Lieutenant Commander WOC Roberts describing some of his early days as seen from a midshipman’s journal. He was called upon at short notice to give an address to the NHSA ...
HMAS Wagga, not Wagga Wagga
Lieutenant Commander WOC Roberts was commanding officer of HMAS Wagga from September 1953 to December 1954, He describes incidents in Wagga’s later career in peace time. HMAS Wagga was one of sixty ...
HMAS Quiberon: a partial history
Lieutenant Commander WOC Roberts talks about his time in HMAS Quiberon. HMAS Quiberon was one of eight Q Class destroyers built for the Royal Navy, and commissioned in to the Royal Australian ...
“As Significant as Trafalgar”: The Battle of the Tsushima Straits. Part 2
Part 2 of Michael Melliar Phelps account of the Battle of Tshushima, and tells the story of the epic voyage of Imperial Russia’s 2nd Pacific Fleet, as it travelled 18,000 ...
“As Significant as Trafalgar”: The Battle of the Tsushima Straits. Part 1
Part 1 of Michael Melliar Phelps account of the 1905 Battle of Tshushima, and the events that led up to the battle. The Battle of Tsushima was a major naval battle fought between Russia ...
The RAAF and the UFO’s: some of the story
Wing Commander Paget discussed the RAAF’s investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects – UFO’s. UFO sightings became common during the Cold War (1945–90) against a background of political and military tensions ...
From Ship-builders to Ship-breakers: the HMAS Albatross story
Mr. Bill O’Sullivan describes the RAN seaplane carrier HMAS Albatross, from her construction, to her demise at the ship-breakers. Albatross was built by Cockatoo Island Dockyard during the mid-1920s and entered service at ...
The Imperial Russian fleet in the Black Sea had a unique character
Commander George Nekrasov talks about the Imperial Russian Fleet in the Black Sea. The Allies in World War I – the Entente Powers – were a coalition of countries led by France, Britain, Imperial ...
Captain Moyes was with Mawson in the Antarctic in 1913; a vivid first-hand account
Captain Morton Henry Moyes’ talk is called ‘With Mawson to the Antarctic’. It is a first-hand account by one of the surviving members of the expedition of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, ...
Old Sydney Town was a theme park that tried to be a little bit like yesterday
Mr. Robert (Bob) Irvine talks about the proposed Old Sydney Town project, at this stage still an enthusiasts’ dream. It was to be an authentic experience with living reenactors recreating ...