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Flight of Diamonds: The Story of Broome’s War and the Carnot Bay Diamonds

Tyler, William H

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AUSTRALIAN MILITARY WEST AUSTRALIANA
The 1942 Japanese attack on Broome had been kept hidden by Curtin’s wartime government. Tyler gives the first full account of the raid and of the loss of $12 million in diamonds, still unrecovered.
viii, 125 p. : ill., maps, ports ; 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 88-89. First Edition. #310523/170424

(Note: Crease to cover and repaired edge tear to title page, hence only “Good”.)
Palmer, Jack. | Robinson, Frank. | Mulgrue, James. | Larceny — Western Australia — Carnot Bay. | Diamonds — Western Australia — Carnot Bay. | World War, 1939-1945 — Western Australia — Broome — Aerial operations, Japanese. | Broome (W.A.) — History — Bombardment, 1942.

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AuthorTyler, William H
Number of pages125
PublisherHesperian Press
Year Published1987
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

Good

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