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Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Henri Troyat, Tolstoy, 1970
... Russian biography...Russian biography Walsh St library Softcover Tolstoy Book Henri Troyat Pelican Books ...Softcoverrussian biography, walsh st library -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumDocument and CD - Biography, Mary Henderson Gerstle et al, Bernhard Hermann Gerstle, 2013
... biography also recounts his employment post-war, marriage in 1952 & his later naturalisation as an Australian citizen. Other material includes Gerstle family history from the perspective of Bernhard's sister & family, who remained in Stuttgart; background on the Gerstle family's Russian origins; and a biography of Oskar Speck, famous kayaker, amongst other things, who was interned along with Bernhard & who became good friends with the family; a brief historical background of the Allied forces/Persia invasion; and extracts of Tatura Camp 3 internee Helga Griffin's book, "Sing Me That Lovely Song Again". ...biography also recounts his employment post-war, marriage in 1952 & his later naturalisation as an Australian citizen. Other material includes Gerstle family history from the perspective of Bernhard's sister & family, who remained in Stuttgart; background on the Gerstle family's Russian origins; and a biography of Oskar Speck, famous kayaker, amongst other things, who was interned along with Bernhard & who became good friends with the family; a brief historical background of the Allied forces/Persia invasion; and extracts of Tatura Camp 3 internee Helga Griffin's book, "Sing Me That Lovely Song Again". camp 1 tatura loveday world-war-two internment-camps Folder: Bernhard Hermann Gerstle/ Gerstle Family/ Loveday and Tatura Internment Camps 1941-1946/ Sydney 1946-1978/ Compiled by Mary Henderson 2013 CD: BH Gerstle; 1941 - Interned by British/ 1941-1946 - Internee at Loveday SA, Tatura VIC/ Sydney 1946-1978. ...Bernhard Gerstle & his family (parents & siblings) were German nationals working in Tehran, Iran upon the outbreak of World War II. In 1941, after the installation of a pro-British ruler to the Persian throne, all German nationals were targeted as threats to national security. The women and children evacuated to Stuttgart, Germany via Turkey, while the men were handed over to British forces. Bernhard was taken by ship (the SS Rona) to Bombay & then to Australia (on the SS Rangitiki). He was then marched in to Loveday internment camp 10, South Australia. In January 1945 the German & Italian internees at Loveday were transferred to Tatura Camp 1. Bernhard remained there until after the war & his eventual release, on 29th August 1946. Bernhard chose & was granted permission to remain in Australia post-war, as did many civilian internees, after their examination by a Committee of Inquiry which investigated their political leanings & other criteria for their supposed suitability as Australian residents. The biography also recounts his employment post-war, marriage in 1952 & his later naturalisation as an Australian citizen. Other material includes Gerstle family history from the perspective of Bernhard's sister & family, who remained in Stuttgart; background on the Gerstle family's Russian origins; and a biography of Oskar Speck, famous kayaker, amongst other things, who was interned along with Bernhard & who became good friends with the family; a brief historical background of the Allied forces/Persia invasion; and extracts of Tatura Camp 3 internee Helga Griffin's book, "Sing Me That Lovely Song Again". Black plastic A4 display folder. CD soft case with CD. Folder contains printed biographical information regarding Bernhard Hermann Gerstle. CD contains copies of same documents and also copies of photographs of Bernhard & the Gerstle family. Folder: Bernhard Hermann Gerstle/ Gerstle Family/ Loveday and Tatura Internment Camps 1941-1946/ Sydney 1946-1978/ Compiled by Mary Henderson 2013 CD: BH Gerstle; 1941 - Interned by British/ 1941-1946 - Internee at Loveday SA, Tatura VIC/ Sydney 1946-1978. camp 1, tatura, loveday, world-war-two, internment-camps -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNegative - Photograph, Russell Yeoman, Stanhope, 10 Peter Street, Eltham, c.Sep. 2000
