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Allen & Unwin Australia 1st edition 2005 ISBN 1741142008. Hard cover dust wrapper 438pp b&w photos. Half title clipped else very good+. This collection of contributions from key naval and military commentators examines the extent of the Navy's contribution to our national development and shows how the Navy had played a vital role in defining our independent national identity. Major themes are: concepts and contexts; the navy and the nation; ships, industry and technology; and naval people and the nation. Essays include seapower and imperial endeavour (Geoffrey Till); naval medicine and European settlement of Australia (Neil Westphalen); naval hydrography and the Great Barrier Reef (Colin Jones); popular depictions of naval imagery in the press 1908-18 (Robert Crawford); the navy and Diplomacy (Peter Edwards); HMAS Australia (David Stevens); HMAS Sydney III (David Hobbs); naval men and Australia from 1788-1914 (Bob Nicholls); Vice Admiral Sir William Clarkson (Chris Clark); and Admiral Sir Francis Hyde (James Goldrick).