Naval Historical Society of Australia
Preserving Australia's Naval History
This presentation will address the extent and impact of RAN losses in the Pacific and Indian Oceans during World War II. About the Author Lt Col Peter Sweeney RFD
Description The fate of HMAS Sydney was one of Australia's greatest wartime mysteries, with the location of the wrecks only discovered in 2008. With an impressive record of war service,
The Naval Officers Club joins with the Australian National Maritime Museum to invite Society members to this event. Time is 11:15am for 11:30am when ceremonial commemoration will commence, featuring RAN
The book launch will be held from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Peter has said that any Members of the Society and their wives
Top row from left: Warwick Webb A Tired Lady takes a Break, watercolour, Suzanne Alexander Passing Goat Island, oil. Bottom row from left: Lawrie Walton The Ship Welders, watercolour, Warwick
This presentation will cover the history of Spectacle Island which is one of the longest continuously operated Australian Defence sites and today functions as the repository for the Royal Australian
Speaker: Rear Admiral Jonathan Mead AM RAN Commander Australian Fleet Subject: Protecting Australia’s Sea Routes Rear Admiral Mead assumed the position of Commander Australian Fleet on 19 January 2018. He
The 2018 Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held in the Fisher Room of the Chatswood RSL Club, 446 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, NSW on Tuesday 13 November, commencing
Captain Albert Poland kept daily notebooks from mid-April 1941 until January 1943. Part of this period covered the entire Siege of Tobruk, which lasted for eight months, during which, as
A lecture by Dr Natali Pearson, Sat 2 March 2019 The lightening advance of Japanese forces south to the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) in 1942 spelt doom for two proud