{"product_id":"an-australian-childs-view-of-geoffrey-a-rickarby-9780645359923","title":"An Australian Child's View of The Second World War","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Autobiographical account of the years 1939 through 1945 at Gardiner Central School. The tensions and concerns of the time covering local area, school and family interactions. A stressful time in Australia reflected through the inquiring eyes of a schoolboy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book for local historians about Gardiner Central School and the district of Malvern and Glen Iris, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincluding the small village of Tooronga where the Rickarby family lived at 6 Creswick street.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 6 was well known at the time for the 6 tennis courts behind the house, which hosted all kinds of tennis competitions and social events before the war which stopped almost overnight as players enlisted to fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeoffrey graduated in medicine from Melbourne University (1956).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe went on to become a child psychiatrist, being honoured in 2012 with the OAM for his work with relinquishing mothers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoffrey A. Rickarby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0645359920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645359923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gooragang Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Geoffrey A. Rickarby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47473837146367,"sku":"9780645359923","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac9c4086-e87e-4b99-b220-9b966d7b0fcc.jpg?v=1762313230","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-australian-childs-view-of-geoffrey-a-rickarby-9780645359923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}