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Between the lines
Between the Lines presents a selection of
the latest books by our alumni authors.
SingSings, Sutures and Sorcery:
a 50 year experience in PNG
Professor Anthony
Radford (MBBS 1961)
The story covers a 50-year experience
in PNG from the author9s ûrst visit as a
medical student in the late 1950s. Going
on to establish training programs in rural
medicine, Professor Radford served as the
only doctor for 50,000 people and returned
on numerous occasions as a consultant
over the next 40 years.
It’s Blue with Five Petals
An-easy-to-use colour-coded ûeld guide
to the wildüowers of the Adelaide Region
featuring up to date information about the
wildüowers of the Adelaide region.
Ann Prescott
(B Sc (Hons) 1975)
Into the Sea
Andrea Corsali : Fiorentino :
a watcher of the Austral skies :
the letter from India
Into the Sea is the ûrst novel from Jay Laurie.
Vividly and simply told, it is about growing
up behind the dunes, travelling into the
unknown and living in rhythm with the sea.
Jay Laurie
(BA 1993)
Dr Sergio Sergi
(BA (Hons) 1968)
High Frequency
Over-the-Horizon Radar
Dr. Giuseppe Fabrizio
(B E (Elec) 1993,
PhD (E) 2000)
This pioneering work describes the
fundamental principles of OTH radar
design and operation, and then delves
into the mathematical modeling of HF
signals received by actual OTH radar
systems based on experimental data
analysis. Numerous examples illustrate the
practical application of modern adaptive
signal processing techniques to real and
simulated OTH radar data.
Love from Eddie
Love from Eddie tells the story of Edward
Cairns who was brought up in Ardrossan,
South Australia and died at Gallipoli, aged
21, in October 1915. His story is based
on the war diary written on his journey to
the Great War.
Robert Kimber
(BA 1960, Dip Sec
Ed 1964)
To view more works by alumni authors, go to www.alum ni.adelaide.edu.au/ inprint
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In 1516, Andrea Corsali, a young Florentine
employed by the Medici family, sailed in
a Portuguese caravel to their colonies in
India. This letter contains an illustration and
details of the Southern Cross, discovered,
described and named by Corsali. Only ûve
copies of the letter exist and two of these
are in Australia; it has never before been
translated into English.
