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unusual facts about HMAS ''Diamantina''



1000 Miles Away

The crew of Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Canberra had an association with the song after they adopted it as their 'anthem'.

AE1

HMAS AE1, the first submarine to serve in the Royal Australian Navy

Afro-Brazilian history

The profits were huge: in 1810 a slave purchased in Luanda for 70,000 réis was sold in the District of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, for up to 240,000 réis.

Bermagui

HMAS Bermagui, a commissioned auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy during World War II

Chica da Silva

She lived mainly in Arraial do Tijuco (nowadays known as Diamantina) and was the daughter of a Portuguese man, Antônio Caetano de Sá and his black enslaved lover, Maria da Costa, who was probably from the Gulf of Guinea or Bahia.

Darwin Rebellion

The Government was alarmed, and within a week of the incident the lightly armed gunboat HMAS Una arrived to protect the Administrator.

Diamantina Cocktail

A "diamantina cocktail" is a drink invented in the area of the Diamantina River in Queensland, Australia.

HMAS Durraween

Together with HMAS Orara, they sweeped for mines off Wilsons Promontory in November 1940 and removed forty-three mines from Bass Strait, which had been laid by the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin and auxiliary minelayer Passat.

HMAS Heros

In late November and early December 1941 she took part in the search for survivors from HMAS Sydney and found one of the ship's carley floats: one of only two items found from the cruiser, and currently on display at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

HMS Curlew

HMAS Curlew was a Ton-class minesweeper, launched in 1953 as HMS Montrose, renamed HMS Chediston in 1958 and then HMAS Curlew on her transfer to the Royal Australian Navy in 1962.

HMVS Childers

During World War I she served in Victorian waters and as a tender to HMAS Cerberus.

Larrakeyah, Northern Territory

Features of Larrakeyah include the Larrakeyah Barracks (an Army barracks combined with HMAS Coonawarra Naval Base) that takes up most of the suburb, Larrakeyah Terrace (a pleasant harbour-front street with an open park for picnics and walks), as well as being close by to the tourist attractions in Darwin City, Cullen Bay, Mindil Beach and the George Brown Botanical Gardens.

Loch Vennachar

The shank and the stock were then respectively conveyed to Port Adelaide on MV Troubridge and on HMAS Banks.

N.E.M Ida Hilda Casella Vidori

The Center serves children from 4 to 15 years old, coming from rural communities as: Pinhalzinho, Santa Catarina, Barra Grande, Caititu, Baixa Diamantina, Progresso, Caravagio e Floresta among others, and especially three districts: Progress, Nossa Senhora do Rosario and Aurora.

Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society

For instance, there are members in countries such as the United States and the Netherlands, and a semi-autonomous national group in Australia that has stations in three museum ships: HMAS Vampire, HMAS Diamantina, and HMAS Castlemaine.

Shire of Diamantina

The Shire of Diamantina is a local government area in Central West Queensland, bordering South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Stawell

HMAS Stawell, a Bathurst class corvette named after the Australian settlement

Strahan

HMAS Strahan, Bathurst class corvette serving during World War II

Task Force 44

In mid-1944, Commodore John Augustine Collins was made commander of the Australian-US Navy Task Force 74, and commander of the Australian Naval Squadron, with HMAS Australia as his flagship.

Terence Cole

On 31 March 2008, Cole was appointed to head an inquiry into the loss of the cruiser HMAS Sydney in a mutually destructive battle during World War II.

Timothy Monckton Synnot

He was a descendant of Monckton Synnot and the older brother of Admiral Anthony Synnot he joined the RAN in 1930 and served on HMAS Hobart in World War II, during which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and was mentioned in Despatches.

Utricularia rostrata

Fleischmann and Rivadavia note that the species is common throughout the Chapada Diamantina highlands and its distribution includes Chapada Diamantina National Park, thus justifying its ranking as a species of Least Concern under the IUCN.

Warrego

HMAS Warrego, two ships of the Royal Australian Navy named after the river

Yuliana Glinka

With her father and sisters she traveled with Dom Pedro to Minas Gerais, visiting Ouro Preto and Diamantina, both very old cities with mystical associations.


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