The Changi Book

Author : Lachlan Grant
Publisher : NewSouth
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781742247373

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The Changi Book by Lachlan Grant Pdf

The story of Changi, told by those who lived through it. In the tradition of The Anzac Book comes this fascinating collection of accounts of life in the notorious Changi prison camp. Changi is synonymous with suffering, hardship and the Australian prisoner-of-war experience in WWII. It is also a story of ingenuity, resourcefulness and survival. Containing essays, cartoons, paintings, and photographs created by prisoners of war, The Changi Book provides a unique view of the camp: life-saving medical innovation, machinery and tools created from spare parts and scrap, black-market dealings, sport and gambling, theatre productions, and the creation of a library and university. Seventy years after its planned publication, material for The Changi Book was rediscovered in the Australian War Memorial archives. It appears here for the first time along with insights from the Memorial’s experts. ‘A moving insiders’ account of life in Changi.’ —Peter FitzSimons ‘A fresh perspective on Changi: illuminating stories from the inside.’ —Les Carlyon

Author : Lachlan Grant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1459696611

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The Changi Book by Lachlan Grant Pdf

The story of Changi, told by those who lived through it. In the tradition of The Anzac Book comes this fascinating collection of accounts of life in the notorious Changi prison camp. Changi is synonymous with suffering, hardship and the Australian prisoner - of - war experience in WWII. It is also a story of ingenuity, resourcefulness and survival. Containing essays, cartoons, paintings, and photographs created by prisoners of war, The Changi Book provides a unique view of the camp: life - saving medical innovation, machinery and tools created from spare parts and scrap, black - market dealings, sport and gambling, theatre productions, and the creation of a library and university. Seventy years after its planned publication, material for The Changi Book was rediscovered in the Australian War Memorial archives. It appears here for the first time along with insights from the Memorial's experts.

Author : R P W Havers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135788773

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Reassessing the Japanese Prisoner of War Experience by R P W Havers Pdf

Popular perceptions of life in Japanese prisoner of war camps are dominated by images of emaciated figures, engaged in slave labour, and badly treated by their captors. This book, based on extensive original research, shows that this view is quite wrong in relation to the large camp at Changi, which was the main POW camp in Singapore.

Author : Roland Perry
Publisher : Hachette Australia
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780733627354

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The Changi Brownlow by Roland Perry Pdf

This is the moving, powerful and surprising story of a group of Australian POWs who organise an Australian Rules Football competition under the worst conditions imaginable - inside Changi prison. After Singapore falls to the Japanese early in 1942, 70 000 prisoners including 15 000 Australians, are held as POWs at the notorious Changi prison, Singapore. To amuse themselves and fellow inmates, a group of sportsmen led by the indefatigable and popular `Chicken? Smallhorn, created an Australian Football League, complete with tribunal, selection panel, umpires and coaches. The final game of the one and only season was between `Victoria? and the `Rest of Australia?, which attracted 10 000 spectators, and a unique Brownlow Medal was awarded in this unlikely setting under the curious gaze of Japanese prison guards. Meet the main characters behind this spectacle: Peter Chitty, the farm hand from Snowy River country with unfathomable physical and mental fortitude, and one of eight in his immediate family who volunteered to fight and serve in WW2; `Chicken? Smallhorn, the Brownlow-medal winning little man with the huge heart; and `Weary? Dunlop, the courageous doctor, who cares for the POWs as they endure malnutrition, disease and often inhuman treatment. Changi Brownlow is a story of courage and the invincibility of the human spirit, and highlights not only the Australian love of sport, but its power to offer consolation in times of extreme hardship.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1459640500

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Diary of a Girl in Changi by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter Ewer
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781743096109

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The Long Road to Changi by Peter Ewer Pdf

