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Remembrance Day – Understanding the Past and Stepping into the Future

On Remembrance Day we stop to honour and remember all those who have fought to protect others, or suffered in war and conflicts of the past. It is a day of commemoration in nations across the world ..

Carly Mills Pioneer Girl : Superstar

When Carly Mills goes to Melbourne with the school choir, she gets more than she expected.  Thanks to her magic shawl that transports her back in time, she takes a trip back to 1867 and…

Australia Remembers 2: Customs and Traditions of the Australian Defence Force

As our nation prepares to honour those who have served this country in both war and peace on ANZAC Day 2021,  once again we will see and hold commemorations that while confronting in their origins…

BOOK REVIEW: The Korean Kid: A Young Australian pilot’s baptism of fire in the jet fighter age

Reviewed by Neville Taylor RUSI VIC Born in 1930, James Kitchenside grew up in a Depression-ridden Marrickville, surviving in hand-me-downs in an overcrowded house a stone’s throw from Mascot Aerodrome. As he had little to…

BOOK REVIEW: Atomic Salvation: How the A-Bomb attacks saved the lives of 32 million people

Reviewed by Robert Ellis - RUSI VIC Dr Lewis has discussed two major issues in this, his 15th book of military and other history. He addresses the justification of the decision by America’s President Truman…

Books of Interest – Australian Defence Magazine by Peter Masters

Review of the Counting Series by Grace Nolan & Nancy Bevington (Illustrator) by Barbara Braxton at The Bottomshelf

10 Naughty Numbats 9781922265616 10 Bush Babies 9781922265623 10 Lively Lorikeets 9781922265630 Grace Nolan Nancy Bevington Big Sky, 2021 32pp., pbk., RRP $A14.9 Learning to count, add and subtract is one of the key reasons…

Penny Harris (text) and Winnie Zhou (illustrator), Movie Mayhem – A Story About Saying Sorry, Big Sky Publishing Australia. September 2020, 32 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781922265777

Tao Tiger likes peace and quiet so, as he is settling into a relaxing movie night at home, he is less than impressed with the unexpected arrival of his noisy friends. Unfortunately, Tao does not…

RUSI – VIC Newsletter December 2020 – Review “William Holmes”

THE ÉVIAN CONFERENCE FAILED AND THEN THE HOLOCAUST BEGAN – Ami Magazine

Atomic Salvation Book Review by Kevin Rickard

Blog article by Travis Winks – Author of Shattered

How many times have you wished something wasn’t true?  I can think of plenty of examples –Coronavirus, last summer’s catastrophic bushfires, 9-11 – the list is endless, but there is one that selfishly tops the…

#BookReview: Happiness is a Cloud by Robert Vescio and Nancy Bevington by Just Write For Kids

Blurb: Look up to the clouds and what do you see?On a day out at the beach Harry discovers that feelings are just like the clouds… they change shape and roll on by.And even on…