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.
In The Fight – Australia and the Burma Campaign – Book Review
On 4 November this Big Sky Publishing in Australia is publishing In The Fight, a new book examining the various connections between Australia and the Burma Campaign between 1942 and […]
Admiral VAT Smith – The extraordinary life of the father of Australia’s Fleet Air Arm – Book Review
This new publication from Avonmore Books may well be the definitive biography of a very interesting member of the Royal Australian Navy.
The Amazing and Gallant Exploits Of Lieutenant John Appleby
Escaped POW 1942-43
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.
Cyclone Tracy and the sinking of HMAS Arrow – 50 years on by Dr. Tom Lewis
It’s 50 years this Christmas since Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin, killing 66 people and destroying 90% of the city’s houses.
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.
Lines in the Sand – Hobson’s Bay Defences of Williamstown & Sandridge 1854 – 1871 – By Keith Quinton
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 […]
