Join us for our regular series of lunchtime talks hosted by Maritime Museum Tasmania, featuring Dr Tom Lewis OAM. Dr Lewis is a military historian, the author of 22 books, and a public speaker and presenter. He is also a retired naval officer who served in combat; a retired secondary school teacher, pilot, and scuba divemaster. He was the Director of Darwin Military Museum in its redevelopment from 2009 to 2013. Dr Lewis wrote the book ‘By Derwent Divided. The Story of the Lake Illawarra, the Tasman Bridge and the 1975 Disaster’, and will talk about the accident and rescue from the water of 35 surviving members of the 42 member crew of the Lake Illawarra.

Our Lunchtime Talks series is supported by Arts Tasmania