... Biography and father of the famous novelist and essayist Virginia Woolf. John Harcourt, novelist and music critic, rented 'Stanhope 'while he and his wife Fay were building 'Clay Nuneham' (mudbrick) at the foot of Stanhope Hill near the creek. Nina Christesen, academic and founding editor of Melbourne Slavonic Studies, was Head of the Department of Russian...Biography and father of the famous novelist and essayist Virginia Woolf. John Harcourt, novelist and music critic, rented 'Stanhope 'while he and his wife Fay were building 'Clay Nuneham' (mudbrick) at the foot of Stanhope Hill near the creek. Nina Christesen, academic and founding editor of Melbourne Slavonic Studies, was Head of the Department of Russian ...Clem Christesen wrote a brief history of "Stanhope" which was reproduced in EDHS Newsletter No. 162 May 2005. STANHOPE HOUSE is situated on the crest of Stanhope Hill about ten minutes' walk westward from the Eltham railway station and is bounded by Peter, Fay and Stanhope Streets. The original property, comprising 15 ½ acres with a frontage on Diamond Creek, was bought in about 1900 by Will Longstaff (b. 1878, d London 1953), official war artist during World War I, who became famous for his painting 'The Ghosts of Menin Gate', France which is now in the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. The main residence, designed by Desbrowe Annear, was built of jarrah, with stucco walls and floors of Tasmanian hardwood The rooms were panelled with Californian redwood (sequoia). Away from house was a cottage (used as a studio), and stables, dairy and meat house. In 1919 Mr Theo. Handfield bought the property from Mrs Longstaff. On New Year 's Day 1924 most of the estate (eighty blocks) was auctioned. Bishop Reginald Stephen, Warden of Trinity College and distinguished scholar, bought the house and five acres in 1928. Dr and Mrs C.B. Christesen became the new owners in 1946 and subsequently extended the house on the north and south sides. 'Stanhope 'has had many very interesting art and literary associations. When Will Longstaff occupied it - he was a cousin of another well-known painter, Sir John Longstaff- various leading artists of the period, including Walter Withers who lived nearby, were frequent visitors. A son of Mr and Mrs Handfield, John, became a journalist and author, and now lives with his wife Esta at Homestead Road, Eltham. Bishop Stephen was related to Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904), one of the great representative minds of Victorian Britain, first editor of the monumental Dictionary of National Biography and father of the famous novelist and essayist Virginia Woolf. John Harcourt, novelist and music critic, rented 'Stanhope 'while he and his wife Fay were building 'Clay Nuneham' (mudbrick) at the foot of Stanhope Hill near the creek. Nina Christesen, academic and founding editor of Melbourne Slavonic Studies, was Head of the Department of Russian Language and Literature, University of Melbourne, from 1946 to 1977. Clem Christesen, poet, short story writer and painter, founded Australia's leading literary journal Meanjin Quarterly in 1940 and remained editor until 1975. Very many distinguished Australian and foreign writers, artists and academics-from Nobel prize-winning novelist Patrick White to the world's leading cellist Mstislav Rostropovich - have visited 'Stanhope ' over the years. The extensive garden is said to be one of the loveliest in Eltham. The main entrance is by way of Diamond and Peter Streets. film - kodak gc 400-6, russell yeoman collection, scan - 35mm negative, bishop stephen, clem christesen, eltham, nina mikhailovna christesen, peter street, stanhope, theo handfield, will longstaff -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, LATCHFORD Mark, "LETTERS TO LILY VALE, ERNEST LATCHFORD MBE MC, in France, Persia, and Russia, 1916-1919", 2020
... Biography Correspondence written to fiancee and later wife. Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, black and white print on front, spine and book cover illustrated with montage of photographs in yellow sepia colours. Portrait, House, landscape with buildings in background. 328 pages, semi gloss white, illustrated black and white photographs and colour maps. "LETTERS TO LILY VALE, ERNEST LATCHFORD MBE MC, in France, Persia, and Russia ...Collection of transcribed correspondence written by Ern Latchford from 1916-1919, nearly all addressed to his fiancee and later wife, Linda Dehnert of 'Lily Vale' Ballan.Correspondence written to fiancee and later wife. Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, black and white print on front, spine and book cover illustrated with montage of photographs in yellow sepia colours. Portrait, House, landscape with buildings in background. 328 pages, semi gloss white, illustrated black and white photographs and colour maps.book, letters, ww1, biography -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Hodder and Stoughton, German boy : a refugee's story, 2002
