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
Major-General Sir Neville Howse, V.C.
Author: Sir Frank Kingsley NorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Neville Howse V.C.
Author: Murdoch WalesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780958722254
Category : Surgeons
Languages : en
Pages : 57
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 NorrisNeville Howse
Author: Michael Bernard TyquinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Neville Reginald Howse was the first soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross while serving in an Australian unit. A doctor in the Boer War and World War I, he was famous for his willingness to risk his own life to save others. He was also a gifted administrator who oversaw the complete overhaul of Australia's medical services in the 1920s. Later that decade he was elected to federal Parliament where he eventually served in a number of key Cabinet posts. An influential legislator and fierce nationalist, he remains little known today. This biography is the first on this important figure in Australian history.
Sessional Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
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.
Strategy and Command
Author: David HornerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316512371
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Compilation of writings on the Australian military's history of strategy and command.
Audacity
Author: Carlie WalkerPublisher: ATOM
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Audacity is the second book in the Century of Service series developed jointly by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Australian War Memorial. It highlights the bravery of Australian service personnel in conflicts from the Boer War to Afghanistan. This eBook features exclusive content including two additional stories, an interview with Victoria Cross for Australia recipient Corporal Daniel Keighran VC, original medal citations, interactive timelines and artwork and medal galleries. Readers can also test their knowledge by completing a multiple choice quiz or a Guess the Word game.