australian Bookmen, 1978
An account of some of the booksellers and publishers of Sydney and Melbourne from 1830 to 1900booksellers, biography -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Bullen, Leonard A, The Early Australian Booksellers - The Australian Booksellers Association Memorial Book of Fellowship, 1980
... Short biographies of early Australian booksellers, now... Entrance gippsland Booksellers Biography Short biographies of early ...Short biographies of early Australian booksellers, now deceased, and their individualistic attitudes to their trade. Contains table of contents.booksellers, biography -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Tilbrook, J.R, Builders of a Nation - Book two. Wentworth to Maconachie 1820-1840, 1971
42 biographies of people of influence in Australian history for the period 1820-1840.township, aboriginals, biography -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Reid Richard, Page Courtney, Pounds Robert, In Captivity. Australian Prisoners of War in the 20th.Century, 1999
An account of Australians as prisoners of war from W.W.1 to the Korean War. Includes personal recollections and short biographies. Illustrated with photographs.military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Korea Biographies 2001 50th. Anniversary Commemoration, 2001
Stories of Korean War veterans, service nurses and war widows who represented the Australian Korean War veteran community in the official mission to Korea in April 2001 to commemorate the 50th.anniversary of the Korean War.military history -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Artwork, other - Lithograph, Eucalyptus Leucoxylon Artist Rosa Fiveash (c1880), Eucalyptus Leucoxylon, 1882-1890
Eucalyptus Leucoxylon. Eucalyptus Leucoxylon var. pauperita (Mueller). The Scrubby Blue Gum C1880. Artist- Rosa Fiveash (1854 � 1938). Drawn on stone by H.B. (H. Barratt) Lithographed by E. Spillar. Lithograph printed in colour, from multiple stones on paper. Mounted in wooden frame with Acorn engraved motif.Early museum photographs. Documents from Parks Victoria.. In 1882 Rosa was invited to illustrate The Forest Flora of South Australia by John Ednie Brown. Nine parts of this work, which was never completed, were published in 1882-90. Each one contained five attractive lithographs of native plants and Rosa drew 32 of the 45 published; they were drawn as specimens came to hand, in no particular botanical order. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fiveash-rosa-catherine-6184Lithograph -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Moyle, Col (Sketchy), Indebted: From a Quaker schoolboy to an Australian SAS Soldier, 2017
... Australia. Army. Special Air Service Regiment -- Biography Soldiers ...Indebted is not your usual military autobiography. 'Sketchy's' easy-to-read memoir is both humorous and thought-provoking. It gives a unique insight into jungle warfare during the Vietnam conflict and training and culture in the Australian Army, particularly the Special Air Service. It is a powerful book that will be of interest to both service and non-service personnel.Indebted is not your usual military autobiography. 'Sketchy's' easy-to-read memoir is both humorous and thought-provoking. It gives a unique insight into jungle warfare during the Vietnam conflict and training and culture in the Australian Army, particularly the Special Air Service. It is a powerful book that will be of interest to both service and non-service personnel.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, australia. army. special air service regiment -- biography, soldiers -- training of -- australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Colson, Geraldine, The Soldier Who Didn't Die: A Sister's Memoir. (Copy 2), 2018
... Rehabilitation -- Australia -- Biography... Rehabilitation -- Australia -- Biography Mick Berrigan was critically ...Mick Berrigan was critically wounded in Vietnam in 1967. He returned to Australia and a system which was totally unprepared to rehabilitate him of provide any support for his extensive brain injury. This is the story of his courage and persistence in his fight to be his own person. It is about his parents and affect their constant search for help on Mick's behalf had on their lives. It is also about me, his sister, and how I became his 'significant other'.Mick Berrigan was critically wounded in Vietnam in 1967. He returned to Australia and a system which was totally unprepared to rehabilitate him of provide any support for his extensive brain injury. This is the story of his courage and persistence in his fight to be his own person. It is about his parents and affect their constant search for help on Mick's behalf had on their lives. It is also about me, his sister, and how I became his 'significant other'.vietnam war, 1961-1975, war wounds -- biography, rehabilitation -- australia -- biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Colson, Geraldine, The Soldier Who Didn't Die: A Sister's Memoir. (Copy 1), 2018
... Rehabilitation -- Australia -- Biography... Rehabilitation -- Australia -- Biography Mick Berrigan was critically ...Mick Berrigan was critically wounded in Vietnam in 1967. He returned to Australia and a system which was totally unprepared to rehabilitate him of provide any support for his extensive brain injury. This is the story of his courage and persistence in his fight to be his own person. It is about his parents and affect their constant search for help on Mick's behalf had on their lives. It is also about me, his sister, and how I became his 'significant other'.Mick Berrigan was critically wounded in Vietnam in 1967. He returned to Australia and a system which was totally unprepared to rehabilitate him of provide any support for his extensive brain injury. This is the story of his courage and persistence in his fight to be his own person. It is about his parents and affect their constant search for help on Mick's behalf had on their lives. It is also about me, his sister, and how I became his 'significant other'.vietnam war, 1961-1975, war wounds -- biography, rehabilitation -- australia -- biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Augustus-Dunn, Maria, Married Quarter: Boots, Berets and Bloody Uniforms, 2017
... Military spouses -- Australia -- Biography...Military spouses -- Australia -- Biography Families ...Serving the nation in uniform is a career choice. But have you ever wondered about the life of a partner of these brave men andwomen?Serving the nation in uniform is a career choice. But have you ever wondered about the life of a partner of these brave men andwomen?military spouses -- australia -- biography, families of military personnel -- australia -- biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Malone, Michael J., OAM and Peter Lutley, Simmo: A Biography of Ray Simpson, VC, DCM: One Of Australia's Greatest Soldiers, 2015
Bloody untouchable. He'd be one of the best soldiers the Australian Army has ever had and he was a pretty good Rugby Union winger, fast, hard and tough. that's how he lived his life.Bloody untouchable. He'd be one of the best soldiers the Australian Army has ever had and he was a pretty good Rugby Union winger, fast, hard and tough. that's how he lived his life.simpson, ray, 1926-1978, australia. army. royal australian regiment. battalion, 3rd, australia. army. royal australian regiment. battalion, 2nd -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Payne, Keith, Keith Payne VC: No One Left Behind, 2021
... Soldiers - Australia - Biography...Soldiers - Australia - Biography Payne Keith VC Military ...From the battlefields of Korea, Malaya and Vietnam to the struggle for veterans' welfare, Keith Payne has never shied away from a fight.From the battlefields of Korea, Malaya and Vietnam to the struggle for veterans' welfare, Keith Payne has never shied away from a fight.soldiers - australia - biography, payne, keith vc, military history - (australia, vietnam, s. korea)