Australia Remember When

Australia Remember When
Author: Bob Byrne
Publisher: UNSW Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781742234564

Remember grabbing a copy of the late edition afternoon paper from the paper boy? Watching a Graham Kennedy skit on TV? Did you buy a 45rpm single or a 33rpm album at your local record shop? And play it on your record player? If you answered yes to any of these questions chances are you are part of the Baby Boomer generation. How time has flown! It all seems just like yesterday. Take a pleasantly sentimental trip down memory lane with Bob Brown as he shows us bits of Australia we've forgotten, identities and landmarks we loved and let him remind us that some of the best things about Australia haven't changed.

Adelaide Remember When

Adelaide Remember When
Author: Bob Byrne
Publisher: NewSouth
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-12
Genre: Adelaide (S.A.)
ISBN: 9781742237558

A Celebration of Adelaide Remember drinking Woodies Lemonade as a kid? And catching Popeye to the zoo? Or watching Bobo the Clown on TV? Then you'll also undoubtedly remember listening to Vinnie on SAFM and visiting Santa at Johnnie's Magic Cave! Featuring a selection of Bob Byrne's most popular "Boomer" columns from The Advertiser, Adelaide Remember When: The Boomer Stories looks back at the city we grew up in and recalls its rich and colourful past. It's an entertaining and captivating book for all of those who love Adelaide.

A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember
Author: Jackie French
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2015-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1460705084

ANZAC Day seen through the eyes of generations of Australians. Ages: 7-12 Anzac Day is the day when we remember and honour Anzac traditions down the ages, from the first faltering march of wounded veterans in 1916 to the ever increasing numbers of their descendants who march today. Containing reference to the many places the ANZACs have fought, and the various ways in which they keep the peace and support the civilians in war-torn parts of the world today, this is a picture book that looks not only at traditions, but also the effects of war.

Whoever You Are

Whoever You Are
Author: Mem Fox
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780152060664

Despite the differences between children around the world, there are similarities that join us together, such as pain, joy, and love. Inside they are the same.

Melbourne Remember When

Melbourne Remember When
Author: Bob Byrne
Publisher: NewSouth
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781742236612

Remember dropping into the Coles Cafeteria on Bourke Street for a feast of rashers, sausages, and mash with gravy from the bain marie? Or catching a 'red rattler' into the city? Eating a hot jam doughnut from the American Doughnut Kitchen van at the Queen Vic markets? If you answered yes to any of these questions, chances are you are part of the Melbourne Baby Boomer generation. Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with Bob Byrne as he transports us back in time to a Melbourne that has long since disappeared, the streets and buildings, the personalities and landmarks, the traditions and the times.

Remember Me

Remember Me
Author: Lesley Pearse
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2003-08-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0141006498

The Queen of Storytellers is back - with a triumphant tale of one woman's struggle over adversity. In 1786 a fisherman's daughter from Cornwall called Mary Broad was sentenced to be hung for theft. But her sentence was commuted, and she was transported to Australia, one of the first convicts to arrive there. How Mary escaped the harsh existence of the colony and found true love, and how she was captured and taken back to London in chains, only to be released after a trial where she was defended by no less than James Boswell, is one of the most gripping and moving stories of human endeavour (based on an amazing true story) you will ever read.

Australia Remember This Too!

Australia Remember This Too!
Author: Bob Byrne
Publisher: NewSouth
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2019-03
Genre: Australia
ISBN: 9781742236148

Australia Remember This Too! is a photographic celebration of nostalgia, particularly for Baby Boomers, 114,000 of whom follow the `Australia Remember When' Facebook page, sharing their photos and memories. Remember Mike Willesee's A Current Affair from the '70s? Fairy bread with hundreds and thousands at every birthday party? Remember takeaway fish and chips with lots of salt and vinegar and Dad carefully dividing a brick of ice cream into equal portions to go with Mum's homemade preserved peaches? Oh, sweet memories! Take a wonderfully sentimental trip down memory lane with Bob Byrne as he shows us bits of Australia we'd forgotten, identities and landmarks we loved and let him remind us that some of the best things about Australia haven't changed. Including the best of Bob Byrne's hit Facebook page and much more, Australia Remember This Too! is a trip back in time which will at once bring a smile to your face, cause a lump in your throat and bring a tear to your eye! Enjoy the memories!

Anzac Memories

Anzac Memories
Author: Alistair Thomson
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1921867582

Anzac Memories was first published to acclaim in 1994, and has achieved international renown for its pioneering contribution to the study of war memory and mythology. Michael McKernan wrote that the book gave ‘as good a picture of the impact of the Great War on individuals and Australia as we are likely to get in this generation’, and Michael Roper concluded that ‘an immense achievement of this book is that it so clearly illuminates the historical processes that left men like my grandfather forever struggling to fashion myths which they could live by’. In this new edition Alistair Thomson explores how the Anzac legend has transformed over the past quarter century, how a ‘post-memory’ of the Great War creates new challenges and opportunities for making sense of the national past, and how veterans’ war memories can still challenge and complicate national mythologies. He returns to a family war history that he could not write about twenty years ago because of the stigma of war and mental illness, and he uses newly released Repatriation files to question his own earlier account of veterans’ post-war lives and memories and to think afresh about war and memory.

Before We Were Strangers

Before We Were Strangers
Author: Renée Carlino
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2015-08-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501105787

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M

I Remember

I Remember
Author: Joanne Crawford
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781925360769

I remember is an exquisite tale of memory. Set in the Geraldton area of Western Australia, an elderly woman remembers the camping trips of her childhood. As her recollections fade in and out, she is drawn to think about the elusiveness of what she can remember from so long ago. Joanne Crawford moves away from a chronological narrative and skillfully conveys the excitement and anticipation of many camps. Packing up the family car, driving along dirt sand plains, stopping to marvel at wildflowers in bloom, baking damper, fishing, and listening to eerie sounds in the bush at night become memories that last a lifetime. Kerry Anne Jordinson's illustrations have an ephemeral quality as she offers a glimpse into the beauty of the storyteller, old and young, and her family adventures through the vast West Australian landscape.