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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, 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 -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Scribe, Farewell, dear people : biographies of Australia's lost generation, 2012
... australia - armed forces - biography...-and-the-dandenong-ranges world war 1914-1918 - biography australia - armed ...Ten extended biographies of young men who exemplified Australia's gifted lost generation of World War I. They involve a range of backgrounds and experiences, all states and classes, and come from a variety of military units, not just the infantry.index, notes, ill, maps. p.600.non-fictionTen extended biographies of young men who exemplified Australia's gifted lost generation of World War I. They involve a range of backgrounds and experiences, all states and classes, and come from a variety of military units, not just the infantry.world war 1914-1918 - biography, australia - armed forces - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Stockings, Craig ed. and Connor, John ed, The Shadow Men, 2017
... Australia. Army - Officers - Biography... - Officers - Biography Australia. Army - Military Personnel ...Australian military history is full of big names that loom large in the public memory of the nation's wartime experiences - Monash, Chauvel, Jacka and Blamey. But what about the others, influential but lesser known army strategists and leaders, who shaped the Australian Army? this book pulls them out of the shadows.The leaders who shaped the Australian Army from the Veldt to Vietnam.Australian military history is full of big names that loom large in the public memory of the nation's wartime experiences - Monash, Chauvel, Jacka and Blamey. But what about the others, influential but lesser known army strategists and leaders, who shaped the Australian Army? this book pulls them out of the shadows.australia. army - officers - biography, australia. army - military personnel - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Beale, Pat, Operation Orders: The Experience of a Young Australian Army Officer 1963 to 1970 (Copy 3), 2003
... Australia. Army -- Officers -- .Biography.... -- Officers -- .Biography. Australia. Australian Army. Royal ...This book gives a valuable insight into Australia's military involvement in South East Asia and Papua New Guinea as experieced 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 experieced by infantry officer, Pat Beale. australia. army -- officers -- .biography., australia. australian army. royal australian regiment. battalion, 1st -- officers -- biography., pat beale -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Beale, Pat, Operation Orders: the experience of a young Australian Army Officer 1963 to 1970 (Copy 2), 2003
... Australia. Army -- Officers -- .Biography.... -- Officers -- .Biography. Australia. Australian Army. Royal ...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., australia. australian army. royal australian regiment. battalion, 1st., australia. australian army. royal australian regiment. battalion, 1st -- officers -- biography. -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Barry Heard, Well Done Those Men, 2007
... Australia Armed Forces biography... biography Australia Armed Forces biography Memoirs of a Vietnam ...Memoirs of a Vietnam VeteranBooknon-fictionMemoirs of a Vietnam Veteranvietnam war 1961-1975, veterans biography, australia armed forces biography -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Zelman Cowen, Isaac Isaacs, 1967
... Isaac Isaacs, Governors, Australia, Biography, Lawyers... melbourne Isaac Isaacs, Governors, Australia, Biography, Lawyers ...Isaac Isaacs, Governors, Australia, Biography, LawyersHardcover w/ Dust JacketBirthday card in envelope to 'Dearest Trishy" from "Mandie and Nick"government, justice, governor general, biography, walsh st library -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Random House, Monash: The outsider who won a war, 2004
... australia - generals - biography... australia - generals - biography A biography of Australia's greatest ...A biography of Australia's greatest military commander, Sir John Monash, who chnaged the way wars were fought and won.index, notes, ill, maps, p.586.non-fictionA biography of Australia's greatest military commander, Sir John Monash, who chnaged the way wars were fought and won.world war 1914-1918 - australia - campaigns, australia - generals - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Blair, Anne, There to the Bitter End: Ted Serong in Vietnam (Copy 1), 2001
... Armies - Australia - officers - Biography... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Armies - Australia ...In 1961, the CIA invited Serong, then in Burma, to Vietnam to advise on the war.In 1961, the CIA invited Serong, then in Burma, to Vietnam to advise on the war. armies - australia - officers - biography, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1075 - biography, ted serong -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Blair, Anne, There To The Bitter End: Ted Serong In Vietnam (Copy 2), 2001
... Armies - Australia - officers - Biography... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Armies - Australia ...In 1961, the CIA invited Serong, then in Burma, to Vietnam to advise on the war.In 1961, the CIA invited Serong, then in Burma, to Vietnam to advise on the war. armies - australia - officers - biography, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1075 - biography, ted serong -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bohemia, Jack et al, Nyibayarri Kimberley tracker, 1995
... Australian police -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Biography.... Australia -- Kimberley -- Biography. Records the life of a fully ...Records the life of a fully initiated Aboriginal man who worked as a tracker for most of his life.vii-xvi; 294 P.; maps; ill.; glossary; refs.; index; 24 cm. Records the life of a fully initiated Aboriginal man who worked as a tracker for most of his life.bohemia, jack, 1900-1994 -- career in the police. | aboriginal australian police -- western australia -- kimberley -- biography. -
Unions Ballarat
In search of Billy Hughes, Horne, Donald, 1979
... . Relevance to Australian political history. Pertinent to biography ...Biography of Billy Hughes from his early career to gaining the office of Prime Minister of Australia. He also served as an organiser for the Amalgamated Shearers' Union prior to embarking upon his political career. He belonged to five different political parties over his parliamentary career: Labor, National Labor, Nationalist, Australian, United Australia, to Liberal.Relevance to Australian political history. Pertinent to biography of Billy Hughes.Paper; book. Front cover: painting of Billy Hughes; blue lettering.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, w. hughes, hughes, billy, prime minister, unions, amalgamated shearers' union, union organisers, politics, australian labor party, alp, national labor party, nationalist party, australian party, united australia party, liberal party australia, history, biography -
