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Naval Fuel Oil

A.N. Other · Jun 24, 2018 ·

By Peter Colthorpe With recent announcements that the redundant naval oil fuel installation beneath the Sydney Domain is to be used in an extension to the Art Gallery of NSW, ...

Weather Signals

A.N. Other · Mar 28, 2017 ·

By Leyland Wilkinson I recently came across a guide to ‘Weather Signals at Sydney’ which was produced by the NSW Section of the Ex-Naval Men’s Association and could be purchased ...

Our First Gardeners

Rivett, Norman C · Sep 27, 2016 ·

By Norman Rivett Who were they? The first garden from which Garden Island derives its name commenced here on Monday the 7th of February 1788 when a party from HMS ...

Letter: The Hammerhead Lives

Letter Writer · Dec 21, 2015 ·

The following interesting letter has been received from our member Roy Kingston of Castle Hill.  On 10 September I had the privilege of attending the ‘launch’ of the public display ...

Peter Hibbs Remembered

Rivett, Norman C · Jun 23, 2015 ·

 By Norman Rivett Peter Hibbs has a unique association with Garden Island that is not generally known. He was born at Ramsgate in Kent in 1757 and is buried at ...

Tales from the Dockyard – Lawrence Beare Westaway

Rivett, Norman C · Jun 24, 2014 ·

By Norman Rivett During the period 9 February 1889 to 15 February 1991 at HM Naval Establishment Garden Island (later referred to as HM Naval Dockyard) there were, in addition ...

Letter: The Hammerhead Crane

Editorial Staff · Sep 24, 2013 ·

A number of our readers have pointed out an erroneous comment made in the article regarding the Hammerhead Crane contained in the June 2013 edition of this magazine. This concerns ...

HMS Penguin (VII) and her 64 Pounder Gun

Rivett, Norman C · Jun 24, 2013 ·

When I first started work at Garden Island in January 1955, there was a small wharf at the southern end of Riggers Lane known as Kuttabul Steps, not to be ...

The Hammerhead Crane

Editorial Staff · Jun 24, 2013 ·

In the 42 years of this publication there has not been one article dedicated to Garden Island’s Hammerhead Crane. It is timely to correct this omission which has been done ...

Memories of a Garden Island Patternmaker

A.N. Other · Mar 24, 2013 ·

By Ian Thomson The author provides us with a delightful vignette of life as a dockyard apprentice. We should also remember that workers at Garden Island Dockyard were employed by ...

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