ill, p.128.non-fiction A pictorial history of steam and diesel locomotives in New South Wales.locomotives - new south wales - history, railroad operations - new south wales - history

Ill, p.226.fictionThe theme of this book is the Gallipoli campaign of 1915. These are soldiers tales with a strong masculinity of tone.gallipoli campaign - fiction, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli

Ill, p.197.A comprehensive photographic coverage of Australia's involvement during WWII and highlights the work of two great war photographers. B/W photos. This collection highlights the work of two great World War II photographers and presents an historical analysis of each shot, the photographers' reactions to their subjects, and look at the very nature of the fighting in what was one of the Australian army's greatest tests. world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – new guinea, war photographers - australia

Ill, p.265.non-fictionAn anthology of true life stories from many wars, told by Australians who served in New Zealand, the Sudan, South Africa, China, Mesopotamia, Gallipoli, Palestine, France, North Africa, Crete, Malaya and New Guinea. australian military forces - history, australia - military history

Ill, p.173.non-fictionReg Saunders was the first aboriginal to be commissioned in the Australian armed forces.world war 1939-1945 - australia - aboriginal participation, reg saunders - biography

Ill, p.96.non-fictionThese stories, told in their own words, are a celebration of the way in which partners and families have supported veteran family members, many of whom are challenged with mental illness and substance abuse. veterans - australia - history, veterans - australia - personal stories

Ill, p.40.non-fictionBrief history of the Australian armyaustralia - army - history, australia - history - military

Ill, p.106.non-fictionANZAC Soldiers - More than 75,000 Australians and New Zealanders went to war on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915. They shared a horror, but their courage and deeds on a battlefield of tragic errors and unimaginable suffering helped build a legend, the legend of the Anzacs. The British lost more men on Gallipoli than did the Anzacs. The Anzacs lost more men on the Western Front than they did against the Turks at Gallipoli. Yet, rightly or wrongly, Gallipoli is etched deepest into the Australian and New Zealand psyches. Now, all the original Anzacs, the men of Gallipoli, are gone. This book records the lives of the last of them."--Provided by publisher. More than 75,000 Australians and New Zealanders went to war on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915. They shared a horror, but their courage and deeds on a battlefield of tragic errors and unimaginable suffering helped build a legend, the legend of the Anzacs. The British lost more men on Gallipoli than did the Anzacs. The Anzacs lost more men on the Western Front than they did against the Turks at Gallipoli. Yet, rightly or wrongly, Gallipoli is etched deepest into the Australian and New Zealand psyches. Now, all the original Anzacs, the men of Gallipoli, are gone. This book records the lives of the last of them.anzac - history, anzacs - biographies

Ill, p.560.non-fictionThe Australian Flying Corps (AFC), RAAF and WAAAF have attracted into their ranks many young men and women from the old Shires of Kerang, Cohuna, East Loddon and Gordon in north central Victoria and Wakool in the western Riverina district of New South Wales. This book tells some of their stories and exploits from 1914-1918, 1939-1945 and onwards to the 1990s. royal australian air force - history, royal australian air force - biographies

Ill, p.108non-fictionA look at the role of these Australian - built and Australian - manned ships in WW II. australia - royal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia

ill, p.64.non-fictionA pictorial history of diesel locomotives on the east coast of Australia in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.locomotives -- australia -- pictorial works, railroad operations - australia - history

ill, p.24.non-fictionA history of steam, petrol and diesel powered railcars on the Western Australian Government Railways up to the 1970s.rail motors - western australia - history, railroads - passenger - western australia

ill, p.78.non-fictionA pictorial of diesel locomotives on the South Australia Railways and some private railways.locomotives - south australia - history, railroad operations - south australia - history

