Download or read book Beersheba Centenary Edition written by Paul Daley and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A hundred years ago in October 1917 members of the 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade participated in what is now regarded as the last great successful cavalry charge. Waving bayonets overhead in the dying light, they raced across six kilometres of exposed ground in Palestine, surprising the well-entrenched Turks. It was the decisive blow in the British capture of the strategic stronghold of Beersheba. The story of this remarkable military victory has largely slipped through the cracks of history, eclipsed in Australian sentiment by stories of dramatic defeat and loss at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. Paul Daley goes in search of the story of Beersheba. What he uncovers is a story of ordinary men capable of extraordinary acts, as he sheds new light on a dark episode starkly at odds with the Anzac mythology."
Download or read book Beersheba written by Paul Daley and published by Melbourne University. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hundred years ago in October 1917 members of the 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade participated in what is now regarded as the last great successful cavalry charge. Waving bayonets overhead in the dying light, they raced across six kilometres of exposed ground in Palestine, surprising the well-entrenched Turks. It was the decisive blow in the British capture of the strategic stronghold of Beersheba.The story of this remarkable military victory has largely slipped through the cracks of history, eclipsed in Australian sentiment by stories of dramatic defeat and loss at Gallipoli and on the Western Front.Paul Daley goes in search of the story of Beersheba. What he uncovers is a story of ordinary men capable of extraordinary acts, as he sheds new light on a dark episode starkly at odds with the Anzac mythology.
Download or read book Victory written by Jill Curry and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ANZAC soldiers' successes remain largely overshadowed by the lives lost at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. The ANZAC breakthrough at Beersheba on October 31, 1917 was the pivotal event that turned the tide of the Middle Eastern Campaign that ultimately defeated the same Turkish armies that had annihilated them in Gallipoli. We remember our losses; now let's commemorate the centenary of the ANZAC victories of 1916-1918.
Download or read book Beersheba written by Paul Daley and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Beersheba, a redeeming win for the ANZACs who lost at Gallipoli, has slipped through the cracks of Australia's historical consciousness. Why are Australians so much more content to commemmorate a glorious defeat than we are to celebrate such a resounding, against the odds, victory?
Download or read book One Woman At War written by Edited By Hazel King and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olive King was born in Sydney in 1885. She offered her services as an ambulance driver soon after war broke out in 1914. She joined a small private organization early in 1915 and went to Belgium. In May 1915 she joined the Scottish Women's Hospitals and her letters, until now unpublished, date from that time. She joined the Serbian Army in 1916 and subsequently rose to the rank of sergeant. Driving on hazardous roads to the Front and to the Adriatic coast, she was often in danger. She was awarded a Serbian silver medal for bravery, and later a gold medal. Her letters not only give a picture of daily life under wartime conditions and in the immediate post-war years. They also show how a woman of the time regarded herself and her place in society.
Download or read book The ANZAC Call written by Jill Curry and published by . This book was released on 1916-04-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ANZAC victory at Beersheba on October 31, 1917, was not only the pivotal event that changed the tide of history for the Middle East but also the key that propelled biblical prophecy into a new era. God used the daring and adventurous spirit of the ANZACs to bring the ultimate breakthrough that turned the course of the Middle Eastern campaign and paved the way for the re-gathering of the Jews, the re-establishment of the nation of Israel and the preparation for Jesus' return as King. The ANZAC Call is going forth for the nation and the church to celebrate the centenary of this event, which also occurs on the 500th anniversary of Luther's challenge to the church that led to the Protestant Reformation. We have remembered our ANZAC losses; now let's celebrate our ANZAC victories!Will a new army of spiritual Anzac warriors arise to take up the challenge to complete spiritually what our ANZAC forefathers began physically and initiate a new reformation? Our nations' destiny is at stake.
