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Book, John Essex - Clark, Maverick Soldier: An infantryman's story, 1991
This is the forthright, nuts-and-bolts account of the author's unmatched experience as a warrior, leader and teacher. Always one to lead from the front and to trust the courage and good sense of the ordinary infantryman, his interests have been strategy and battle tactics, leadership and training.index, ill (b/w). p.226non-fictionThis is the forthright, nuts-and-bolts account of the author's unmatched experience as a warrior, leader and teacher. Always one to lead from the front and to trust the courage and good sense of the ordinary infantryman, his interests have been strategy and battle tactics, leadership and training.soldiers - australia - biography, vietnamese conflict 1961-1975, malayan emergency 1948-1960 -
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Book, Penguin Books, The coming of the Third Reich, 2004
n 1900, Germany was one of modernity's great success stories: The most progressive and dynamic nation in Europe, it was the only country whose rapid economic growth and innovation rivaled that of the United States. Its political culture was far less authoritarian than Russia's and less anti-Semitic than France's. Representative institutions thrived, and competing political parties and elections were a central part of life. How, then, could it be that in little more than a generation this stable modern country would fall into the hands of Adolf Hitler and the violent, racist, extremist political movement he led, a movement that would lead Germany and then all of Europe into utter moral, physical, and cultural ruin?" "There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand, and Richard Evans has written the definitive account for our time. A masterful synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with important new research and interpretations, Evans's history restores drama and contingency to the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis, even as he shows how ready Germany was by the early 1930s for such a takeover to occur. Its citizens were angry and embittered by military defeat and economic ruin, and its young democracy undermined by a civil service, an army, and a law enforcement system deeply alienated from the new order. The electorate was beset by growing extremism and panic about communism; and the small but successful Jewish community was subject to wide-spread suspicion and resentment. In the end, though nothing about what happened was preordained, Germany proved to be fertile ground for Nazism's ideology of hatred.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.335.non-fictionn 1900, Germany was one of modernity's great success stories: The most progressive and dynamic nation in Europe, it was the only country whose rapid economic growth and innovation rivaled that of the United States. Its political culture was far less authoritarian than Russia's and less anti-Semitic than France's. Representative institutions thrived, and competing political parties and elections were a central part of life. How, then, could it be that in little more than a generation this stable modern country would fall into the hands of Adolf Hitler and the violent, racist, extremist political movement he led, a movement that would lead Germany and then all of Europe into utter moral, physical, and cultural ruin?" "There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand, and Richard Evans has written the definitive account for our time. A masterful synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with important new research and interpretations, Evans's history restores drama and contingency to the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis, even as he shows how ready Germany was by the early 1930s for such a takeover to occur. Its citizens were angry and embittered by military defeat and economic ruin, and its young democracy undermined by a civil service, an army, and a law enforcement system deeply alienated from the new order. The electorate was beset by growing extremism and panic about communism; and the small but successful Jewish community was subject to wide-spread suspicion and resentment. In the end, though nothing about what happened was preordained, Germany proved to be fertile ground for Nazism's ideology of hatred.germany - politics and government 1933-1939, germany - nazi party -
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Book, Andre Deutsch, Great military blunders, 2012
From ancient times to the Bay of Pigs and the Falklands War, military history has been marked as much by misjudgements and incompetence as by gallantry and glory. Such blunders have sometimes ended in tragedy, sometimes in farce - such as the English troops, supposedly marching on Cadiz in 1625, who instead got drunk in a salt marsh. And sometimes they have ended in triumph, despite all the odds. In this fascinating and entertaining collection, author Geoffrey Regan not only recounts some of the staggering stories, but also highlights the kinds of difficulties that can lead to military disaster. His anecdotes encompass every aspect of warfare from the insanity of commanders to the provision of inadequate supplies. This entertaining and instructive book will appeal to the military buff and general reader alike.Ill, p.272.non-fictionFrom ancient times to the Bay of Pigs and the Falklands War, military history has been marked as much by misjudgements and incompetence as by gallantry and glory. Such blunders have sometimes ended in tragedy, sometimes in farce - such as the English troops, supposedly marching on Cadiz in 1625, who instead got drunk in a salt marsh. And sometimes they have ended in triumph, despite all the odds. In this fascinating and entertaining collection, author Geoffrey Regan not only recounts some of the staggering stories, but also highlights the kinds of difficulties that can lead to military disaster. His anecdotes encompass every aspect of warfare from the insanity of commanders to the provision of inadequate supplies. This entertaining and instructive book will appeal to the military buff and general reader alike. military art and science - history, military history -
