Tarka publishing (32 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : As New. 1st Edition. Les Murray wrote of the first story in this collection,'The Deck Chair is a fine story, well told…' All these stories are rewarding in a quietly powerful way with starting visual threads. Ann Howard writes of families, inheritance, migration, memory and the landscapes that shape us. From t…

Hardcover. Etat : As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. personal and recorded historical accounts from 'voluntary'migrants from the UK to Australia between 1921 and 1965. They were aged six years and up. Used as cild labour, sometimes abused,sometimes treated like one of the family, they were powerless. They somehow survived and many…

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. A much lauded Account of 'voluntary' child migration from the UK to Australia from 1921 to 1965, mostly from the Barnardo's homes. This volume follows on from the sellers previous book'after Barnardo'.Historically and socially important, the interviews with survivors are backed up with offic…

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. This signed rare book has many unique photographs of so-called voluntary child migration subjects who were sent from the UK to Australia, mostly from Dr Barnardos, from the 1920s to the 1960s. From research and interviews a story emerges of immense stoic courage by little children, the sadne…

Hardcover. Etat : As New. 1st Edition. A signed as new copy of this unique collection of stories and photographs researched by the author and laying out the story is an experiences of the supposedly voluntary migratory children from the UK to Australia. They came out from the 1920s to the 1960s, following in the Barnardo traditi…

Softcover. Etat : Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No internal inscriptions, torn or missing pages. 194 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 4. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Australia; ISBN: 0958584311. ISBN/EAN: 9780958584319. Pictures of this item no…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. From the appointment of the Controller, Colonel Sybil Irving, on the 29th of September 1941 until the cessation of hostilities in August 1945, 24,028 girls and women enlisted as volunteers in the Australian Women's Army Service. The book and jacket are in…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket is in good condition with tears to top edge now protected with book tape. Interior and binding are still very good. The part that over 24,000 women played in the Australian Army in WWII is…

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. Second Printing. Softcover. 171 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Tarka Publishing, Sydney, 1994. Second Printing. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased.…

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very special copy signed by the author and Tom Keneally at a presentation of this local history at the Tom Keneally Centre. Clean and unspoiled 194 pages, most with photographs and piuctures, some rare. The book covers the early history of Dangar Island, the Dangar family, the H…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. In 1946, 66,000 demobbed Servicewomen returned home apprehensively to meet up with their loved ones. In this, the eagerly awaited sequelto You'll Be Sorry! they pick up their lives again in a world of coupons, housing shortages and social unrest.They asked themselves and their daughters…

1st editions dust jacket Nice Copies lge. octavo 193, 171pp., b/w pls., bibliogs., indexes, Reflections from the AWAS from 1941-1945. Includes their part in the Cowra breakout, Poison Gas experiments & Intelligence. WITH Compelling postwar experiences of Australian ex-Servicewomen 1945-1948. First volume is hardcover, second is…