Index, p.388.non-fictionThe ignominious fall of Singapore to the Japanese in February 1942 marked the climax of the greatese crisis in Anglo-Australian relations - Britain's inexcusable betrayal of Australia in time of war. Until World War II, Australia had always rushed to the Imperial colours, confident that just as Australian blood was shed for the Mother Country, so too would British Blood be in the defence of Australia. But in 1939 Australia lay wide open to attack, her defences practically non-existent, and she was reluctant to commit her meagre forces overseas. Her objections were overcome, however, by an unequivocal British promise to protect her from a Japanese attack, so she sent troops and ships to the northern hemisphere, leaving Singapore naval base as the cornerstone of her own defence policy. Britain's promise to defend Australia was made with little concern for the possibility of its ever being implemented and, certainly, in 1939 a direct threat to Australia looked unlikely. During 1940 and 1941, however, the threat from Japan increased, while Britain's ability to counter it weakened. Yet the British government resisted calls to strengthen the Far Eastern Defence, continually reassuring Australia that the Japanese threat would not materialize and that, even if it did, Britain could still contain it. Then the inconceivable happened: in December 1941 the Japanese decimated the US fleet at Pearl Harbour and in early 1942 took Singapore, leaving Australia suddenly in immediate peril. But the oft-repeated promise to defend the Dominion came to nought. And, at the most crucial time in Australia's history, Churchill tried to prevent substantial American forces from being sent to the pacific, and even attempted to delay the repatriation of Australian troops needed for defence. Thus Britain deliberately left Australia at the mercy of Japan, using her to divert and delay the Japanese thrust westwards towards India and the Middle East...[inside front and back cover]. This compelling and controversial book reveals how in 1942 Churchill, in an attempt to delay an attack on India, left Australia at the mercy of the Japanese by trying to prevent American forces being sent to the Pacific. Drawing on a wealth of sources, including many previously unavailable to historians, David Day exposes a saga of empty promises and asks serious questions about the past and future relationship between Britain and Australia. Collapse summary worls war 1939-1945 - diplomatic history, australia - foreign relations - britain

map, p.232.non-fictionTells the story of the operations of the German armed merchant raiders in the Second World Warworld war 1939 – 1945 –naval operations - germany, q-ships - germany

ill, p.108.non-fictionA pictorial history of streamlined diesels in Australia with the 'Dilworth' profile nose, from the 1950s to 2004.locomotives -- australia -- history, diesel locomotives - australia - history

ill, p.48.non-fictionA complete photographic profile covering the variations from CL to CLP/CLF of the Clyde-EMD Diesel Electric Locomotive of the Commonwealth Railways from 1970 to 1998.locomotives -- australia -- pictorial works, diesel locomotives - commonwealth railways - australia

ill, p.184.non-fictionA history of the green diesel electric locomotives, the 40 and 41 class on the New South Wales Railways.diesel locomotives - new south wales - history, diesel locomotives - australia - history

ill, p.126.non-fictionA pictorial album of diesel locomotives on the New South Wales Railways, both local and hired in from interstate.diesel locomotives - new south wales - pictorial, railroad operations - new south wales - history

Ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile of the E & L class electric locomotives of the Victorian Railways from 1950 to 1985.electric locomotives - victoria - history, railroad operations - victoria

ill, p.20.non-fictionA history of the Vulcan built railcars operating in New Zealand.railroads - passenger trains - new zealand, railcars - new zealand - history

ill, p.24.non-fictionDetails of locomotives... mostly diesels and electrics... operating in New Zealand.railcars - new zealand - history, locomotives -- new zealand -- history

ill, p.169.non-fictionA history of the Metropolitan Vickers X class diesel electric on the Western Australian Government Railways.railroads - western australia - history, diesel locomotives - western australia - history

Index, p.159.non-fictionExamines the growth of the Commonwealth to independent Dominion status; the use made of that status when Japan attacked; developments in policy up to 1944; and problems of future security ... also progress in the Pacific, the acquisition of New Guinea, the White Australia policy and Australian-American relationsaustralian - foreign relations - 20th century, australia - foreign relations - asia - pacific region

Ill, p.286.non-fictionA moving and explosive account of how Hanoi won the war.Denis Warner details the multiplicity of wars and changes in the international scene.vietnam - history 1945-1975, vietnam war - 1961-1975 - politics and government - australia, vietnam war 1945-1975 – french involvement

Index, p.342.non-fictionAn examination of political and social developments in South East Asia to 1966australia - foreign relations - asia - pacific region, asia - politics and government

Ill, p.264.non-fictionIllustrated experiences of Australians who served in Bomber Commandroyal air force - bomber command, world war ii - air warfare

Ill, p.470.non-fictionThird and concluding volume of Sir James Bissett's 50 years at sea.seafaring life, sir james bissett - biography

Ill, p.220.non-fictionI was editor of The Malaya Tribune, a daily newspaper in Singapore, sleepily okaying Page One when 17 Japanese Zero bombers shattered the night. It was December 8, 1941. Having been fed daily stories full of optimism from London, we in Singapore hadn't an inkling that war with Japan was imminent … I sneaked out when there was a pause in the bombing. Limbs of every description - European, Indian, Chinese, Malay and Eurasian - were everywhere. Parapuram Joseph John - 'John' to all - is given an ultimatum by the Japanese invaders: work for us or face the consequences. He becomes No.2 at the Domei. world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - singapore, personal recollections - joseph john parapuram

Index, p.202.non-fictionProfessor Iriye analyses the origins of the 1941 conflict against the background of international relations in the preceding decade in order to answer the key question: Why did Japan decide to go to war against so formidable a combination of powers? world war 1939-1945 - causes, worls war 1939-1945 - diplomatic history