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Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Colporteur Press, World War I An Illustrated History, 1984
Photographic record of the World War I years & theatres of war. Maps of various battles are also included. An introduction to the book was written by John Keegan.Brown, buckram hard cover with title in gold lettering on spine. Brown dust cover with illustrations front & back. Title in brown & white on front & spine of dust cover. 256 pages with cut edges. Contains black & white illustrations. Brown end papers.books-military-history, illustrations -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, MacLean RSL Sub Branch NSW, Pictorial History of Service Men and Women Lower Clarence River Northern NSW, c.2002
Book, soft paper cover, blue colour, white print, 258 illustrated pages, black & white photos throughout.To Bendigo RSL Regards Gloria Garbutt, Ruth McAuleybooks-history, photography-photographs, illustrations -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, 2/29 Battalion AIF Association, A History of the 2/29th Battalion - 8th Australian 8th Division, AIF, 1991
Book, soft cover, black print on front, back & spine. Black & white photograph of military tank & 2/29 Battalion colour patch on front cover with light yellow colour background. 224 cut plain pages, illustrated black & white photographs. Handwritten in black in on title page: To Bill Toan Thanks for getting me (nice and pissed in Singapore) Feb 1992 My son Peter joins me in sending best wishes Kind regards Clem Sheppard. Donated by Bgo Y Mens Club In black ink on front page: RSL Stampbooks, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Challenge and Response. A History of the Modern World. Vol. 2, 1970
Black hard cover book. Front cover has photograph of three armed soldiers facing the camera. Back cover has photograph of a group of women and children on a boat. Authors - J.H. ALLSOP and H.R. COWIE Pages 612Written on front page "Mrs MARY HALL" "KATE HOBAN" books, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, 1995
Hard cover - torquoise colour background, gold print on spine. Dust cover - pink and yellow coloour print on front, back and spine. Copy of painting on front. "The gunners" H Septimus Copy of photograph on back cover "Trench Warfare on the Western Front" 672 pages but plain. Illustrated black and white photographs, maps. Yellow end papers.books, military history -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, University of Queensland Press, Forward - The history of the 2nd/14th Light Horse (Queensland Mounted Infantry), 1989
Soft covered book, 230 pages, with photosISBN 0 7022 2304 2 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, George Odgers, Army Australia An Illustrated History, 1988
310 x 240 x 25mmISBN 0 86777 061 9 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, C E W Bean, The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 Vol 1 The Story of ANZAC The First Phase, 1937
From the outbreak of War to the end of the first phase of the Gallipoli Campaign May 4, 1915Hard covered book of 662 pagesSeventh Edition 1937 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, H S Gullett, The Official History of Australia in the War 0f 1914-1918 Volume VII Sinai and Palestine, 1944
Hard covered book of 844 pages -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, S S Mackenzie, The Official History in the War of 1914-1918 Vol X Rabaul, 1934
Hard covered book of 412 pages -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, C E W Bean, The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 Volume IV The AIF in France 1917, 1935
Hard covered book of 1030 pages -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, "The Advocate", 3rd Light Horse Regiment A.I.F. 1914-1919 Unit History
Soft cover booklet, 64 pp -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, H S Gullett, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18. Vol VII Sinai and Palestine. 4th Edition, 1937
Hard covered book, 844 pages -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Paul Hamlyn, A Pictorial History of Australians at War, 1970
Re Borneo Confrontation. On page 262 is a photo of Ferret Scout Car with Australian crew commander (4/19 PWLH Regiment Sergeant) Caption : " Several Australians joined the British Life Guards serving in Borneo. This photo taken in 1966 at the end of Confrontation shows British and Australian soldiers who stayed on in Malaysia, at the base camp near SerembahHard covered book, 323 pages. Photos, drawings and narratives depicting Australians at war from 1885 to 1970history australian army -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Newspaper cutting, History at the Gallop, 14 March 2004
An article carried in the 'Extra' section of the Sunday Herald Sun of 14 March 2004 about the historic Beersheba charge by the 4th and 12th Light Horse Regiments in 1917, and about Mrs Jill Curry's campaign for a museum to honour the heroes of that charge.newspaper, beersheba -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Newspaper cuttings, 1.Riding Tall into History, 2. New Life for old Chargers, 3. True Colours, 2003/1997/2004
Three newspaper articles from the Herald Sun newspaper. 1. Unveiling the State's first monument to the Light Horse. 2. A new battle to save the Australian Waler 3. The use of colour photography in WW1newspaper, light horse -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Booklet - St Mark's Church Kiewa x2, A Brief History of St Mark's Church Kiewa written by E. Temple
