As April 25 approaches, it is fitting to remember that it is just on 60 years since Gallipoli was visited by HMA Ships Australia and Sydney II. I was a midshipman ...
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Letters: Women’s Volunteer Naval Reserve
[Ed: Dec 1995 edition from the Victorian Chapter: Osborne House and its maritime museum at Geelong was under threat to be sold by the local council. The site of the first Royal ...
Book Review: For Those in Peril
Title: For Those in Peril Author: Vic Cassells An evocative title. On the title page, the author says “A comprehensive listing of the ships and men of the Royal Australian ...
Book Review: Contact!
Title: “CONTACT! HMAS RUSHCUTTER and Australia’s Submarine Hunters 1939 -1946.” The disproportionate contribution of Australia to Allied victory in World War II, bearing in mind her limited resources, is common knowledge. ...
