Navy League in Australia and the Sea Cadets - Early History (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Navy League's birth. The Navy League's birth was due to the initiative of Englishman, Robert Verburgh from Blackburn, Lancashire. His drive led to the eventual formation of this body at a public meeting held in London on 17 January, 1895. The Crimean War was then forty years in the past but new wars and rumours of wars, saw the Atlantic and Pacific rim nations, jostling for territory and wealth. 1895 was a special year in the twenty year period up to 1900 during which Africa had been colonised under the 'first come first served' principle of imperialism as nations, with a taste for Empire, acquired 240,000 square miles (620,000 km2) of territory.