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Book, Harper Press, Shots from the front : the British soldier 1914-18, 2008
Leading military historian Richard Holmes has selected over 200 rare and unusual photographs to illustrate the wide range of the British Army's experience in the First World War - on all fronts, from Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Gallipoli to the Flanders trenches." "The book's topics include the preparations for war and the mobilisation of 1914; the 'roses of no-man's land' - the contribution made by nurses; 'blighty ones and other ones' - the wounded and their treatment; 'brother lead and sister steel' - soldiers and their weapons; scenes from the battlefield and the campaigns where Tommies fought; the armistice and its aftermath.Ill, p.240.non-fictionLeading military historian Richard Holmes has selected over 200 rare and unusual photographs to illustrate the wide range of the British Army's experience in the First World War - on all fronts, from Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Gallipoli to the Flanders trenches." "The book's topics include the preparations for war and the mobilisation of 1914; the 'roses of no-man's land' - the contribution made by nurses; 'blighty ones and other ones' - the wounded and their treatment; 'brother lead and sister steel' - soldiers and their weapons; scenes from the battlefield and the campaigns where Tommies fought; the armistice and its aftermath.world war 1914 -1918 - pictorial works, great britain - army - military life -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - WOODEN MODEL CYANIDE PLANT
Wooden model of a cyanide plant. A cyanide plant was used for dissolving gold from finely divided ores by means of dilute solutions of sodium or potassium cyanides. The model has five metal bins, there is some rust on the bins and scorch mark on the wooden base.mining, equipment, cyanide plant, gold cyanidation (also known as the cyanide process or the macarthur-forrest process) is a hydrometallurgical technique for extracting gold from low-grade ore by converting the gold to a water-soluble coordination complex. it is the most commonly used leaching process for gold extraction. the ore is comminuted using grinding machinery. depending on the ore, it is sometimes further concentrated by froth flotation or by centrifugal (gravity) concentration. water is added to produce a slurry or pulp. the basic ore slurry can be combined with a solution of sodium cyanide or potassium cyanide, however many operations utilize calcium cyanide, which is more cost effective. to prevent the creation of toxic hydrogen cyanide during processing, slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) or soda (sodium hydroxide) is added to the extracting solution to ensure that the acidity during cyanidation is maintained over ph 10.5 - strongly basic. lead nitrate can improve gold leaching speed and quantity recovered, particularly in processing partially oxidized ores. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NEW CHUM & VICTORIA LINES OF REEF - THE NEW CHUM REEFS AND SOUTH VICTORIA
Handwritten notes on the New Chum Reefs (White & Black Leads) and South Victoria. Ref. Dicker's 23/11/1861 Pages 7 to 9. Notes include geography, Claims, Owners, Area & Title, Workings, Reef and Yield, Drainage and Remarks. Dates are 13/8/1861, 16/10/1861 and 11/9/1861.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, the new chum reefs and south victoria, dicker's 23/11/1861 pages 7 to 9, new chum company, bonatti's claim, gibbs & lazarus claim, phoenix company, south victoria, the black lead, messrs ballerstedt, garibaldi's company's claim, new chum company, m'dougall & co, m'dougall, inglis, menzies, dehan, the white lead, new chum quartz mining company, bonati and company, phillip bonati, woolcrow, albrecht, pragleman, mortinson, plumbreck, emmerling, sievis, denis's claim, messrs thompson and powell, geo denis, begelhole and company, mr begelhole, brown, begelhole, blackwell, hildebrand & co, begelhole & co, w begelhole, thomas brown, henry begelhole, john blackwell, watson & co, j b watson, gibbs, lazarus, local court grant, gibbs & lazarus claim, mr gibbs, mr lazarus, phoenix company's claim, pioneer company, henry jackson, sullivan, burrows, chambers, marshall, william gunther, klemin, fulton, brown, brown, anderson, first quartz mining company, burrow's & co's claim, hudson's, thomas burrows, w philips, george husdon's claim, george hudson, wybrant's claim, john wybrant -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOSEPH BELL: DOCUMENTATION JOSEPH BELL - DOCUMENTATION JOSEPH BELL - DOCUMENTATION
