Author: Jenny Gregory
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994441966
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Carceral Colony
Author: Jenny Gregory
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994441966
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994441966
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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A Little America in Western Australia
Author: Anthony J. Barker
Publisher: Apollo Books
ISBN: 9781742586854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
In 1963, the US Naval Communication Station at North West Cape in Western Australia became the first US defense facility to be established on Australian soil in peacetime. During America's Cold War struggle against communism, North West Cape's primary function was to communicate with the US fleet in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans, especially nuclear missile submarines - the Navy's most powerful deterrent force. Seen as a vital outpost of US defense throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the whole venture was just as monumental for Australia.This book represents an important and long-overdue history of the significance of North West Cape for Australia-US relations and Australian politics, paying special attention to the town of Exmouth that was uniquely created to support the base. Drawing on archival records and oral interviews, A Little America in Western Australia brings to light the experiences of Australian civilians and US Navy personnel in a fascinating and often humorous portrait of life at the Cape. *** Librarians: ebook available on ProQuest and EBSCO *** "...welcome addition to military and nautical history collections, highly recommended especially for college library shelves." - Midwest Book Review, Library Bookwatch: September 2015, The Nautical Shelf [Subject: Military History, Naval Studies, US Studies, Australian Studies, Politics]
Publisher: Apollo Books
ISBN: 9781742586854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
In 1963, the US Naval Communication Station at North West Cape in Western Australia became the first US defense facility to be established on Australian soil in peacetime. During America's Cold War struggle against communism, North West Cape's primary function was to communicate with the US fleet in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans, especially nuclear missile submarines - the Navy's most powerful deterrent force. Seen as a vital outpost of US defense throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the whole venture was just as monumental for Australia.This book represents an important and long-overdue history of the significance of North West Cape for Australia-US relations and Australian politics, paying special attention to the town of Exmouth that was uniquely created to support the base. Drawing on archival records and oral interviews, A Little America in Western Australia brings to light the experiences of Australian civilians and US Navy personnel in a fascinating and often humorous portrait of life at the Cape. *** Librarians: ebook available on ProQuest and EBSCO *** "...welcome addition to military and nautical history collections, highly recommended especially for college library shelves." - Midwest Book Review, Library Bookwatch: September 2015, The Nautical Shelf [Subject: Military History, Naval Studies, US Studies, Australian Studies, Politics]
The Education Circular
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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A Colony Detailed
Author: Ian Berryman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Australian national bibliography
Author:
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1818
Book Description
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1818
Book Description
Gallipoli
Author: Wesley Olson
Publisher: UWA Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Wes Olson's Gallipoli is a vital contribution to Western Australian history. It is also about an eclectic group of brave, ordinary men who came together on the shores of Gallipoli to help pioneer the ANZAC spirit as their legacy. The story of their deployment is recounted largely in the words of the soldiers themselves. Olson introduces, among others, the larrikin Ben Bailey, heroic Douglas Barrett-Lennard, resourceful John Simpson, and future acclaimed author Albert Facey. He allows you to tread in the shadowy footsteps of the soldiers through each painstaking battle for ground, encompassing everything from minor skirmishes to major encounters, during which many of these men would lose their lives.
Publisher: UWA Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Wes Olson's Gallipoli is a vital contribution to Western Australian history. It is also about an eclectic group of brave, ordinary men who came together on the shores of Gallipoli to help pioneer the ANZAC spirit as their legacy. The story of their deployment is recounted largely in the words of the soldiers themselves. Olson introduces, among others, the larrikin Ben Bailey, heroic Douglas Barrett-Lennard, resourceful John Simpson, and future acclaimed author Albert Facey. He allows you to tread in the shadowy footsteps of the soldiers through each painstaking battle for ground, encompassing everything from minor skirmishes to major encounters, during which many of these men would lose their lives.
An Australian Parsonage; Or, The Settler and the Savage in Western Australia
Author: Mrs. Edward Millett
Publisher: London : E. Stanford
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
P.72-88; Barladong (60 miles E. of Perth) - visits to parsonage by natives, physical appearance, clothes, shelters built by women, camp arrangements; solitary fires lit to keep ghosts warm at grave; general beliefs; revenge killings for all deaths; description of graves; use of Wilghee for body decoration; p.99; Foods; p.128; Brief notes on Wesleyan Mission school at Barladong; Aboriginal school established by Mrs Camfield, Albany; native prison, Rottnest Island; p.142- 143; Burial; p.221-3; Kylies, birds eaten; p.228; Punishment for hunting in foreign tribal territory; p.257; Measles epidemic, 1860, King Georges Sound; p.273- 299; Account of New Norcia Mission (taken from Salvado, Memorie Storiche dell Australia ...); p.365; Glass spears; scarification; p.367-72; Fight over woman; wife inheritance; polygamy; p.414; Brief note on Aboriginal school at Perth.
Publisher: London : E. Stanford
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
P.72-88; Barladong (60 miles E. of Perth) - visits to parsonage by natives, physical appearance, clothes, shelters built by women, camp arrangements; solitary fires lit to keep ghosts warm at grave; general beliefs; revenge killings for all deaths; description of graves; use of Wilghee for body decoration; p.99; Foods; p.128; Brief notes on Wesleyan Mission school at Barladong; Aboriginal school established by Mrs Camfield, Albany; native prison, Rottnest Island; p.142- 143; Burial; p.221-3; Kylies, birds eaten; p.228; Punishment for hunting in foreign tribal territory; p.257; Measles epidemic, 1860, King Georges Sound; p.273- 299; Account of New Norcia Mission (taken from Salvado, Memorie Storiche dell Australia ...); p.365; Glass spears; scarification; p.367-72; Fight over woman; wife inheritance; polygamy; p.414; Brief note on Aboriginal school at Perth.
The Sinkings
Author: Amanda Curtin
Publisher: UWA Publishing
ISBN: 1742580408
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
In 1882 human remains were discovered at the Sinkings, a lonely campsite near Albany, Western Australia. The surgeon conducting the autopsy claimed they were those of a woman. Why, then, was the victim later identified as Little Jock, a former convict? And why was the murder so brutal, so gruesome? More than a hundred years later, Willa Samson embarks on a long and lonely search to find out. The Sinkings is a story within a story, the tragic historical account of Little Jock’s life embedded within a contemporary narrative of a mother’s guilt and grief. Beautifully crafted, the novel deals with the dilemma confronting parents of an intersexed child and the issue of gender. While a work of fiction, the discovery of Little Jock’s remains and the controversy surrounding their identification are actual events.
Publisher: UWA Publishing
ISBN: 1742580408
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
In 1882 human remains were discovered at the Sinkings, a lonely campsite near Albany, Western Australia. The surgeon conducting the autopsy claimed they were those of a woman. Why, then, was the victim later identified as Little Jock, a former convict? And why was the murder so brutal, so gruesome? More than a hundred years later, Willa Samson embarks on a long and lonely search to find out. The Sinkings is a story within a story, the tragic historical account of Little Jock’s life embedded within a contemporary narrative of a mother’s guilt and grief. Beautifully crafted, the novel deals with the dilemma confronting parents of an intersexed child and the issue of gender. While a work of fiction, the discovery of Little Jock’s remains and the controversy surrounding their identification are actual events.
Catalogue of Books in the Public Library of Western Australia
Author: Western Australia. Public Library, Perth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Warders and Gaolers
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781876815318
Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781876815318
Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description