... Biography In the Third Reich young Wolfgang Samuel and his family are content but alone. The father, a Luftwaffe officer, is away fighting the Allies in the West. In 1945 as Berlin and nearby communities crumble, young Wolfgang, his mother Hedy, and his little sister Ingrid flee the advancing Russian army. ...In the Third Reich young Wolfgang Samuel and his family are content but alone. The father, a Luftwaffe officer, is away fighting the Allies in the West. In 1945 as Berlin and nearby communities crumble, young Wolfgang, his mother Hedy, and his little sister Ingrid flee the advancing Russian army. They have no inkling of the chaos ahead. The boy and his mother must prevail over hunger and despair, or die." "In Strasburg, a small town north of Berlin where they find refuge, Wolfgang begins to comprehend the evils the Nazi regime has brought to Germany. As the Reich collapses, mother, son, and little sister flee again just ahead of the Russian charge.Ill, p.357.non-fictionIn the Third Reich young Wolfgang Samuel and his family are content but alone. The father, a Luftwaffe officer, is away fighting the Allies in the West. In 1945 as Berlin and nearby communities crumble, young Wolfgang, his mother Hedy, and his little sister Ingrid flee the advancing Russian army. They have no inkling of the chaos ahead. The boy and his mother must prevail over hunger and despair, or die." "In Strasburg, a small town north of Berlin where they find refuge, Wolfgang begins to comprehend the evils the Nazi regime has brought to Germany. As the Reich collapses, mother, son, and little sister flee again just ahead of the Russian charge.world war 1939-1945 - refugees, wolfgang samuel - biography -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Sidgwick & Jackson, Behind Russian lines : an Afghan journal, 1983
... Afghanistan - Soviet occupation 1979-1889 Journalists - Britain - Biography Account of a journalists experience behind the lines in the Russian Afghanistan conflict Ill, maps, p.194. ...Account of a journalists experience behind the lines in the Russian Afghanistan conflictIll, maps, p.194.non-fictionAccount of a journalists experience behind the lines in the Russian Afghanistan conflictafghanistan - soviet occupation 1979-1889, journalists - britain - biography -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Quentin Reynolds, Only the stars are neutral, 1942
... World War 1939-1945 - Personal narratives Quentin Reynolds - Biography The author's account of his experiences of Russia's rally to stop the Nazi invasion, his personal history of the first months of the invasion, a plane trip to Cairo with Ambassador Steinhardt and party, and the Libyan campaign. p.277. ...The author's account of his experiences of Russia's rally to stop the Nazi invasion, his personal history of the first months of the invasion, a plane trip to Cairo with Ambassador Steinhardt and party, and the Libyan campaign.p.277.non-fictionThe author's account of his experiences of Russia's rally to stop the Nazi invasion, his personal history of the first months of the invasion, a plane trip to Cairo with Ambassador Steinhardt and party, and the Libyan campaign. world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives, quentin reynolds - biography -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: THE LIFE OF PETER THE GREAT
... Biography...peter the great...Lydia Chancellor... collection... Peter the Great... The Life of Peter the Great... person... individual... male... Russian history... Russia...BOOKS Biography peter the great Lydia Chancellor collection Peter the Great The Life of Peter the Great person individual male Russian history Russia Czars Ward & Lock's Penny Biographies Biographical Series biographies Ward & Lock's Penny Books for the People famous people penny books advertisements A book titled 'The Life of Peter the Great Czar of Russia. ...A book titled 'The Life of Peter the Great Czar of Russia. The founder of a mighty power; a working king; sparing neither his country, his people, nor himself, in the effort to regenerate his empire.' London : Ward, Lock & Co., Salisbury Square, E.C. 385 - 400 pgs. This booklet is one of a series of 53 ' Ward & Lock's Penny Books for the People.' 'Biographical Series.' Price one penny. There are also advertisements of note.books, biography, peter the great, lydia chancellor, collection, peter the great, the life of peter the great, person, individual, male, russian history, russia, czars, ward & lock's penny biographies, biographical series, biographies, ward & lock's penny books for the people, famous people, penny books, advertisements -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - SOUVENIR OF MY SECOND TOUR OF THE WORLD 1924, 1925