Joseph Bell - documentation on life of 'The Late Joseph Bell' - part of page from 'Bendigo and Vicinity (Watson and Bell - Garden Gully line of reef, Bendigo). Bad copy - right-hand column incomplete, no page number)Bendigo and Vicinityperson, individual, joseph bell, garden gully reef. mr watson, white hills, huntly lead claim, niagara mine, annabel mine, crushing plant "ajax" -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Berkley Calibre, Beyond band of brothers : the war memoirs of Major Dick Winters, 2006
In war, great commanders lead soldiers into hell to do the impossible. They were called Easy Company--but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150 percent casualties while liberating Europe, an unparalleled record of bravery under fire. Dick Winters was their commander, "the best combat leader in World War II" to his men. This is his story, told in his own words for the first time. On D-Day, Dick Winters parachuted into France and assumed leadership of the Band of Brothers when their commander was killed. He led them through the Battle of the Bulge, the attack on Foy--where Easy Company reached its breaking point--and into Germany, by which time each member had been wounded. Neither a protest against war nor a glamorization of combat, this is a moving tribute to the human spirit by a man who earned the love and respect of the men of Easy Company and the adulation of new generations worldwide.Index, ill, p.292.non-fictionIn war, great commanders lead soldiers into hell to do the impossible. They were called Easy Company--but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150 percent casualties while liberating Europe, an unparalleled record of bravery under fire. Dick Winters was their commander, "the best combat leader in World War II" to his men. This is his story, told in his own words for the first time. On D-Day, Dick Winters parachuted into France and assumed leadership of the Band of Brothers when their commander was killed. He led them through the Battle of the Bulge, the attack on Foy--where Easy Company reached its breaking point--and into Germany, by which time each member had been wounded. Neither a protest against war nor a glamorization of combat, this is a moving tribute to the human spirit by a man who earned the love and respect of the men of Easy Company and the adulation of new generations worldwide. world war 1939 – 1945 – personal narratives – united states, united states army - history -
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Book, Pen & Sword Military, Hamilton and Gallipoli : British command in an age of military transformation, 2015
This is a study of Sir Ian Hamilton VCs command of the Gallipoli campaign. Appointed by Kitchener after the failure of the initial Allied naval offensive in the Dardanelles, Hamilton was to lead the ambitious amphibious landings that were intended to open the way to Constantinople. In the event, however, opportunities immediately after the landings were squandered and, in the face of unexpectedly effective Turkish resistance, soon stalled in attritional trench warfare like that on the Western Front. Hamilton has often been criticized for this failure and in many ways seen to typify the stereotype of a British general clinging to outdated Victorian thinking. Yet this fresh reappraisal, drawing on original archival research, shows that Hamilton did display some progressive ideas and a realization that warfare was rapidly changing. Like all generals of this period he faced the challenge of unprecedented technological and tactical revolution as well as the political and media battle.Index, bib, ill, map, p.230.non-fictionThis is a study of Sir Ian Hamilton VCs command of the Gallipoli campaign. Appointed by Kitchener after the failure of the initial Allied naval offensive in the Dardanelles, Hamilton was to lead the ambitious amphibious landings that were intended to open the way to Constantinople. In the event, however, opportunities immediately after the landings were squandered and, in the face of unexpectedly effective Turkish resistance, soon stalled in attritional trench warfare like that on the Western Front. Hamilton has often been criticized for this failure and in many ways seen to typify the stereotype of a British general clinging to outdated Victorian thinking. Yet this fresh reappraisal, drawing on original archival research, shows that Hamilton did display some progressive ideas and a realization that warfare was rapidly changing. Like all generals of this period he faced the challenge of unprecedented technological and tactical revolution as well as the political and media battle.world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli, generals - great britain - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Haran, Peter, Trackers: The Untold Story of the Australian Dogs of War (Copy 1)
The tracking lead jerked like a fast jag on a fishhook, Caesar's ears shot up and his shoulders hunched forward. The Viet Cong was fifty yards to my right front, stretching his arms above his head. There were three men at least...and a machine-gun on the track facing me. Scarcely able to breathe, I reeled Caesar back.. and gave a thumbs down. Enemy. And I had them coldThe tracking lead jerked like a fast jag on a fishhook, Caesar's ears shot up and his shoulders hunched forward. The Viet Cong was fifty yards to my right front, stretching his arms above his head. There were three men at least...and a machine-gun on the track facing me. Scarcely able to breathe, I reeled Caesar back.. and gave a thumbs down. Enemy. And I had them coldvietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, dogs - war use -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, O'Neil, Dave, Unfit for life: a handbook
