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HMS Chatham – New Zealand’s First Cruiser

A.N. Other · Aug 31, 1972 ·

It was only to be expected that the two countries of Australia and New Zealand would establish naval forces of their own. Not only did their geographical positions dictate this, ...

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Rankin of Yarra

Duffy, Monsignor C.J. · Aug 31, 1972 ·

This personal biography of the Captain of HMAS Yarra of World War II was delivered as a lecture to the February 1972 meeting of the Society. Monsignor Duffy, President of ...

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HMAS Diamantina – The Last of the RAN River Class Frigates

Ware, John · Aug 31, 1972 ·

In May of this year the Minister for the Navy, the Honourable Dr. Malcolm MacKay, announced in Parliament that HMAS Diamantina may be presented to the Naval Historical Society of ...

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Late 19th Century Naval Journals and Memoirs as History

Cowburn, Professor P. M. · Aug 31, 1972 ·

HOW EXCELLENT the best naval journals and memoirs can be! Indeed, even the average ones have a directness and authenticity of observation that are often missing in more self-conscious descriptive ...

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The Victorian Navy

Webb, P · Aug 31, 1972 ·

 Mr. Webb is secretary of the Victorian Chapter of the Naval Historical Society of Australia. He is a well known artist/draughtsman specialising in ships’ drawings and plans. VICTORIA WAS SEPARATED ...

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Captain H. M. L. Waller DSO and BAR, RAN

Owen, Commander P.O.L. · Aug 31, 1972 ·

‘Hector Macdonald Laws Waller will always remain in my mind as one of the very finest types of Australian Naval Officer. Full of good cheer, a great sense of humour, ...

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Two of a Kind – but Different

Millar, Jack · Aug 26, 1972 ·

At frequent intervals a British Freighter, the Port Victor, sails unassumingly into the Port of Melbourne on her workmanlike task of trading regularly between Australia and other world ports. Like ...

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The Battle of the Coral Sea – May 4-8,1942

Australian-American Association · Aug 26, 1972 ·

The Story of the Coral Sea Battle and its Significance. In 1942 Australia’s fate was being decided by the battle of the Coral Sea, the turning-point of the Pacific war. ...

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Old Fighting Ships Began Navy Tradition

Henderson, Captain C.W. · Aug 19, 1972 ·

Whatever happened to those famous old fighting ships of World War I? Captain Henderson, a former Sydney pilot and a historian of note, draws on nostalgic memories in tracing the ...

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HMAS Parramatta – the RAN’s First Fighting Ship

A.N. Other · Aug 16, 1972 ·

HMAS PARRAMATTA, the first fighting ship of the Royal Australian Navy. PARRAMATTA now [Ed. August 1972] rusts on the mud flats above Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury River but in the next ...

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