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The Great White Fleet’s 1908 visit to Australia |
On 20 August 1908 well over half a million Sydneysiders turned out to watch the arrival of the United States (US) Navy’s ‘Great White Fleet’. For a city population of around 600,000 this was no mean achievement. |
Dr David Stevens |
1908 |
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The Australian Navy and the 1909 Imperial Conference on Defence |
A century ago, Australia’s Navy, such as it was, seemed in poor shape. The Commonwealth’s economy might have depended absolutely on ocean-going trade, but with the seas protected by the Royal Navy there had been little political interest in supporting the local navy. |
Dr David Stevens |
1909 |
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The ‘Special Cruise’ of HMAS Gayundah, 1911 |
Most people prefer their history presented within familiar and readily discerned constraints. Certainly conflicts and overseas deployments, and hence the more broadly ‘interesting’ of military operations |
Dr David Stevens |
1911 |
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Charts showing HMAS Australia’s voyage to Australia |
Charts showing HMAS Australia’s voyage to Australia from July 1913 to March 1914. These charts are from Midshipman Henry McWilliam’s Journal. |
Midshipman Henry McWilliam |
1913 |