Unfit for Life is a guide book for people who lead a slack life. Kind of like chairman Mao's little red book but with a chapter dedicated to pizza and beer.Unfit for Life is a guide book for people who lead a slack life. Kind of like chairman Mao's little red book but with a chapter dedicated to pizza and beer.conduct of life - humor, australian wit and humor -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Cole-Adams, Jennet. Gauld, Judy, Decision: Stories of leadership in the services - Century of Service
We all make decisions every day - they shape the lives we lead. In times of war, decision-making can take on a greter signifiance.We all make decisions every day - they shape the lives we lead. In times of war, decision-making can take on a greter signifiance. australia. army - aboriginal troops, vietnam, world war one -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Clark, Chris, The Royal Australian Air Force, 1921 - 1939: The Third Brother - Volume 1 of 3
In the years before the First World War, Australia - alone of Britian's Dominations - follow the mother country's lead in laying the foundation of military air power.In the years before the First World War, Australia - alone of Britian's Dominations - follow the mother country's lead in laying the foundation of military air power.the royal australian air force, raaf -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Haran, Peter, Trackers: The Untold Story of the Australian Dogs of War (Copy 3)
The tracking lead jerked like a fast jag on a fishhook, Caesar's ears shot up and his shoulders hunched forward. The Viet Cong was fifty yards to my right front, stretching his arms above his head. There were three men at least...and a machine-gun on the track facing me. Scarcely able to breathe, I reeled Caesar back.. and gave a thumbs down. Enemy. And I had them coldThe tracking lead jerked like a fast jag on a fishhook, Caesar's ears shot up and his shoulders hunched forward. The Viet Cong was fifty yards to my right front, stretching his arms above his head. There were three men at least...and a machine-gun on the track facing me. Scarcely able to breathe, I reeled Caesar back.. and gave a thumbs down. Enemy. And I had them coldvietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, dogs - war use -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, George, Alexander,Hall, David, The Limits of Coercive Diplomacy
Coercive diplomacy is a beguiling, strategy, a subtle mixture of military pressures and diplomatic concessions. It is often erroneously thought to be a low risk strategy which military strong powers can employ to impose their will upon weaker opponents. Actually, however, this strategy can succeed only under special conditions, such as were present in 1962 when President Kennedy induced Khrushchev to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba. When special conditions of urgency, motivation and timing are not present, as in 1965 when President Johnson initiated bombing of North Vietnam, an effort to employ coercive diplomacy may easily lead to ruinous involvement.Coercive diplomacy is a beguiling, strategy, a subtle mixture of military pressures and diplomatic concessions. It is often erroneously thought to be a low risk strategy which military strong powers can employ to impose their will upon weaker opponents. Actually, however, this strategy can succeed only under special conditions, such as were present in 1962 when President Kennedy induced Khrushchev to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba. When special conditions of urgency, motivation and timing are not present, as in 1965 when President Johnson initiated bombing of North Vietnam, an effort to employ coercive diplomacy may easily lead to ruinous involvement.intervention (international law), diplomacy, united states - foreign relations - 1945-1989, laos, cuba, vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Haran, Peter, Trackers: The untold Story of the Australian Dogs of War (Copy 2)
The tracking lead jerked like a fast jag on a fishhook, Caesar's ears shot up and his shoulders hunched forward. The Viet Cong was fifty yards to my right front, stretching his arms above his head. There were three men at least...and a machine-gun on the track facing me. Scarcely able to breathe, I reeled Caesar back.. and gave a thumbs down. Enemy. And I had them coldThe tracking lead jerked like a fast jag on a fishhook, Caesar's ears shot up and his shoulders hunched forward. The Viet Cong was fifty yards to my right front, stretching his arms above his head. There were three men at least...and a machine-gun on the track facing me. Scarcely able to breathe, I reeled Caesar back.. and gave a thumbs down. Enemy. And I had them coldvietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, dogs - war use -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Veterans Affairs, Memories and Memorabilia: Recognising and Preserving Australia's War Heritage (Copy 1)