... BIOGRAPHY highlights of a world tour. G. A. Pethard My Second Tour of the World. 1924. By G.A. Pethard Printed by The Cambridge Press, Bendigo. 1925. Includes b/w photographs and a hand drawn map. Travel book to "...afford much information on subjects and places not generally known and help readers to better appreciate the marvels of other lands'' (taken from the preface) Countries visited: Ceylon (Sri Lanka) India Malaya (Malaysia) Batavia, Java (Indonesia) China Hong Kong Japan Manchuria (China and Russia) Siberia (Russia) Russia Finland Sweden Norway England (England and Scotland and Wales) Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) South Africa (South Africa and Zimbabwe) Item note: With the author's compliments... ...My Second Tour of the World. 1924. By G.A. Pethard Printed by The Cambridge Press, Bendigo. 1925. Includes b/w photographs and a hand drawn map. Travel book to "...afford much information on subjects and places not generally known and help readers to better appreciate the marvels of other lands'' (taken from the preface) Countries visited: Ceylon (Sri Lanka) India Malaya (Malaysia) Batavia, Java (Indonesia) China Hong Kong Japan Manchuria (China and Russia) Siberia (Russia) Russia Finland Sweden Norway England (England and Scotland and Wales) Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) South Africa (South Africa and Zimbabwe) Item note: With the author's compliments... [handwritten] Mr. J. Thomas, Golden Square As the pages are not numbered, it is uncertain if any pages are missing from the front of the book. The first page talks about Ceylon. It makes no mention of Fremantle. However, Fremantle is noted on the map. 3 copiesG. A. Pethardbiography, highlights of a world tour. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - PROGRAMME NO. 5 FOR A PERFORMANCE OF VIOLINIST LEO CHERNIAVSKY
... . / Price 6d / Dorothy Mendoza at the Piano / Violinist's biography is on the back page - born in Russia /date of programme is post 1906.... / Price 6d / Dorothy Mendoza at the Piano / Violinist's biography is on the back page - born in Russia /date of programme is post 1906 Document PROGRAMME NO. 5 FOR A PERFORMANCE OF VIOLINIST LEO CHERNIAVSKY ...small cream coloured paper programme No. 5 for a Performance of Leo Cherniavsky - Violinist with dark blue print and Violinist photo on front / . / Price 6d / Dorothy Mendoza at the Piano / Violinist's biography is on the back page - born in Russia /date of programme is post 1906event, music, concert, leo cherniavsky / dorothy mendoza at the piano -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumBook - Biography, George Michael Larin 1916 to 2008, 2013
... A biography of G. M. Larin of his life from Russia to Australia and his family. ...A biography of G. M. Larin of his life from Russia to Australia and his family. ...Written by N. M. Larin. A biography of G. M. Larin of his life from Russia to Australia and his family. Interesting story of post war migration and WW2 resettlement of European displaced persons in Australia.On front cover rural scene and channel and photograph of G. M. Larin. On Back cover story of life of G. M. Larin and photographs as a young man.larin family history, george michael larin -
Unions BallaratBoris Yeltsin: From Bolshevik to Democrat (Don Woodward Collection), Morrison, John, 1991
... Biography...Yeltsin, Boris...Politics and government - Soviet Union/Russia...Russia. Biographical interest - Boris Yeltsin. BTLC Ballarat Trades Hall ballarat trades and labour council Biography Yeltsin, Boris Politics and government - Soviet Union/Russia Book; 303 pages. ...Story of Yeltsin's political career. Yeltsin was a Soviet/Russian politician who also served as President from 1991-1999.Politics and government - Soviet Union/Russia. Biographical interest - Boris Yeltsin.Book; 303 pages. Dustjacket: blue background; colour pictures of Boris Yeltsin; white and blue lettering; author's name and title. Cover: blue background; silver lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, biography, yeltsin, boris, politics and government - soviet union/russia -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Collection of Fictional Stories, Anatole France, Crainquebille Putois Riquet, 1915
