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Book Review: The Customs History of Australia 1788-1901

Book reviewer · Apr 12, 1993 ·

“Smugglers and Sailors – The Customs History of Australia 1788-1901 ” Author: Dr David Day. An AGPS Press publication “Smugglers and Sailors” is a story of truly epic proportions. It ...

Factors Leading to the Development of the RAN

Barton, J.P., Midshipman, RAN · Apr 12, 1993 ·

INTRODUCTION 1. The designation of “Royal Australian Navy” by King George V on 10th July, 1911 saw the realisation of a plan to form an independent navy controlled by Australians ...

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Coastwatching In The Pacific – Solomon Islands

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Apr 12, 1993 ·

The Australian Coast Watching Service owed its genesis to a suggestion by the then District Naval Officer, Western Australia (Captain C.J. Clare R.A.N.) in 1919. He submitted, that selected civilians, on ...

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The End of the Line

Jeffrey, Vic · Apr 12, 1993 ·

One visitor to the Port of Fremantle in Western Australia which went virtually unnoticed was the former Royal Australian Navy destroyer escort PARRAMATTA. Towed by the diminutive tug WOOREE, the PARRAMATTA ...

N Class – The Bird Cage

Law, George B. · Apr 12, 1993 ·

Some former “N” Class matelots may remember the additional bit of structural hardware, shaped like a bird-cage, on top of a mast above the four inch gun on the NEPAL ...

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