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Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Baxter, Annie (1816-1905), Memories of Tasmania and of the Macleay River and New England districts of New South Wales and of Port Fairy in the western district of Port Phillip, 1834-1848, 1980
... Eastern Australia. Social life... `xii, 88 p. ; appendix; 33 cm. Eastern Australia. Social life ...They are the reminiscences of an English army officer's daughter who also was the wife of another such officer, and who by a chance of army life had become an antipodite. They cover the years between 1834, ... and 1848, ... They relate almost entirely to Australia, for she spent thirteen of those years either in Tasmania or in the Macleay River district of New South Wales or at Port Fairy in the Port Phillip district ...'`xii, 88 p. ; appendix; 33 cm.They are the reminiscences of an English army officer's daughter who also was the wife of another such officer, and who by a chance of army life had become an antipodite. They cover the years between 1834, ... and 1848, ... They relate almost entirely to Australia, for she spent thirteen of those years either in Tasmania or in the Macleay River district of New South Wales or at Port Fairy in the Port Phillip district ...'eastern australia. social life, 1834-1848. personal observations. | australia -- social life and customs. | australia -- history -- 1788-1900. | macleay river region (n.s.w.) -- history. -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Rural Australia and the Great War - From Tarrawingee to Tangambalanga, John McQuilton, 2001
This publication covers common issues of life in Australia during World War 1, such as recruitment, fundraising, conscription, homecomings and the construction of memorials. However it is unique in that these aspects of war are examined through a focus on rural communities in North Eastern Victoria. The first chapter describes the region and its towns at the outbreak of war, then discusses the fracturing impact of war on different groups within these communities. It paints an interesting social history at a critical time in Australia's development. John Quilton is a native of North Eastern Victoria, having been born in Yackandandah and educated in Tangambalanga and Wodonga. He was a senior member of the Bicentennial History Project at the University of New South Wales, and head of the History and Politics Program at the University of Wollongong.This book consists of 275 pages including photos and a map, as well as an extensive bibliography. The cover depicts a soldier and his family and a country town streetscape on the back.This publication covers common issues of life in Australia during World War 1, such as recruitment, fundraising, conscription, homecomings and the construction of memorials. However it is unique in that these aspects of war are examined through a focus on rural communities in North Eastern Victoria. The first chapter describes the region and its towns at the outbreak of war, then discusses the fracturing impact of war on different groups within these communities. It paints an interesting social history at a critical time in Australia's development. John Quilton is a native of North Eastern Victoria, having been born in Yackandandah and educated in Tangambalanga and Wodonga. He was a senior member of the Bicentennial History Project at the University of New South Wales, and head of the History and Politics Program at the University of Wollongong.world war 1, rural conditions australia 1914, world war 1 social conditions australia, tangambalanga world war 1