... biographies of prominent French women and translations of major French authors such as Anatole France. She translated several of France's titles for The Bodley Head, including The Life of Joan of Arc and Clio, and edited WWI-era anthologies aiding French and Russian relief efforts....biographies of prominent French women and translations of major French authors such as Anatole France. She translated several of France's titles for The Bodley Head, including The Life of Joan of Arc and Clio, and edited WWI-era anthologies aiding French and Russian relief efforts. ...The story "Crainquebille" is the title piece and the book's best-known story; it follows an elderly Parisian street peddler wrongly accused of insulting a policeman. The court examination is characterised by the accused's silence in the face of an intimidating judicial system, with the president answering his own questions. It's a sharp satire of French justice and how the poor are treated by the legal system arguably France's most famous piece of social criticism. "Putois" is a lighter, whimsical fable. It's about a family that invents a fictional handyman as a convenient excuse, and the lie takes on a life of its own, spreading through the town until it seems poised to become real a wry meditation on how rumours and convenient lies can calcify into truth. "Riquet" concerns the philosophical dog belonging to the character Monsieur Bergeret, who appears to be a recurring figure in France's fiction, presented here along with "The Meditations of Riquet" as connected pieces. The volume also gathers several shorter tales: "The Necktie," "The Montil Manœuvres," "Émile," "Adrienne Buquet," "The Intaglio," "La Signora Chiara," "Upright Judges," "The Ocean Christ," and the "Jean Marteau" sequence, among others.Hard cover book. Crainquebille Putois Riquet Author: Anatole France Editor: Frederic Chapman Publisher: The Bodley Head/John Lane Translation : Winifred Stephens Date: 1915 Further Information: Red Cloth hardcover with lettering and patterning to spine in gilt. The spine has a Library label with an inscription. fictionThe story "Crainquebille" is the title piece and the book's best-known story; it follows an elderly Parisian street peddler wrongly accused of insulting a policeman. The court examination is characterised by the accused's silence in the face of an intimidating judicial system, with the president answering his own questions. It's a sharp satire of French justice and how the poor are treated by the legal system arguably France's most famous piece of social criticism. "Putois" is a lighter, whimsical fable. It's about a family that invents a fictional handyman as a convenient excuse, and the lie takes on a life of its own, spreading through the town until it seems poised to become real a wry meditation on how rumours and convenient lies can calcify into truth. "Riquet" concerns the philosophical dog belonging to the character Monsieur Bergeret, who appears to be a recurring figure in France's fiction, presented here along with "The Meditations of Riquet" as connected pieces. The volume also gathers several shorter tales: "The Necktie," "The Montil Manœuvres," "Émile," "Adrienne Buquet," "The Intaglio," "La Signora Chiara," "Upright Judges," "The Ocean Christ," and the "Jean Marteau" sequence, among others.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, crainquebille putois riquet, anatole france -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedBook - Quite Special, 2004
... Women Lucy Hiam Mallika Kishen Maureen Parsons Bernice Mere Morris Susan Jennison Biographies of four women with very different backgrounds whose lives are entwined by elements of excitement, historical events, culture, humour and adventurous lifestyles. This book explores the lives of these women, a Chinese woman, the daughter of a diplomat who lived in many different parts of the world, an Australian born woman who lived in China and Russia, an Indian woman, who married and moved to the United States and a New Zealander, a former defence service member who became a world traveller. ...Biographies of four women with very different backgrounds whose lives are entwined by elements of