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 The Enterprising Enderbys

A.N. Other · Mar 7, 2023 ·

By Walter Burroughs The English Civil War During the 18th and 19th centuries the name Enderby was well-known in shipping circles in Great Britain and its colonies in America and ...

A Lonely and Dangerous Vigil: New Zealand and Coastwatching in the Second World War and RNZN Involvement 1939-1945

A.N. Other · Dec 7, 2022 ·

By Michael Wynd  In Australia we possess a plethora of material on Coastwatchers but know very little of a similar operation on the other side of the Tasman. This fine ...

Norfolk Island goes to War and New Zealand’s Aircraft Carrier

A.N. Other · Jun 25, 2022 ·

By Walter Burroughs  Since 1788 Norfolk Island has been occupied and governed from the Australian mainland. As the following story unfolds, however, we shall see that for six years during ...

NZ Scow ECHO – role in World War II

Dare, Tim · Dec 7, 1999 ·

The New Zealand scow was developed from the Canadian/US log barges that plied the Great Lakes during the 1800s. First built in New Zealand in 1873 for Septimus Meiklejohn of ...

Loss of HMS Orpheus

Torrington, Reg · Dec 7, 1999 ·

“The Daily Southern Cross “, a newspaper in Auckland, New Zealand, published in the issue of Monday, February 9, 1863 on page 3 the following news item: “Dreadful Calamity Loss ...

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A Memoir on Milford Sound (NZ)

Bateman, Walter Samuel Grono, Commodore, RANR · Jun 5, 1996 ·

The spectacular scenery of Fiordland on the south west coast of the South Island of New Zealand is well-known to cruise ship passengers and the ships’ companies of the occasional ...

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Campaign Medals – Maori Wars – 1860-1861

A.N. Other · Dec 12, 1992 ·

The New Zealand Medal to the Victorian Naval Service 1860/61 There had been fighting between the Maoris, who had first settled in New Zealand c825, and the white settlers, but ...

Book Review: Australian and New Zealand Warships 1914-1945

Weaver, Trevor · Jun 21, 1984 ·

Title: Australian and New Zealand Warships 1914-1945 Author: Ross Gillett This book is published by Doubleday Australia with a suggested retail price of $35.00. It is the latest published book ...

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