Disposal of obsolete Australian military firearms in 1905
On September 2nd 1905, Mr. George H. Oliver, representing W.W. Greener – the well- known English Gun, Rifle and Cartridge maker of Haymarket, London – wrote to the Australian Department […]
Sale’s Namesake
Sale is a city in the Gippsland region of Victoria with a population of around 14,000.
A very isolated war grave
In the far north of Western Australia lies perhaps Australia’s most isolated war grave. In the now overgrown and forgotten Drysdale River Mission Station cemetery at Pago, Western Australia lies […]
Fort Gellibrand – Understanding the Trace – Part II
In part 1 of ‘Fort Gellibrand – Understanding the Trace’ the fortification originally known as Williamstown Central Battery was examined through the gun positions and buildings which still exist on […]
Exit Wounds – One Australia’s War on Terror
by Major General (Retried) John Cantwell, AO, DSC with Greg Bearup. Book Review by Marcus Fielding
Leading Seaman Ronald Taylor (1918-1942)
Ronald ‘Buck’ Taylor was born in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton on 29 April 1918, the fourth of ten children (six boys and four girls) born to Elsie Taylor (Nee […]
Truimph and Tragedy – HMAS Yarra at War
With the tattered fragments of the white ensign still flying, the YARRA slid beneath the waves at 8 am. Rankin’s defiant gesture, which cost the lives of 117 of the […]
1911 Coronation Medal – Australian Naval Contingent
King Edward VII died on 6 May 1910 and King George V became King. His coronation took place a year later at Westminster Abbey, London on 22 June 1911 and […]
