| Record Number |
19989 |
| ISBN |
9781925333770 |
| Item Number |
40026833175 |
| Location |
355.5 DYM |
| Author |
Dymock, Darryl (author.). |
| Title |
The chalkies : educating an army for independence / Darryl R Dymock ; with a foreword by Major General Michael Jeffery. |
| Spine title |
Chalkies |
| Published |
North Melbourne, Victoria : Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, 2016. |
| ©2016. |
| Collation |
xvi, 208 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), 1 colour map, portraits (some colour), photographs (some colour) ; 23 cm. |
| Content types |
cartographic image |
| still image |
| text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| General Note |
"How 300 conscripted Australian teachers survived National Service and quietly helped educate an army in Papua New Guinea while war raged in Vietnam"--Cover. |
| Contains biographical information. |
| Donated by Teachers' Sub-Branch RSL. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-202) and index. |
| Contents Note |
Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Conscription : an "irresistable conclusion" -- 2. Called up : winning the lottery -- 3. Recruit training : "yelling and abusing in the customary fashion" -- 4. The army in PNG : "a good man, a good citizen - and then a good soldier" -- 5. Army Education : an act of faith -- 6. Three stripes and you're in : selection for Army Education -- 7. Travelling north : political and personal transitions -- 8. Teaching in PNG : taim bilong tisas bilong armi -- 9. "A responsibility thrust upon us" : other military tasks and duties -- 10. PNG : land of the unexpected -- 11. "Called forward" : Chalkies' wives in PNG -- 12. Back to the future : post-Nasho career directions -- 13. "Not a time wasted entirely : reflections on National Service -- 14. Nasho Chalkies in PNG 1966-73 : "someone else's country" -- Appendices -- 1. National Servicemen posted to PNG with RAAEC 1966-73 -- 2. Response to 2015 survey of ex-Chalkies - profile. |
| Summary Note |
"Between 1966 and 1973, while Australian troops were fighting in Vietnam, some 300 conscripted teachers were quietly posted to Papua New Guinea. Colloquially known as 'Chalkies', their task was to raise the educational level of troops of the Pacific Islands Regiment in what turned out to be critical years leading up to the country's independence."--Back cover. |
| Subject |
Soldiers -- Education, Non-military -- Papua New Guinea |
| Teachers -- Australia |
| Military education -- Papua New Guinea |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Australian |
| Teachers -- Papua New Guinea |
| National service -- Australia |
| Geographic Name |
Papua New Guinea -- History |
| SUBJECT |
Australian |
| Added Name |
Jeffery, Michael(Philip Michael),1937-, (writer of foreword). |
