I was intrigued by the concept of using steam power to traverse and elevate heavy coastal guns but on reflection I will see what I can find out about that […]
Edward Trevithick, a resident of Brighton at the end of the nineteenth century, a colonial volunteer and soldier of the Queen, was born in Beaconsfield, Tasmania in 1878.
Based upon two decades of research, ‘Lines in the Sea – Hobson’s Bay Defences The Harbour Fortification of Williamstown and Sandridge 1854-1870’ – provides a detailed 300-page historical analysis of […]
This is a very detailed account of the many incidents of warfare which took place in New Zealand in the first half of the nineteenth century.
This is an excellent and much needed book.
In this conference, historians and experts on the era presented on both the strategic and the tactical.
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 […]
On Friday 18 October 1889, tucked away on page seven of the Melbourne Argus, an announcement – the appointment of 35-year-old Captain F.S.L. Penno as assistant adjutant-general in the Victorian […]
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