114 p ; illBook contains a diverse collection of outback yarns, fables anecdotes, bush ballads and observations all with a distinctly Australian predisposition. Much of the material is derived from wheat and sheep farms in the Victorian Mallee.australian wit and humor, country life, australia

243 p. : ill., maps, plans; Includes index. Bibliography: p. 232-235.oakleigh, history

Slide Rule type navigation computer. Stainless steel/plastic. Uses dead reckoningRAAF Indent no. G6B/2087 Serial no. WG/442royal australian air force, navigation

B/w photo of U.S. Airforce, Cessna 0.1 'Birddog' landing at Vung Tau in Vietnam.RAAF pilots on loan to U.S. Airforce due to not enough trained pilots in the U.S.united states. air force, cessna o.1 bird dog

Unopened cream and brown jug commemorating Australian Vietnam Forces National MemorialAustralian Vietnam Forces National Memorial Remembrance Tawny Port. A project under the auspices of Australian Vietnam Forces Welcome Home 1987commemorative jug, welcome home

Black timber framed leather tan carving.In the middle there is the insignia of the Australian Vietnam Forces 1962 - 1973. Above the insignia in black writing reads Honour The Dead. Under the insignia reads but fight Like Hell for The LivingHonour the Dead But Fight Like Hell For The Livingleather plaque, australian vietnam forces

Booknon-fiction500 works of art by 500 Australian women from colonial times to 1955 with images and commentaries on each work prepared by by 200 curators, critics, family member or the artists herself. Includes images of many works which may never have been reproduced. A biographical section comprises concise entries on these artists.colonial art, craft, competitions, portraiture, furniture, sculpture, indigenous art, museology

The Altair was built between January 1956 and November 1958 with first flight on 20 December 1958. After a few flights the cockpit was lengthened and the glider flown by Cliff Gurr and Ron Adair to complete their FAI Gold C badges. Cliff set an unofficial Australian record for an out and return flight (between Gawler and Renmark) of 230 miles (368 km) in 1961. The glider was flown by only Ron and Cliff until Mervyn Waghorn joined Ron to fly it in the National Championships at Waikerie in 1967. For a period of time the glider was left in the care of some members of the Geelong Gliding Club. Doug Vanstan of the Geelong Gliding Club fitted a new canopy and rebuilt the aileron bellcranks to improve their operation. Subsequently the Altair was flown in competitions and at vintage rallies until the mid 1980s. On 31 March 1987 Alan Patching of the Victorian Motorless Flight Group purchased the glider from Ron for the sum of one shilling and named the owners as himself, Doug Vanstan and Ian Patching. It has been stored at Bacchus Marsh airfield since then. The glider is the only 18 metre wing span machine to have been designed and built in Australia.The Altair glider is a single place 18 metre span cantilever wing glider constructed from spruce and aircraft plywood. The laminar flow wing is completely covered in plywood with a ply balsa sandwich for the leading edge and the airbrakes are unique being located in the trailing edge of the wings. All these features were done in an effort to retain laminar flow over the wing and achieve a high performance. The wings, empennage and top of the fuselage are painted white with the rest of the fuselage red. The word ‘Altair’ appears on both sides at the top of the fin.australian gliding, glider, sailplane, adair, gurr, waghorn, vanstan, rees, patching, altair, adelaide soaring club, gawler, geelong gliding club, vmfg, zechner

Ill, p.148.non-fictionA personal reminisces of a crewman sailing on HMAS Perthworld war 1939 – 1945 – naval operations - australia, hmas perth

Index, ill, maps, p.686.non-fictionThis volume tells briefly the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars, and then records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean and particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942. When the volume ends most of the surviving ships are on the Australia Station again and the Japanese fleets dominate half the Pacific Ocean and the seas to the north of Australia. The [author] describes not only the actions of the Australian ships but the problems and policies of the British fleets of which they often formed a part, and discusses the strategical and administrative questions encountered by the senior leaders in Australiaworld war 1939 – 1945 – naval operations - australia, royal australian navy - history

p.192.World War II fiction set in New Guinea; characters include Aboriginal soldier. new guinea campaigh, bougainville campaign

Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps. p.483.non-fictionIn November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and half miles away, a sister battalion was chopped to pieces. Together, these actions at landing zones X-Ray and Albany constitute one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. The Americans faced what seemed to be certain destruction. How these men persevered - sacrificed themselves for their comrades and never gave up - makes a vivid portrait of war at its most inspiring and devastating. General Moore and Joe Galloway, the only journalist on the ground throughout the fighting, have interviewed hundreds of men who fought there, including the North Vietnamese commanders. The result is a story of unparalleled human interest. We Were Soldiers Once... and Young also brings the war back home with unforgettable stories of those who lost family members to combat. This devastating account rises above the specific ordeal it chronicles to present a picture of men facing the ultimate challenge, dealing with it in ways they would have found unimaginable only a few hours earlier. It reveals to us, as rarely before, man's most heroic and horrendous endeavor. Collapse summary vietnam war 1961-1975 – us involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 – battles – ia drang valley

Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.200.non-fictionA biography of Major Charles Joseph Ross DSOboer war 1899-1902 - biography, charles joseph ross - biography

Index, bib, ill, p.171.non-fictionPresents photographic records of the Pacific War in World War II as seen from both sides. world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - united states, world war 1939-1945 - aircraft carrier operations

p.351.fictionThe heartrending story of British boy Jim's four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the second world war. Based on J. G. Ballard's own childhood, this is the extraordinary account of a boy's life in Japanese-occupied wartime Shanghai--a mesmerising, hypnotically compelling novel of war, of starvation and survival, of internment camps and death marches. It blends searing honesty with an almost hallucinatory vision of a world thrown utterly out of joint. Rooted as it is in the author's own disturbing experience of war in our time, it is one of a handful of novels by which the twentieth century will be not only remembered but judged. world war 1939-1945 - fiction, world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese

White 20cm round plastic disc with information on Weight plus Torque PSI plus Hover Gross Weight and Pressure Altitude for a UH - IH Huey Helicopter for use of The Royal Australian Air Force.UH-IH Performance Computer + Cruise data guide.computer and cruise data guide, uh-1h helicopter, raaf

Vietnam, November 1965, 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, are dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the La Drang Valley and immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion is chopped to pieces. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-ray and Albany constitute one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War and set the tome of the conflict to come.united states. army, la drang valley (vietnam) , battle of, 1965, battle of la drang valley, 1st battalion, 7th cavalry

A masterful analysis of the strategy, or lack thereof, in the Vietnam War. A book that every policy maker in Washington should absorb.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 - united states, united states - military policy

Of all the works on the Vietnam War - fiction and nonfiction - this is the big one. Witness is borne from all sides, theirs and ours: the soldiers, the resisters, and the armchair warriors.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1971 - personal narratives.

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