Showing 206 items matching australian navy history
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Royal Australian Navy: An Illustrated History, 1982
... The Royal Australian Navy: An Illustrated History....Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History...Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History Vietnam ...This is a fascinating account of the development of the RAN from the arrival of the First Fleet and Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788 up to the present day.This is a fascinating account of the development of the RAN from the arrival of the First Fleet and Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788 up to the present day.australia. royal australian navy -- history, vietnam -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, George Odgers, The Royal Australian Navy - An Illustrated History, 1982
... The Royal Australian Navy - An Illustrated History...The Royal Australian Navy - An Illustrated History Book ... -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, George Odgers, The Royal Australian Navy - An Illustrated History Third Edition, 1985
... The Royal Australian Navy - An Illustrated History Third...Book The Royal Australian Navy - An Illustrated History ...Book -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian Government Publishing Service, Royal Australian Navy - A Brief History, 1987
... Royal Australian Navy - A Brief History...Book Royal Australian Navy - A Brief History Book ...Book -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Colin Jones, Wings and the Navy 1947-1953, 1997
... royal australian navy - aviation history... history royal australian navy - history This book tells the story ...This book tells the story of the Royal Australian Navy in the years following the Second World War - an optomistic and confident period following the commissioning of Australia's first aircraft carrierIndex, Bibliography, ill (b/w), p.108.non-fictionThis book tells the story of the Royal Australian Navy in the years following the Second World War - an optomistic and confident period following the commissioning of Australia's first aircraft carrierroyal australian navy - aviation history, royal australian navy - history -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Pith Helmet, Royal Australian Navy, 1930s
... Australian Navy A.B.Pollock 6⅞ This helmet has been used by a member ...This helmet has been used by a member of the Royal Australian Navy in the early to mid 20th century. The Commonwealth Naval Forces were formed after Federation in 1901 and became known as the Royal Australian Navy in 1911. Pith helmets are now used only in the Australian Defence Forces for ceremonial purposes. No information is available on A.B. Pollock.This helmet is retained for display purposes.This helmet is made of white material with a six-segmented crown and a peak and back covering. In the centre of the crown is a dome with three breathing holes. On top of the dome is an ornamental gold-coloured metal finial. The edge of the crown has a band of white fabric and in the centre of this is a metal badge with a crown, anchor and seven stars and the wording ‘Royal Australian Navy’. Inside, the helmet has a leather rim with an adjustable leather string with brass clips (one missing). Inside, the breathing holes are made of brass and the metal rotates to open or close the holes. Inside also are the size of the helmet, the owner’s name and some other indecipherable information Royal Australian Navy A.B.Pollock 6⅞ vintage headwear, royal australian navy, history of warrnambool -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Book - Two Photos and a Medal, Janette Williams, Two Photos and a medal / ‘... a Cerberus story’
... australian navy history... australian navy history australian naval ships hmas cerberus ...William George Monteith and his involvement with the Victorian and Australian Navy.357 p., illustrationsnon-fictionWilliam George Monteith and his involvement with the Victorian and Australian Navy. australian navy history, australian naval ships, hmas cerberus, biography, william george monteith, navy, victoria -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian War Memoria, Royal Australian Navy, 1939-1942, 1957
... royal australian navy - history... - australia royal australian navy - history This volume tells briefly ...This volume tells briefly the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars, and then records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean and particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942. When the volume ends most of the surviving ships are on the Australia Station again and the Japanese fleets dominate half the Pacific Ocean and the seas to the north of Australia. The [author] describes not only the actions of the Australian ships but the problems and policies of the British fleets of which they often formed a part, and discusses the strategical and administrative questions encountered by the senior leaders in AustraliaIndex, ill, maps, p.686.non-fictionThis volume tells briefly the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars, and then records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean and particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942. When the volume ends most of the surviving ships are on the Australia Station again and the Japanese fleets dominate half the Pacific Ocean and the seas to the north of Australia. The [author] describes not only the actions of the Australian ships but the problems and policies of the British fleets of which they often formed a part, and discusses the strategical and administrative questions encountered by the senior leaders in Australiaworld war 1939 – 1945 – naval operations - australia, royal australian navy - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Department of defence (Navy), An outline of Australian naval history, 1976
