Dive! Australian submariners at war. Presented by Mike Carlton – Video Presentation
Submariners are a special breed. Not for them a life on the ocean wave, the fresh air and sunshine of other naval sailors.
Life So Full of Promise: further biographies of Australia’s lost generation. Speaker: Ross McMullin
Life So Full of Promise, Ross McMullin’s second multi-biography about Australia’s lost generation of World War I, features a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant […]
Great Courage and Initiative – The Heroic Life of George Ingram VC, MM. – Speaker: Anthony McAleer OAM
By today’s standards George Mawby Ingram lived a courageous life.
Book Review – Dive! Australian Submariners at War by Mike Carlton
If you have read any of Mike Carlton’s other books on Australian Naval history then this review will be a very short and to the point.
Killer Bees the story of the Australian Independent Companies and Commandos 1942-1945 – Dr. Gregory Blake
In the heart of wartime jungles, ‘The Killer Bees’, Australia’s elite soldiers, redefined warfare, shaping history in unconventional ways.
From Books and Blackboards to Battlefields- Victoria’s State School Teacher-Soldiers in the Great War – Speaker: Rosalie Triolo
All of us have memories of our schooldays, but few Victorians have paused to contemplate the experiences of Victoria’s male State school teachers, mainly ‘primary’ but with some from the […]
How they fought: Indigenous tactics and weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars – Book Review
This is an excellent and much needed book.
The Chipilly Six – Speaker – Lucas Jordan – Video
The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times.
