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In the Second World War, thousands of Australian boys lied about their age and volunteered for a war the scale of which they could never ...
Georgina Banks searches for the truth of what happened to her Great Aunt 'Bud', killed in the Second World War.
Bangka Strait, Indonesia, 1942. Allied ...
In 1942 a secret inland flying boat base was established in the picturesque north-western Victorian town of Lake Boga. This housed No. 1 Flying Boat ...
Winner of the Les Carlyon Literary Prize and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards Australian History Prize.
First Runner Up for Templer Medal Book Prize ...
WINNER OF THE 2024 AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE FOR NONFICTION
Acclaimed historian and biographer Ross McMullin has again combined prodigious research and narrative ...
Forty-one Australian soldiers died in action over 20 years of fighting in Afghanistan; in that time more than 1400 veterans have taken their own lives ...
Winner of the 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction.
Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award's Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction.
Longlisted ...
The second in the Sword and Baton series, this volume is a collection of 106 biographies representing every Australian Army officer to reach the rank ...
From Afghanistan to Paralympic gold -- an extraordinary tale of tragedy, resilience and triumphIn 2012, Combat Engineer Curtis McGrath was serving in the Australian Army in ...
The tragic and carefully researched story of a WWII fighter pilots brutal sacrifice and the painstaking search for the truth. Not all casualties in wartime ...
'This story has never been told, because in the secret world we could not, and cannot, share what we do all day, even with family ...
Alan Turing saved millions of lives. But Bletchley Park wasn't the only major code-breaking operation during World War II. Down under, there was Central ...
In mid-1945, the Australian 7th and 9th Divisions conducted three amphibious operations code-named Oboe on Borneo. The Allies enjoyed command of the sea and the ...
'The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.' - Mahatma Gandhi
Animals have the power ...
In January 1993, the Australian government sent just under one thousand young men and women to serve under American command in a violent, impoverished, starving ...
