University of Wollongong Research Online University of Wollongong Thesis Collection University of Wollongong Thesis Collections 2012 “So be prepared, a strong nation, for the storm that most surely must come”1: Creswell’s campaign for a naval defence of Australia Sheila Joy Dwyer University of Wollongong Recommended Citation Dwyer, Sheila Joy, “So be prepared, a strong nation, for the storm that most surely must come”1: Creswell’s campaign for a naval defence of Australia, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of History and Politics, University of Wollongong, 2012. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/3776 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library:
[email protected] CERTIFICATION I, Sheila Joy Dwyer declare that this thesis, submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy, in the School of History and Politics, Faculty of Arts, University of Wollongong, is wholly my own work unless otherwise referenced or acknowledged. The document has not been submitted for qualifications at any other academic institution. …………………………………….. 1 DEDICATION The submission of this thesis is the end of a long road for me. It started 13 years ago when my youngest child began high school. With encouragement from my family I decided to pursue the education I had always wanted but, for various reasons, I had been unable to complete. I was accepted into the University of Wollongong’s Gateway Programme which offered a learning skills programme for mature age students seeking entrance to university. I wish to thank most sincerely the University of Wollongong for offering this opportunity as a means of furthering higher education for those not able to gain entrance to university in the usual manner.