Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific
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Name: Baal, Bob.
E-mail: rbaal@clear.net.nz
Country: New Zealand.
Area of Interest: General Fortification and modern Missile and Radar systems.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Sites:
Russian Missiles and Space Launchers: http://www.wonderland.org.nz
Home page of the Fortress Study Group: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/3337/
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Name: Cooke, Peter.
E-mail: petercooke@paradise.net.nz
Country: New Zealand (Wellington).
Area of Interest: Pacific coast defence, artillery, island forts.
Languages: English.
Published Material: "Defending New Zealand - Ramparts on the Sea - 1840-1950s" (Without doubt, the most definitive book on New Zealand's coastal / internal defence yet written). Two volumes, each about the size if the "Yellow Pages" - with numerous illustrations. Contact Peter for details of this "must have" book. Peter has also authored numerous other articles, and conducted wide research on other aspects of New Zealand Military History. (Ed.).
Extra Information: Convenor of "DONZ" (The Defence of New Zealand Study Group), and Member of the Wrights Hill Fortress Restoration Society Inc. Deputy Chairman of the Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
Web Site:
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Name: Adams, Matthew. L.
E-mail: matthewa10@hotmail.com
Country: Australia.
Area of Interest: US Coastal Defenses 1794-1950; Australian Coastal Defences 1788-1963; US Battery and Fort naming 1793-1950.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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Name: Corbett, Peter.
E-mail: peter_d_corbett@yahoo.com.au
Country: New Zealand (Auckland).
Area of Interest:
a) Coast defences since the reintroduction of the breech loading gun c. 1875, particularly the British Empire, including mine defences.
b) World wide coast defences since the reintroduction of the breech loading gun c. 1875.
c) Technological developments in warships, in particular guns and fire control c. 1900 - 1945.
Languages: English, very limited French and German.
Published Material: World War II Defences at Stony Batter (Waiheke Island) and Whangapraraoa - (9.2-inch counter bombardment batteries A-1 and A-2).
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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Name: Wyley, Stephen Francis.
E-mail: svensemail@lycos.com
Country: Australia.
Area of Interest: Military Architecture from the Iron Age to the 17th century, specializing in; terminology and motte and bailey castles.
Languages: English, Japanese.
Published Material: Several articles published in the Varangian Voice (A quarterly publication of the New Varangian Guard Inc.) see: Dictionary of Military Architecture: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/madict.html
Extra Information: Current project construction of a replica Viking long house and ring fort. Other forthcoming work: construction of a replica turf walled Roman Legionary Fort.
Web Sites:
Dictionary of Military Architecture: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/madict.html
Drawings of Aspects of Military Architecture: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/drawings.html
Bibliography of Military Architecture: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/fortbibl.html
Shiro, A Japanese Castle: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/shiro.html
Siege Warfare, The Art of Offence and Defence: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/siege.html
What is a Castle?: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/castle.html
The Defences of Constantinople: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/constantinople.html
The Walls of Ankara: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/ankara.html
More Pictures of the Theodosian Land Walls: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/landwallsmore.html
The Defences of Nicaea: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/nicaea.html
An Aerial View of Masada: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/masada.html
Anglo-Saxon Burhs: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/burhs.html
David's Tower, Jerusalem: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/davidtower.html
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/jerusalem.html
The Town Walls of Conway: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/conwy.html
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Name: Wassell, Brent.
Country: New Zealand.
E-mail: sandb03@ibm.net
Area of Interest: Pacific coast defences, WW2.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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Name: Dimond, Mike.
Country: New Zealand.
E-mail: dimond@ihug.co.nz
Area of Interest: Coast Defence & Armstrong Guns mounted in Elswick platforms.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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Name: Biggs, Michael.
Country: New Zealand (Wellington).
E-mail: coastal_defences@hotmail.com
Area of Interest: Interested primarily in NZ coastal forts (1885 - ). Also have a side interest in all forts.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site: Wellington's Coastal Defences: http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Den/5417/index.html
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Name: Stopniak, Mark.
Country: Australia.
E-mail: stopniak@ram.net.au
Area of Interest: Artillery and German bunkers and complexes.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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Name: Mitchell, John.
Country: New Zealand.
E-mail: john-mitchell@clearnet.co.nz or: john.mitchell@police.govt.nz
Area of Interest: Coastal fortifications - late 19th and early 20ths century - especially British Empire.
Languages: English, French (read only).
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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Name: Stead, Ken.
Country: New Zealand.
E-mail: kenstead@xtra.co.nz
Area of Interest: Field work's.
