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  • The Fair Dinkums

    "A chronicle of sad loss." Sydney Morning Herald"eloquent... heartbreaking... a sterling tribute. The stuff of legends." Nick Richardson, Herald SunFAIR DINKUM (def.): honesty, guts, directness, fortitude, courage, truth.You had to be fair dinkum to enlist after the hell of Gallipoli hit home. A new breed of warrior and patriot stepped up as Anzac's second wave. Among them were 152 men of the 7th ... Leer más

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  • Australia's Greatest Disasters: The tragedies that have defined the nation

    de John Miller ...
    Australia is a land of extremes where searing heat and devastating floods can both take their toll. It is also a land of vast distances, leaving it vulnerable to calamaties at sea, by rail and in the air. AUSTRALIAS GREATEST DISASTERS charts the events that have caused not only tragic loss of human life, but also economic and environmental devastation. From Cyclone Tracy and the Ash Wednesday ... Leer más

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  • The Making of Australia

    From the author of 1788, The Gold Rush and The Great Race

    de David Hill ...
    This is the story of how a struggling convict settlement grew into six dynamic colonies and then the remarkable nation of Australia. Told through the key figures who helped build it into the thriving nation it is today, David Hill once again offers up Australian history at its most entertaining and accessible.In his latest book, David Hill traces the story of our nation from its European ... Leer más

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  • 1942

    Australia's Greatest Peril

    de Bob Wurth ...
    1942 was the year of Australia's greatest peril - as Darwin was destroyed by bombing, Australian ships were torpedoed within sight of our coast, midget Japanese submarines attacked shipping in Sydney Harbour, and the Japanese army invaded New Guinea on its inexorable march south. This is the real story of the genuine and imminent threat to Australia in that fateful year.On the beautiful Inland Sea ... Leer más

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  • The Collins Class Submarine Story

    Steel, Spies and Spin

    A unique and outstanding military and industrial achievement, the Collins class submarine project was also plagued with difficulties and mired in politics. Its story is one of heroes and villains, grand passions, intrigue, lies, spies and backstabbing. It is as well a story of enormous commitment and resolve to achieve what many thought impossible. The building of these submarines was Australia's ... Leer más

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  • Asbestos: Death & Magic

    de Donald Pitt ...
    Imagine a rock that catches fire yet does not burn, strengthens construction materials, insulates materials perfectly, dampens noise, and possesses long, silky threads that can be woven into fireproof cloth. Sound impossible? This "wonder material" is asbestos.However, If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.Once disturbed, broken, or crushed, microscopic fibers of asbestos become ... Leer más

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  • The Australian Exploration Anthology

    Texts from William Dampier, Capt. Cook, Matthew Flinders, John Macdouall Stuart, John McKinlay, William Wills

    The Australian Exploration Anthology features the first-hand personal accounts of the explorers: Captain William Dampier, Captain James Cook, Matthew Flinders, John McDouall Stuart, John McKinlay and William Wills.This book charts the history of the exploration of the vast continent of Australia by the European newcomers who arrived at the last great habitable continent to be discovered. This ... Leer más

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  • With Healing Hands

    The untold story of Australian civilian surgical teams in Vietnam

    Early in the Vietnam War the South Vietnamese government appealed to the United States and its allies, including Australia, for desperately needed medical help. Most of the country's doctors had been conscripted into the army and the civilian population was facing a medical crisis.From October 1964 until the end of 1972 over 450 surgeons, nurses and other medical specialists from Australian ... Leer más

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  • The Australian Army in World War II

    de Mark Johnston ...
    Series Libro 153 - Elite
    This book recounts the organization and deployment of one of the most important fighting armies of World War II.Australian divisions made a large and distinctive contribution to victory both in the deserts of the Middle East and the jungles of the South-West Pacific, earning for the second time a unique reputation for aggressiveness, endurance and independence of spirit.The text is illustrated ... Leer más

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  • Conquest

    How Societies Overwhelm Others

    de David Day ...
    In this bold, sweeping book, David Day surveys the ways in which one nation or society has supplanted another, and then sought to justify its occupation - for example, the English in Australia and North America, the Normans in England, the Spanish in Mexico, the Japanese in Korea, the Chinese in Tibet. Human history has been marked by territorial aggression and expanion, an endless cycle of ... Leer más

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  • Fatal Necessity

    British Intervention in New Zealand, 18301847

    de Peter Adams ...
    A detailed examination of the circumstances leading to British intervention and hence to the Treaty of Waitangi, Fatal Necessity was first published in 1977.Now re-issued as an e-book, this key text in Treaty studies emphasises that the dual aim of British policy was to protect both settlers and Māori; the reality, however, proved very different. ... Leer más

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  • Easter Island

    Island of Enigmas

    Despite sickness in the final years of his life, Dos Passos presses on for adventure. He and his wife journey to Easter Island, where they explore the history behind the famous statues—called maois.“When I was a small boy,” Dos Passos says, “some kind person took me to the British Museum. There I saw a statue, a huge, rough, dark-gray statue with [a] long, sad, dark-gray face. The statue stared ... Leer más

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