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Four museums and historic sites in Brisbane, QLD, Australia

G'day PHG fans! I was recently going through some old photos on my phone and saw some shots taken during my most recent deployment in 2023. The USS America made port in Brisbane , Australia, as so many ships have, during an international exercise that took place off the coast. My previous visit, in 2013, didn't offer as much free time as I'd hoped and so I didn't do much by way of searching for history. Luckily, this time I was able to make my way to quite a few museums, mon

Tony Boccia

Nov 234 min read

Guide to the Guide: PHG on Google Maps

As many of you know, getting folks connected with local and regional history is the primary focus of Pacific History Guide. This effort is effectively a list of locations in the form of clickable links that point toward official websites, and another part is the official PHG Google Maps . The links have been added to the site in no particular order, and while some of you may have found a pattern to the way they've been added, it may not make sense to everybody. To solve this

Tony Boccia

Nov 162 min read