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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Dageraad, 1981
... Colour photograph showing view of the stranded fishing... view of the stranded fishing vessel Dagaraad which ran aground ...Vessel went aground 26 April 1981Colour photograph showing view of the stranded fishing vessel Dagaraad which ran aground on the 90 mile beach. Many people on beach. Lakes Entrance Victoriaships and shipping, shipwrecks, media, coast, fishing industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Minawie, 1980
... of the fishing vessel Minawie, shows the well set up wheel house moored... photograph of Dennis Shepherd owner/skipper of the fishing vessel ...Black and white photograph of Dennis Shepherd owner/skipper of the fishing vessel Minawie, shows the well set up wheel house moored at Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, fishing industry, people -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Newspaper - Copy from Professional Fisherman pg.49 Oct.1985, Article about Seadays '85 Melbourne, 1985
... Commercial fishing vessels...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Commercial fishing vessels fishing boats ...Commercial fishing vesselsfishing boatsCopy from Professional Fisherman pg.49 Oct.1985 re Seadays showReverse " NIL "historical references -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Dageraad, 1981
... Colour photograph of fishing vessel Dagaraad aground...Vessel went aground 26 April 1981 Fishing Industry ...Vessel went aground 26 April 1981Colour photograph of fishing vessel Dagaraad aground on beach. Photo shows towline attached, bulldozer working on beach, man sitting on beach with two children. Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, shipwrecks, machinery -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Sandridge Lagoon, Latrobe Library, 1920s
... Bay: Western Jetty shown with several fishing vessels... Bay: Western Jetty shown with several fishing vessels ...Photograph is a copy of one held in the PP Port Melbourne photo collection. It was donated and presented to the PMH&P Society by Joan WINTER of the City of Port Phillip at the August 1996 Annual General Meeting laser copy of photo of Sandridge Lagoon, viewed towards Bay: Western Jetty shown with several fishing vessels alongside. People on the Jetty (some with pushbikes); edge of Harper's building at right. sandridge lagoon, industry - fishing, sport - yachting -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard - Lakes Entrance, The Rose Series, 1975
... with private cruisers and professional fishing vessels moored at wharf... fishing vessels moored at wharf. Lakes Entrance Victoria Postcard ...Sand dumping has commenced in preparation of works to modify and deepen Cunninghame Arm|Also one other copyColour postcard of the view of Cunninghame Arm, Lakes Entrance, from the Glenara Tower. Shows the western boat harbour with private cruisers and professional fishing vessels moored at wharf. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, boats and boating, jetties, waterfront -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Bullock Island, Holding George, 1975c
... . It shows two vessels on the North Arm, fishing vessel entering... Arm, fishing vessel entering Cunninghame Arm, Pecks factory ...Colour photograph of the western end of Bullock Island. It shows two vessels on the North Arm, fishing vessel entering Cunninghame Arm, Pecks factory and other buildings on Bullock Island. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, islands, land reclamation -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Plan - Plans / Line Drawings - Port of Portland Slipway bilge blocks, fishing vessel Kosmo, Portland, Victoria, 13/01/1988
... blocks, fishing vessel Kosmo, Portland, Victoria..., fishing vessel 'Kosmo'. Drawing no. 5349. Scale 1:50 Job no. 3055..., fishing vessel 'Kosmo'. Drawing no. 5349. Scale 1:50 Job no. 3055 ...PORT OF PORTLAND AUTHORITYFront: '1' black texta, top right corner -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Dageraad, 1981
... Colour photograph of the fishing vessel Dagaraad aground...Vessel stranded 26 April 1981 Ships and Shipping Fishing ...Vessel stranded 26 April 1981Colour photograph of the fishing vessel Dagaraad aground on the ninety mile beach beside the entrance bar. Camera crew interviewing a lady on beach with vessel in background, two children also in photo. Lakes Entrance Victoriaships and shipping, fishing industry, coast, shipwrecks -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Posidon, 1985
