Van Diemen's Land, 1841. Mathinna, the adopted Aboriginal daughter of the island's governor, Sir John Franklin, and his wife, Lady Jane, sits for her portrait. She is the subject of a grand experiment in civilisation - one that will determine whether science and reason can be imposed in place of savagery and desire.
The unit history of the 2/3rd Australian Infantry Battalion, 16th Brigade, 6th Division, written by Ken Clift DCM and published in 1980. The 2/3rd was recruited largely from the west and south-west of NSW and saw action across some of the most demanding campaigns of the Second World War — Bardia, Tobruk, Greece, Crete and Syria in the Middle East and Mediterranean, and then recalled to defend Australia on the Kokoda Trail and in subsequent New Guinea campaigns through to 1945.
Featuring wild and warming tales from a life spent in the natural world, WATER COLOUR is master fly fisher and storyteller Greg French's follow-up to his book Frog Call.