Book, Alan Powell, The shadow's edge : Australia's northern war, 1988

Physical description

Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.346.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

Account of the Second World War as viewed and experienced in northern Australia ; includes references to Aboriginal people as coast watchers and rescuers, in army service, as trackers, in the Special Reconaissance Unit ; W.E.H. Stanner and the North Australia Observer Unit ; Protectors of women ; results of war experiences ; white attitudes towards Aboriginal people.

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