Unions Ballarat
The Gorton experiment (Don Woodward Collection), Reid, Alan, 1971
... Gorton became Australian Prime Minister (1968-1971) after ...John Gorton became Australian Prime Minister (1968-1971) after the disappearance of Harold Holt (with McEwan being the interim Prime Minister). Holt and Gorton were both from the Liberal Party Australia. Gorton has been described as a larrikan and an eccentric in his time as prime minister. The book is described as a disparaging account.Australian politics. Biographical.Book; 455 pages. Dust jacket: green background; author's name and title in white lettering; two-tone picture of John Gorton. Cover: yellow; green lettering; author's name and title. Title page: "To my son John Aug 4th 1971 Dad."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, gorton, john, prime ministers - australia, holt, harold, liberal party australia, politics, biography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Melbourne University Press, Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 4 1851-1890 D-J, 1969
... australia -- history -- 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 + supplement. non-fictionaustralia -- history -- biography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Melbourne University Press, Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 5 1851-1890 K-Q, 1970
... australia -- history -- 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 + supplement. non-fictionaustralia -- history -- biography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Melbourne University Press, Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 6 1851-1890 R-Z, 1973
... australia -- history -- 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 + supplement. non-fictionaustralia -- history -- biography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Charles E Sayers, David Syme: A Life, 1965
... australia -- victoria -- biography... donation, presentation, collection and purchase. australia ...viii, 311 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill., ports ; 25 cm. non-fictionaustralia -- victoria -- biography, newspaper proprietors -- victoria, syme david --1827-1908, newspaper publishing -- australia -
Camberwell Historical Society
Book, Susan Priestley, Henrietta Augusta Dugdale: An Activist 1827-1918, 2011
... melbourne Australia History Biography Biography of the life ...Biography of the life of pioneer feminist Henrietta Augusta Dugdale, who initiated the first female suffrage society. Published in 2011, this book offers an insight into Australian women's rights in the 19th century.australia, history, biography -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
CD-ROM, Melbourne University Press, Australian Dictionary of Biography Volumes 1 - 12 1788 - 1939 CD ROM, 1996
... Contains volumes 1-12 of the Australian Dictionary... of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian Dictionary ...Contains volumes 1-12 of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.CD-ROM -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Smith Family, 2012
... Biographical articles from Australian Dictionary... Smith, with biographical articles from Australian Dictionary..., with biographical articles from Australian Dictionary of Biography for Dr L ...Family record of descendants of Dr Louis Lawrence Gengoult Smith.Family record of descendants of Dr Louis Lawrence Gengoult Smith, with biographical articles from Australian Dictionary of Biography for Dr L. L. Smith, and his son by his second marriage, Sir Harold Gengoult Smith, comp. by Patricia RichardsonFamily record of descendants of Dr Louis Lawrence Gengoult Smith.smith, l. l. dr, smith, harold gengoult sir, hanson dyer, louise -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Abel Hoadley, n.d
... Australian Dictionary of Biography, p 312-313]... at Tally Ho. [extract from Australian Dictionary of Biography, p... from Australian Dictionary of Biography, p 312-313] Hoadley ...Article on life of Abel Hoadley and how he started the business of A.J. Hoadley & Co, 1889.Article on life of Abel Hoadley and how he started the business of A.J. Hoadley & Co, 1889. He established the Central Mission in 1893 and helped to set up the Boys Training Farm at Tally Ho. [extract from Australian Dictionary of Biography, p 312-313]Article on life of Abel Hoadley and how he started the business of A.J. Hoadley & Co, 1889. hoadley, abel, hoadleys chocolates, tally ho boys home, central mission -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Bede Nairn, Geoffrey Serle, Australian Dictionary of Biography : Volume 10 1891-1939, 1986
... Australian Dictionary of Biography Subscription card... melbourne biography dictionary australian biography Walsh St library ...Hardcover w/ Dust JacketAustralian Dictionary of Biography Subscription card and corrigenda insidebiography, dictionary, australian biography, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Douglas Pike, Australian Dictionary of Biography : Volume 5 1851 - 1890, 1984
... Australian Dictionary of Biography Subscription card... melbourne biography dictionary australian biography Walsh St library ...Hardcover w/ Dust JacketAustralian Dictionary of Biography Subscription card and corrigenda insidebiography, dictionary, australian biography, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Douglas Pike, Australian Dictionary of Biography : Volume 4 1851 - 1890, 1990
... Australian Dictionary of Biography Subscription card... melbourne biography dictionary australian biography Walsh St library ...Hardcover w/ Dust JacketAustralian Dictionary of Biography Subscription card and corrigenda insidebiography, dictionary, australian biography, walsh st library -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian Military History Publications, RAAF flying boats at war : the way it was, 1999
... - Australia Joe Leach - Biography The biography of Joe Leach and his ...The biography of Joe Leach and his exploits in World War twoIndex, ill, p.190.non-fictionThe biography of Joe Leach and his exploits in World War twoworld war 1939 – 1945 – aerial operations - australia, joe leach - biography -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, McMillan, Black Jack : The Life and Times of Brigadier Sir Frederick Galleghan, 1983
... Prisoners of war - Biography - Australia...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Prisoners of war - Biography - Australia Changi ...The biography of Brigadier Sir Frederick GalleghanIndex, ill, p.166.non-fictionThe biography of Brigadier Sir Frederick Galleghanprisoners of war - biography - australia, changi prison - singapore -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Random House, Cosgrove: Portrait of a leader, 2006
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges cosgrove peter - biography australia - military ...A biography of Peter CosgroveIndex, Bibliography, ill B/w, col plates) p.252.non-fictionA biography of Peter Cosgrovecosgrove peter - biography, australia - military life