Radio Girl : The story of the extraordinary Mrs Mac, pioneering engineer and wartime legend
by David Dufty
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1760876658
- ISBN 13
- 9781760876654
- Seller
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About This Item
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2020. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. As you climbed the rickety stairs of an old woolshed at Sydney harbour in 1944, you would hear the thrum of clicks and buzzes. Rows of men and women in uniforms and headsets would be tapping away vigorously at small machines, under the careful watch of their young female trainers. Presiding over the cacophony was a tiny woman, known to everyone as 'Mrs Mac', one of Australia's wartime legends.A smart girl from a poor mining town who loved to play with her father's tools, Violet McKenzie became an electrical engineer, a pioneer of radio and a successful businesswoman. As the clouds of war gathered in the 1930s, she defied convention and trained young women in Morse code, foreseeing that their services would soon be sorely needed. Always a champion of women, she was instrumental in getting Australian women into the armed forces.Mrs Mac was adored by the thousands of young women and men she trained, and came to be respected by the defence forces and the public too for her vision and contribution to the war effort. David Dufty brings her story to life in this heartwarming and captivating biography. Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 302 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 1760876658. ISBN/EAN: 9781760876654. Inventory No: 50594. . 9781760876654
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- Bookseller
- Bong Bong Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50594
- Title
- Radio Girl : The story of the extraordinary Mrs Mac, pioneering engineer and wartime legend
- Author
- David Dufty
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1760876658
- ISBN 13
- 9781760876654
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2020
- Keywords
- BZDB3 Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Military & Warfare. Unbranded ISBN: 1760876658 EAN: 9781760876654 David Dufty Radio Girl : The story of the extraordinary Mrs Mac, pioneering engineer and wartime legend
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