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  2. CONSTURCTION OF MILITARY CAMPS IN ROCKHAMPTON DISSTRICT

    Of the sum of more than £1,000,000 spent in the Rockhampton district on defence works, exclusive of inland defence road, more than two-thirds went in building training camps and other ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,301 words
  3. TAKEN FOR A RIDE!

    American Army men were keen on racing. Major-General F[?]ller and his aides attended the races on several occasions ...

    Article : 70 words
  4. NATIONAL SECURITY WORK IN WARTIME

    Beyond question one of the most vital activities connected with Australia's conduct of the war was that of the Commonwealth Security Service, yet it is one about which the public knows least. Complete revelations will perhaps never be made, ...

    Article : 1,543 words
  5. FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF WAR PERIOD

    The financial side of the war period in Rockhampton presents some interesting aspects. Not the least of them, perhaps, is the seeming paradex that whilst the huge payroll of the American troops and the plentif[?] civil employment, at high ...

    Article : 778 words
  6. Agriculture Organised For War

    Specifically to stimulate production and to assist the producer to reach targets for all agricultural commodities, the District ...

    Article : 319 words
  7. STORY OF AN "INVASION" SCARE

    Settlers and fishermen in the Shoalwater Bay area, about 90 miles north of Rockhampton, were probably the ...

    Article : 283 words
  8. Mt.Morgan Company's War Production Worth More Than £5,000,000

    In the face of many handicaps, chief amongst them being manpower shortage, the war role of Mt Morgan Limited was large and valuable, and kept operating an industry that will have the greatest value ...

    Article : 884 words
  9. PATRIOTIC CATTLE SALES POPULAR

    During the war Rockhampton was responsible for an effort unequalled elsewhere in the Commonwealth in connexion with drives for patriotic funds, by the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 558 words
  10. CHURCH OF ENGLAND HELP SOCIETY'S COMMENDABLE WORK

    Two conclusions are reached from a perusal of the files of the Sailors and Soldiers' Church of England Help Society: Firstly, the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 412 words
  11. ARMY ENLISTMENTS IN ROCKHAMPTON

    Enlistments in the AIF recorded at Rockhampton were 3040, of whom 1205 were rejected for different reasons. Callups totalled 2650. A number of these subsequently transferred to the AIF. At the Drill Shed 300 applications were received ...

    Article : 392 words
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