They sang like kangaroos : Australia's Tinpot Navy in the Great War /

Stories from the earliest days of the Royal Australian Navy that few Australians will have heard, including drama in Port Phillip Bay, a German steamer with secret codebook on board taken at pistol point, the battlecruiser Australia, most powerful ship in the Southern Hemisphere, was also the unhapp...

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Main Author: Delano, Anthony
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Melbourne : Arcadia, 2012.
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Summary:Stories from the earliest days of the Royal Australian Navy that few Australians will have heard, including drama in Port Phillip Bay, a German steamer with secret codebook on board taken at pistol point, the battlecruiser Australia, most powerful ship in the Southern Hemisphere, was also the unhappiest and mutiny and a bitter homecoming.
Physical Description:viii, 246 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781921875724 (pbk)
1921875720 (pbk)