Physical description

A white paperback book titled: The Shire of Lillydale and its Military Heritage - Volume One - The Colonial Years. It has the title at the top of the front cover with a black and white photograph of, The Mafeking Day Procession down Castella Street Lillydale,1900. There is a Contents, Introduction, Foreword and then detailed information and black and white photographs of the early wars, significant people, advertisements, militia facts and stories as well as a bibliography and Index at the back. Pp. 68.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

There is a stamp of 'Mont De Lancey Historical Homestead Chapel, Kitchen & Museum Wandin Vic.3139 on the top left on the inside front cover.

Summary

This collection of Lilydale's military heritage covers The Second World War: The war in Europe and the Middle East. It has sections on - Between the wars: The Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939, Local Militia Forces (1918 - 1939), The Coming of the War. It details The Homefront, Patriotic Welfare, Our Service Personnel, V.E. Day, and Locals in Australian Military History.