PRIOR TO 1911, AUSTRALIAN INVOLVEMENT in Antarctic exploration was limited to providing a jumping-off point for many of the expeditions. The first truly Australian venture was led by Douglas Mawson
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A Short History of HMA Naval Dockyard, Williamstown. This is the first section of a two part article on the history of the Royal Australian Navy’s southern dockyard. The authors,
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Biographical Note: J. C. R. Proud, CBE, VRD. Served with RANVR, 1939-45. Director FELO, 1942-45. After war, served with the British Foreign Office and later with the Colonial Service in
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`I have not yet begun to fight’ John Paul, for that was his baptismal name, was born at Arbigland, Kirkcudbright, Scotland on July 6th 1747. He went to sea as
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Introduction: Britain’s first sea-going ironclad, HMS Warrior, took the water in December 1860. For nearly one hundred years afterwards, Warrior’s successors dominated the naval scene, and the battleships of Britain
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