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Navy’s First Ship to Become City’s Hovermarine Terminal

A.N. Other · Sep 24, 1974 ·

Parramatta was being stripped before being towed to sea as a gunnery target when the State Government conceived the idea of using her and her sister ship Swan as accommodation ...

The Blazing Trail – poem

A.N. Other · Sep 4, 1974 ·

‘Twas on the gallant Quickmatch With crew two hundred bold, To “Dusty” Rhodes the Captain, They were like sheep in fold. The men comprised of fighters, Their homes the Empire ...

Perth Died Bravely

Makin, Hon. Norman J O · Jun 30, 1974 ·

[Statement by the Minister for the Navy (the Hon. Norman J.O.Makin, M.P.) in the Australian House of Representatives, 2nd March 1945] THIS RECONSTRUCTION of the Java Sea Battle, and of ...

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Australian Naval Aviation – Part 4

Issacs, Keith, AFC, ARAeS, Group Captain, RAAF (Retd) · Jun 30, 1974 ·

This is the final part of Group Captain Isaacs’ feature on Australian Naval Aviation In this episode he deals with enemy aircraft in World War I and how they were ...

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HMAS Encounter finds the Raider Seeadler

A.N. Other · Jun 30, 1974 ·

The story of the raider Seeadler has been told many times yet still thrills all who read of her audacity. In this article the disarming of the raider’s gutted hulk ...

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