Title North Australia Observer Unit : the history of a surveillance regiment / Amoury Vane

Published Loftus, N.S.W. : Australian Military History Publications, 2000

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Description xviii, 174 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm Contents Appendix 1 : Aboriginal members of the regiment - Appendix 4: Stanner's reputation Summary The North Australia Observer Unit, formed in 1942 to protect the north of Australia from a Japanese attack, consisted of around 500 men and their aboriginal guides, stretched from Wyndham to Cape York, and was headed by the anthropologist William Stanner Notes Includes index Subject Australia. Australian Army. North Australia Observer Unit -- History. Australia. Australian Army. North Australia Observer Unit. Aboriginal Australian soldiers -- Australia, Northern -- History Coastal surveillance -- Australia, Northern -- History. World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Australia. World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia. World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Northern Territory. LC no. 2001430341 ISBN 1876439254

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