Resource : stories of Australian innovation in wartime / written by Jennet Cole-Adams & Judy Gauld.

By: Cole-Adams, Jennet [author.]Contributor(s): Gauld, Judy [author.] | Australia. Department of Veterans' Affairs [issuing body] | Australian War MemorialMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Century of servicePublisher: Canberra : Department of Veterans' Affairs in association with the Australian War Memorial, 2016Description: 56 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 30 cmContent type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780992583989Subject(s): Vietnam War (1961-1975) | World War (1914-1918) | World War (1939-1945) | 1900-1999 | Technological innovations -- Study and teaching (Secondary) | Technology -- Study and teaching (Secondary) | Inventions -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction | Military research -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction | Technological innovations -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction | Inventions -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1914-1918 -- Technology | Technological innovations -- Australia | Australians -- Wars | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Technology | World War, 1939-1945 -- Technology | Technological innovations -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Australia | Technological innovations -- Australia -- Study and teaching (Secondary) | Inventions -- History -- 20th century -- Study and teaching (Secondary) | World War, 1914-1918 -- Technology -- Study and teaching (Secondary) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Technology -- Study and teaching (Secondary) | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Technology -- Study and teaching (Secondary) | Australians -- Wars -- Study and teaching (Secondary) | Australia | Australia -- History, Military -- Juvenile fiction | AustralianGenre/Form: History.DDC classification: 355.072094 Online resources: Connect to online resource Summary: A resourceful person finds unique and clever ways to overcome challenges - a quality that is much needed during times of conflict. Over the last century, Australians have demonstrated resourcefulness during wartime in many ways, from surviving in harsh environments without specialist equipment, to deceiving the enemy with ingenious plans or inventing new and effective weapons. This book explores examples of Australian wartime innovation, some of which occurred in Australia - in laboratories, offices and homes - and some on the battlefields where Australians have fought.
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"Century of service" -- cover.

Includes bibliographical references (page 54) and index.

A resourceful person finds unique and clever ways to overcome challenges - a quality that is much needed during times of conflict. Over the last century, Australians have demonstrated resourcefulness during wartime in many ways, from surviving in harsh environments without specialist equipment, to deceiving the enemy with ingenious plans or inventing new and effective weapons. This book explores examples of Australian wartime innovation, some of which occurred in Australia - in laboratories, offices and homes - and some on the battlefields where Australians have fought.

For secondary school students.

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