Farewell, dear people : biographies of Australia's lost generation / Ross McMullin.
Publication details: Brunswick, Vic. : Scribe, 2012.Description: viii, 600 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781921844669 (pbk.)
- Australia -- Armed Forces -- Biography
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties -- Australia
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Biography
- 'The Nib' Waverley Library Award for Literature Nominations (2012)
- Australia -- Armed Forces
- Australia -- History -- 1914-1918
- Australia -- Armed Forces -- Biography
- Australia -- History -- 1914-1918 -- Biography
- Australian
- 940.394 23
- DU116.2.A2 M36 2012
- Winner of the 2013 Premier's Literary Award for History.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 940.394 MCM | Available | 054348 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 535-546) and index.
Machine generated contents note: One.Geoff McCrae: the creative allrounder -- Two.Tom Elliott: Australia's Kitchener -- Three.George Challis: the footballer -- Four.Ted Larkin: the administrator/politician -- Five.Clunes Mathison: the medical scientist -- Six.Robert Bage: the engineer/explorer -- Seven.Gresley Harper, Wilfred Harper, and Phipps Turnbull: the barrister, the farmer, and the Rhodes scholar -- Eight.Carew Reynell: the winemaker.
An analysis of the individuals making up the lost generation of WWI. They involve a range of backgrounds and experiences, all states and classes, and come from a variety of military units, not just the infantry.
Winner of the 2013 Premier's Literary Award for History.
