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SUMMARY:The Burning Blue - with Mike Carlton
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the twentieth century\, the pilots of the Royal Australian Navy carved their name with pride to build a service that would take shape as the Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. \n \nAustralian naval aviators stood tall in the gallant ranks of the fighter Aces of World War 1. They fought\, and some of them died\, above the bloody trenches of France and Flanders\, where – alone in the freezing\, open cockpits of aircraft made from wood\, wire and canvas – they duelled with the likes of Germany’s legendary Red Baron. \nThe next generation flew in the grey gloom of the North Sea and the icy Arctic against Hitler’s battleships\, and in the sunny blue skies or the dust storms of the Mediterranean to meet the Luftwaffe and Mussolini’s air force. \nIn Korea – the so-called ‘forgotten war’ – they launched with bombs and rockets from the snowy and ice-encrusted flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney. \nVietnam\, the first helicopter war\, was a theatre of sometimes tempestuous tropical skies\, of rain forests\, rice paddies and the perils of a ‘hot’ landing zone under fire in some jungle clearing. \nThroughout the twentieth century\, the pilots of the Royal Australian Navy carved their name with pride to build a service that would take shape as the Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. And not just the pilots. The observers\, the engineers\, the mechanics\, the aircraft maintainers – and the families\, too – were in the thick of it\, creating a tradition. \nIn wartime the perils were evident. But peace has its hazards and dangers too\, for naval flying is ever at the cutting edge. The most skilled and experienced pilots found it daunting to land at night on the deck of a carrier\, a tiny rectangle pitching and rolling in a vast\, dark ocean. Accident and death hovered not far away. \nThis book tells the stories of these men\, much of it in their own words. They are the heroes who flew high in the Burning Blue. \n \nAbout the presenter \nMike Carlton \n In a working life of more than fifty years\, Mike Carlton was one of Australia’s best-known media figures in radio\, television and newspapers. \nBeginning as a cadet journalist at the ABC\, he became a war correspondent in Vietnam and for three years was the ABC’s Bureau Chief in Jakarta. He also reported for the ABC from London\, New York and major Asian capitals. In television\, he worked on the ABC’s groundbreaking This Day Tonight current affairs program in the 1970s and for Nine Network News and A Current Affair. \nIn 1980 Mike turned to talk radio\, first at Sydney’s 2UE and then 2GB\, and later at London’s LBC Newstalk 97.3FM\, where he won a coveted Sony Radio Academy award in 1993 for Britain’s best talk breakfast show. His radio satire on current affairs\, Friday News Review\, was ‘must listening’ in Australia and the UK. \nFor many years he wrote a popular weekly column for the Sydney Morning Herald. \nMike has had a life-long passion for naval history and is the author of Cruiser\, First Victory\, Flagship\, The Scrap Iron Flotilla and The Burning Blue. \nPublished: 28 July 2026 ISBN: 9781761354960 Imprint: Penguin Format: Trade Paperback Pages: 480 RRP: $36.99
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SUMMARY:Spartans & ANZACs - 480 BC · 1941 - Exhibition - Last Days
DESCRIPTION:Australia had its own Thermopylae. We’ve just forgotten it. \n15 April 2026 – April 2027\nIn 480 BC\, one of history’s most famous battles was fought in central Greece at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae. For three days\, a few thousand Greeks—led by 300 Spartan warriors and their king\, Leonidas I—held back a vast Persian army. Eventually encircled\, the Spartans and their allies were killed. Their stand\, however\, allowed thousands of comrades to escape and fight on\, leaving an enduring example of courage and sacrifice. \nIn April 1941\, on the eve of Anzac Day\, Australian and New Zealand troops returned to this same ground. Outnumbered and under relentless pressure from advancing German forces\, ANZAC units used the rugged terrain of Thermopylae and nearby Brallos Pass to delay the enemy\, enabling thousands of Allied soldiers to withdraw to safety. \nSPARTANS & ANZACS draws a powerful connection between these two defining moments. It reveals how service\, sacrifice and mateship transcend time\, linking ancient warriors with modern soldiers in a shared legacy of courage. \nThis exhibition invites reflection on the enduring values forged in conflict—and how these stories continue to shape the meaning of remembrance today. \nGalleries of Remembrance\nFree entry \nThis exhibition was supported by the Victorian Government and the Victorian Veterans Council.
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/spartans-anzacs-480-bc-%c2%b7-1941-exhibition-last-days/
LOCATION:The Shrine of Remembrance\, Birdwood Avenue\, Melbourne\, 3000\, Australia
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