| Main Title: |
Australia's frontline : the Northern Territory's war / written by Frank Alcorta. |
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| Author: |
Alcorta, Frank X.
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| Imprint: |
Allen & Unwin, 1991. |
| Collation: |
120 p. : ill. (some col.), portraits (some col.), notes, bib., index, hbk ; 26 x 32 cm. |
| Summary: |
"We are determined that Australia shall not fall" -- "We had a sense of something closing in on us" -- "The the planes were right over us" -- "We though we were the only three survivors" -- "Nothing would ever be the same" -- "All in a day's work" -- "The Army changed things for everybody" -- "Adelaide was never like Adelaide River" -- "The turning point in the war against Japan" -- "You said 'goodbye' not 'goodnight' -- "Will you look at that - a real Aussie sheila'. |
| Subject: |
World War, 1939-1945
Home front
Military history
Darwin (NT)
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| ISBN: |
1863731547 : |
| Notes: |
Includes index. Illustrated history of Australia's home frontline during WWII, starting from 1942 when Japan's military attacked Darwin. Examines the war waged in the NT and the Pacific war that was directed from Darwin in the latter stages of WWII.
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