Index, notes, ill (b/w plates) (maps).non-fictionA tribute to the servicemen and women of the past, and peacekeepers of the present, in the Australian Army, Navy and Air Force. Begins with the Boer War, goes on to cover the Boxers conflict in China, the First and Second World Wars, Malayan emergency, Korean War, Indonesia, Vietnam War, also the Gulf War, and East Timor. australia - armed forces - history, australia - history - military

Index, ill (b/w plates), p.342.non-fictionThe story of Douglas Bader's life is the stuff of legend. After losing both his legs in a flying accident he returned to the RAF at the beginning the Second World War to become Britain's most famous airman and hero. In the Battle of Britain he led his squadron of Spitfires to kill after kill, keeping them going with his unstoppable banter. Shot down in occupied France, his German captors had to confiscate his tin legs in order to stop him trying to escape. And Bader faced it all, disability, leadership and capture, with a charm and determination that was to become an inspiration to all around himbader douglas - biography, battle of britain - history

Index, ill (B/W plates), p.726.non-fictionIn 'Prisoners of War' dozens of interviews with former POWs are used to show the strength and courage of Australians taken prisoner in World War I, World War II and the Korean War. This book was written for those who know little of the experiences of these men and women; their courage, endurance and pain.australia - military history, australia - prisoners of war

Index, ill (b/w) (col), 417.p.non-fictionourneying through time and place, author Garrie Hutchinson visits the battlefields where Australians have fought, in both World Wars, Vietnam, Korea, and others.battlefields - guidebooks, battlefields - australia

Index, maps, ill(b/w), p.285.non-fictionA narrative history illustrated by photographs from the Nation's Archives by A.K. MacDougall, which include the Boer War, World War I, World War II, Korea War, Malaya War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Battle of Britain, Mediterranean War, Tobruk, Battle of the Coral Sea, Desert War, Gallipoli, Dardanelles and diggers. With a list of VC (Victoria Cross) awards from Australia and New Zealand.australia - history - military, australian army - history

ill (b/w plates), charts, p.187.non-fictionThe standard reference work of RAF camouflage and markings on all sorts of aircraftairplanes - military - markings - great britain, airplanes - identification - great britain

Index, ill (b/w), maps, p.243.non-fictionThis is an account of the entire course of Nelsons career as a fighting seaman. His genius, his many sided personality comes alive on these pages. nelson horatio - military leadership, trafalgar - battle of - 1805

Index, Bibliography, ill (b/w), p.108.non-fictionThis book tells the story of the Royal Australian Navy in the years following the Second World War - an optomistic and confident period following the commissioning of Australia's first aircraft carrierroyal australian navy - aviation history, royal australian navy - history

Index, ill (b/w plates), p.362.non-fictionAt 11:28 a.m. on Saturday, August 12, 2000, high in the Arctic Circle under the roiling surface of the unforgiving Barents Sea, Captain Gennady Lyachin was taking the Kursk, the pride of Russia's elite Northern Fleet, through the last steps of firing a practice torpedo, part of an elaborate naval exercise. Suddenly, the torpedo exploded in a massive fireball, instantly incinerating all seven men in the submarine's forward compartment. The horror, however, was just beginning. The full, gripping story of the remarkable drama inside the Kursk and of the desperate rescue efforts has never been told - until now.russian submarine kursk explosion, submarine disasters - russia

Index, notes, ill (b/w), p.228.non-fictionA history of the Brigade from its foundation in Victoria, arranged into chapters each dealing with the work of an individual commissioner. Includes illustrations.st john ambulance brigade - victorian district, ambulance services

Index, bibliography, ill (b/w), p.276.non-fictionThis is a story not only of the War Widows Guild but of the telling of energy, released through grief, of women fighting for their children and their mateswar widows guild of australia - history, vasey jessie mary, 1897-1966

Index, bibliography, ill (b/w), p.185.non-fictionA description of Albert Coates and of his imprisonment as a prisoner of the Japanese in Sumatra, Burma and Thailandprisoners of war - australia, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia

Index. bibliography, ill (b/w) p.193.non-fictionThe Owen gun had a great influence on Australia's role on world war two. This book explains its evolution and the role of Evelyn Owen, its inventor.submachine guns, owen submachine gun

Index, Notes, ill (b/w), p.258.non-fictionThis book explores the propagandist tendency in Australian war writing in promoting nationalist tendencies.war and literature - australia, literary criticism - australia

The gold diggings at Bendigo where F.J. Rose tried his luck between 1853 and 1858. B&W photograph on cardboard of the diggings, probably Bendigo On back of photo: written in pencil: 'Diggings/Bingo/1868/Mr Rose was there before ventured out to school' f. j. rose, diggings, deaf children australia

B&W negative of the Boys Physical Drill Classes On label on packet "Boys' and Girls' Physical Drill Classes/1893/Photorestorations & copies, Beverley/ Crosby and Peter King, 1989" deaf children australia, vddi, victorian deaf and dumb institution, pupils, education, physical drill classes

B&W negative of girls in their physical drill classes deaf children australia, dca, victorian deaf & dumb institution, vddi, education, physical drill classes, girls, sport

record of township 1920'sB/W photo, Buninyong, from crossroads, 1924buninyong, crown hotel, learmonth st., warrenheip st, caffrey's shoeing forge, buninyong hotel

record of township 1920'sB/W photo, Buninyong, from crossroads, 1924buninyong

Mary Jean Park, b.1841 - d.1935tatura, park j, locals, costume, female

Copy of photo of Kormoran crew survivors. B&Wphotography, photograph, slides, film

Photo of POW Otto Jurgensen at Camp13Copy of B&W photograph of member of Kormoran crewphotography, photograph, slides, film

The Sale Methodist Church was opened in 1865. It was replaced with a new church in 1965.B & W exterior view of the Sale Methodist Church. sale, methodist church, apse, painted arch

In 1889 the Wesleyan Conference resolved that the Corryong & Cudgewa Home Mission Stations should be made a circuit.B & W exterior view of the Cudgewa Methodist Church.cudgewa methodist church

The Corryong Methodist Church opened in 1939 by Rev. T.C. Rentoul, the Superintendent of Home Missions.B & W exterior view of the Corryong Methodist Church.corryong methodist church, rev. t.c. rentoul, superintendent of home missions