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Booknon-fictionA teenager in Changi, Sandakan and Outram Road

Index, ill, maps, p.574non-fictionThe war memoirs of Field Marshal Erich von Mansteinworld war 1939-1945 - germany - history, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - germany

A large yellow paperback book titled: The Shire of Lilydale and its Military heritage - Volume Three - The Second World War: The war in Europe & the Middle East. It has English and Australian crossed flags underneath the title at the top, with a black and white photograph of a soldier embracing his mother. Inside are black and white photographs of significant people, advertisements, militia facts and stories as well as a bibliography and index at the back. Pp. 339.non-fictionThis collection of Lilydale's military heritage covers The Second World War: The war in Europe and the Middle East. It has sections on - Between the wars: The Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939, Local Militia Forces (1918 - 1939), The Coming of the War. It details The Homefront, Patriotic Welfare, Our Service Personnel, V.E. Day, and Locals in Australian Military History.second world war, lilydale history, lilydale military history, military heritage

index, ill, p.144.non-fictionCompelling and often hilarious cavalcade of Australian life during a 20,000 km rail odyssey around Australia and whatever came along in between, from Sydney's Central Station and back again.railroad travel -- australia, australia -- description and travel -- 1976-1990

ill. p.51.non-fictionProfiles of locomotives and rollingstock in Australialocomotives - australia - history, preserved locomotives - australia - history

ill, p.144.non-fictionA description of the journey from Sydney to Perth on the Indian-Pacific passenger train.indian pacific passenger train - australia, railroad passenger trains - australia

Thrilling true stories of animals who have worked and played alongside Australia's fighting forces.fictionHere are twenty-one fascinating stories about the forgotten heroes of war: animals who have served beside Australian Forcesanimals - war use - fiction, animal heroes - fiction

In recent years intense study of the Vietnam War, mainly in the United States, has tended to concentrate on the nature and causes of the American defeat.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - origins, united states - foreign relations - vietnam, ho chi minh

In recent years intense study of the Vietnam War, mainly in the United States, has tended to concentrate on the nature and causes of the American defeat.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - origins, united states - foreign relations - vietnam, ho chi minh

The weapons of the war in Southeast Asia ranged in complexity from technologically-advanced, eight-engined B-52 strategic bomber to the Stone Age sharpened-stake booby trap of the guerrilla.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - equipment and supplies, weapons, viet cong

The weapons of the war in Southeast Asia ranged in complexity from technologically-advanced, eight-engined B-52 strategic bomber to the Stone Age sharpened-stake booby trap of the guerrilla. vietnam war, 1961-1975 - equipment and supplies, weapons, viet cong

The reporting from Saigon may, at times, leave a good deal to be desired, but at its worst has the virtur of being on the spot.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- atrocities, vietnamese conflict , 1961- 1975 - atrocities, saigon

On 30 January 1968 the North Vietnamese communists launched a coordinated surprise attack - the Tet Offensive - across South Vietnam against the South Vietnamese and American Armies.tet offensive, 1961-1975 -- united states, vietnam war, american armies, south vietnamese, viet cong, north vietnamese army, hue, khe sanh, saigon

The weapons of the war in Southeast Asia ranged in complexity from technologically-advanced, eight-engine B-52 strategic bomber to the Stone Age sharpened-stake booby trap of the guerrilla. vietnam war, 1961-1975 - equipment and supplies, weapons, viet cong

Gift of Anthony Camm, 2007

"THE SAS/ SAVAGE WARS/ OF PEACE/ 1947 TO THE/ PRESENT".Hard cover book with dust cover. Hardcover - cardboard, black colour buckram, gold colour print on spine. Dust cover - paper, black colour background with yellow/orange and white colour print on front, spine and back. Clear plastic self adhesive book covering applied to dust cover. 222 pages, cut plain white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs.publication, book, sas

Gift of the artist, 2006

In the early 1970s, Arthur Boyd bought and restored a large, two-storey traditional farmhouse called Il Paretaio. Situated on the crest of a hill and surrounded by fields and olive groves, it is five kilometres from the village of Palaia in the province of Pisa, Tuscany. Boyd established this farmhouse as a residency programme, (which was later managed by the Australia Council). The residency program ended in 1990. Anthony Pryor undertook an Australia Council residency at Paretaio in 1984. This work is one in a series made during his time there. This work was entered into the Shire of Eltham Art Award in 1985.Pryor is an artist of national significance. This work is an example of his series of 'boxes' made principally for his own pleasure and often swapped with artists and other friends as soon as they were finished. The 'box' series was part inspired by Japanese techniques of wooden construction. Pryor first visited Japan in 1975 and was immediately drawn to Japanese methods of working with stone and wood. Many of these boxes are based upon the principles of the Japanese Zen Buddhist monk Sengai Gibon (1750-1838). This work relates to Sengai's famous hanging scroll Circle, Triangle and Square in which the circle can be read to stand for the cosmos, the square for the individual, and the triangle for aspiration. A heavy, box-like (cube) structure created from huon pine, with bronze, brass and stone elements. Within the cube is an eastern inspired, rear lattice wall in combination with bronze domestic fittings, and symbols (cube, pyramid and circle). Metal lightning, clouds and wooden rainbow hover over an asymmetrical bronze bed floating within the cube. A chair leans and a tilting ladder reaches towards the sky. Stamped into wood: lower right 'ANTHONY PRYOR PARETAIO'huon pine, pryor, brass, bronze, stone, cube, paretaio, italy, eastern, japan, sengai gibon, symbols, zen buddhism, sculpture, personal