excitement, historical events, culture, humour and adventurous lifestyles. This book explores the lives of these women, a Chinese woman, the daughter of a diplomat who lived in many different parts of the world, an Australian born woman who lived in China and Russia, an Indian woman, who married and moved to the United States and a New Zealander, a former defence service member who became a world traveller.Paperback book with pictures of the four women featured in the booknon-fictionBiographies of four women with very different backgrounds whose lives are entwined by elements of excitement, historical events, culture, humour and adventurous lifestyles. This book explores the lives of these women, a Chinese woman, the daughter of a diplomat who lived in many different parts of the world, an Australian born woman who lived in China and Russia, an Indian woman, who married and moved to the United States and a New Zealander, a former defence service member who became a world traveller.women, lucy hiam, mallika kishen, maureen parsons, bernice mere morris, susan jennison -
Embroiderers Guild, VictoriaTextile - Russian Style Cross Stitch Mat, Kathleen Blanche Hayes (nee Gawler)
... Biography in the Archives. Design appears ethnic and is said to be Russian....Biography in the Archives. Design appears ethnic and is said to be Russian. Embroidery Cross stitch Mats Cream linen mat with red and blue cross-stitch design of small stylized birds in the Russian style. ...The mat was embroidered by the donor's aunt, Kathleen Blanche Hayes (nee Gawler). Biography in the Archives. Design appears ethnic and is said to be Russian.Cream linen mat with red and blue cross-stitch design of small stylized birds in the Russian style.embroidery, cross stitch, mats -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Short Story Collection, Count Leo Tolstoy, Sebastopol, Circa 1932
... Russian novelist and moral philosopher, later world-famous for War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Sebastopol was an early work, written when he was 26–27 and fresh from the war itself; it's often read as the seed of the panoramic battle writing he'd perfect a decade later in War and Peace, and as one of the first pieces of properly "realist" war reporting-as-literature in European fiction. The editor was Ivan Lepinski, and his biography...Russian novelist and moral philosopher, later world-famous for War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Sebastopol was an early work, written when he was 26–27 and fresh from the war itself; it's often read as the seed of the panoramic battle writing he'd perfect a decade later in War and Peace, and as one of the first pieces of properly "realist" war reporting-as-literature in European fiction. The editor was Ivan Lepinski, and his biography ..."Sebastopol" is the English title given to Tolstoy's Sevastopol Sketches, which consist of three connected short stories: "Sevastopol in December," "Sevastopol in May," and "Sevastopol in August." These stories record Tolstoy's own experiences during the 1854–55 siege of Sevastopol in Crimea, published in 1855. Tolstoy served as an artillery officer at the siege, and the sketches move from a second-person guided "tour" of the besieged city through an increasingly unsentimental, often brutal picture of battle. The second sketch examines the senselessness and vanity of war, and Tolstoy famously closes by declaring truth itself the only hero of the account.Hard cover book. Sebastopol Author: Leo Tolstoy Editor/Translator: Ivan Lepinski Publisher: Collins Clear-Type Press Date: Circa 1932 Further Information: Mauve Cloth hardcover & brown spine with lettering and patterning to spine in gilt. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.fiction"Sebastopol" is the English title given to Tolstoy's Sevastopol Sketches, which consist of three connected short stories: "Sevastopol in December," "Sevastopol in May," and "Sevastopol in August." These stories record Tolstoy's own experiences during the 1854–55 siege of Sevastopol in Crimea, published in 1855. Tolstoy served as an artillery officer at the siege, and the sketches move from a second-person guided "tour" of the besieged city through an increasingly unsentimental, often brutal picture of battle. The second sketch examines the senselessness and vanity of war, and Tolstoy famously closes by declaring truth itself the only hero of the account.book, sebastopol, tolstoy, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road
