The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles

Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin 2001. 2001. Softcover. Large 8vo softcover 306pp index, b/w illus. very good. With vivid descriptions and illustrations, this reference includes all the major battles fought in Australia or by Australians overseas over the past 200 years. Arranged chronologically, each battle includes a description of the location, scale, and personnel involved. Detailed are frontier clashes between the Aborigines and Europeans, participation of colonial forces in Britain's 19th-century wars, Australian involvement in both World Wars, and participation in the Gulf War. Based on close study of historical record and firsthand accounts and illustrated with explanatory maps and contemporary drawings or photographs of the fighting, this expansive history presents a concise and readable account of the course and outcome of over 300 battles. .