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Equalling Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa in scale and ferocity, the battle for Peleliu is regarded as the Pacific war's "forgotten battle". This work details the operation that became a close-quarters slog of unprecedented savagery, one that with hindsight should not have been fought at all.

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The complete illustrated history of pirates written by internationally renowned experts of buccaneer...

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This volume on the history of native title in Western Australia includes Aboriginal perspectives on native title, alongside those of oral historians, historians, lawyers and practitioners in the field.

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An exploration of the theoretical approaches to the use of historical sources. Papers from a UWA history honours seminar series.

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Australian divisions made a large and distinctive contribution to victory both in the deserts of the Middle East and the jungles of the South-West Pacific. This book recounts the organization and deployment of one of the most important fighting armies of World War II.

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Presents a first-hand WWII narrative that chronicles the Marines' savage five-day struggle to wrest Mount Suribachi from its tenacious Japanese defenders during their 35 day battle for Iwo Jima in 1945. With photographs, this book serves as source material for both "Flags of Our Fathers", and a film of the same name.

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The Cost of War examines the effects of combat, the emotional and physical scars borne by returned men and women, the impact on their families and friends, and the efforts of Australians to understand the physical, psychological, and cultural wounds of war.

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Tells how a once-desolate area of New South Wales became a thriving agricultural region through the addition of managed water resources. This title focuses on the grape growers and their contribution to a developing wine industry. It addresses many of the serious problems being experienced Australia wide.

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The legend of the six rural labourers who were transported to Australia in 1834 for swearing an oath of solidarity is celebrated as the foundation of the modern trade union movement.

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During the Second World War the Australian government interned thousands of Australian residents who were considered a security risk. Under Suspicion explores some of these stories. The essays reveal the sometimes disturbing nature of how the nation reacts on the home front when its existence is threatened by war.

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The year 1944 saw a great deal of Marine Corps activity. The early defeats suffered by America in the Pacific were past; the pivotal naval battle for Midway had been won, and the Solomon Islands had fallen once again to the Allies.

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Before she died in 2015, Colleen McCullough finished her last book - not a novel, but this short, thought-provoking book on water resources and how we use them, along with an affectionate and enlightening portrait of her friend Michael Crouch, the pioneering businessman who built Zip water heaters into a hugely successful Australian company.

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A history of Australia that covers: discovery by European; navigators who claimed the land as their own; the First Fleet, convict settlements and the gold rushes; the birth-pangs of a federated nation, and the experiences of Australians in the world's wars; and the Australian way of life.

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The Secret War is the latest salvo in the History Wars that sees historians, politicians and writers arguing over the extent of Indigenous deaths in frontier clashes. It is an authoritative and groundbreaking contribution to Australia's white settlement history. Australian author.

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In the First World War, Australian reactions to death were defined by distance, a circumstance that impelled mourners towards communal responses to their loss. It drove them to create and sustain links with the graves that most knew they would never see. This book deals with this topic.

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In 1883 pastoralists began to drive great herds of cattle into Victoria River District of Australia's Northern Territory. They entered a vast tropical land of big rivers, wide plains, and rugged ranges. It was a cattleman's paradise, but also a paradise for the Aboriginal people who had lived there for thousands of years.