Debunking the myth: the rise and fall of the Zero
Debunking the myth: the rise and fall of the Zero By Fred Lane (This article was first published in NOCN 84, 1 March 2011.) One of the more highly trumpeted […]
Month: July 2011
THE WAY IT WAS: Government House, Sydney under the most recent Naval Governor of New South Wales, 1991-1996
THE WAY IT WAS: Government House, Sydney under the most recent Naval Governor of New South Wales, 1991-1996 By Ralph Derbidge (This article was first published in NOCN 84, 1 […]
THE OLD AND THE BOLD … Stephen Dearnley: survivor, publisher, motorcyclist, yachtsman and boatbuilder
THE OLD AND THE BOLD … Stephen Dearnley: survivor, publisher, motorcyclist, yachtsman and boatbuilder (This article first appeared in NOCN 84, 1 March 2011.) Stephen Dearnley’s life has been […]
THIS IS THE WAY IT HAPPENED … Swan to Shanghai, 1981: Trials of the heavenly duck.
THIS IS THE WAY IT HAPPENED … Swan to Shanghai, 1981: Trials of the heavenly duck. By Max Sulman (This article was first published in NOCN 84, 1 March 2011.) […]
HMAS Australia, 1911-1924: the first flagship
HMAS Australia, 1911-1924: the first flagship (This article was first published in NOCN 84, 1 March 2011.) Builders: John Brown & Co, Clydebank Launched: 25 October 1911 Commissioned: 21 […]
Commander Rohan Edwin (Ted) Lesh RAN Rtd; 21 May 1925 – 28 November 2010
Commander Rohan Edwin (Ted) Lesh RAN Rtd; 21 May 1925 – 28 November 2010 (This obituary was first published in NOCN 84, 1 March 2011.) Ted was a soft touch […]
The Coast Watchers
The Coast Watchers: Behind enemy lines; the men who saved the Pacific Book review by Jerry Lattin Lindsay, Patrick: The Coast Watchers: Behind enemy lines; the men who saved […]
This is the Way that it Happened– The unguided missile
THIS IS THE WAY IT HAPPENED … The unguided missile by Jonathan Brett Young (This article was first published in NOCN83, 1 December 2010.) It was the last opportunity for […]
The Old & The Bold
THE OLD AND THE BOLD: A.J.“Nat” Gould, aviator (This article was first published in NOCN 83, 1 December 2010.) As a teenager in Queensland during the 1930s, Arthur ‘Nat’ Gould […]
A Tale of Two Cruisers
THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE A tale of two cruisers by Colin Baxter (This Message was first published in NOCN 83, 1 December 2010.) The recent discovery of the sunken wreck of […]