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.
Did a Naval Coastwatcher send an ignored warning of the first aid raid on Darwin?
It is asserted by many that there was a second warning given to Darwin of the incoming air raid of 19th February 1942.
D-Day veteran turns 100 in Tasmania
It is a long way from England for a veteran of the 1944 D-Day landings, but Tasmania is where Les Elliott made home for the last 60 years.
Politics and the General in Supreme Command: Law reform and Averting Unjust War By Richard Adams – Book review
I had a particular interest in reviewing this book, so I’d better put my cards on the table up front.
Serbian commemorative stamps commemorating Australian medical volunteers in World War One
In 2023, the Australian Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, had one of my books translated into Serbian and published jointly with the Serbian Institute for the Newer History of Serbia.
From Vietnam Nasho to Catching School Crooks by Colin O’Neill – Book Review
Hot off the presses is this honest account of life growing up through some of the most turbulent years of the 20th century.
In the Fight: Australians and the War in Burma 1942-1945 – Conference
Australians were involved in the longest campaign of WWII, in Burma, in what was called ‘a forgotten war’.
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 […]
