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Spotlight on true stories of war, peace and hope
Stories my grandmothers didn’t tell me : two women’s journeys from war-torn Europe to a new life in Australia

Putnis, Andra
Crawl to freedom : Australian POW escapes of World War One

Prickett, Darren
Sister Viv

Kieza, Grantlee
Muse of fire : World War I as seen through the lives of the soldier poets

Korda, Michael
The man next door : and other true stories of war and peace

Colman, Mike
Life so full of promise : further biographies of Australia’s lost generation

McMullin, Ross, 1952-
Australia’s secret army : the story of the Coastwatchers, the unsung heroes of Australia’s armed forces during World War II

Veitch, Michael
Sons of war : astonishing stories of under-age Australian soldiers who fought in the Second World War

Byrnes, Paul
The scrap iron flotilla

Carlton, Mike
Save our sons : women, dissent and conscription during the Vietnam War

Collins, Carolyn
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Bull-Bluff watercolour painting
This painting by George Frederick McDougall was produced on the ice in 1853. McDougall was the master of HMS Resolute which overwintered off the coast of Melville Island. Sledging parties, such as the one depicted, were attempting to locate the lost ships of Sir John Franklin.

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