How flawed planning, dysfunctional personalities and empirical arrogance took Australia down the long road to Changi. In the 1930s while war raged in Europe, Australians were assured by politicians that the country was safe as long as the Union Jack fluttered over 'Fortress Singapore'. the reality was so different: Britain, over-stretched and under threat, skimped on the forces it needed to hold the base. When Japanese forces began flexing their muscles in the Pacific, a hasty defence plan was put in place. Australian troops, aircrews and sailors were dispatched to Singapore as much for purposes of propaganda as anything else. the understanding was that bronzed Aussies would soon put the Japs in their place. But it was so much wishful thinking. While most books centre on the horrors of the death camps, historian Peter Ewer asks how we came to be in this mess in the first place. Why was an untested Australian military contingent expected to play a leading role in halting the cream of the Japanese army? Why did British commanders and politicians send them there - then blame them for the inevitable defeat? Could this disaster have been averted? Drawing on fresh archival research, Ewer uncovers a story of incompetent planning, powerful but flawed characters and national trauma which resonates to this day. Writing from the perspectives of foot soldiers and generals, politicians and socialites, he constructs a riveting picture of a war which was lost before it began.

Author : Safdie Architects
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03
Category : Airport buildings
ISBN : 1864708506

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Jewel Changi Airport by Safdie Architects Pdf

Architecture - documents the creation of one of the world's premier airports, Jewel Changi Airport Safdie Architects - illuminate the process of building the new central connector between the existing airport terminals at Singapore Changi Airport Planning - features detailed diagrams of the building's conceptual design Infrastructure design - includes descriptions regarding composition of lifestyle/retail amenity, cultural attraction, and transportation infrastructure Architecture - monograph of a project by internationally renowned global practice, Safdie Architects.

Author : LACHLAN. GRANT
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1525209345

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CHANGI BOOK. by LACHLAN. GRANT Pdf

Author : Peter W. Stubbs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015061388313

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The Changi Murals by Peter W. Stubbs Pdf

This carefully researched account reveals the truth behind the man and his murals. It follows Stanley Warren's journey through World War II: from soldier, to prisoner of war, and his return to civillian life. It also tells of his remarkable, long-standing relationship with the murals

Author : Suzanne Evans
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781771134903

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The Taste of Longing by Suzanne Evans Pdf

Half a world away from her home in Manitoulin Island, Ethel Mulvany is starving in Singapore’s infamous Changi Prison, along with hundreds of other women jailed there as POWs during the Second World War. They beat back pangs of hunger by playing decadent games of make-believe and writing down recipes filled with cream, raisins, chocolate, butter, cinnamon, ripe fruit – the unattainable ingredients of peacetime, of home, of memory. In this novelistic, immersive biography, Suzanne Evans presents a truly individual account of WWII through the eyes of Ethel – mercurial, enterprising, combative, stubborn, and wholly herself. The Taste of Longing follows Ethel through the fall of Singapore in 1942, the years of her internment, and beyond. As a prisoner, she devours dog biscuits and book spines, befriends spiders and smugglers, and endures torture and solitary confinement. As a free woman back in Canada, she fights to build a life for herself in the midst of trauma and burgeoning mental illness. Woven with vintage recipes and transcribed tape recordings, the story of Ethel and her fantastical POW Cookbook is a testament to the often-overlooked strength of women in wartime. It’s a story of the unbreakable power of imagination, generosity, and pure heart.

Author : Lesley-Anne Tan,Monica Lim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Airports
ISBN : 9814785652

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Secrets of Singapore by Lesley-Anne Tan,Monica Lim Pdf

Author : Mandy Ong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Criminals
ISBN : UOM:39015060591099

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Life in Singapore Changi Prison by Mandy Ong Pdf

Author : Henry Probert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Air bases, British
ISBN : UOM:39015066804397

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The History of Changi by Henry Probert Pdf

Author : John K. Morton
Publisher : Airlife Pub Limited
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
ISBN : 184037215X

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Changi by John K. Morton Pdf

This text offers a perspective on performance and on the construction of the analytical object. By listening to such experts of action as the players of Shakespeare, we are offered a set of methodological tools and analytical concepts that may enrich future anthropological analysis of individual actions in their social context.

Author : Tom Henling Wade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0864176023

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Prisoner of the Japanese by Tom Henling Wade Pdf

The memoirs of a British POW during WWII. Wade's lifelong experience in the Far East enabled him to survive and understand his captors.