Account of the Second World War as viewed and experienced in northern Australia ; includes references to Aboriginal people as coast watchers and rescuers, in army service, as trackers, in the Special Reconaissance Unit ; W.E.H. Stanner and the North Australia Observer Unit ; Protectors of women ; results of war experiences ; white attitudes towards Aboriginal people.Powell writes with passion. This is history with the explanations left in. – Sydney Morning Herald . . . most comprehensive, covering every conceivable aspect of wartime Darwin. – Mufti . . . a well-wrought study of Australians, not so much at war, but in it. – Advertiser . . . highly readable, entertaining and thoughtful. – Journal of Australian War Memorial. Reprint (1988)xvi, 346 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm. Near Fine #1020 World War, 1939-1945 — Northern Territory. | Defence – World War II. | Race relations – Attitudes. | Defence – Coastal surveillance. | Defence – Armed forces. | History – Military. | Northern Territory — History — 1939-1945. | Northern Territory (NT) | Queensland Far West ISBN 10: 0522843719 ISBN 13: 9780522843712