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Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Big Sky Publishing et al, Long Tan : the start of a lifelong battle, 2016
On the afternoon of 18 August 1966, just five kilometres from the main Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat, a group of Viet Cong soldiers walked into the right flank of Delta Company, 6 RAR. Under a blanket of mist and heavy monsoon rain, amid the mud and shattered rubber trees, a dispersed Company of 108 men held its ground with courage and grim determination against a three-sided attack from a force of 2,500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops. When the battle subsided, 18 Australian soldiers lay dead and 24 had been wounded. Battlefield clearance revealed 245 enemy bodies with captured documents later confirming the count at over 500 enemy killed and 800 wounded. These men were led by a gruff and gusty perfectionist, Major Harry Smith. Now, some 47 years after the battle, Harry tells his story for the first time. But Long Tan is more than just an account of a historic battle. Harry Smith takes his readers on an extraordinary journey - one that ultimately reveals a remarkable cover-up at the highest military and political echelons. Long Tan is also Harry's life story and portrays his many personal battles, from failed marriages to commando-style killing; from a horrific parachute accident through to his modern-day struggles with bureaucracy for recognition for his soldiers. Harry's battles are tempered by his love of sailing, where he has at last found some peace. Long Tan portrays the wrenching, visceral experience of a man who has fought lifelong battles, in a story that he is only now able to tell. Harry can still hear the gunfire and smell the blood spilt at Long Tan. For him, the fight continues. Collapse summaryIll, maps, p.336.non-fictionOn the afternoon of 18 August 1966, just five kilometres from the main Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat, a group of Viet Cong soldiers walked into the right flank of Delta Company, 6 RAR. Under a blanket of mist and heavy monsoon rain, amid the mud and shattered rubber trees, a dispersed Company of 108 men held its ground with courage and grim determination against a three-sided attack from a force of 2,500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops. When the battle subsided, 18 Australian soldiers lay dead and 24 had been wounded. Battlefield clearance revealed 245 enemy bodies with captured documents later confirming the count at over 500 enemy killed and 800 wounded. These men were led by a gruff and gusty perfectionist, Major Harry Smith. Now, some 47 years after the battle, Harry tells his story for the first time. But Long Tan is more than just an account of a historic battle. Harry Smith takes his readers on an extraordinary journey - one that ultimately reveals a remarkable cover-up at the highest military and political echelons. Long Tan is also Harry's life story and portrays his many personal battles, from failed marriages to commando-style killing; from a horrific parachute accident through to his modern-day struggles with bureaucracy for recognition for his soldiers. Harry's battles are tempered by his love of sailing, where he has at last found some peace. Long Tan portrays the wrenching, visceral experience of a man who has fought lifelong battles, in a story that he is only now able to tell. Harry can still hear the gunfire and smell the blood spilt at Long Tan. For him, the fight continues. Collapse summary vietnam conflict - australian involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 – battles – long tan -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Corgi Books, 633 Squadron, 1969
Another in the fictional series around the famous 633squadronp.222.fictionAnother in the fictional series around the famous 633squadronworld war 1939-1945 - britain - aerial operations - fiction, 633 squadron -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, The Anzacs
world war, 1914-1918 - campaigns, australia. army. australian and new zealand army corps., world war, 1914-1918 - personal narratives, australian -
Benalla Art GalleryPainting, Peter PURVES SMITH, Burke and Wills, c. 1937
Born: East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1912; Lived and worked: England 1935-1949; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1949SurrealismBennett Bequest, 1999 Explorers Burke and Wills rest against a large rock with a bottle at their feet. Gold and grey brushed timber frameRecto: Not signed, not dated, not titled painting, figures, abstract, rock, water, bottle -
Horsham Regional Art GalleryMixed media, Trevor SMITH, And the birds came back, 2006
Gift of the artist, 2007 -
Horsham Regional Art GalleryPainting, Gwendda SMITH, Drought - vista from Arapiles, 1983
Gift of Judy Sheldon, 1998watercolour on paper -
Horsham Regional Art GalleryPainting, Gwendda SMITH, The old blacksmith's shop, 1983
Gift of the City of Horsham Lions Club, 1983watercolour on paper -
Horsham Regional Art GalleryPainting, Gwendda SMITH, The red house, 1979
Purchased through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund, 1979watercolour on paper -
Horsham Regional Art GalleryPhotograph, Julian SMITH, Spirit of the bush, n.d