... fishing vessels standing by at sea, line of people holding long...Fishing Industry Ships and Shipping Shipwrecks Ocean Rescue ...Colour photograph showing bulldozer and rescuers on beach west of Western pier, attempting to re float the Posidon. Two fishing vessels standing by at sea, line of people holding long rope. Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, shipwrecks, ocean rescue -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Bank Jetty, Lakes Post Newspaper, 2000
... vessel Alathea in foreground, seven other fishing vessels, two..., seven other fishing vessels, two identified as Melas Star ...Colour photograph of boats at Bank Jetty, includes sailing vessel Alathea in foreground, seven other fishing vessels, two identified as Melas Star, Charisma, and sand and grass along foreshore. Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, tourism, jetties -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Sandridge Lagoon, Latrobe Library, 1920s
... : Western Jetty shown with several fishing vessels alongside. People...: Western Jetty shown with several fishing vessels alongside. People ...Photograph is a copy of one held in the PP Port Melbourne photo collection. It was donated and presented to the PMH&P Society by Joan WINTER of the City of Port Phillip at the August 1996 Annual General Meeting photograph of Sandridge Lagoon, viewed towards Bay: Western Jetty shown with several fishing vessels alongside. People on the Jetty (some with pushbikes); edge of Harper's building at right. (Laser copy also at A.06.04.B1 - 475.02) sandridge lagoon, industry - fishing, sport - yachting -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - Black & white photograph of fishing boat AUDREY MAY c1940, Fishing boats, unknown
... Reverse - " Audrey May - cray fishing vessel owned by Bill... historical references Reverse - " Audrey May - cray fishing vessel ...Cray fishing boatsCray fishing boat AUDREY MAYB & W photo of the AUDREY MAY a cray fishing boatReverse - " Audrey May - cray fishing vessel owned by Bill Johnson, previously owned by Norman Johnson. Boat came from Hobart Tasmania. Note ratlines & height of mast - now shortened - circa 1940 ".historical references -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Plan - Plan / Line Drawings - Port of Portland Authority Single Screw Fishing Vessel, Victoria, c. 1980
... Screw Fishing Vessel, Victoria... NSW. Single screw fishing vessel 72' 7" x 21'0". Scale 1/2..., Ballina NSW. Single screw fishing vessel 72' 7" x 21'0". Scale 1/2 ...PORT OF PORTLAND AUTHORITYLine drawings, Bob McLaren Pty Ltd, Boatbuilders, Ballina NSW. Single screw fishing vessel 72' 7" x 21'0". Scale 1/2 inch = 1 foot Drawing no. 72-7/P/1 as liftedFront: '45' - black texta, top right corner -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - James Merlin, Fraser, Ian, 1989c
... Colour photograph of the fishing vessel James Kerlin... photograph of the fishing vessel James Kerlin entering the lake from ...Colour photograph of the fishing vessel James Kerlin entering the lake from Bass Strait. On right of image is the end of western pier, behind James Kerlin surf is breaking on bar, in foreground calm entrance channel. Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, waterways -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Joan Marie Star, Patterson Kevin, 1993
... Colour photograph showing the fishing vessel Joan Marie... photograph showing the fishing vessel Joan Marie Star on the slips ...Date made February 1993|Joan Marie Star, Tommy Greers boat, built Sydney by Holmes.|Part owner Ted Jackal, Incident on bar, Bairnsdale Advertiser 29 October 1964|Copied from original slideColour photograph showing the fishing vessel Joan Marie Star on the slips at the scallop wharf. Vessel painted deep blue with white trim, dark red anti fouling below, white shed below left, ladders and work gear on wharf. Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, wharfs, slipway -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Naninia
... Black and white print showing disabled fishing vessel... and white print showing disabled fishing vessel Heather B against ...Black and white print showing disabled fishing vessel Heather B against the side of the Anglo Saxon Petroleum tanker Naninia, crewman of Heather B being transferred to Naninia. Heavy seas caused vessels to bump together - breaking Heather B's mast, off Lakes Entrance, Victoria.fishing industry, ships and shipping, ocean rescue -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Fishing Boats, 1955c
