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The great Queensland floods of 1893 and HMQ Ships Gayundah and Paluma

A.N. Other · Jun 14, 2011 ·

A previous edition of this magazine reported on the recent (2011) Queensland floods and the refloating in dry dock of the ex HMAS Diamantina. The great Queensland flood of 1893 ...

The Harrington Papers – Queensland Defence Force (Marine) 1900-1907

Harrington, Hubert Ernest · Dec 5, 1996 ·

By Hubert Ernest Harrington, a Sub-Lieutenant in the Queensland Defence Force (Marine), 1900-1907 In a letter dated 14 February 1996, Commodore L H Nicholson RAN (Retd) advises: “….I have what ...

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Origins of the QUEENSLAND Navy

A.N. Other · Jun 30, 1975 ·

Old Thunder and Lightning – the Origins of the Queensland Navy IT WAS A RUSSIAN SCARE in the eighteen seventies that caused the Queensland Government of the day to form ...

Australian Naval History on 19 February 1893

On This Day · Feb 19, 1893 ·

HMQS PALUMA, (gunboat), floated free from Brisbane Botanical Gardens after being stranded by record floods in the Brisbane River. ...

Australian Naval History on 6 February 1893

On This Day · Feb 6, 1893 ·

During a flood the gunboat HMQS PALUMA (CAPT G. Pirie, RN), the steamer ELIMANG, and the hulk MARY EVANS, were washed up high and dry in Brisbane’s Botanical Gardens. The ...

Australian Naval History on 30 September 1892

On This Day · Sep 30, 1892 ·

The Queensland Navy vessel GAYUNDAH, (gunboat), was paid off and laid up in reserve at Brisbane. Her sister-ship PALUMA, joined her in 1895. ...

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