Their Service - Our Heritage is the Federal Government's commemorative program which, in the lead-up to the centenary of Federation in 2001, provided all Australians with the opportunity to acknowledge the debt of gratitude we owe to those who served in the Defence of Australia's freedomTheir Service - Our Heritage is the Federal Government's commemorative program which, in the lead-up to the centenary of Federation in 2001, provided all Australians with the opportunity to acknowledge the debt of gratitude we owe to those who served in the Defence of Australia's freedom war memorials - australia - conservation and restoration, veterans - australia - government programs -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Veterans Affairs, Memories and Memorabilia: Recognising and Preserving Australia's War Heritage (Copy 2)
Their Service - Our Heritage is the Federal Government's commemorative program which, in the lead-up to the centenary of Federation in 2001, provided all Australians with the opportunity to acknowledge the debt of gratitude we owe to those who served in the Defence of Australia's freedomTheir Service - Our Heritage is the Federal Government's commemorative program which, in the lead-up to the centenary of Federation in 2001, provided all Australians with the opportunity to acknowledge the debt of gratitude we owe to those who served in the Defence of Australia's freedom war memorials - australia - conservation and restoration, veterans - australia - government programs -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Veterans Affairs, Valuing Our Veterans: Gathering Australia's War Memories (Copy 1)
Their Service - Our Heritage is the Federal Government's commemorative program which, in the lead-up to the centenary of Federation in 2001, provided all Australians with the opportunity to acknowledge the debt of gratitude we owe to those who served in the Defence of Australia's freedomTheir Service - Our Heritage is the Federal Government's commemorative program which, in the lead-up to the centenary of Federation in 2001, provided all Australians with the opportunity to acknowledge the debt of gratitude we owe to those who served in the Defence of Australia's freedom war memorials - australia, veterans -- australia -- government programs -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Veterans Affairs, Valuing our Veterans: Gathering Australia's War Memories (Copy 2)
Their Service - Our Heritage is the Federal Government's commemorative program which, in the lead-up to the centenary of Federation in 2001, provided all Australians with the opportunity to acknowledge the debt of gratitude we owe to those who served in the Defence of Australia's freedomTheir Service - Our Heritage is the Federal Government's commemorative program which, in the lead-up to the centenary of Federation in 2001, provided all Australians with the opportunity to acknowledge the debt of gratitude we owe to those who served in the Defence of Australia's freedom war memorials - australia, veterans - australia - government programs -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Article - Molten lead toothpaste tubes, 1940's
Leaden tooth paste tubes, melted by internees for making batteries for illegal radio. Found in ashes at Camp 1.Leaden tooth paste tubes melted into a solid grey white mass. Screw end of 1 tube at one end.toothpaste tubes, camp 1, battery making -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Miss Liza Munro is one of the young ladies who trained in nursing at Warracknabeal in 1889 & then married Mr Charles Hume -- Studio Portrait
Portrait of two young ladies one of which is Liza Munro trained in nursing at Warracknabeal 1889. Liza married Charles Hume.stawell deep lead -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr Joseph Lawrence Mitchell in WW2 in uniform c1940's
Portrait Joseph Lawrence Mitchell 1940’s in WW2 in uniform.stawell deep lead -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Miss Thelma Mary Jean & Master John Kendall -- Children of Mr Joseph Mitchel & Mrs Rachel Kendall nee Flavell -- Studio Portrait
Portrait Thelma Mary Jean & John Kendall. Children of Joseph and Rachel Mitchellstawell deep lead -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, MrJoseph Mitchell & Mrs Rachel Jane Mitchell nee Flavell
Joseph & Rachel Jane Mitchell (nee Flavell)stawell deep lead -
Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Theatre program, Pete McGynty and the Dreamtime (play) By Keith Michell performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre commencing 1 April 1981
Keith Michell wrote and performs the lead in this play being an Australian play with tones of Ibsen's Peer Gyntpaper program pete mcgynty and the dreamtime, athenaeum theatre, melbourne theatre company, keith michell, henrik ibsen, peer gynt -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Past Student Laurie Bennett
Colour photograph A Male Standing wearing blue shirt and Jean with Hat near a brick plinth with plaque.deep lead school, education -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Turning on the Power 2000
Teachers Ron Bibby, Joan (nee Gardy) EdmondsColour Photograph I Woan and 1 Male Inside a Building. deep lead school, education -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Kath Gilmore - In Party Mood
B/W Portrait of a lady in knee length dress, with pointed hat, in front of brick wall.deep lead school, education -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Keith Boyd
Keith Boyd - Head teacher April 1950 to December 1955B/W Portrait of a male standing, with hands folded behind his back. Trees in backgrounddeep lead school, education