Description |
143 pages : illustrations, colour maps, portraits ; 26 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 01.Australia and Empire -- The War in South Africa, 1899 to 1902 -- Nurses in South Africa -- 02.Origins of Anzac -- The First World War, 1914 to 1918 -- War Wounded -- ̀A Hundred Thousand Welcomes' -- 03.Remembrance -- After the Inferno, 1918 to 1928 -- Monument Hill -- 04.Ideology -- An Armed Peace, 1928 to 1938 -- 05.Melancholy Duty -- Return to War, 1939 to 1941 -- HMAS Sydney -- 06.When War Came to Fremantle -- On the Home Front, 1942 to 1945 -- Women's Work -- The Friendly Invasion -- Hospitality -- 07.The Return -- Restoration and Repatriation, 1945 -- War Brides -- 08.War's End -- Australia, Fremantle and the enduring impact of war |
Summary |
As Australia's largest wartime port, Fremantle played a unique role in the nation's story. Featuring extraordinary photographs, this volume is a fascinating account of our homefront during the Boer War, World War I, World War II and more. It records our history of departure and reunion, victory and celebration, grief and loss, and dissent and activism |
Analysis |
Australian |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Audience |
Adult |
SUBJECT |
Fremantle (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94020879 -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165
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Fremantle (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94020879 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Fremantle (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94020879 -- History, Military -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006110 -- Pictorial works.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272
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Fremantle (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94020879 -- History, Military -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006110
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Fremantle (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94020879 -- Social conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008860
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Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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Author |
Lloyd-Jones, Madison, author
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LC no. |
2014455681 |
ISBN |
1925161293 |
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9781925161298 |
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