Purchased through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund with the assistance of the Caltex-Victorian Government Art Fund, 1982 -
Horsham Regional Art GalleryPhotograph, Leah KING-SMITH, Untitled, 1991
Purchased through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund with the assistance of the Victorian Regional Galleries Art Foundation Trust Fund, 1992 -
Horsham Regional Art GalleryMixed media, Trevor SMITH, CHILDREN'S STORIES - Mummy wanted Kylie to have the prettiest dress at the party!, 2002
Purchased through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund, 2002 -
Clunes Museum
Book, WILLIAM CAMPBELL, THE CROWN LANDS OF AUSTRALIA, 1855
AN EXPOSITION OF THE LAND REGULATIONS AND THE CLAIMS AND GRIEVANCES OF THE CROWN TENANTSHARDBACK BROWN COVER. LEATHER BOUND WITH TITLE ON THE SPINE PRINTED IN GOLD. 192 PAGES. AUTHOR WILLIAM CAMPBELL.non-fictionAN EXPOSITION OF THE LAND REGULATIONS AND THE CLAIMS AND GRIEVANCES OF THE CROWN TENANTSmining, crown land tenants, emigration, gold mining -
Anglesea and District Historical SocietyTasma Radio 1199, Thom & Smith, Tasma, 1947
Battery operated radio which only operates when lid is open. There is a volume control and station selector. The inbuilt aerial is directional and the receiver should be oriented for maximum volume. This is a brown metallic radio with plastic strap.Operating instructions inside bottom cover (as described above). Front: "TASMA"tasma, radio, battery operated -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of VictoriaPhotograph, R. Dermer Smith, California Gully, Eaglehawk Methodist Church. Sunday School Teachers and Officers c1900, c1900
Sepia photograph with a card mount of a group in front of the exterior of the Sunday School.California Gully, Eaglehawk Methodist Church. Sunday School Teachers and Officerseaglehawk methodist church sunday school -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, G.R. Halson and P.R. Smith, Comprehension Interpretation & Criticism Stage 2 Australian Edition, 1966
Paperback"Suzy Boyd", coloured pencil handwriting inside front coverwalsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Mervyn Horton, Present Day Art in Australia, 1969
Hardcover w/ Dust JacketInserted in front cover: folded page of Australian Financial Review 1 February 1973, written at top: "Trish"; cross next to article titled "Rare coins for sale"; article titled "The fortunes of war reflected closely in the art market" featuring Arthur Boyd paintingwalsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, A Ure Smith Publication, Early Australian Engravings, 1975
Softcoverwalsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Beverley Sutherland Smith, Australian Restaurant Guide, 1982
Softcover with gold cardboard coverwalsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, F.B. Smith, Florence Nightingale: Reputation and Power, 1982
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket"To Dad: With very best wishes on your 72nd Birthday. from John 27th October 1988"walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Alan Smith, The National Trust: Como Collection, 1987
Booklet inside black hardcover holder3 Sheets of paper inside: Letter to Ms Patricia Davies from Helen Dundon at APR Corporate Public Relations apologising for not inviting Patricia to the launch of Penleigh Boyd works at Como. Two Sheets (cut out of a book?) relating to Evelyn and Doris Gough "(Later Mrs. Merric Boyd)"walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBooklet, Ure Smith (Sydney, Australia), A New Approach to Textile Designing, 1947
"Patricia Boyd" handwritten in green pen inside front coverrussell drysdale, william dobell, textile design, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBooklet, Clive Turnbull, The Melbourne Book, 1948
This is illustrated by Kenneth Jack, an Australian watercolour artist. DID RB write anythingmelbourne, clive turnbull, kenneth jack, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Clive Turnbull, Wilfried H. Hudspeth, illustrated by Kenneth Jack, The Charm of Hobart, 1950
Hardcover, No Dust Jacketnotes and markings inside back coverhobart, tasmania, travel, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Bernard Smith, The Boy Adeodatus: The Portrait of a Lucky Young Bastard, 1984
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketaustralian biography, art critics, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Bernard Smith, The Antipodean Manifesto, 1976
Softcover20th century australian art, modernist figurative art, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, P.R. Smith, Australian Pageant, 1958
SoftcoverMandie Boyd, Study notes, and word definitions penciled in throughoutwalsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Joseph Fowles, Sydney in 1848 (Facsimile), 1962
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketwalsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Joan Law-Smith, Garden of The Mind, 1979
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketwalsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Bernard Smith, Australian Painting 1788-1970, 1971
HardcoverStamped: Library of John Dowell Davieswalsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, George Johnston, The World of Charmian Clift, 1970
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketshort stories, walsh st library