... many fishing vessels moored at jetty, variously known... fishing vessels moored at jetty, variously known as Harbecks Wharf ...Black and white photograph of the eastern wharf, showing many fishing vessels moored at jetty, variously known as Harbecks Wharf and Scallop Wharf. Two sheds and fuel shed, motorbike, fishing nets and people on the jetty. Tops of War Memorial cypress trees, Cunninghame Arm Footbridge in background. Lakes Entrance Victoria fishing industry, waterfront, boats and boating, memorials -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Print - Reproduction, Johnston, P&O 'Iberia' - 29,600 Tons, c.1960
... primarily painted white, under steam at sea. Small tug/fishing.../fishing vessel in foreground. Larger steam ship on horizon. Print ...SS Iberia was an ocean liner completed in 1954 for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). Along withother liners, Iberia mainly provided passenger service between the United Kingdom and Australia. In the Annual Report 1954, Padre Oliver mentions: " Two fine new P & O ships made their maiden voyages during the year: "Arcadia" and "Iberia". In each case I was privileged to help to represent the Mission at the official luncheon."Marine artColour printed reproduction of a painting or lithograph print featuring 20th C passenger liner, hull and superstructure primarily painted white, under steam at sea. Small tug/fishing vessel in foreground. Larger steam ship on horizon. Print on plain board backing with plain mitred timber frame. Eyelet screws with wire.Printed signature lower right. 'JOHNSTON'iberia, passenger ship, p&o, marine painting, passenger ships, artwork-paintings, peninsular and oriental steam navigation company -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Plan - Plans - Line Drawing Port of Portland Authority, n.d
... -On-Crouch, Essex England, general arrangement for 62 ft fishing..., Essex England, general arrangement for 62 ft fishing vessel ...Port of Portland AuthorityFront: '36' - black texta, top right corner 'Total length cradle 24, outside' - black pen -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Plan - Line drawing - Port of Portland fishing vessel, n.d
... Line drawing - Port of Portland fishing vessel...Line drawing, 65' W.L. motor fishing vessel G.P. designed...Port of Portland Line drawing, 65' W.L. motor fishing ...port of portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Whalers Point from Harbour Trust Dock, n.d
... is in foreground. A white fishing vessel is berthed at a jetty positioned... is in foreground. A white fishing vessel is berthed at a jetty positioned ...Port of Portland CollectionView of harbour and jetties from a dock. Dock is in foreground. A white fishing vessel is berthed at a jetty positioned near the dock. In background is a view of the foreshore with buildings. The water is pale blue with darker blue details. The sky is blue with grey wash depicting clouds near horizon line. Mounted in thick cream canvas mount, framed under glass in wooden gold painted frame.Front: Signature - Ramon Horsfield (lower left) (orange paint). Back: (no inscription)port of portland -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, San Remo
... entrance. "U" shaped pier, busy with fishing vessels, a large shed... with fishing vessels, a large shed on the connecting Jetty to beach ...View of San Remo and the Pier taken from Westernport Bay entrance. "U" shaped pier, busy with fishing vessels, a large shed on the connecting Jetty to beach and the frame of a new building. Beyond is the Pier Hotel, more buildings to the extending left. Behind the coastal trees to back of photo is a tree lined bare hill.The Pier, San Remolocal history, photographs, jetties, san remo, black & white photograph, mona condrick -
Port of Echuca
Black and white photograph, Mid 20th Century
... Australia by David Milne. It was built as a fishing vessel... by David Milne. It was built as a fishing vessel. It was originally ...The P.S Canberra was built in 1912 at Goolwa South Australia by David Milne. It was built as a fishing vessel. It was originally a steam engine, reverted to diesel, but was returned to steam in 1995. It is currently owned by the Murray Steam Ship and Tourist Co. and has operated as a tourist vessel at Echuca Since 1967. (Ref Parsons, R "Ships of the Inland Rivers " p. 58)The P.S Canberra is significant as it has operated as a tourist vessel since 1967, and continues to do so. A black and white photograph of the P.S.Canberra coming downstream from the iron bridge at Echuca.On boat the words Canberra.p.s canberra, murray steam ship & tourist company -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - Couta Boats under sail
