LEADER 02235nam 2200517 450 001 9910464929603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4438-5882-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000097015 035 $a(EBL)1661284 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001217217 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11728863 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001217217 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11203123 035 $a(PQKB)10512763 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1661284 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1661284 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10855869 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL586222 035 $a(OCoLC)875635905 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000097015 100 $a20140423h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSir William Rooke Creswell and the foundation of the Australian navy /$fby Sheila Dwyer 210 1$aNewcastle upon Tyne, [United Kingdom] :$cCambridge Scholars Publishing,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4438-5451-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aThe 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 cam... 607 $aAustralia$xArmed Forces 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a355.033094 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464929603321 996 $aSir William Rooke Creswell and the foundation of the Australian navy$91913843 997 $aUNINA