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1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 30 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by the author. |
| Summary |
March 1942: The world is at war. Too old to fight and with jobs scarce at home, Tom Phelps found work as a carpenter in the goldfields of the New Guinea Highlands. No one expected the Japanese to attack in the Pacific. But they did. Tom and his mates weren't going to hang around and wait to be killed. With escape routes bombed by the Japanese, their only option was to try to reach safety by foot, through some of the most rugged terrain on Earth - the Bulldog Track. Back home in Sydney, Rose Phelps, their son, George, and three daughters, Joy, Shirley and Ann, waited for news of Tom's fate. George watched the horrors of war unfold on newsreels knowing his dad was 'over there'. Travelling by foot, raft, canoe, schooner, train, luck and courage, Tom Phelps, half-starved and suffering malaria, would eventually make it home. His stories of New Guinea would lead his son and grandson to their own experiences with the country. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Phelps, Peter, 1960- -- Family.
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Phelps, Tom.
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Carpenters -- Australia -- Biography.
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Families -- Australia -- Biography.
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Jungle survival -- New Guinea.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- New Guinea.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia.
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Foreign workers -- New Guinea.
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Gold mines and mining -- New Guinea.
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New Guinea -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Phelps, Peter.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781528846080 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1528846087 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13644155 |
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