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Hello PHG fans, this week we're taking a trip to Australia to look at this lovely memorial just across from the Royal Botanical Garden on the south side of Sydney Harbor. My first and only visit to Sydney was in 2007, when I made port there aboard USS Kitty Hawk. Seeing the harbor bridge and opera house in person was a moment I'll never forget, and I cannot wait to get back to this beautiful, vibrant city again. Australia sent over 416,000 men to fight in the First World War

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

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

Greetings PHG fans! Two weeks ago, we revealed the Australia section of the guide. Since then, I've gotten some great feedback on places...

G'day Pacific History Guide readers! Today on the blog I'm happy to announce that we've added a new location to the website: the wild...