Sir William Rooke Creswell and the Foundation of the Australian Navy
| Author/creator | Dwyer, Sheila Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher Bristol : ISD [Distributor] |
| Description | 268 p. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781443854511 |
| ISBN | 1443854514 (Trade Cloth) Forthcoming |
| Standard identifier# | 9781443854511 |
| Stock number | 01436906 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |