Cyril Maurice (Bill) Boas was born on 10 December 1899 at Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, in southern India. He was the first of four children born to Captain John and ...
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Letter: The Australia Station
An email was received from John Redman. I read the current (December edition) Naval Historical Review with great interest, an excellent publication. Not wanting to be pedantic but I suppose ...
Letter: Admiral John Gore at Lake Bathurst and Goulburn
Dear Sir, Many thanks for your delightful article on ‘John Gore of Lake Bathurst’ – NHR September 2015. You mentioned James Hassall and the lineage of that pioneer Anglican family. ...
Letter: SMS Kometat the Witu Islands
Dear Editor I enjoyed the story The Witu Islands – Were they the Wolf’s Lair in the September 2015 edition of the ‘Review’. This led me to look up an ...
River Cruises and the Big River
By Leyland Wilkinson There are many rivers in the world with clear access from the open sea for ocean going vessels, and over the years units of the Royal Australian ...