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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, O'Farrell, Terry, Behind Enemy Lines: An Australian SAS Soldier in Vietnam (Copy 2)
... Soldiers - Australia - Biography...Australia. Army. Special Air Service - Biography Soldiers ...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 -
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 -
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 -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Burke, David, Kings of the Iron Horse, 1985
... Locomotives - Australia - Drawings - Biography...Locomotives - Australia - Drawings - Biography Steam ...A history of the Victorian Railways Chief Mechanical Engineers Alfred.E. Smith and Fred.J.Shea.index, ill, p.248.non-fiction A history of the Victorian Railways Chief Mechanical Engineers Alfred.E. Smith and Fred.J.Shea.locomotives - australia - drawings - biography, steam engines - australia - design - biography -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Burke, David, Man of Steam E.E. Lucy - A Gentleman Engineer in the Great Days of the Iron Horse, 1986
... Locomotives - Australia - Drawings - Biography...Locomotives - Australia - Drawings - Biography Steam ...A history of the New South Government Railways Chief Mechanical Engineer Ernest Edward Lucy.index, ill, p.280.non-fiction A history of the New South Government Railways Chief Mechanical Engineer Ernest Edward Lucy.locomotives - australia - drawings - biography, steam engines - australia - design - biography -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated book, Bernadette Keane et al, Mum and me and TLC: narratives of nursing, 1992
... Nurses-Australia-Biography...-Australia-Biography Vocational Interests Mother and child This book ...This book presents nursing history in narrative form from the career stories of mother and daughter/son nurses, spanning from 1908 - 1992. These descriptions of nursing work are exciting examples of reflective practitioners in story-telling mode.Book with yellow cover, title and authors names printed in blue ink on front cover, title printed in blue ink on spine. Summary of book printed i n blue ink on back cover. Book contains black and white photos of contributorsnon-fictionThis book presents nursing history in narrative form from the career stories of mother and daughter/son nurses, spanning from 1908 - 1992. These descriptions of nursing work are exciting examples of reflective practitioners in story-telling mode.nurses-australia-biography, vocational interests, mother and child -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated book, Barbara Angell 1935, A woman's war; the exceptional life of Wilma Oram Young, AM, 2003
... Nurses-Australia-Biography... of a special nurse Wilma Oram Young Nurses-Australia-Biography World ...This is the story of one of Australia's most remarkable women. As a prisoner of war for three and a half years during World War II, Wilma Oram A young Australian nurse experienced the very worst of human brutality: starvation, deprivation and degradation. Yet, through the comradeship of her fellow prisoners, she also experienced humankind at its best. Following her return to Australia, Wilma was inspired to help her fellow ex-POWs and warveterans through her tireless work with the RSLIllustrated book, with three black and white photographs of Wilma Oram Young (as student nurse, in army uniform and in older age) There is a mid-brown band above this photo on which the title is printed in black and white, below the photos there is a black band on which the author's name is printed in light brown. Spine has mid brown background with title printed in black, author's name in light brown, and publisher's mark in white. The back cover has a summary of the book printed in black ink on a light brown backgroundnon-fictionThis is the story of one of Australia's most remarkable women. As a prisoner of war for three and a half years during World War II, Wilma Oram A young Australian nurse experienced the very worst of human brutality: starvation, deprivation and degradation. Yet, through the comradeship of her fellow prisoners, she also experienced humankind at its best. Following her return to Australia, Wilma was inspired to help her fellow ex-POWs and warveterans through her tireless work with the RSLwilma oram young, nurses-australia-biography, world ward 1939-1945-prisoners and prisons-japaneses -
Victorian Railway History Library
Booklet, Gibbs, A.G, A Tribute to Andrew Campbell Ahlston, 1977
... Railroad engineers -- Australia -- .Biography...Railroad engineers -- Australia -- .Biography Railroad ...A tribute to Andrew Campbell Ahlston the Victorian Railway's longest serving Chief Mechanical Engineer from 1933 to 1955. A speech delivered on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the diesel-electric locomotive on the V.R. system.p.9.non-fictionA tribute to Andrew Campbell Ahlston the Victorian Railway's longest serving Chief Mechanical Engineer from 1933 to 1955. A speech delivered on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the diesel-electric locomotive on the V.R. system.railroad engineers -- australia -- .biography, railroad engineers - victoria - biography -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Birch, William, William Kerans Railwayman, 2017
... Railroad engineers -- Australia -- .Biography...Railroad engineers -- Australia -- .Biography Railroad ...A tribute to the railwayman William Kerans. His life and times in Durrow, Ireland and in the early railways of Victoria.ill, p.55.non-fictionA tribute to the railwayman William Kerans. His life and times in Durrow, Ireland and in the early railways of Victoria.railroad engineers -- australia -- .biography, railroad engineers - victoria - biography -
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 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Newspaper Clipping, Leader Community News, Granddaughter of acclaimed Eltham painter Walter Withers wants more recognition for women artists, 2017
... Withers downloaded from Wikipedia; the Australian Dictionary... images, also information from Wikipedia and Australian Dictionary... Withers downloaded from Wikipedia; the Australian Dictionary ...Newspaper clipping about recognition for women artists by Walter Withers' granddaughter Mary Owen; An article on Walter Withers downloaded from Wikipedia; the Australian Dictionary of Biography entry for Walter Withers; and the entry on Walter Withers from the Artist's Footsteps website.8 page Article with text and black and white and coloured images, also information from Wikipedia and Australian Dictionary of Biographyaustralian artists, walter withers, mary owen -
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