... royal australian navy - history... Bibliography, ill (b/w), p.71. royal australian navy - history naval ...A brief history of Australian naval historyBibliography, ill (b/w), p.71.non-fictionA brief history of Australian naval historyroyal australian navy - history, naval operations - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Harper Collins, The search for the Sydney, 2009
... Royal Australian navy - History..., ill, maps, p.264. Royal Australian navy - History HMAS Sydney ...Tells the action-packed story of the hunt for the Sydney - and the Kormoran - and reveals what really happened on that fateful day in November 1941.Index, Bibliography, ill, maps, p.264.non-fictionTells the action-packed story of the hunt for the Sydney - and the Kormoran - and reveals what really happened on that fateful day in November 1941.royal australian navy - history, hmas sydney - shipwrecks -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, Royal Australian Navy, 1988
... Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History..., maps, p.168 Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History ...A history of the Royal Australian Navy from World War One to the presentIndex, bibliography, ill, maps, p.168non-fictionA history of the Royal Australian Navy from World War One to the presentaustralia - royal australian navy - history, australia - naval history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Charles Oldham, 100 years of the Royal Australian Navy, 2011
... Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History..., maps, p.296. Naval history Australia - Royal Australian Navy ...Illustrated centennial history of the Royal Australian NavyIll, maps, p.296.non-fictionIllustrated centennial history of the Royal Australian Navynaval history, australia - royal australian navy - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Georgian House, My Ship is so small, 1946
... Royal Australian navy - History... operations - Australia Royal Australian navy - History ...This is the story of the Royal Australian Navy's little ships and their personnelIll, p.126.non-fictionThis is the story of the Royal Australian Navy's little ships and their personnelworld war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia, royal australian navy - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Oxford University Press et al, The price of admiralty, 1944
... Royal Australian Navy - History... operations - Australia Royal Australian Navy - History This book ...This book describes the life of a man, the late Commander J. H. Walker, and of his ship. HMAS Parramatta; both used to represent their service. Parramatta was one of the 'little ships' which made the great sacrifice in keeping the hard pressed garrison of Tobruk supplied. She went down fighting gallantly and in doing so added a glorious page to the naval history of our Empire.Ill, maps, p.328.This book describes the life of a man, the late Commander J. H. Walker, and of his ship. HMAS Parramatta; both used to represent their service. Parramatta was one of the 'little ships' which made the great sacrifice in keeping the hard pressed garrison of Tobruk supplied. She went down fighting gallantly and in doing so added a glorious page to the naval history of our Empire. world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia, royal australian navy - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, NSW Bookstall Pty Ltd, Scrap Iron Flotilla, 1944
... Royal Australian Navy - History... operations - Australia Royal Australian Navy - History An account ...An account of the older ships(The Scrap Iron Flotilla) of the Australian Navy in the Second World WarIll, p.197.non-fictionAn account of the older ships(The Scrap Iron Flotilla) of the Australian Navy in the Second World Warworld war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia, royal australian navy - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, F.W. Cheshire, The leader of the crocks, 1945
... Royal Australian Navy - History... The leader of the crocks Ill, p.221. Royal Australian Navy - History ..."The activities of H.M.A.S. Stuart, leader of the Australian destroyer flotilla (and later of the 10th D.F.) from ... September, 1939 until the end of July, 1941" - Author's note.Ill, p.221.non-fiction"The activities of H.M.A.S. Stuart, leader of the Australian destroyer flotilla (and later of the 10th D.F.) from ... September, 1939 until the end of July, 1941" - Author's note.royal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Patersons Printing Press, Birth of a navy, 1944
... Royal Australian Navy - History... Birth of a navy Ill, p.64. Royal Australian Navy - History Royal ...A brief history of the Royal Australian NavyIll, p.64.non-fictionA brief history of the Royal Australian Navyroyal australian navy - history, royal australian navy -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, Royal Australian Navy 1939-1942, 1957