The Anglican Church at Kiewa. The first stone was laid on the 29th Oct. 1924. In 1879, the Yackandandah rector commenced services on Sundays in private homes in the Kiewa Valley. In 1911 Anglicans met in the Kiewa Methodist Church to elect a committee to organise financial offers and so it eventually became a vestry.The town Kiewa is in the Kiewa Valley. The church served other communities in the Valley. The book records the local populations and their commitment to religion. Cream cardboard cover with a black and white photo of the church on the front cover. It has 4 pages printed on both sides held by 2 staples. Inside there are a few black and white photos. Dated 19741. "Written by E. Temple" handwritten on the front cover 2. "C. Roper" on the front cover and inside the front cover "Clare Roper" Also, "Esther Temple" 's signature on the cover page.st mark's church, kiewa, anglican church, esther teple, thomas mitchell -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Booklet - A History of the Bogong Hotel - Tawonga Licencees, A History of the Bogong Hotel - Tawonga Licencees
This is a collection of documents (licences etc) of the Bogong Hotel at Tawonga from its beginning in 1895 to its demise by fire on 5th December 2011.The Bogong Hotel was an iconic country pub with an interesting history which burnt down in 2011.Green plastic covered spirax book with 10 plastic envelopes displaying written and photographic information on both sides. See also KVHS 0963; 0965; 0991; 0992; 0993; 0995; 1201; 1202; 1485"Bogong Hotel" - written on cover with black textabogong hotel, licencees of bogong hotel -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, James Lawry, A Church Amongst The Gumtrees. A History of Holy Trinity Ringwood East, 2005
James Lawry was a member of the congregation and served on the vestry, as a church warden, reader, chalice assistant, and chairman of various committees. A former and District Inspector of Schools, he holds a PhD in Education and degrees in Arts and Education.Pale green covered book with photo of church on front with brown printing, 137 pages of print and photos with a very good index of names of local residents. +Additional Keywords: Lawry, James -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, How Muriel Made History
The Muriel McGivern Story 1904 - 2000 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, A History of Croydon - Ist Volume, 1961
This book was produced in 1961 as a souvenir of Croydon's breakaway from Shire of Lilydale -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, A History of Croydon - 3rd Volume
This book covers 1967 - 1987 including the change from Shire of Croydon to City of Croydon -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Booklet - Newsletter, Warrandyte Historical Society - Gold Mining In Warrandyte - A Brief History, by Murray Houghton
Revised and enlarged from an earlier Warrandyte Historical Society document -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, Fifty Years of History - Whitehorse Historical Society 1965 to 2015, 2015
Recollections of members held in the society's collections -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Work on paper, Draft of 'Wielands of Heathmont' History of the family. Published 2008 by Don Talbot and Pat Talbot
The Wieland family were orcharding pioneers in Ringwood., Carl Ferdinand Wieland arrived in Heathmont in 1872 where he took up 50 acres, 37 perches of Crown Land.for the cost of 49 pounds.Typed pages , photographs,family group records all collected for the book. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Mayor Morris speaking at history book launching, 1974
Written on backing sheet, 'Mayor Morris speaking at book launching, 22.10.74'. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Mayor S. Morris speaking at history book launching in 1974
Written on backing sheet, 'Mayor S. Morris speaking at book launching, 22.10.74.' -
Cheese World Museum
DVD, A Look at Our History
Gold DVD in plastic case with Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory logo and photograph of manLes O'Callaghan/-interview 2005 WCBF -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, Silent Feet:The History of 'Z' Special Operations, 1942-1945
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Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, The Private War of the Spotters: A history of the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company, February 1942-April 1945
The history of the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company. This reprinted version contains a map of the dispositions of Spotting Stations August 1943, additional MID awards listed and some additions to the nominal roll. The New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company was formed in Port Moresby in late January 1942 and was granted “Separate Independent Establishment” status in October 1943. The company’s “founding father” was Major Don Small, who had witnessed Japanese air raids on Rabaul and realised that having lacked an effective early-warning system around New Britain meant that the defenders were taken by surprise. At the time, gaps had also appeared in the coast-watching communications network because the territory administration ordered the withdrawal of civilian wireless operators when Japan entered the war. The first influx of men into the company consisted largely of volunteers from the 39th Infantry Battalion, which was stationed at Port Moresby. Initial training was rudimentary, hasty, and was sometimes even carried out on en route to a new station. The first party of company personnel, or “spotters”, left Port Moresby as early as 1 February 1942, bound for the strategically important Samarai area, at the tip of Papua. In the first month of the company’s existence 16 spotter