Little has been written previously about this technical group of men and women and that their duties were under insurmountable difficulties which they faced and overcome in conditions that were encountered in the desert and jungle warfare. Without their constant and never ending services, the task of the force in bringing to a close this fight for freedom would have been greatly handicapped.An outline of the Australian Signals Corps over the years from the campaign in the Middle East to the present day of the victories in New Guinea. A tribute to the corps that stayed on duty every hour of every day providing and maintaining vital communication channels.Signals - Story of the Australian Corps of Signals. Green front and back hardcover with black text and insignia. Photographs, cartoons, illustrations and poems. The inside front and back covers have a photograph montage in green sepia.signal corps, wwii, c.h.simpson, motorcycle couriers, signals 7 australian division, lt.commander b.t.r chadd, palestine, spark plug, semiphore, morse code, field radio, a.i.f, british signals corps, pieter mersk, breconshire corp signals, new guinea, malaysa, singapore, switchboard, carrier pigeons, linesmen, gaza signal office

A coolamon is an Indigenous Australian carrying vessel. It is a multi-purpose shallow vessel, or dish with curved sides, ranging in length from 30–70 cm, and similar in shape to a canoe. Coolamons or pitchis were traditionally used by Aboriginal women to carry water, fruits, nuts, as well as to cradle babies. The necessary tools and equipment for hunting, fishing and warfare were one of the very few items that Aboriginals carried with them from place to place. Most were used for a multiplicity of purposes. Because many were made from raw natural materials, such as wood, generally only partial remains are found today. This container is an example of an implement used by the early Indigenous people of Eastern Australia.A large shallow elongated hand-made wooden receptacle used by Australian aborigines as a container for food and drink or for carrying babies.pitchi coolamon aboriginal container

"Homefront" is the name of the group of chainsaw statues in Greensborough's War Memorial Park. Banyule Council initiated the project. The sculptures were designed by Amanda Gibson, carved by Hikaru Kodama and Leigh Conkie. This sculpture "Modern Warfare" shows two soldiers standing back to back. These soldiers are a symbol of strength and the ability to focus. And a reminder that Australian soldiers are currently deployed overseas. Women have been on the front line since 2016. She wears the uniform worn in East Timor. The male wears the uniform from Afghanistan. The Homefront project replaces Leigh Conkie's original chainsaw sculptures in War Memorial Park.Digital copy of colour photographsgreensborough war memorial park, war memorials, homefront project

Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.628.non-fictionThe Australian experience of war in all its complexity - from the homefront as well as the battlefront - as the men and women who experienced it chose to understand and remember it. The Great War is, for many Australians, the event that defined our nation. The larrikin diggers, trench warfare, and the landing at Gallipoli have become the stuff of the Anzac legend. But it was also a war fought by the families at home. Their resilience in the face of hardship, their stoic acceptance of enormous casualty lists and their belief that their cause was just, made the war effort possible. This book brings together all the dimensions of World War I. Combining deep scholarship with powerful storytelling, this book brings the war years to life: from the well-known battles at Gallipoli, Pozieres, Fromelles and Villers-Bretonneux, to the lesser known battles in Europe and the Middle East; from the ferocious debates over conscription to the disillusioning Paris peace conference and the devastating Spanish flu the soldiers brought home. We witness the fear and courage of tens of thousands of soldiers, grapple with the strategic nightmares confronting the commanders, and come to understand the impact on Australians at home and at the front of death on an unprecedented scale. A century after the Great War, this book brings lucid insight into the dramatic events, mass grief and political turmoil that makes the memory of this terrible war central to Australia's history.world war 1914-1918- australia - history, world war 1914-1918 - social conditions

