Drake and his game of bowls and Nelson recalling a boat for a sailor’s letter are loved legends from long past wars. But legends also flow from the Golden Age ...
History - pre-Federation
The Nelson Toast
The association of the word ‘immortal’ with Nelson is enshrined in the famous toast which is still drunk, immediately after the Loyal Toast, at Trafalgar Night dinners the world over. ...
Letters: Kings Park Guns
I refer to the article “Coastal Defence and the Kings Park Naval Guns” contained in Volume 20, No. 1, 1999[March 1999]. At the last paragraph the author gives his views ...
An Atlantic Convoy 1798-1799
Notes on the Kings Park Guns
The two Rifled Muzzle Loading 7 inch, 6.5 ton Mk1 naval guns serial No. 148 and 163 were made by the Royal Gun Factory, England in 1866. They were a ...
Coastal Defence And The Kings Park Naval Guns, Perth
The Marines of the First Fleet
In the early morning of Saturday 12 May 1787, a small fleet of eleven ships prepared to leave Portsmouth’s Mother Bank in the UK to found a penal colony halfway ...