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Sir William Rooke Creswell and the foundation of the Australian navy / Sheila Dwyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dwyer, Sheila, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navigation--History.
- Navigation.
- Navies--Australia--Officers.
- Navies.
- Australia--Armed Forces.
- Australia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 03, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-5882-X
- OCLC:
- 875635905
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