Dr Kathryn Spurling

Historian · Author · Speaker

Stories of courage, injustice and the people history tried to forget.

 

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HERE’S NO AIR: MURDER AT SEA

She survived the fire. The Navy blamed her.

Four sailors died aboard HMAS Westralia. Kathryn Spurling spent years investigating what happened and why responsibility was allowed to disappear.

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Military History

The human stories behind war and service.

Women Who Changed History

Remarkable lives too often left out of the record.

TRUTH & ACCOUNTABILITY

When institutions fail, history matters.

Historian. Veteran. Storyteller.

 

Kathryn Spurling has spent decades uncovering the people behind Australia’s military history — particularly those whose stories were ignored, dismissed or deliberately buried.

Her work has taken her from Australian archives to NATO Headquarters and the United States Military Academy at West Point.

 

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Military History

The human stories behind war and service.

Women Who Changed History

Remarkable lives too often left out of the record.

TRUTH & ACCOUNTABILITY

When institutions fail, history matters.

Historian. Veteran. Storyteller.

 

Kathryn Spurling has spent decades uncovering the people behind Australia’s military history — particularly those whose stories were ignored, dismissed or deliberately buried.

Her work has taken her from Australian archives to NATO Headquarters and the United States Military Academy at West Point.

 

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Bring history into the room.

Kathryn speaks about military history, women in service, leadership, institutional accountability and the extraordinary people behind historical events.

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