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Prime Minister William Morris Hughes and his impact on Australian naval and maritime affairs: All at Sea with Billy

Editorial Staff · Jun 6, 2019 ·

To the returning servicemen Hughes was ‘the Little Digger’ a symbol of Australian self-confidence.      Geoffrey Button Formative years William Hughes, the father of William Morris Hughes, came from ...

Chinderah Bay Antiques and Museum of the Seas

Editorial Staff · Mar 26, 2019 ·

The September 2018 edition of this magazine reported on the closure of the Sydney Maritime Model Museum and the disposal of its considerable content of maritime artifacts. It is therefore ...

The debt owed to the Norwegian Merchant Service and MV Herstein

Editorial Staff · Mar 26, 2019 ·

What if anything what does Norway, at the far end of the northern hemisphere, have to do with the wartime security of Australia? As this story unfolds the answer is, ...

They Also Served – LCDR Frank Derek Simon RD RANR (S)

Editorial Staff · Mar 26, 2019 ·

Sixteen-year-old New Zealander, Frank Derek Simon, came to Australia in 1936 to take up an apprenticeship with a local shipping company. He stayed with his aunt and uncle in Sydney ...

Occasional Paper 45: HMAS Adelaide – Boarding Party, Persian Gulf 2004

Editorial Staff · Feb 12, 2019 ·

The following story was first published in the June 2007 edition of the Naval Historical Review. At the time, very little news about the RANs day to day activities was ...

The First Direct Wireless Messages from the United Kingdom to Australia

Editorial Staff · Dec 13, 2018 ·

On 22 September 2018, marking the centenary of the First Wireless Message from the United Kingdom to Australia, a ceremony was held at the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga, outside the ...

HMAS Canberra (1) and her White Ensign

Editorial Staff · Dec 10, 2018 ·

Some months ago the Naval Historical Society (NHS) was approached by Mrs Kylie Lee from Toowoomba, who from her mother’s estate came into possession of a white ensign from HMAS ...

One hundred Australians awarded the Victoria Cross 

Editorial Staff · Dec 10, 2018 ·

The Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award under the Imperial honours system, is awarded to members of the armed forces for gallantry in the presence of the enemy. While it ...

The Hospital Ships Buenos Aires Maruand Wah Sui

Editorial Staff · Sep 24, 2018 ·

Was the sinking of hospital ships isolated incidents which could be put down to mistaken identity or were they deliberate acts of destruction by those who had thrown away the ...

Admiral Sir George King-Hall – The last Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station

Editorial Staff · Sep 24, 2018 ·

Admiral Sir George King-Hall, the last Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station, was a proponent of an Australian navy and friend to Rear Admiral William Creswell. Sir George came ...

They also Served: LCDR Mike Hickie DSC, RN & RAN, Rtd

Editorial Staff · Sep 24, 2018 ·

Michael (Mike) Timothy Hickie had an extraordinary naval career in both the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy extending from 1936 to 1983; with a two year gap, this ...

David McFall and the Maritime Model Museum: Shutting up Shop

Editorial Staff · Sep 24, 2018 ·

This article has been compiled with input from Angus McFall, Kevin Anstis and Richard Francis. David McFall, who was well known in maritime circles, passed over the bar on 4 ...

Letter: Capacity of Woolloomooloo Oil Fuel Tanks

Editorial Staff · Jun 24, 2018 ·

Ian Homes has emailed us regarding an error in the stated capacity of the Woolloomooloo oil fuel tanks shown on the back cover of the March edition of this magazine. ...

They Also Served – LCDR Donald R Wilson, DSC, RANVR

Editorial Staff · Jun 24, 2018 ·

Lieutenant Commander Don Wilson had a remarkable wartime career but as this was mostly spent on loan to the Royal Navy, there is little mention of his exploits in our ...

Portrait of the Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Jonathan Mead, AM, RAN

Editorial Staff · Jun 24, 2018 ·

 Portrait artist shave the luxury of many sittings with their subjects extending over hours, days and weeks, capturing just the right pose to illuminate expression and character. We mere scribes ...

They Also Served – LCDR Norwood Pursey Morgan RAN

Editorial Staff · Mar 24, 2018 ·

Three very ordinary looking cartons arrived at our office; within them lay dust covered volumes, the pages of which had not been turned in many a long day. But look ...

The Sydney Cove and her impact on early colonial exploration

Editorial Staff · Mar 24, 2018 ·

In an article covering Part 1 of the Australian-Indian Relationship (NHR September 2017) mention is made of the ship Sydney Cove. While she was wrecked on her maiden voyage she ...

Tales of the South Pacific, Broadway and a South Pacific World War II Museum

Editorial Staff · Mar 24, 2018 ·

The South Pacific has a wondrous reputation as the home of tales from the sea, producing great characters such as Robinson Crusoe and Bligh of the Bounty. In later times ...

Another Coastwatcher – Ron (Dixie) Lee

Editorial Staff · Mar 24, 2018 ·

As told to our Editor by Ron (Dixie) Lee The December edition of this magazine contained a story The Last Coastwatchersfeaturing James (Jim) Burrowes. Mention was also made of endeavours ...

Book review: The Rag Tag Fleet (and George Franki)

Editorial Staff · Dec 6, 2017 ·

By Ian W Shaw. Published by Hachette Australia, Sydney, 2017. Soft cover of 310 pages with black & white photographs. Available from booksellers and online from $32.99 but discounts readily ...

The World’s Fastest Ship

Editorial Staff · Dec 6, 2017 ·

The RAN’s experience with catamaran hulls has been limited and has produced mixed results. The first experiment with catamaran hulled fibreglass minehunters, built by Carrington’s at Newcastle between 1986 and ...

HMAS Arunta and Operation Hamburger

Editorial Staff · Dec 6, 2017 ·

Whichever way you looked at a Tribal class destroyer, she was not just handsome, she was beautiful. The balance between hull and superstructure and the proportions of her two funnels ...

The Australian – Indian Relationship – Part 2

Editorial Staff · Dec 5, 2017 ·

Like some sections of our own armed forces who fail to acknowledge a period of colonial rule over which we had no direct control, there are those within the Indian ...

The Last Coastwatchers

Editorial Staff · Dec 5, 2017 ·

Earlier this year your Editor had the pleasure of meeting James (Jim) Burrowes, aged 94, and Beryl, his ex-WAAF wife of 66 years, aged 93. They were married in 1950. ...

Our Spanish Cousins: Politics and shipbuilding capabilities  

Editorial Staff · Dec 5, 2017 ·

Political Intrigues For centuries there was natural rivalry between Britain and Spain in the fields of colonial expansion, maritime trade and commerce. Relationships, at least from the time of the ...

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