This article originally appeared in the August, 2009 edition of SEMAPHORE, published by the Seapower Centre of Australia. On 29 May 2009 the Australian Government announced a decision to flexibly ...
The Dubai Princess and the Pirates
Louis Antoine de Bougainville and his Exploration of the Pacific
Australian Navy and the 1909 Imperial Conference on Defence
Battle of the Bismark Sea
Search for Bracegirdle Sundial
Professor Dutton is a member of the Arts and Library Committee of the Newcastle Club One of Australia’s most distinguished naval officers was Rear Admiral Sir Leighton S. Bracegirdle, KCVO, ...
Address to Trafalgar Night Dinner
Book Review: Sydney – Cipher and Search
Australian Naval History on 9 November 2009
A de Havilland Canada DHC-8-202Q Dash 8 commenced flying for the R.A.N. Hydrography Institute. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 October 2009
HMAS Canberra II was scuttled in 28 metres of water off Ocean Grove, Victoria to create an artificial reef and diving site. ...
Book Review: Konfrontasi – Reminiscences of a ‘Rocky’
Konfrontasi – Reminiscences of a ‘Rocky’, A Naval Reserve Officer’s experiences during Confrontation. A personal account by Jim Warren, Leut RNZNVR Rtd. Self-published, IIviPRINT, Newcastle West, NSW 2009. RRP $25, soft ...
Book Review: The Sydney Sailors’ Home – 150 Years of Caring for Seafarers
The Sydney Sailors’ Home-150 Years of Caring for Seafarers By Jan Bowen. Hard cover, 96 pages, 275×210 mm. RRP $45.00 plus $12.00 postage and handling (includes GST). Available through The ...
The Australians at Jutland
The Health of the Navy
Admirable Ancestors
Organisation of Coastwatching in the New Guinea WW 2
Obituary: Jenny of ‘Jenny’s Side Party’, Hong Kong
Mrs Ng Muk Kah, BEM Generations of sailors who visited Hong Kong will mourn the death of Jenny. She was a much loved living legend who, for all the colony’s ...
The Boatswain, the Mate, and the Kickings
Tales from the Dockyard: The Silver Docket
The Long Journey Home – Unknown HMAS Sydney Sailor
We Regret to Inform You . . . .
The Melbourne/Voyager Collision – Untold Story
Tales from the Dockyard: Dan Craig’s Medal
Tales from the Dockyard: ‘Ingenuity Rules’
Lest it be thought that there was no humour in HM Naval Yard, Garden Island, during G.H. Bromwich’s long term in office, the following account by an apprentice boilermaker of ...
Australian Naval History on 9 June 2009
HMAS Toowoomba II departed for the Middle East region. Toowoomba’s deployment was the Navy’s 45th individual ship deployment to the Middle East region since 1990 ...
Australian Naval History on 17 May 2009
Whilst transiting the ‘Internationally Recognised Transit Corridor’ in the Gulf of Aden, HMA Ships Sydney IV and Ballarat II came to the assistance of a merchant vessel, MV Dubai Princess, ...
