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Book Australia s Lost Heroes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Damien Wright
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2024-05-01
  • ISBN : 1923144073
  • Pages : 452 pages

Download or read book Australia s Lost Heroes written by Damien Wright and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-05-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary book is both an engaging military history and an enthralling mystery. Australia’s Lost Heroes tells the astonishing little-known story of the Australian soldiers who fought the Red Army in Russia in 1919 and the personal odyssey, 100 years later, to locate and identify the lost grave of Victoria Cross hero Sergeant Samuel Pearse VC MM. The Anzac volunteers fought an arduous campaign punctuated by fierce ambushes in thick forest, swamps and marshes and attacks on fortified bunkers. They also had to fight a war within, avoiding the treachery and mutiny of White Russian ‘allies’. Remarkably, two Australians were awarded the Victoria Cross, one posthumously. Yet, unlike the reverence, recognition and commemoration afforded to WWI soldiers, not only do the deeds of Anzacs in Russia remain unrecognized, their graves lie lost and forgotten. Follow the author’s journey to a remote corner of Russia with the grandson of Samuel Pearse in the hope of identifying the lost grave. Guided by a Russian battlefield archaeologist, they discover an astonishing clue which may resolve the mystery of an Australian hero missing for 100 years. An extraordinary story of national importance dedicated to those forgotten Australian heroes who fought and died in Russia after the Armistice.

Book Adelaide of Brunswick

Download or read book Adelaide of Brunswick written by Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade and published by Self-Publish. This book was released on with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book annotated and illustrated with 15 wonderful illustrations on medieval life (and more). Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer, famous for his libertine sexuality. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts. In his lifetime some of these were published under his own name while others, which Sade denied having written, appeared anonymously. Sade is best known for his erotic works, which combined philosophical discourse with pornography, depicting sexual fantasies with an emphasis on violence, suffering, criminality, and blasphemy against Christianity. He gained notoriety for putting these fantasies into practice. He claimed to be a proponent of absolute freedom, unrestrained by morality, religion, or law. The words sadism and sadist are derived from his name. This book, "Adelaide of Brunswick," is one of Sade's historical tales, discovered among his papers after his death. It demonstrates the range and ability of a man whom history has vilified, but who was inarguably a philosopher, dramatist and author of the first magnitude.

Book Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia

Download or read book Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia written by South Australia. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Endangered Species

Download or read book An Endangered Species written by David Gower and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a cricketer, David Gower was famed for the elegance of his strokeplay as one of England's greatest batsmen and for his superb fielding. As a captain, he led his country to Ashes success, yet some queried his application because it all seemed to come to him so easily and effortlessly. But that was never the whole story: Gower was always committed and a great competitor, as this fascinating and frank book, looking back on his life and career, shows. Once he retired from the game, Gower built a new career for himself, first as team captain in the long-running TV comedy series They Think It's All Over, and then as an astute and charming presenter and commentator with Sky Sports. After more than 30 years as one of the most popular figures in the game, Gower now reveals there is so much more to his story than the cliched image of 'Lord' Gower flying in his Tiger Moth. He is a man of great insight, determination and drive, but who also knows there is always more to be had from life.

Book Heritage Politics in Adelaide

Download or read book Heritage Politics in Adelaide written by Sharon Mosler and published by University of Adelaide Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1970s the Australian Commonwealth Government and three States, Victoria (1974), New South Wales (1977) and South Australia (1978), passed legislation to protect the built heritage within their jurisdictions. The legislation was primarily a response to two factors: a large number of public protests against the demolition of historic buildings in all Australian states by the 1970s and the influence of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, which the Whitlam Government (1972-75) embraced enthusiastically. The other states, with governments that were more influenced by development interests, were slow to follow the federal lead. In this study, Sharon Mosler examines heritage issues and conflicts in Adelaide from enactment of the first South Australian Heritage Act in 1978 to its successor in 1993, and also analyses issues leading from that period into the twenty-first century. State legislation introduced by the Labor government of Premier Mike Rann (2002 - present) has affected the built environment significantly since this book began. The Rann government has given the built heritage a low priority in its strategic plan compared to population growth, while the Adelaide City Council has become more balanced in the past decade, although the council too has focussed on increasing Adelaides population. The result has been more high-rise buildings at the expense of heritage conservation and historic precincts.

