Colonial Invasion fiction

Yes, we wrote it here in the Colonies too!

This series of articles was compiled for a Melbourne newspaper, The Argus, in 1887 and reflected the threat posed by the Russian Pacific Squadron.

http://www.cerberus.com.au/dash.pdf

This will make a cracking set of scenarios for Aquanef ....with a few digs and submersibles thrown in of course!

Sydney wasn't left out of the Invasion Fiction either:

The Invasion, by WH Walker, published in Sydney in 1877

"This period fiction recounts a fictional attack on Sydney by the Russians. Iron-clad Russian warships were described, standing off the heads as a diversion while a fleet of steamers debouched 6,000 troops at Botany Bay at two in the morning. Battles raged throughout the eastern suburbs and city before heroic efforts finally had the Russian invaders on the run, leaving Sydney ablaze and thousands slaughtered."