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Darwin dilemmas / by Ron Brown and Pat Studdy-Clift.
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0859051641
Title
Darwin dilemmas / by Ron Brown and Pat Studdy-Clift.
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Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 1992.
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x, 177 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
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Brown, Ron,
Cross Collection on Central Australia.
Studdy-Clift, Pat.
Contents
Darwin genesis -- The Chinese connection -- The new chum comes to town -- The grog -- The ladies -- Tropical sickies -- Court room dramas -- If you can't be good be careful -- Crime doesn't pay, or does it? -- A unique form of communication -- Doc Fenton -- It's the unloaded gun that explodes -- Protocol -- The Victoria Hotel brawl -- Party time -- With a heavy heart -- Tokyo Rose -- Only a shoot off job -- Crocodile tears -- Female exodus -- Map of bombing -- I was there and so were others -- On Darwin's shores -- Mopping up -- Those personal experiences -- Under siege -- Japan looks a gift horse in the mouth -- The corner store -- Trekking -- Moving time with Bluey and Curley -- She wielded a mean bat -- More larrikins -- Sixth sense -- Cloak and dagger -- Matthias' valour is an incentive -- Scorched earth -- Fiendish corporal -- Tas Fitzer -- Fisticuffs at Adelaide River fracas -- Yorky Mick and the Gin Gin waterholes -- Lags -- On the move -- Seeing the funny side -- The ties that bind -- Tribute -- In conclusion.
Summary
Ron Brown was one of the best known Territory policemen and his first hand story of life in Darwin from 1939-1945 (before and during the air raids) records a way of life almost forgotten.
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