History

Naval history podcasts Season 6 begins 30 Aug

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Season 6 of the highly rated Australian Naval History podcasts will be launched on 30 August. The series is produced by the Naval Studies Group at the...

Japan’s naval flag a point of contention

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South Korea -- Koreas, China and other Asian countries say the flag is a reminder of Japan's wartime atrocities, and is comparable to the...

New theory on Melbourne-Voyager collision

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A veteran of HMAS Melbourne share his theory surrounding the tragic Melbourne-Voyager collision 57 years ago. It was the nation's largest peacetime tragedy, which killed...

How my father earned the Arctic Star

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By Hamish McDonald* It began when my brother Andrew noticed the British Ministry of Defence had belatedly recognised in 2012 that the wartime arctic convoys...

WWII vessel found at 6444m deep

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Two former Navy officers have found wreckage of a U.S. ship that sank in the Philippine Sea 76 years ago in what's being hailed...

Remembering bombing of Darwin

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By Michael Gunner* If sometimes it seems that governments rush to appoint inquiries or royal commissions, then I want to assure you: this is no...

Agent Orange link to dementia risk, RAN vets affected

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A new study of more than 300,000 Vietnam-era U.S. veterans has found that those who were exposed to Agent Orange are nearly twice as...

Iron Men and Tin Fish. Zoom Presentation

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Iron Men and Tin Fish. A look at submarine operations out of Fremantle 1942-45. Friday 22 January 1100 2021. Overview. In the period 1942 to 1945...

Qld Maritime Museum’s trial re-opening

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After being seriously hit by the coronavirus pandemic last year, the heritage-listed Queensland Maritime Museum will reopen to visitors this weekend in a trial...

Podcast: Dramatic 1998 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race rescue

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One of the finest Australian Naval History podcast episodes yet produced is released on 21 December. It describes the  dramatic 1998 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race...