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Seller: Marlowes Books and Music, Ferny Grove, QLD, Australia
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 224 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. Seller Inventory # 178905
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Seller: Fine Print Books (ABA), Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
paperback in very good condition, pages tanned on edges; 224 pages. Seller Inventory # 79655
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Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Trade Paperback. 224pp, index, bibliography, endnotes, appendices, bw ills. Or card covers. Minor foxing, slight edge wear. From the late 19th century to the 1950s many wool buyers from the Flanders region came to Australia. Though not intending to stay many made their homes in Australia creating a vibrant French community. In 1914 the Flanders men of Australia returned to the defence of their homeland and fought and died in battles all along the Western Front and alongside the Anzacs at Gallipoli. The author's grandfather came to Australia in 1889 and her father saw action with both French and Australian units during WWI- it is through this family's life that this story of immigration, commerce and war is vividly brought to life. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 049865
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Seller: Good Reading Secondhand Books, Benalla, VIC, Australia
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 224 pages, indexed, end notes, illustrated with black and white plates. The covers are lighty creased and lightly bumped at the front's outer edges, else a clean unmarked and solid copy. "From the late 19th century to the 1950s, many wool buyers from the Flanders region of France & Belgium emigrated to Australia with their families to establish careers as buyers for the woollen mills of Europe. Although originally they had no intention of remaining here permanently, many stayed, establishing a prosperous and vibrant French community. A peaceful period of business building ended suddenly in 1914 when the Flanders men of Australia returned to the defence of their homeland. Their villages, towns and field became the site of some of the worst killing of World War One. They fought and died in battles all along the Western Front." (publisher). Seller Inventory # 020940
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Seller: Berry Books, Berry, NSW, Australia
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Size: 8"-9" Tall. Previous owner's book-plate . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Australian History; ISBN: 0864179693. ISBN/EAN: 9780864179692. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 34910. Seller Inventory # 34910
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