Blackboy Hill is calling / Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre.
Blackboy Hill is calling / Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre.
Blackboy Hill is calling / Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Greenmount : Katharine Susannah Prichard Foundation Incorporated, 2015.
Greenmount, WA Valerie Everett for Katharine Susannah Prichard Foundation Incorporated, 2015.
Date
2015.
Call Numbers
HQ 2016/225
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
221 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 21 x 30 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1. An overview : Blackboy Hill training camp -- 2. Early history of Blackboy Hill: Whadjuk Booja -- 3. The first contingent -- 4. Training and expenditionary force -- 5. Feeding an army -- 6. Battalions and reinforcements: life at Blackboy Hill -- 7. Medical corps: unsung heroes -- 8. Camp Chronicle...
Publication information
Publisher
Greenmount : Katharine Susannah Prichard Foundation Incorporated, 2015.
Greenmount, WA Valerie Everett for Katharine Susannah Prichard Foundation Incorporated, 2015.
Place of Publication
Western Australia
Date Published
2015.
2015.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Nestled in the rolling hills of Greenmount, Western Australia, Blackboy Hill was the site where over 32,000 recruits were moulded into fighting soldiers destined for the Great War. This book joins former recruits on their journey through Camp training with touching and amusing tales of marching, drills, daily life, camp folklore and sufferance thr...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Blackboy Hill is calling / Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
"KSP Writers' Centre, 30th Anniversary, 1985-2015".
"April 2015".
Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
HQ 2016/225
Record Identifier
74VKzMWx54Pd
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzMWx54Pd
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0992502934 (Trade Paper) :
9780992502935 (pbk)
DDC
355.7109941
MMS ID
991023391979702626
