LAMBERT Nicholas A

Australia's naval inheritance : imperial maritime strategy and the Australia Station 1880-1909 / Nicholas A Lambert - Canberra, Act, Australia: Royal Australian Navy, 1998 - x, 201 p. - Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs. No.6 .

The rationale and organisation of the naval forces on the Australia Station before the formal creation of the Royal Australian Navy in 1911. The federal government resolved that continuing to subsidise the Royal Navy presence in Australian waters was the most economical means of securing effective protection of Australian interest.

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