Author: Sir Kingsley NorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Surgeons
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Major-General Sir Neville Howse
Author: Sir Kingsley NorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Surgeons
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Neville Howse V.C.
Author: Murdoch WalesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780958722254
Category : Surgeons
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Major-General Sir Neville Howse, V.C.
Author: Sir Frank Kingsley NorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Major General Sir Neville Howse VC
Author: Murdoch WalesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Surgeons
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Annual Post-graduate Oration
Author: Kingsley NorrisSessional Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
Who's who in the Commonwealth of Australia
Author: Sacred Places
Author: K. S. InglisPublisher: The Miegunyah Press
ISBN: 0522854796
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Memorials to Australian participation in wars abound in our landscape. From Melbourne's huge Shrine of Remembrance to the modest marble soldier, obelisk or memorial hall in suburb and country town, they mourn and honour Australians who have served and died for their country. Surprisingly, they have largely escaped scrutiny. Ken Inglis argues that the imagery, rituals and rhetoric generated around memorials constitute a civil religion, a cult of ANZAC. Sacred Places traces three elements which converged to create the cult: the special place of war in the European mind when nationalism was at its zenith; the colonial condition; and the death of so many young men in distant battle, which impelled the bereaved to make substitutes for the graves of which history had deprived them. The 'war memorial movement' attracted conflict as well as commitment. Inglis looks at uneasy acceptance, even rejection, of the cult by socialists, pacifists, feminists and some Christians, and at its virtual exclusion of Aborigines. He suggests that between 1918 and 1939 the making, dedication and use of memorials enhanced the power of the right in Australian public life. Finally, he examines a paradox. Why, as Australia's wars recede in public and private memory, and as a once British Australia becomes multicultural, have the memorials and what they stand for become more cherished than ever? Sacred Places spans war, religion, politics, language and the visual arts. Ken Inglis has distilled new cultural understandings from a familiar landscape.
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Author: Great Britain. Colonial OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Counter Attack Villers-Bretonneux - April 1918
Author: Peter EdgarPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1922265179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The brutal 1914 German invasion of Belgium and France had gained a large portion of both countries. Over three-and-a-half punishing years the Allies were slowly pushing the Germans back but in March 1918, Germany launched a massive spring offensive. Resting in the Ypres sector after the horrors of the Passchendaele campaign, the Australians were among the first sent south to try to block the enemy. Now, after an unprecedented fortnight of advance, Germany’s goal was to capture the town of Villers-Bretonneux, key to the major rail junction of Amiens. The first attempt on 4 April found the 9th Australian Infantry Brigade in the centre of the line. They stopped the enemy at the gates. Then on 24 April the Germans launched a new attack, led by tanks, and took the town. Standing by to counter-attack were the 15th and 13th brigades of the Australian Corps. Not everything went to plan and casualties were high, but the counter-attack was brilliantly executed in spite of the odds. It became ‘a soldier’s fight’ in which the Australian troops’ morale and eagerness to get to grips with the enemy, together with their aggressive, well-practised moves under fire triumphed. Counter Attack: Villers-Bretonneux – April 1918 details the pivotal role the Australians played in denying German victory. Villers-Bretonneux was never again threatened by the enemy.