Rosenberg Publishing: 54 books
Paul Cullen Citizen and Soldier
The Life and Times of Major General Paul Cullen
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
Paul Cullen is the last surviving battalion commander from the Kokoda Campaign in New Guinea, reputedly the last Australian officer to have had his horse shot from under him in battle. He was a distinguished soldier, a staunch supporter of the Army Reserve, a business entrepreneur, the founder of Aust...
Mont St Quentin
A Soldiers Battle
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This is the story of the third significant Australian victory (after Viller-Brettoneux and Hamel)fought over 31 August to 5 September 1918. Mont St Quentin and Peronne, were both keys to German defence of the Somme River. The village of St Quentin was taken, held against counterattack, and the Australian...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Signaller Ellis Silas of the 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial force, was the only artist to paint and sketch actual battle scenes showing Australian soldiers in action at Gallipoli. With his mates he went ashore at Anzac Cove in April 1915 and for the next month he witnessed the terrible carnage at...
First Frontier
The Occupation of the Sydney Region 1788-1816
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The arrival of the First Fleet heralded monumental and often catastrophic changes to the lives of the indigenous peoples living between the Blue Mountains and the sea. As British settlement spread out from Sydney Cove the next 28 years saw frequent flare-ups of violence as disputes over precious resources...
Across the Sea to War
Australian & New Zealand Troop Convoys from 1865 through two World Wars...
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
This book is an in-depth coverage of the troops convoys sent by ANZ to overseas conflicts. In WWII these convoys included such great liners as Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Aquitania and Mauretania. They also included humble Tasmanian ferries.
Man of Intelligence
The Life of Captain Eric Nave, Code breaker Extraordinary
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Eric Nave, an Australian naval officer, was the first to unravel Japanese naval telegraphy and to break Imperial Japanese Navy codes. Yet few Australians have ever heard of the exploits and achievements of this exceptionally talented man who did so much for the safety and security of our country. This...
by Philip E. Muskett
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Philip E. Muskett, former Surgeon Superintendent to the NSW government, wrote in 1893: …our people live in direct opposition to their semi-tropical environment ... the consumption of butchers meat and tea is enormously in excess of any common sense requirements .. The Art of Living in Australia offers...
A Reptile on my Tractor
The Rampant Robot and Other Stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Following the publication of Tall But True Tractor Tales the author has unearthed 50 more stories related to tractors and farm machines (more tall but true tales) and those who work with them. Most of the individuals whose mishaps and misadventures with machinery appear in this book have agreed to...
by Peter Plowman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This guide book features more than 130 paddle-boats found in various parts of Australia. It includes paddleboats presently operating public excursions and cruises on rivers, lakes and harbours around Australia, as well as privately owned boats, and vintage boats that have been restored for static public...
Vung Tau Ferry
HMAS Sydney and Escort Ships: Vietnam 1965-1972
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The purpose of this book is to recognise the major contribution of those many members of the Royal Australian Navy whose dedicated service in the Vietnam War was for so long ignored. These are the approximately 9,800 RAN personnel who, through dedication to the task over seven years, transported safely...
The Perpetual Refugee
Images of a Holocaust Child
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
His triumph over repeated terrible misfortunes is told here in an inspirational manner, and ought to be a positive lesson for everyone in adversity. He has made the world a better place.”Survival is a theme which runs through the book. His mother, pregnant with Paul, was bound for Auschwitz and...
by Peter R Jensen
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
After 1900, as the potential advantages of wireless technology to the battlefield and for marine warfare became apparent, interested industrial organisations multiplied, keeping pace with the growth of the armies and navies that would soon apply their products to devastating effect. How twentieth-century...