Object details

Category
Books
Related period
Second World War (content), 1945-1989 (content), Second World War (content)
Creator
HUIE, SHIRLEY FENTON (Author)
Angus and Robertson (Publisher)
Production date
1992
Place made
Pymble, New South Wales
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 21cm., Pagination: [vi], 210p. ill., facsim., figs., maps, ports.

Catalogue number
LBY 93 / 2209

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