Download or read book ANZAC Soldier vs Ottoman Soldier written by Si Sheppard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-16 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1915–18, ANZAC and Ottoman soldiers clashed on numerous battlefields, from Gallipoli to Jerusalem. This illustrated study investigates the two sides' fighting men. The Gallipoli campaign of 1915–16 pitched the Australian and New Zealand volunteers known as the ANZACs into a series of desperate battles with the Ottoman soldiers defending their homeland. In August 1915, the bitter struggle for the high ground known as Chunuk Bair saw the peak change hands as the Allies sought to overcome the stalemate that set in following the landings in April. The ANZACs also played a key part in the battle of Lone Pine, intended to divert Ottoman attention away from the bid to seize Chunuk Bair. The Gallipoli campaign ended in Allied evacuation in the opening days of 1916. Thereafter, many ANZAC units remained in the Middle East and played a decisive role in the Allies' hard-fought advance through Palestine that finally forced the Turks to the peace table. The fateful battle of Beersheba in October 1917 pitted Australian mounted infantry against Ottoman foot soldiers as the Allies moved on Jerusalem. In this book, noted military historian Si Sheppard examines the fighting men on both sides who fought at Lone Pine, Chunuk Bair and Beersheba. The authoritative text is supported by specially commissioned artwork and mapping plus carefully chosen archive photographs.
Download or read book Defending Gallipoli written by Harvey Broadbent and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on exclusive access to Turkish archives, Defending Gallipoli reveals how the Turks reacted and defended Gallipoli. Author and Turkish language expert Harvey Broadbent spent five years translating everything from official records to soldiers' personal diaries and letters to unearth the Turkish story. It is chilling and revealing to see this famous battle in Australian history through the 'enemy' lens. The book commences with a jihad, which sees the soldiers fighting for country and God together. But it also humanises the Turkish soldiers, naming them, revealing their emotions, and ultimately shows how the Allies totally misunderstood and underestimated them Defending Gallipoli fills a huge gap in the history of the Gallipoli campaign.
Download or read book The Centenary edition of the works of Charles Dickens written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Riding Into History Beersheba 100 Years on written by Barry Rodgers and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 2017, 175 members of the Australian Light Horse Association (ALHA), many of whom were direct descendants of WW1 troopers, followed in the steps of their forebears. The four countries visited included Egypt where in the shadow of the pyramids we saw where the ALH completed their final training. In Turkey we reflected on the ANZAC tragedy of the Nek and paid homage at Lone Pine at Gallipoli. Then finally, in Israel and Jordan, we rode and walked where the Light Horsemen covered themselves in glory, culminating in the great charges at Beersheba and later at Semakh. Their sacrifices, along with the hardships they faced, are incomparable. Nevertheless we faced our own challenges in completing our pilgrimage; Yet, just as it was a century earlier, the triumphs outweighed the trials.
Download or read book Sand in Our Souls written by Leone Huntsman and published by Melbourne University Publish. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Images of 'the beach' pervade Australian popular culture. However the deeper significance of the experience of 'the beach', and its influence on Australian culture generally, have not yet been seriously explored. How, why and when did the beach become part of the Australian way of life? In Sand in our Souls Leone Huntsman describes the forces and pressures that encouraged or impeded Australians' enjoyment of sand and surf, from early enjoyment of bathing, through nearly a century of repressive restrictions, to freedom won in the face of drawn-out opposition. The ways in which artists, writers, film-makers and the advertising industry have depicted the beach are examined for the light they throw on the beach's significance. She traces the development of a distinctively Australian way-of-being-at-the-beach, suggesting that the beach experience has been absorbed into our emerging culture and continues to shape it in subtle ways. Huntsman's provocative arguments will stimulate debate on the concept of 'national identity' appropriate for a new Australian century, and promote a deeper understanding of an aspect of life in Australia that is cherished by many of those who live here.
Download or read book The Cultivation of Whiteness written by Warwick Anderson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the role of biological theories in the construction and "protection" of whiteness in Australia from the first European settlement through World War II.
Download or read book Transnational Tourism Experiences at Gallipoli written by Jim McKay and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a fresh account of the Anzac myth and the bittersweet emotional experience of Gallipoli tourists. Challenging the straightforward view of the Anzac obsession as a kind of nationalistic military Halloween, it shows how transnational developments in tourism and commemoration have created the conditions for a complex, dissonant emotional experience of sadness, humility, anger, pride and empathy among Anzac tourists. Drawing on the in-depth testimonies of travellers from Australia and New Zealand, McKay shines a new and more complex light on the history and cultural politics of the Anzac myth. As well as making a ground breaking, empirically-based intervention into the culture wars, this book offers new insights into the global memory boom and transnational developments in backpacker tourism, sports tourism and “dark” or “dissonant” tourism.