Index, bibliography, notes, ill, p.349.non-fictionSurprisingly, as we near the 100th anniversary of the legendary Gallipoli campaign, this is the first book solely dedicated to one of its key battles - that at Lone Pine, where Australian and Turkish soldiers fought an ultimately futile battle that claimed thousands of lives in incredibly close quarters. Seven Victoria Crosses were earned by Australia's Anzacs in the intense four days of fighting, in pursuit of a flawed strategy to distract Turkish forces from larger incursions, which themselves failed. David W. Cameron has pulled together first-hand accounts from the men and women involved (including from the Turkish army) to detail what transpired and to follow some of their personal stories throughout the ordeal. By including the stories of non-combatants, such as engineers, nurses, sappers, commanders and more, he not only gives due credit to those who labored in support of the troops, but provides a wider understanding of the mammoth undertaking of such warfare. Many Australians travel to the Lone Pine Memorial and Cemetery each year to commemorate Anzac Day and remember the fallen - this work of popular history highlights the fate of those who fought on the very ground where they gather. Most Australian have heard of Lone Pine. Too few know why. Over four days in August 1915, Australians and Turks were thrown into some of the fiercest fighting of the war, on a small plateau in Gallipoli known as Lone Pine. Thousands of lives were lost. Seven of Australia's nine Gallipoli VCs were earned during brutal hand-to-hand combat in dark tunnels and in trenches just metres apart, bombarded by terrifying volleys of grenades. The Battle for Lone Pine is the first book devoted to this cornerstone of the Anzac legend, drawing on unforgettable first-hand accounts scratched into diaries and letters home. The stories of the diggers, as well as the engineers, nurses, sappers, commanders and more, provide an invaluable record of the battle and serve as moving testimony to their courage in appalling conditions. Today, pine trees are planted in remembrance around Australia. In Gallipoli, the Lone Pine Cemetery and Memorial attracts large crowds to commemorate Anzac Day. David W. Cameron's absorbing history reveals the fate of those who fought on the ground where they gather. 'David Cameron not only leads the way for the battalions of books on Australia in World War I to come in the next six years, he sets a standard for authors to emulate'world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli, gallipoli campaign - battles - lone pine

non-fictionTraces three periods of Hanrahan's practice: early development; first major period of printmaking 1963 to 1967 and her second since 1967. Focuses on major themes and motifs and contains a small proportion of images made since 1960, many exploring her family and womens' lives. These themes and the tactile quality of her practice are woven into her 9 published novels, and text often appears in the prints. Includes list of solo exhibitions, a bibliography and biographical details.printmaking, lithography, etching, linocut, screenprinting, wood engraving, writing, sexuality, family, identity, drypoint, popular culture, body, motherhood, ageing, gender

This book analyses the human face of warfare in the past, present and future. It contains essays by eminent Australian and international experts covering such issues as the psychology of killing in society and in the military: the past and future stresses on military commanders, from Douglas Macarthur to Norman Schwarzkopf; the making of war heroes such as Albert Jacka and Audie Murphy; and the role of women in combat.war - psychological aspects, war victims - mental health, women and war

Ill, p.208.non-fictionMost of the items in this volume were received in a competition for stories, verse and drawings, with this competition showing a better representation from the Women's Services than in previous years. Previous titles include: Active service, Soldiering on and Khaki and green. world war 1939-1945 - australia, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia

Tan and white paperback book with red, tan and white writing on cover and spine. Cover also has an image of women in army nursing uniforms standing in front of a field of tentsfictionA tribute to the service and sacrifice of the thirty nine nurses listed on the Bendigo Base Hospital Roll of Honour. Also five nurses who trained at Bendigo Hospital and another four with Bendigo connections, who were not listed on the Roll of Honour.australian nurses, nursing in warfare, bendigo, victoria, world war two, wwii, ww2

Tan and white paperback book with red, tan and white writing on cover and spine. Cover also has an image of women in army nursing uniforms standing in front of a field of tentsnon-fictionA tribute to the service and sacrifice of the thirty nine nurses listed on the Bendigo Base Hospital Roll of Honour. Also five nurses who trained at Bendigo Hospital and another four with Bendigo connections, who were not listed on the Roll of Honour.australian nurses, nursing in warfare, bendigo, victoria, world war two, wwii, ww2

Black paperback book with title and author printed in gold text and the image of a 1940 postage stamp in the background.non-fiction Angels of Mercy follows the gripping stories of two different Australian nursing sisters, Marjorie Silver and Pat Darling, who overcame the challenging adversities of two very different circumstances. These two remarkable, highly resilient women may not be remembered as great Australians, but they will be remembered for making Australia great. “Angels of Mercy follows the gripping stories of two different Australian nursing sisters, who overcame the challenging adversities of two very different circumstances. In the 1930s Marjorie Silver, the outback flying sister, fought almost singlehandedly against the isolation, poverty, heat and dust of the far west of New South Wales to bring vital medical assistance to her far flung patients. Sister Pat Gunther, who served in the Far East on the battlefields of Malaya and Singapore, then fought a desperate battle for survival in the prison camps of Sumatra.”--Back cover. australian nurses, nursing in warfare, world war two, wwii, ww2, marjorie silver, pat darling, women prisoners of war, rural nursing

