Download or read book Sir William Rooke Creswell and the Foundation of the Australian Navy written by Sheila Dwyer and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The six Australian colonies united on 1st January 1901 to become the Commonwealth of Australia. One of the reasons given for this federation was that the Commonwealth could provide a common defence. William Rooke Creswell argued that, as an island continent, Australia could not defend itself without a navy. He saw no point in having a 70,000 strong army if only one enemy battleship could destroy port cities and disrupt maritime trade and sea communications. Creswell was not alone in his campaign to establish a navy for Australia but he was the one constant advocate throughout the years from his first proposals on a navy for Australia in 1886 to when the first ships of the Australian Fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in October 1913.
Download or read book Creswell the Australian Navalist written by Stephen DeWitt Webster and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Commanders written by D. M. Horner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1984, this book tells the story of sixteen of Australia’s most eminent military men, as they performed under the stress of strategy-making and in the heat of battle. In scrutinising critical periods in the careers of such men as Brudenell White, Chauvel, Monash, Gordon Bennett, Blamey and Scherger, it addresses a number of fascinating questions: Is there an Australian style of command? How well have Australian officers been prepared for high command? How have Australian commanders handled the problems of coalition way or co-operation with allies? How have political direction, organisational structures and entrenched defence policy affected the performance of commanders in the field? Each re-evaluation compares performance with reputation. Some of the figures examined are familiar (What was the real basis of Monash’s reputation as a commander? Was Blamey worthy of the field-marshal’s baton?); some are given an appraisal long denied them. This roll-call of some of Australia’s greatest warriors presents a fascinating picture of the realities of war at the top. Each of the sixteen lives examined presents a revealing account of the conditions under which crucial military decisions are made and carried out – on the battlefield, at headquarters, in victory and defeat. The Commanders will appeal not only to students of military affairs but to everyone interested in Australian history and biography.
Download or read book Australian Dictionary of Biography 1891 1939 Cl Gib written by Douglas Pike and published by Australian Dictionary of Biogr. This book was released on 1966 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1966 the "Australian Dictionary of Biography" has provided Australians with concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of prominent men and women of this country who contributed their vision and energies to a growing nation.
Download or read book Routledge Library Editions Historical Security written by Various and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 3894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 12-volume set contains titles originally published between 1957 and 1992. International in scope, the set looks at security and military history covering several battles, particularly the first and second world wars. Highlighting the difference between theory and practice, it also explores the people involved in the policy making and strategy of war, and the leaders tasked with carrying those decisions out.
Download or read book Race and Imperial Defence in the British World 1870 1914 written by John C. Mitcham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of how British race patriotism shaped the defense partnership between Britain and the dominions before the Great War.
Download or read book The Mariner s Mirror written by Leonard George Carr Laughton and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Military History of Australia written by Jeffrey Grey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Military History of Australia provides a detailed chronological narrative of Australia's wars across more than two hundred years, set in the contexts of defence and strategic policy, the development of society and the impact of war and military service on Australia and Australians. It discusses the development of the armed forces as institutions and examines the relationship between governments and military policy. This book is a revised and updated edition of one of the most acclaimed overviews of Australian military history available. It is the only comprehensive, single-volume treatment of the role and development of Australia's military and their involvement in war and peace across the span of Australia's modern history. It concludes with consideration of Australian involvement in its region and more widely since the terrorist attacks of September 11 and the waging of the global war on terror.
Download or read book Navy Australia written by George Odgers and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Tale of Two Mining Cities written by Brian Kennedy and published by Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press ; Beaverton, OR : International Scholarly Books. This book was released on 1984 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparisons between the early histories of mining cities Johannesburg (South Africa) and Broken Hill (NSW); race relations; segregation; the White Australian Policy and apartheid.
Download or read book Churchill and the Admirals written by Stephen Roskill and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2004-08-30 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winston Churchill enjoyed two stints as First Lord of the Admiralty, at the start of the First World War and at the start of the Second. He retained close interest in naval matters, especially as the defeat of the U-boat menace was so vital in both wars to maintain the vital supplies so necessary for Britain's war efforts. Indeed, Churchill later said that this was the only thing that had threatened the ultimate Allied victory.
Download or read book Falling in written by John Barrett and published by Sydney : Hale & Iremonger. This book was released on 1979 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Index Bibliography: p 290-292.
Download or read book The Emergent Commonwealth written by R. Norris and published by Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book J T Wilson and the Fraternity of Duckmaloi written by Patricia Morison and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 1997 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1890s four young scientists at Sydney University - two Scots, a Londoner and an Australian - began sustained research into Australian native fauna for which each was awarded the FRS. They all went on to pursue notable careers in the biological sciences, concluding in London 46-8 and Cambridge. This book follows their careers and enduring friendship exploring in detail the life of its senior member, J.T. Wilson (1861-1945), who was professor of anatomy at Sydney University (1890-1920) and Cambridge (1920-1933) and had abiding interests in science, philosophy, education and military affairs. The narrative is mainly concerned with issues of historical interest to scientists and medical educationists though some, like Empire relations and the contribution of Scots to Australia's development, will interest a wider readership. Many of the preoccupations of Wilson and his colleagues remain topical: the debate between biological science and religion; the struggle to interpret Darwin's theory without placing "Homo sapiens" at the top of an evolutionary tree; pure versus applied science; vocationalism versusscholarship in university education.
Download or read book A Heritage of Spirit written by Christopher David Coulthard-Clark and published by Melbourne University. This book was released on 1979 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sir James Whiteside McCay written by Christopher Wray and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Lieutenant General Sir James Whiteside McCay, a lawyer, politician and General in the First AIF. In the course of a successful political career he had been a member of Australia's first federal parliament, and while Minister for Defence he had introduced far-ranging reforms of the Australian Army's command structure.
