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 […]
Revealing Secrets: An unofficial history of Australian Signals intelligence & the advent of cyber – Book Review
This work is an exhaustive and authoritative history of signals intelligence (SIGINT) operations and applications within the Australian context and environment, both strategically and operationally.
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.
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.
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 […]