Nursing sisters departing on a ship to war.A newspaper clipping of a large black and white photo of eight women in nurse's uniforms standing along a railing with a caption beneathnancy olive logan, iris ruby seller, mary j. lade, gladys elva mole, wilhelmina edna goodin, gwendoline healey, lilian elaine mcphail, ellen may (nell) bryant, nurses in warfare

Book review by Lon Bram of "Guns and brooches: Australian Army Nursing from the Boer War to the Gulf War" by Jan Bassett. Review gives basic outline of book content. Review does not pass judgment on quality or content.A large newspaper clipping of a title, six columns of text and a black and white photo of women in what appears to be an army hospital, some are standing, some are seated and some are laying down. Some of the women clearly in nurse's uniform but others don't appear to be.'COURIER-MAIL WEEKEND SAT 1ST AUG.1992' [Blue ink, top of page]oxford university press, nurses in warfare, guns and brooches, jan bassett, book review

Book review by Stephen Leeder of Joan Crouch's book 'A special kind of service'. A photocopy of a large newspaper clipping consisting of a title, eight columns of text and a black and white photo of a group of women sitting outsidejoan crouch, 2/9th australian general hospital, 2/9 agh, wwii, ww2, world war two, middle east, nursing in warfare

The clipping appears to be a pictorial of Melbourne's Anzac Day March, 1990.A large newspaper clipping of a large and a small black and white photo. The large photo is of a large group of women marching, led by a row of older women wearing nurse's uniforms and war medals. The small photo is of a man smiling and saluting, wearing an army uniform.nursing vetrans, nurses in warfare, anzac day

Full page biographical interview with Betty Cornford (neé Duval) [VX38908] about her services as an Army Nurse in WWII.A black and white photocopy of a large magazine clipping, consisting of a title, two large photos and six columns of text. Both photos are of the same woman, the smaller one shows her as a young woman in nurse's uniform, the larger shows her present day, as an older woman, looking at photo albums.betty cornford (neé duval), wwii, ww2, world war two, australian army nursing service, nursing in warfare

Matron in Chief Colonel Jan McCarthy and three nursing officers before being shipped out to the first Gulf War. They would leave on the US hospital ship the USNS Comfort. Possibly [Captain Helen Jayce, Captain Di Kuzinick] are two of the officers.Colour photo of four women in uniform standing in front of two flags. Three women are in military camo, and one is in nurse's uniform.nurses in warfare, f35071, gulf war

Hard-cover book with cream coloured dust jacket. There is an olive green and black toned photographic image wrapped around the top half of the cover and spine, it shows soldiers leading a man with bandaged eyes towards a jeep in the jungle, with other soldiers gathered around. The lower half of the cover is cream with blue text. There is a white label on the base of the spine with blue handwritten call number .non-fictionIt is the story of the men of 2/2 Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces, who fought in the Middle East, Greece, and Papua New Guinea. The author describes the experience of battle and warfare itself: of fear and injury, of hunger and tiredness, of sickness, of marches through snow and jungles, of loneliness and bravery. The book provides an anatomy of war through the experience of this volunteer battalion who fought in all major theatres in World War II in which Australians took part. [from Trove]2/2 battalion, psychological impacts of war, ww2, wwii, world war 1939-1945, world war two, human side of warfare, infantry

L to R Col Martha Bell, US Army Nurse Corps, Vietnam veteran Lt Col H. Crawford Matron-in-Chief, Director of Nursing Services, Army, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) Associate member Col Jan McCarthy Col N Espie at the Sheraton Hotel, Townsville May 1992 after attending the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea Remembrance Service. A colour photograph of four women in military uniform sitting at an outdoor table'L to R. / Col Marthy Bell US Army, Lt Col H. Crawford, / Col J McCarthy & Col N Espie. / Sheraton Hotel, Townsville May 92' [blue ink, reverse, top]nurses in warfare