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The Japanese bombing of Darwin and northern Australia - Australia's Culture PortalMerchant vessels Barossa and Neptuna burning in Darwin Harbour near the jetty after receiving direct hits during the first Japanese air raid on 19 February 1942. During the Second World War, the Japanese flew 64 raids on Darwin and 33 raids on other targ...
Unknown photographer, Freda Thompson (1906-1980), Pictured here in 1934 just before take off at Lympne Airport when she became the first Australian woman to fly solo from England to Australia, 1934. Courtesy of National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. Avia...
Gp Capt Eaton Charles, CO RAAF Station Darwin. Image courtesy of the Charles Eaton Photographic Collection and Peter Dunn's Australia @ War. Eaton entered Australian aviation legend when commanding the air searches for two lost aircraft, the Kookaburra ...
Image courtesy of the National Trust of Queensland, Hou Wang Temple. The businesses in Chinatowns offered accommodation, medicinal herbs, fresh food grown by Chinese market gardeners and groceries. A Chinese school, a language and culture centre and a Ch...
Ships wrecked in Australian waters during the Second World War profoundly effected the Australian people, both civilian and military. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: 304919. The first Australian warship to be lost in the Second World War w...
Women's involvement in air defence forces in a flying capacity was highly limited until the 1970s. For decades, women's roles in air defence were restricted to jobs on the ground and within Australia. Australian women's involvement in air defence servic...
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The Japanese bombing of Darwin and northern Australia - Australia's Culture Portal (website Culture Portal )Merchant vessels Barossa and Neptuna burning in Darwin Harbour near the jetty after receiving direct hits during the first Japanese air raid on 19 February 1942. During the Second World War, the Japanese flew 64 raids on Darwin and 33 raids on other targ...
Author: Januszewski, Tadeusz; Ishiguro, Ryusuke: ISBN: 9788389450128 Description: Mushroom Model Publications 2009 2009 New book, 264 pages, 61 colour profiles, 200+ line drawings, many photos. Japanese Special Attack (Kamikaze) aircraft are well know, b...
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Gp Capt Eaton Charles, CO RAAF Station Darwin. Image courtesy of the Charles Eaton Photographic Collection and Peter Dunn's Australia @ War. Charles 'Moth' Eaton is one of the unsung heroes of Australian aviation history, due largely to his attachment t...
Courtesy of National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. Aviatrices also influenced Australian national dress and modern Australian fashion, with the early adoption of trousers by Australian women as part of their dress code. In 1950, Nancy Bird Walton formed t...
Ships wrecked in Australian waters during the Second World War profoundly effected the Australian people, both civilian and military. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: 304919. The Australian Hospital Ship Centaur, rescuing the survivors of t...
Image courtesy of the National Trust of Queensland, Hou Wang Temple. The Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre built in the traditional style of southern Chinese Architecture presents the story of Chinese in Ararat. A Chinese school, a language and culture cen...
Women's involvement in air defence forces in a flying capacity was highly limited until the 1970s. For decades, women's roles in air defence were restricted to jobs on the ground and within Australia. Australian women's involvement in air defence servic...
City of Ryde Treasures of the Outlook Estate Page 2 of 14 bought by a brickmakers consortium that included Austal Bricks. City of Ryde Treasures of the Outlook Estate Page 3 of 14 Why is the Outlook Estate important? City of Ryde Treasures of the Outlo...
Barefoot NSW Barefoot SA Kneeboard SA Showski WA Tournament NSW Tournament Vic Wakeboard Vic. With thanks to the Australian Water Ski and Wakeboard Federation (AWWF) and Darwin Water Ski Club, Giz and I were given the opportunity to coach at a 2 day ,ÄòCo...
The AWWF ventured to the North of Australia to spread the word of Water Ski & Wakeboard. With thanks to the Australian Water Ski and Wakeboard Federation (AWWF) and Darwin Water Ski Club, Giz and I were given the opportunity to coach at a 2 day ,ÄòCome a...
John Curtin is the Prime Minister who led Australia through the dark days of World War Two. Had you been strolling beside Melbourne's Yarra River around 1908, you may have seen the future prime minister voicing his political views to anyone who'd listen. ...
"Sister Margaret Lamont Adams, lost when the hospital ship Centaur was torpedoed, was the elder daughter of the late Mr. T.L. Adams and Mrs. Adams of East Malvern... She nursed in the Children's and the Women's Hospitals, and also at St. George's Hospita...
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