nov-dec 2002 - State Library of Western Australia

7b a t t y eabout booksCyril AyrisThis is the story of Flying Officer Stan Watt and some ofhis fellow brave WWII pilots who pressed attack afterattack through the heaviest anti-aircraft fire the Germanscould muster. It is also the story of their remarkableaeroplane, the Kittyhawk, which made the transition fromfighter to dive bomber with outstanding success.compiled by Marolyn HamiltonTwenty gold sovereigns were stolen from Charlie Harrisduring his voyage from England and he arrived with littlemoney at Fremantle in 1891, aged 23. Unable to findwork at his trade of baker and confectioner, he walkedfrom Perth to Albany, almost dying of thirst on the way. Julie TuckeyThe story of two children growing up on a cattle stationin the Hamersley Range of Western Australia and whoare of mixed blood. The boy, Toby, has problems comingto terms with his Aboriginality, and as they seek onejourney after another into the Aboriginal dreamtimestories, Toby is able to find and accept who he is.Suellen MurrayWomen’s refuges in the 1970s did more than just providecrisis accommodation; they worked to politicise domesticviolence. Politicians and bureaucrats began to takenotice from the 1980s and, over time, service responsesimproved. The author uses Nardine Women’s Refuge inWestern Australia as a case study.Margaret E. PuseyThis book is the first release of memories collected fromthe people who were Niagara and Kookynie, WesternAustralia. It is a journey into the home life, school days,tragedies, plagues and mining accidents. A compilationof photographs, mining details, humorous and sad talesensure it will become a treasure for Goldfields families.Rod DicksonIn 22 individual stories, mostly unpublished, RodDickson has attempted to portray the hardshipsencountered by the thousands of men who wereengaged in the pearling industry during the early partof the 1900s in the north-west of Western Australia.Harry AtkinsonBorn legally blind, Harry Atkinson was first licensed asa radio amateur in 1937 and was an active ham untilhis death in 2001. He began as a roving reporter for theWireless News before embarking on a career in countrybroadcasting. This is his story.Bindy DatsonSamphires are an easily overlooked and much malignedsucculent plant, often found growing in inhospitableplaces such as saline wetlands and tidal estuaries. Thisnew field guide to Chenopodiaceae tribe salicornieaedescribes each species in simple terms and with theaid of simple keys. Christine HalseErnest Gribble’s life teemed with trials andcontradictions. Once described as the first ‘successful’missionary to the Aboriginals, Gribble would die inobscurity, mourned only by those he had spent his lifetrying to protect. Christine Halse’s biography revealsthe humanity of this complex, tragic figure - a man whoselife echoes the tensions that haunt Australia’s past.