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Occasional Paper 198: OPERATION TAMAR – THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY IN RWANDA 1994 – 1995

Swinden, Greg · Sep 1, 2025 ·

By Greg Swinden The second United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR II) was named Operation TAMAR by the Australian Defence Force; commencing on 25 July 1994 and ending on ...

Occasional Paper 37: ALLAN CHARLES GREEN [1878-1954], the man behind the Photos

Editorial Staff · May 20, 2025 ·

In the State Library of Victoria we have an amazing photographic collection of ship photo thanks to Allan Green. He was born in Daylesford, in the Central Victorian goldfields on ...

Occasional Paper 27: Royal Naval House, ‘Johnnies’: Some Personal Reminisces

A.N. Other · May 18, 2025 ·

 Royal Australian Naval House has always been known affectionately as ‘Johnnies’, although the origin of the name is hard to trace.  From 1968 to 1970 a young Able Seaman Brian ...

Occasional Paper 18: ENSIGNS ASSOCIATED WITH SHIP BASED AT GARDEN ISLAND

Rivett, Norman C · May 18, 2025 ·

Flags have a long been a fascination of founding Society member Mr Norman Rivett as well as Garden Island in Sydney where he has worked and volunteered for more than ...

Naval Art: Well Worth the Visit

David Michael · Dec 12, 2024 ·

This story was first published in the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) Volunteers’ quarterly magazine,  ‘All Hands’, Issue 129 in December 2024. The author, Geoff Barnes is a volunteer with ...

On the Australia Station

Editorial Staff · Sep 15, 2024 ·

A tribute to the memories of Signalman Frederick Randall RN and Able Seaman John Reardon RN and RAN, who as young men contributed to the establishment of the Australia Station. ...

Two Naval Dogs of the 1930s

A.N. Other · Sep 15, 2024 ·

By Robert Curran Everyone loves a dog, particularly sailors. In the Australian War Memorial’s collection there are many photos of ships’ mascots of the canine variety to testify to this. ...

Captain William Cromarty: Mariner and Pioneer

A.N. Other · Sep 14, 2024 ·

By Leslie Kilmartin ‘What’s an Orkney lad, whatever, if he’s not to have a taste o’ the dangers of the sea? Robert Leighton (2004) William Cromarty arrived to settle in ...

The Properties, Office and Duetie of a Gunner

Editorial Staff · Sep 14, 2024 ·

Introduction While searching for another reference this small story from the September 2003 edition of this magazine came to attention. It was written by Cyprian Lucar (1544-1611) and is from ...

Gaza Trident Pier – Start and Finish

Editorial Staff · Sep 14, 2024 ·

An Inspirational Beginning Under a humanitarian aid initiative known as Joint Logistics Over The Shore (JLOTS), on Friday 17 May 2024 trucks began delivering shipments of humanitarian aid of food ...

The Naval Graves Project

Kingsley Perry · Jun 2, 2024 ·

By Kingsley Perry  In the December 2023 edition of this journal there was an article titled Rookwood. It described the location and extent of this large cemetery in Sydney and ...

The Man with Two Swords

A.N. Other · Jun 2, 2024 ·

By Murray Davies The Challenge My initial thought was, ‘Well, this should be easy…’ I collect swords and I usually do a fair amount of background research on them when ...

Occasional Paper 184: History of HMA Naval Dockyard, Williamstown.

David Michael · Apr 4, 2024 ·

With the discovery of gold in Victoria in the decade 1851-1861, the population increased sevenfold. The large fleet of vessels that brought these people into the Port of Melbourne overwhelmed ...

The United States Navy Yangtze Patrol

Editorial Staff · Mar 6, 2024 ·

An historically symbolic commissioning of USS Canberra in Sydney, New South Wales on 22 July 2023 was recorded in the September 2023 edition of this magazine. The article went on ...

Occasional Paper 177: Australia’s First Tennis Match

A.N. Other · Jan 1, 2024 ·

Major Walter Wingfield

By Martin Linsley and Colin Randall. Sometime about now (late 2023 or early 2024) marks the 150th anniversary of someone playing the first game of tennis at some location in ...

The Treloar Centre and Big Things in Store

A.N. Other · Dec 27, 2023 ·

The following report has been compiled by Mark Meredith, one of our members, following a recent visit to the Treloar Centre. The Australian War Memorial (AWM) has a conservation and ...

Rookwood

A.N. Other · Dec 16, 2023 ·

By Mark Bundy Thanks to Estelle Muspratt from the Office of Australian War Graves and Harry Johnston-Lord from the Friends of Rookwood, we have been able to provide the following ...

The Admiral was a Lady

Kingsley Perry · Dec 16, 2023 ·

By Geoff Barnes  This article first appeared in the Australian National Maritime Museum Newsletter All Hands Issue No 1161 dated September 2021 and is reproduced by kind permission of the ...

Good Aussie Red takes over from French Champagne in Christening Royal Navy Ships

Editorial Staff · Dec 16, 2023 ·

The previous edition of this magazine contained an article on the remarkable relationship between the Queensland Mining Magnet William D’Arcy and Admiral of the Fleet Lord John (Jacky) Fisher. Towards ...

Book Review: “Safe to Dive – Submarine Support in Sydney 1914 to 1999”

A.N. Other · Sep 27, 2023 ·

“Safe to Dive – Submarine Support in Sydney 1914 to 1999” by John Jeremy was published by The Naval Historical Society of Australia in 2023, under licence agreement with the ...

Book Review: Royal Yachts Under Sail

Book reviewer · Sep 5, 2023 ·

Royal Yachts Under Sail by Brian Lavery, Seaforth Publishing, Bransley, 2022. A well-presented hardcover using quality paper enhancing colourful pictures and illustrations. While only 160 pages it packs a huge ...

Getting in and out of the Naval College

Editorial Staff · Sep 5, 2023 ·

The June 2023 edition of this magazine contained an article Tristan da Cunha and a Tribute to John Smith, providing a shortened version of the remarkable life story of Commander ...

Australian Fleet Reviews 1788 to 1914

Gillett, Ross · Sep 5, 2023 ·

By Ross Gillett As an island nation, fleet arrivals and naval reviews have formed a major part of Australia’s naval history and tradition. Sydney Harbour and Port Phillip have provided ...

Regal and would-be Regal Yachts

Editorial Staff · Jun 20, 2023 ·

In the era just past we became accustomed to hearing of the Royal Yacht Britannia and there was a tinge of sadness when obsolescence and economies led to her demise. ...

Occasional Paper 162: Port Phillip’s Fleet Review 1920

Gillett, Ross · May 2, 2023 ·

By Ross Gillett “In the perfect beauty of the crisp autumn afternoon, the Prince of Wales made his triumphant entry to the homeland of the Anzacs in the Australian destroyer ...

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