Australian Women and War
| Author | : Melanie Oppenheimer |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 270 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1877007285 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781877007286 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (286 Downloads) |
Download or read book Australian Women and War written by Melanie Oppenheimer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sourced from Oppenheimer's own research and archival material from the Australian War Memorial, Australian Red Cross archives and State Libraries, Australian Women and War contains accounts of women such as Nursing Sister Nellie Gould in the Boer War and Angela Rhodes, the first Australian Military female air traffic controller to serve in Baghdad during the second Gulf War. The book also contains little known accounts of women such as Nurse Ethel Gillingham, one of the only Australian women to be a POW in WWI, and the group of Australian teachers sent to South Africa during the Boer War to work in the internment (concentration) camps.
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