Saturday, March 8, 2025

BIRTH OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY


Shipping  Reporter  spots souvenir  of the   1913 arrival in Sydney Harbour  for the first time of the Australian Navy Fleet  consisting  of  the battle cruisers  Australia, Melbourne and Sydney , the protected cruiser  Encounter and  torpedo- boat destroyers  Parramatta,Yarra and Warrego. 

Printed on four sides, the  souvenir contains details of the warships  and   is in the  Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Melbourne,  list  for  $330.  

(Navy. First. Souvenir.)