Recollections of a young boy growing up in a Queensland bush community during the most turbulent time in Australia's history. The stories are from a world that

As WWII ravages the world and the Japanese Empire has set its sights on Australia, the Americans have come to save us. But not all soldiers are heroes and not a

This book explores the way in which Australia confronted the challenge of the shadow of war in 1942.

At Templeton’s Crossing in October 1942, Private Nick Kennedy paused to write in his diary: ‘One wonders why all this strife should be … these men in the