... Royal Australian Navy - History... War 1939-1945 - Australia Royal Australian Navy - History ...This volume tells briefly the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars, and then records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean and particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942. When the volume ends most of the surviving ships are on the Australia Station again and the Japanese fleets dominate half the Pacific Ocean and the seas to the north of Australia. The author describes not only the actions of the Australian ships but the problems and policies of the British fleets of which they often formed a part, and discusses the strategical and administrative questions encountered by the senior leaders in AustraliaIndex, ill, maps, p.654.non-fictionThis volume tells briefly the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars, and then records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean and particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942. When the volume ends most of the surviving ships are on the Australia Station again and the Japanese fleets dominate half the Pacific Ocean and the seas to the north of Australia. The author describes not only the actions of the Australian ships but the problems and policies of the British fleets of which they often formed a part, and discusses the strategical and administrative questions encountered by the senior leaders in Australiaworld war 1939-1945 - australia, royal australian navy - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, HMAS, 1942
... Royal Australian Navy - History... Ill, p.200. Royal Australian Navy - History World War 1939 ...The Royal Australian Navy during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Navy during World War Tworoyal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, HMAS Mk II, 1942
... Royal Australian Navy - History... Mk II Ill, p.200. Royal Australian Navy - History World War ...The Royal Australian Navy during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Navy during World War Tworoyal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, HMAS Mk III, 1942
... Royal Australian Navy - History... Mk III Ill, p.200. Royal Australian Navy - History World War ...The Royal Australian Navy during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Navy during World War Tworoyal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, HMAS Mk IV, 1942
... Royal Australian Navy - History... Mk IV Ill, p.200. Royal Australian Navy - History World War ...The Royal Australian Navy during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Navy during World War Tworoyal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Mostly sailors
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History - Vietnamese... Newhaven gippsland Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History ...australia. royal australian navy - history - vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - naval operations, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Out of sight, out of mind: the Royal Australian Navy's Role, Vietnam, 1965-1972 (Copy 1)
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History - Vietnamese... Newhaven gippsland Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History ...australia. royal australian navy - history - vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - naval operations, australian - health aspects -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Royal Australian Navy in World War 11
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History - World War... Newhaven gippsland Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History ...australia. royal australian navy - history - world war, 1939-1945, world war, 1939-1945 - naval operations, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Voyages to Vietnam, 2004
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History -- Vietnam War... -- Pictorial works Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History ...Photograph by Australian Naval and military veterans of the Vietnam conflict. (Copy 1).vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - participation, australian - pictorial works, australia. royal australian navy -- pictorial works, australia. royal australian navy -- history -- vietnam war, 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Voyages to Vietnam, 2004
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History -- Vietnam War... -- Pictorial works Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History ...Photograph by Australian Naval and military veterans of the Vietnam conflict. (Copy 2).vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - participation, australian - pictorial works, australia. royal australian navy -- pictorial works, australia. royal australian navy -- history -- vietnam war, 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, A collection of various coloured & b/w Photograph of naval ships
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History -- Vietnam War... Newhaven gippsland Naval Ships Australia. Royal Australian Navy ...Some photos are b/w & others are coloured.naval ships, australia. royal australian navy -- history -- vietnam war, 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Royal Australian Navy: Australians At War
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History...Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History Australia ...the history of the Royal Australian Navy throughout various wars.the history of the Royal Australian Navy throughout various wars.australia. royal australian navy - history, australia - history, naval - 20th century -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, A bloody Job Well Done: The Hhistory of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight, Vietnam 1967-1971 (Copy 2), 2011
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History...Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History Military ...The history of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight in vietnam from 1967-1971.The history of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight in vietnam from 1967-1971. australia. royal australian navy - history, military helicopters - australia, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975