The Daily Mercury in Mackay, Queensland, featured the following ode to the lost light cruiser HMAS Sydney (II), sunk with all hands off the Western Australian coast on 19 November ...
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QUITE a SIGHT – 101 years later : Melburnians come out in force
The city of Melbourne, then the nation’s capital, hosted the fleet, the Special Service Squadron, from 17 – 25 March 1924. The world’s largest and fastest capital ship, the one-of-a-kind ...
Occasional Paper 191: Aviation in the Royal Australian Navy, the first 65 Years, 1917 to 1982
The following story is based on a Royal Australian Navy News story first published on Friday 23 April 1982, page 4. Australian Naval aviation this month celebrated the 65th anniversary ...
Occasional Paper 190: Captain Cook Graving Dock 80th Anniversary: Engineering and Art
By Lorraine Fildes and Colin Randall This paper was compiled to mark the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island in Sydney Harbour ...
Cadet Midshipmen at Flinders Naval Depot, Victoria, 1939
The photo shows a group portrait of Cadet Midshipmen at Flinders Naval Depot, Victoria, 1939. The Cadets who were the third year class in 1939 and who originally joined the ...