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unusual facts about Department of Defence



Hobart coastal defences

With the outbreak of World War II, the Department of Defence acquired land near South Arm close to the mouth of the Derwent River on the eastern shore, from a Mr. Courtland Calvert and his sister in September, 1939.

Paluma-class survey motor launch

Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030, the 2009 Department of Defence white paper, proposed replacing the Palumas, along with the RAN's patrol and mine warfare vesseks, with a single class of multi-role offshore combatant vessels (OCVs).

Thomas Hiley

The site is currently under lease to the Department of Defence as an Australian Navy Cadets Training Ship.


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Arthur Tange

In 2002, the Department of Defence, in conjunction with the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) at the Australian National University (ANU), decided to establish an ongoing Ph.D. scholarship in honour of Tange.

Padraig Marrinan

He was commissioned to paint portraits of Éamonn Ceannt and John F. Kennedy by the Republic of Ireland's Department of Defence and the County Clare association in London, respectively.

Paraguay–United States relations

In September 2009 Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo revoked plans for US troops to hold joint military exercises and development projects after stating that he no longer thinks that hosting troops taking part in the US department of defence’s "New Horizons" programme was worthwhile.

Richard A. Gabriel

He is a professor in the Department of History and War Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada and in the Department of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto.

Twofold Bay

The second wharf belongs to the Department of Defence and is used by the Royal Australian Navy to service its ships.