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Naval involvement in the Boxer Rebellion – 100th Anniversary

Swinden, Greg · Mar 30, 2001 ·

The more things change – The more they stay the same! CHINA 1900 EAST TIMOR, BOUGAINVILLE and SOLOMON ISLANDS 2000 The turn of the century in 1900 saw Australian ...

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Book Review: Nelson to Vanguard

Gillett, Ross · Mar 30, 2001 ·

Title: Nelson to Vanguard, Warship Design and Development 1923-1945 Author: D.K. Brown Publisher: Chatham Publishing Nelson to Vanguard, Warship Design and Development 1923-1945 is the final volume in a three ...

1901-Australian Federation & the Royal Tour

Ogle, Brian · Mar 30, 2001 ·

Events of one hundred years ago when the first Commonwealth Parliament was opened by George, Duke of Cornwall and York, in Melbourne, on a stopover during the Royal Tour around ...

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Royal Australian Naval College

Lewis, Tom, AOM, Lieutenant RAN · Dec 30, 2000 ·

The establishment of the Royal Australian Naval College’s buildings was begun early this century after the House of Representatives decided a naval college should be built on federal land. Jervis ...

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Torpedoing of SS Ormiston – 1943

d'Alpuget, L.A., Lieut., RANVR (Rtd.) · Dec 30, 2000 ·

On May 12, 1943, I was Captain of an anti-submarine Naval Auxiliary Patrol vessel, commissioned HMAS 539 (Topsy A), a heavy, converted fishing trawler driven by three engines. We were ...

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