How to further recognise Australian naval heroes
Australia’s naval heroes have not received the attention they deserved since the formation of the Royal Australian Navy, over more than a century ago.
Disgraceful neglect – why hasn’t Cerberus been recovered and displayed?
It seems very strange that in Australia we have – neglected, forlorn, and abandoned – one of the foremost examples of military technology in the world, but it is not […]
The Bloody Beachheads: The Battles of Gona, Buna and Sanananda – One Day Conference Papers
The Battle for the Beachheads, as it became known, followed the Kokoda Campaign and lasted around two months from mid-November 1942 to mid-January 1943.
New Book Release – The Yachties Australian Volunteers in the Royal Navy 1940–45 by Janet Roberts Billett
The ‘Yachties’ is a unique saga of exceptional valour displayed by Australian volunteers who served in World War II as officers with the Royal Navy.
Born of Fire and Ash Australian operations in response to the East Timor crisis 1999–2000 by Professor Craig Stockings – Book Review
As a participant in the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET), I have eagerly awaited this volume.
Australia Remembers – Volumes 1 to 6 – Book Review
This is an excellent series of children’s publications catering for a mid-primary to early secondary school audience.
Lost Women of Rabaul by Rod Miller – Book Review
Lost Women of Rabaul is author Rod Miller’s first publication, and comes after 11 years of research into this subject, plus the associated tragic story of the Montevideo Maru in […]
Negotiating tensions – Examining how Australia has gone to war
At first sight, the title of David Horner’s new book, The War Game, is an uncharacteristically flippant reference by a serious historian to a deadly serious business.
