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Sydney Harbour

Historic Cannons Guarding Hamilton; Rare Finds at Gregson Park

Editorial Staff · Sep 5, 2023 ·

Those with $2.50 concession cards may recall making the most of their travel limits by having a comfortable day’s train outing from Sydney to Newcastle. Alas, Newcastle’s Central Railway Station ...

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 ...

The Sydney Harbour Invasion

A.N. Other · Mar 8, 2023 ·

By Colin Randall Many Australian harbours are defended against enemy attack and none more so than Sydney, which has had shore-based fortifications since the days of the First Fleet. Potential ...

Hulks and Honey

Editorial Staff · Dec 7, 2022 ·

Introduction The name Hulk Bay does not conjure up romantic notions of a sparkling Sydney Harbour; perhaps this was why it was later renamed Lavender Bay, which remains to this ...

Letter: Carry on Cruising

Letter Writer · Sep 16, 2022 ·

Dear Editor  In my welcome and informative June edition of the Review your article on the cruise ship industry was of special interest to me, as along with others I ...

Occasional Paper 143: HMAS Adelaide: The Final Years in Neutral Bay

John Jeremy, AM Vice President NHSA · Aug 31, 2022 ·

By John C. Jeremy, AM Vice President NHSA The archives of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron are extensive and contain a priceless collection of material relating to sailing and the ...

Occasional Paper 142: Spectacle Island – Historical Viewpoints

Lorraine Fildes · Jul 30, 2022 ·

Janice Haworth contacted the Naval Historical Society about family photos relating to Spectacle Island early in the 20th century, Circa 1905 to 1919. These photos led to more interesting research ...

Occasional Paper 112: The Hollywood Fleet in Sydney Harbour

Editorial Staff · Jun 5, 2021 ·

How four luxurious gin palaces became hard-working heroines of the Battle of Sydney Harbour. By Neale Philip                              ...

Occasional Paper 24: Sydney Harbour Minefield

A.N. Other · Oct 29, 2018 ·

April 2018 Through the Society’s relationship with the Australian National Maritime Museum, stories are shared between the two organizations.  The following is an Article from ‘All Hands’ December 2017 edition, ...

Book review: The Flag’s Up

Book reviewer · Sep 5, 2017 ·

By Peter Poland. Published by Halstead Press, Sydney in 2017. Soft cover of 176 pages with plentiful supply of black & white and colour photographs. Available from booksellers and online ...

Mary Bryant’s Open Boat Voyage from Sydney to Timor in 1791 – Opportunist convict or our most magnificent heroine?

A.N. Other · Jun 23, 2015 ·

By Marsden Hordern Mary Bryant nee Broad This is the story of Mary Bryant, the convict woman with two babies who in 1791 helped steal a naval cutter in Sydney ...

Halvorsen’s – boat building during WW2

Svensen, Randi · Sep 5, 2008 ·

This article is an edited extract from Wooden Boats, Iron Men – The Halvorsen Story published by Halstead Press and with the kind permission of the author, Randi Svensen of ...

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Book Review: A Very Rude Awakening

Book reviewer · Sep 4, 2007 ·

A Very Rude Awakening: The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour. By Peter Grose Allen & Unwin Reviewed by Tim Duchesne On 31 May 1942, three cruisers, ...

Book Review: Japanese Submarine Raiders – 1942

Book reviewer · Sep 3, 2006 ·

Japanese Submarine Raiders – 1942. A Maritime Mystery. By Steven Carruthers. Caper Publications Pty Ltd, Narrabeen. ISBN 0-9775630-0-4. Hard cover, 264pp Reviewed by Sandy Saunders Being a comparative newcomer to ...

Book Review: The Fragile Forts

Book reviewer · Sep 27, 2005 ·

Title:The Fragile Forts: The Fixed Defences of Sydney Harbour 1788-1963 Author: Peter Oppenheim, Publisher: Australian Military History Publications, Loftus NSW. The Fragile Forts is a joint venture between the Australian ...

Anti-Submarine Defences of Sydney Harbour 1942

Kennedy, David · Mar 30, 2005 ·

The British Officer-in-Charge of Australia’s anti-submarine training establishment warned Navy chiefs, four months before Japanese midget submarines attacked Sydney Harbour in May 1942, that the defences against such a raid ...

An Atlantic Convoy 1798-1799

Nicholson, Ian · Jun 1, 1999 ·

AN ATLANTIC CONVOY IN 1798-1799 INCLUDING THE CONVICT TRANSPORT HILLSBOROUGH BOUND FOR BOTANY BAY (Log extracts, HMS Amphion, Captain R.H.A. Bennett – P.R.O. Adm. 51/1264 – entries noon to noon) ...

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Book Review: The Midget Submarine Attack on Sydney

Book reviewer · Mar 11, 1991 ·

Lew Lind, Bellrope Press, 74 pages with illustrations and maps. The Japanese midget submarine attack on ships in Sydney Harbour occurred almost fifty years ago and yet is still a ...

The Blackout at Sea

Thomson, Max · Mar 4, 1989 ·

Logically, Naval history focuses on ships of the fleet and drama on the high seas, especially in times of war. Equally important for preservation in the chapters of our Naval ...

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A Peaceful Scene – Sydney 1921

A.N. Other · Mar 21, 1983 ·

H.M.A. Ships Encounter and Australia with Huon and two other “Rivers”, and Tattoo and two other S class boats laid up in Sydney Harbour in 1921. ...

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