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Book - Hardcover book, Hyland House Publishing Pty Limited, Hard to go bung: World War II soldier settlement in Victoria 1945-1962, 1992

  • Green hard cover book with dust jacket that has plastic covering. White spine with title printed in brown print and author in green, spine label at the base starting to peel off. Front cover has a strip down the left side with images of many faces in green. Title is printed across the top in brown with subtitle in green. Lower right side has a a collage of three images overlapping, a man and dog in an orchard, a man ploughing a field with many horses, and a newspaper clipping.

    202610001

Physical description

Green hard cover book with dust jacket that has plastic covering. White spine with title printed in brown print and author in green, spine label at the base starting to peel off. Front cover has a strip down the left side with images of many faces in green. Title is printed across the top in brown with subtitle in green. Lower right side has a a collage of three images overlapping, a man and dog in an orchard, a man ploughing a field with many horses, and a newspaper clipping.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'PROPERTY OF VICTORIA BRANCH RSL' [stamped in red ink on title page]

Summary

World war II (2) soldier settlement in Victoria. This book contains the story of Australia's most successful scheme for settling returned soldiers on their own farms. The book includes the recollections of many of the 6000 families who gained a livelihood on farms across the state. [taken from Trove]

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