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Sir William Rooke Creswell and the Foundation of the Australian Navy

By Sheila Dwyer

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Year
2014
ISBN
1443854514, 9781443854511
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2064747 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
268\285
Time added
2016-11-26 10:36:26
Australia & New Zealand;Australia & Oceania;HistorManufacturing & Operational Systems;Marine Enginee

Description

The six Australian colonies united on 1st January 1901 to become the Commonwealth of Australia. One of the reasons given for this federation was that the Commonwealth could provide a common defence. William Rooke Creswell argued that, as an island continent, Australia could not defend itself without a navy. He saw no point in having a 70,000 strong army if only one enemy battleship could destroy port cities and disrupt maritime trade and sea communications. Creswell was not alone in his campaign to establish a navy for Australia but he was the one constant advocate throughout the years from his first proposals on a navy for Australia in 1886 to when the first ships of the Australian Fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in October 1913.

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