Book Lost Adelaide

Download or read book Lost Adelaide written by Michael Burden and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Adelaide

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  • Author : Genevieve Wheeler
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Release : 2023-04-18
  • ISBN : 1250280850
  • Pages : 277 pages

Download or read book Adelaide written by Genevieve Wheeler and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named Most Anticipated by: Bustle ・ Popsugar ・ Goodreads ・ Zibby Magazine​・SheReads ・ Book Riot “A beautifully-written, deeply-felt exploration of what it means to love and be loved.”–– Jill Santopolo, New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost In love . . . For twenty-six-year-old Adelaide Williams, an American living in dreamy London, meeting Rory Hughes was like a lightning bolt out of the blue: this charming Englishman was The One she wasn’t even looking for. Is it enough? Does he respond to texts? Honor his commitments? Make advance plans? Sometimes, rarely, and no, not at all. But when he shines his light on her, the world makes sense, and Adelaide is convinced that, in his heart, he’s fallen just as deeply as she has. Then, when Rory is rocked by an unexpected tragedy, Adelaide does everything in her power to hold him together—even if it means losing herself in the process. When love asks too much of us, how do we find the strength to put ourselves first? With unflinching honesty and heart, this relatable debut from a fresh new voice explores grief and mental health while capturing the timeless nature of what it’s like to be young and in love—with your friends, with your city, and with a person who cannot, will not, love you back.

Book The Ludgate Illustrated Magazine

Download or read book The Ludgate Illustrated Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Australian Encyclop  dia  M to Z

Download or read book The Australian Encyclop dia M to Z written by Arthur Wilberforce Jose and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Adelaide Lindsay

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  • Author : Anne Marsh-Caldwell
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1850
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book Adelaide Lindsay written by Anne Marsh-Caldwell and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time

Download or read book Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time written by Sir John Henniker Heaton and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Stolen Dream

Download or read book The Stolen Dream written by John Devaney and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines a period when football underwent a seismic and ineradicable change brought about by the determination of the Victorian Football League to wrest control of the game's development and destiny from the various state controlling bodies and the Australian Football Council. Whereas the VFL had initially been the first among equals, it gradually assumed the role of the sole and undisputed guardian of the code. The AFC, once football's ostensible national controlling body, became an irrelevance. Instead of a national sport with a national remit we ended up with an expanded VFL with a majority of Victorian member clubs supplemented by a token sprinkling of teams from interstate. Such teams were in most cases created from scratch and could in no way be said to derive directly from the states? unique and distinctive football traditions and culture. For some, it was a brave new world, but evolution does not inevitably entail improvement.

Book The Journalists

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  • Author : Gustav Freytag
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1904
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 214 pages

Download or read book The Journalists written by Gustav Freytag and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Values in Cities

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  • Author : James Lesh
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2022-09-23
  • ISBN : 1000606716
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book Values in Cities written by James Lesh and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-23 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining urban heritage in twentieth-century Australia, James Lesh reveals how evolving ideas of value and significance shaped cities and places. Over decades, a growing number of sites and areas were found to be valuable by communities and professionals. Places perceived to have value were often conserved. Places perceived to lack value became subject to modernisation, redevelopment, and renewal. From the 1970s, alongside strengthened activism and legislation, with the innovative Burra Charter (1979), the values-based model emerged for managing the aesthetic, historic, scientific, and social significance of historic environments. Values thus transitioned from an implicit to an overt component of urban, architectural, and planning conservation. The field of conservation became a noted profession and discipline. Conservation also had a broader role in celebrating the Australian nation and in reconciling settler colonialism for the twentieth century. Integrating urban history and heritage studies, this book provides the first longitudinal study of the twentieth-century Australian heritage movement. It advocates for innovative and reflexive modes of heritage practice responsive to urban, social, and environmental imperatives. As the values-based model continues to shape conservation worldwide, this book is an essential reference for researchers, students, and practitioners concerned with the past and future of cities and heritage. The Foreword and Chapter 1/Introduction of this book are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Book Michael Vaughan  Time to Declare   My Autobiography

Download or read book Michael Vaughan Time to Declare My Autobiography written by Michael Vaughan and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Vaughan tells the full, compelling story of a remarkable career - from his early days at Yorkshire, to his emergence as a world-class batsman; from the successful partnership with Duncan Fletcher that culminated in the raising of the urn at The Oval in 2005, to the recurring injuries that ultimately forced his retirement. With the insight that helped him bring the best out of personalities as different as Freddie Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen and Steve Harmison, the winner of a record 26 Tests as England captain shares his views on the state of cricket today and gives a frank assessment of fellow players, coaches and administrators. He concludes with praise for the achievements of the 2009 Ashes-winning England team. Entertaining, forthright and surprisingly candid, Time to Declare is essential reading for all cricket lovers - the definitive account of the career of one of the modern game's most influential characters.

Book The South Australian Government Gazette

Download or read book The South Australian Government Gazette written by South Australia and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 1118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No  24   1931

Download or read book Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No 24 1931 written by and published by Aust. Bureau of Statistics. This book was released on with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: