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Flanders in Australia : a personal history of wool and war / Jacqueline Dwyer.

Flanders in Australia : a personal history of wool and war / Jacqueline Dwyer.
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ISBN 9781925588125
1925588122
Author Dwyer, Jacqueline (author.)
Title Flanders in Australia : a personal history of wool and war / Jacqueline Dwyer.
Edition Revised.
Publisher and/or associated date/s North Melbourne, Vic Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2017.
©2017
Description xiv, 347 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits, genealogical table ; 24 cm.
Note The first edition of this book was published by Kangaroo Press in 1998.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-339) and index.
Summary 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.
Subjects Playoust, Jacques
World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Personal narratives, Belgian
Belgians -- Australia -- History
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian
Wool industry -- Australia -- History
Call number 2017.148
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