stations were established on the coast of Papua and in the mountains around Port Moresby. At the end of 1942 there were 61 operational stations being run by 180 men. The company’s high-water mark was in late 1944, by which time over 150 stations had been set up in Papua and New Guinea behind enemy lines. On 3 February 1942 the company issued its first air warning in Papua, when spotters at Tufi saw Japanese aircraft about to attack Port Moresby for the first time. The following month the company was responsible for the first Japanese killed in action in Papua by Australian ground forces, when spotters from Gona engaged the crew of a downed Japanese bomber. And in July 1942 the station at Buna signalled Port Moresby with news of the Japanese landings in Papua, marking the beginning of the Kokoda campaign. The dangers involved in the company’s work had also been made clear by this time. In July 1942 a party of spotters attempting to set up a station at Misima Island, off Milne Bay, was intercepted by a Japanese destroyer, resulting in the company’s first operational losses. Anticipating the direction of the campaign as a whole, the company’s focus moved north and north-west over the three years of its existence. In May 1942 a network was set up in the Wau area in association with the activities of Kanga Force. As part of the Wau network, spotter Ross Kirkwood audaciously constructed an observation post overlooking the Japanese airstrip at Salamaua. Kirkwood’s position was photographed by Damian Parer on the understanding that the pictures would not be published. They nevertheless appeared in a Sydney newspaper. The day after the publication of the photographs the observation post was attacked by the Japanese and Kirkwood was lucky to escape. In June 1944 the company’s headquarters were moved to Nadzab. By that time, spotter stations existed behind Japanese lines, as far north as Hollandia, and the company began to train Americans to perform similar work in the Philippines. In early 1945 the company moved to Balcombe, Victoria, where its members were posted to other units of the Australian Corps of Signals.gray plasticnon-fictionThe history of the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company. This reprinted version contains a map of the dispositions of Spotting Stations August 1943, additional MID awards listed and some additions to the nominal roll. The New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company was formed in Port Moresby in late January 1942 and was granted “Separate Independent Establishment” status in October 1943. The company’s “founding father” was Major Don Small, who had witnessed Japanese air raids on Rabaul and realised that having lacked an effective early-warning system around New Britain meant that the defenders were taken by surprise. At the time, gaps had also appeared in the coast-watching communications network because the territory administration ordered the withdrawal of civilian wireless operators when Japan entered the war. The first influx of men into the company consisted largely of volunteers from the 39th Infantry Battalion, which was stationed at Port Moresby. Initial training was rudimentary, hasty, and was sometimes even carried out on en route to a new station. The first party of company personnel, or “spotters”, left Port Moresby as early as 1 February 1942, bound for the strategically important Samarai area, at the tip of Papua. In the first month of the company’s existence 16 spotter stations were established on the coast of Papua and in the mountains around Port Moresby. At the end of 1942 there were 61 operational stations being run by 180 men. The company’s high-water mark was in late 1944, by which time over 150 stations had been set up in Papua and New Guinea behind enemy lines. On 3 February 1942 the company issued its first air warning in Papua, when spotters at Tufi saw Japanese aircraft about to attack Port Moresby for the first time. The following month the company was responsible for the first Japanese killed in action in Papua by Australian ground forces, when spotters from Gona engaged the crew of a downed Japanese bomber. And in July 1942 the station at Buna signalled Port Moresby with news of the Japanese landings in Papua, marking the beginning of the Kokoda campaign. The dangers involved in the company’s work had also been made clear by this time. In July 1942 a party of spotters attempting to set up a station at Misima Island, off Milne Bay, was intercepted by a Japanese destroyer, resulting in the company’s first operational losses. Anticipating the direction of the campaign as a whole, the company’s focus moved north and north-west over the three years of its existence. In May 1942 a network was set up in the Wau area in association with the activities of Kanga Force. As part of the Wau network, spotter Ross Kirkwood audaciously constructed an observation post overlooking the Japanese airstrip at Salamaua. Kirkwood’s position was photographed by Damian Parer on the understanding that the pictures would not be published. They nevertheless appeared in a Sydney newspaper. The day after the publication of the photographs the observation post was attacked by the Japanese and Kirkwood was lucky to escape. In June 1944 the company’s headquarters were moved to Nadzab. By that time, spotter stations existed behind Japanese lines, as far north as Hollandia, and the company began to train Americans to perform similar work in the Philippines. In early 1945 the company moved to Balcombe, Victoria, where its members were posted to other units of the Australian Corps of Signals.world war ii, special operations, new guinea, new guinea air warning wireless company