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The torch and the sword : a history of the army cadet movement in Australia

Commemorates the centenary of the national cadet movement. Since the 1800s hundreds of thousands of school aged Australians have undergone military training in various army cadet schemes
Print Book, English, 2007
University of New South Wales Press Ltd., Sydney, 2007
History
311 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780868408385, 0868408387
173660075
1 Colonial genesis 1866-1905
2 Commonwealth cadets, 1906-10
3 Conscripts, 1911-29
4 A dual system, 1930-38
5 Cadets and World War II, 1939-45
6 The Australian Cadet Corps, 1946-57
7 Ascent and descent, 1958-74
Death and rebirth, 1975-82
9 The great divide, 1983-95
10 Healing, harmony and hope, 1996-2006