Download or read book Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron WWI Centenary Series written by Anon and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""This Booklet has been compiled with the object of enabling the members of the 20th Machine-Gun Squadron to recall the principal incidents in its history, as well as to allow their friends and relations to obtain some idea of their experiences whilst they were serving with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. Although no pains have been spared to obtain accuracy, the statements made must, necessarily, not be regarded as absolutely authoritative. Beyond doubt, many brave deeds, fully deserving of mention in these pages, must have been unavoidably overlooked, in which case the leniency of readers is requested."" This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the world's bloodiest wars, offering new perspectives on this tragic yet fascinating period of human history. Each publication also includes brand new introductory essays and a timeline to help the reader place the work in its historical context.
Download or read book The Secret Corps A Tale of Intelligence on All Fronts WWI Centenary Series written by Ferdinand Tuohy and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""This is the story of a war within a war-of a struggle smothered away from the light of day, a long-drawn-out and ruthless campaign of brain versus brain. And the word that governs it all is ""Intelligence,"" the process by which one person, or State, extracts information from a second, against the latter's will."" This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the world's bloodiest wars, offering new perspectives on this tragic yet fascinating period of human history. Each publication also includes brand new introductory essays and a timeline to help the reader place the work in its historical context.
Download or read book From the Edge written by Mark McKenna and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 1797, five British sailors and 12 Bengali seamen struggled ashore after their longboat broke apart in a storm. Their fellow-survivors from the wreck of the Sydney Cove were stranded more than 500 kilometres southeast in Bass Strait. To rescue their mates and to save themselves the 19 men must walk 700 kilometres north to Sydney. That remarkable walk is a story of endurance but also of unexpected Aboriginal help. From the Edge: Australia's Lost Histories recounts four such extraordinary and largely forgotten stories: the walk of shipwreck survivors; the founding of a 'new Singapore' in western Arnhem Land in the 1840s; Australia's largest industrial development project nestled amongst outstanding Indigenous rock art in the Pilbara; and the ever-changing story of James Cook's time in Cooktown in 1770. This new telling of the central drama of Australian history ;the encounter between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, may hold the key to understanding this land and its people.
Download or read book The Farthest Coast written by Charles Campbell Macknight and published by Melbourne University. This book was released on 1969 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chap.1; Earliest Europeans; p.39; 1606, Duyfken; p.41-43; Ship Rijder 1756, findings off Cape York, bark canoes, cabins, fishing lines, spears; dingo, armed natives & women Weipa area, native well, attempt to kidnap 2 natives; chap.2; H.M.S. Investigator 1802; Macassan stone fireplaces, trepang fishing Sir Edward Pellews group; p.65-66; Macassan fleet Gulf of Carpentaria; p.69-70; Bongaree; chap.3; H.M.C. Mermaid 1817 p.78-81; Accompanied by Bongaree; native fireplaces Long Is., family group, some hostility; chap.4; Visit of Astrolabe & Zelee, 1839; p.94-96; Present of weapons Croker Is.; p.100- 101; Port Essington visited; chap.5; H.M.S. Beagle; chap.6; Voyage of Forlorn Hope; p.127-128; Domesticated dingo, native weirs near Capes Dombey & Hay, attempted settlement Espace Cliffs p.133; Visit by Malays; p.137-138; Natives Nicol Bay, rock drawings; chap.7; McKinlays expedition from Espace Cliffs; p.143; Natives friendly, arrival of Malay proas; chap.8; S.S. Ellengowan; p.169-174; Roper R. natives, burning off mans deformity; chap.9; Macassan trepang fleet, account by Daeng Sarro, route taken; chap.10; Missionary trip in Evangel, account by H.E. Warren, native camp Rose R., description of idols; chap.11; A stormy crossing, brief account by W.L. Warner of Mahkarolla & Murngin tribe; canoe trip round Point Napier, native superstitions; Quotes many authorities; Bibliography.
