User:Nevanderson

About me
I am an enthusiastic amateur history buff. Australian History is my main area of interest, particularly Australia's Military and Maritime heritage.

I have been in the book industry for over 30 years and have built up a large private reference library dealing with many aspects of Australia's cultural, social and political history.

At this point November 2010, I will try to add reference book details to Articles in these areas of interest and become a little more adventurous as time permits.

I did start some editing in Wikipedia in 2005 but work commitments soon put a stop to that until now. Over the years I have used Wikipedia a lot and developed great respect for the many contributors who have volunteered their time, energy and talents. I have gained much from Wikipedia. Now it is time that I started to repay a little of the debt.

My Reference Library
This is a listing of books I own that could be useful to other editors. Please contact me if you would like me to provide any references.

This is not a complete list of my book collection. I am currently compiling a list of books in my collection. They mostly deal with Australian military history and Australian maritime history. However, I will be adding books about other aspects of Australian history as time permits.Nev (talk)Nev (talk) 08:56, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Made a significant contribution to

 * Bill Newton

Made a minor, important contribution to

 * List of Australian rules football leagues in Australia
 * Nancy Wake

Contributed references to

 * 2/40th Battalion (Australia)
 * Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
 * Banka Island massacre
 * Battle of Greece
 * Beaconsfield, Tasmania
 * Betty Jeffrey
 * Bulolo
 * Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships
 * HMAS Adelaide (1918)
 * HMAS Albatross (1928)
 * HMAS Canberra (D33)
 * HMAS Encounter (1902)
 * HMAS Melbourne (1912)
 * HMAS Pioneer
 * HMAS Psyche
 * HMAS Stalwart (D 215)
 * HMAS Sydney (1912)
 * HMS Shropshire (73)
 * Kanga Force
 * Melbourne
 * Military history of Australia during the Korean War
 * New Guinea Volunteer Rifles
 * No. 22 Squadron RAAF
 * SS Vyner Brooke
 * Vivian Bullwinkel
 * Wagga Wagga

To Do List
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These are some projects that I want to do in the future, as time permits.


 * Create - An article on York Town.

Some of these were: Hessen (SS Bulla), SS Melbourne (SS Boonah), SS Pfalz (SS Boorara), Hobart (SS Barambah), Cannstatt (SS Bakara).
 * Create — A compilation of German prize-vessels captured by Australia in World War 1, especially in Australian waters.

during World War II.
 * Create — Biography of Lionel Veale, an Australian Army Coastwatcher in New Guinea