Languages: English.
Published Material: Maori fighting pa and European antecedents.
Extra Information: I am editor of The Volunteers, journal of the New Zealand Military Historical Society Inc.
Web Site:
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Name: Scadden, Alistair. J.
E-Mail: ajscadden@paradise.net.nz
Country: New Zealand (Wellington).
Area of Interest: All 19th & 20th Century Fortifications, especially British Commonwealth 9.2 inch Batteries.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information: Regional Director & Webmaster: SITE O Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. International Webmaster: SITE O International Homepage. Member of the Wrights Hill Fortress Restoration Society (Inc.) Member of the Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
Web Sites:
SITE O Regional Pages: Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/jascadde/index.html
SITE O International Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/siteointernational/Home
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Name: Bastick, Mike.
E-Mail: mbastick@tech2u.com.au
Country: Australia.
Area of Interest: Fortifications.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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Name: Rogers, Shane. L.
E-mail: dozy_dwarf@hotmail.com
Country: Australia (Melbourne, Victoria).
Area of Interest: Fortifications.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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Name: McDonald, Mark.
E-Mail: mmcd59@telstra.com
Country: Australia.
Area of Interest: World War II fortifications.
Languages: English and German.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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Name: Higgins, Gary.
E-Mail: ohig@xtra.co.nz
Country: New Zealand.
Area of Interest: Coastal Artillery 1850's- 1950's with special interest in Armstrong ordinance.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site: Gary Higgins' Homepage: http//www.geocities.com/heartland/Acres/6132/
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Name: Clapham, Matthew.
E-Mail: matt@gatehaus.co.nz
Country: New Zealand.
Area of Interest: Castles in general with particular interest in floor / architectural plans.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information :
Web Site:
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Name: Knight, Peter.
E-Mail: polychronopolusp@hotmail.com
Country: Australia.
Area of Interest: Flak towers, Pillboxes and other elements of fortification built during the 1900-45 period. My interest is mainly from an architectural point of view although I'm also interested in general military history.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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Name: Wilkins, Peter.
E-Mail: peter.wilkins@paradise.net.nz
Country: New Zealand (Christchurch).
Area of interest: Historian for Godley Head Heritage Trust, a WW2 coastal defence fortress.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site: The Godley Head Heritage Trust Web Site: http://godleyhead.110mb.com/
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Name: Ridge, Nick.
E-mail: nrridge@austarnet.com.au
Country: Australia (Tasmania).
Area of Interest: Tasmanian Fortifications and Coastal Defences.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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Name: Marmion, Bob.
E-mail: victorianvolunteers@hotmail.com
Country: Australia (Melbourne, Victoria).
Area of Interest: Fort Historian for Fort Queenscliff, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Bob has a wide interest in the history of Fortification and Artillery generally, - and a real passion for the American Civil War. He is currently completing his PhD on Victoria's Colonial Defences.
Languages: English.
Published Material: TBA. (Working on a history of Fort Queenscliff - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia).
Extra Information: Fort Queenscliff is currently working on developing its own Web Site.
Web Site:
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Name: Winchcombe, Charlie.
E-mail: quinch@mac.com
Country: Australia.
Area of Interest: Underground complexes, First and Second World Wars.
Languages: English and French.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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Name: Ingle, James.
E-mail: jimmyjazz@clear.net.nz Alternative e-mail: ingle.a-m@paradise.net.nz
Country: New Zealand.
Area of Interest: Artillery - WWII German feldhaubitzen & kanonen first, followed by Napoleonic smoothbore field pieces as well as WWI & II Artillery - Allied and Axis.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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Name: Wilson, Matthew.
E-mail: general_grimnar@hotmail.com
Country: Australia (Victoria).
Area of Interest: German WWII Fortifications, Australian subterranean Fortifications.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information: Interested in collecting Australian militaria - 1942 to 1972 period.
Web Site:
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Name: Parkes, Kevin.
E-mail: parkestow@bigpond.com
Country: Australia.
Area of Interest: World
War 2 Infrastructure built in and about Townsville in Queensland, Australia.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Townsville
was built into a fortified city and the "fortress" was covert in
construction and application. My present project is mapping infrastructure as it
is found in Geographic Information System format. Military engineering
techniques are of great interest particularly Geology and Geo-Chemistry.
Web Site:
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Name: Williamson, Bruce.
E-mail: thewilliamsons@ihug.co.nz
Country: New Zealand (Waikato).
Area of Interest: New Zealand Fortifications.
Languages: English.
Published Material:
Extra Information:
Web Site:
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