... the 1930s, although it survived as a commercial fishing vessel until... the 1930s, although it survived as a commercial fishing vessel until ...A Couta boat is a type of sailing boat originally designed and built in Victoria, Australia, around Sorrento, Queenscliff and along Victoria's west coast as far west as Portland. It was originally used as a traditional fishing boat from around 1870 until the 1930s, although it survived as a commercial fishing vessel until the 1950s. From the 1970s onwards a community of enthusiasts started restoring old couta boats to use recreationally.The Couta Boat has been associated with the fishermen of Queenscliff from the first quarter of the 20th Century, and still is of significance due to the popularity of this boat as a leisure sailing vessel.2 Reproduced photographs of couta boat fishing fleet under full sail in Queenscliffcouta, couta boat, sailing, fishing, port phillip, queenscliff -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Leisure object - Model Blue Nose I, Clive Barnard, 1982
... and fishing vessel, Bluenose under the command of Angus Walters... ship and fishing vessel, Bluenose under the command of Angus ...Bluenose I was a fishing and racing gaff rig schooner built in 1921 in Nova Scotia, Canada. A celebrated racing ship and fishing vessel, Bluenose under the command of Angus Walters, became a provincial icon for Nova Scotia and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930s, serving as a working vessel until she was wrecked in 1946. Nicknamed the "Queen of the North Atlantic", she was later commemorated by a replica, Bluenose II, built in 1963. The name Bluenose originated as a nickname for Nova Scotians from as early as the late 18th century.Scale model of Bluenose Imodel, schooner, blue nose i, nova scotia, canada -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Lena Bird, Soderlund Olav, 1985
... . It shows fishing boats private vessels and the tourist launch Lenna.... It shows fishing boats private vessels and the tourist launch Lenna ...Date April 1985Color photograph of an arm of the boat harbour and the Western Wharf, known coloquially as the Post Office Jetty. It shows fishing boats private vessels and the tourist launch Lenna Bird moored at the jetties. In the foreground the recently dumped dredged sand has been compacted behind a retaining wall to form a new pathway beside the lake. Lakes Entrance Victoriaroads and streets, waterfront, boats and boating -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Ship Log, 1900-1920
... for smaller vessels, such as yachts, launches and fishing vessels... and fishing vessels. Historical: Thomas Walker & Son ...The Excelsior IV Log is a nautical instrument for measuring a vessel’s speed and distance travelled. When navigating a ship it is essential to be able to estimate the boat’s speed and distance travelled to determine its position at sea. In times past the only way to measure a ship’s speed was to throw a wood log into the water and observe how fast it moved away from the ship. In the 16th century, the log was fastened to a rope knotted at set intervals. The log was thrown over the stern (back) of the vessel and a crew member counted the number of knots that were paid out in a set time. From this, they could estimate the speed of the vessel through the water. This was known as streaming the log and is also the derivation of the knot as a measurement of nautical speed. The Walker’s Excelsior Mark IV instrument was designed for smaller vessels, such as yachts, launches and fishing vessels. Historical: Thomas Walker & Son was internationally renowned in the manufacturing of ships logs, founding father , Thomas Walker (1805–1871), an engineer in Birmingham, patented a mechanical log in 1878 which was a recording instrument that attached to a rail at the stern of a vessel connected by a long cord with a rotor which was towed behind the ship. The instrument dial recorded the distance travelled. Thomas Walker first went into business to manufacture stoves at 58 Oxford Street Birmingham. Walker’s self-feeding stove was widely lauded at the Paris Exhibition of 1855, winning a prize medal and kick starting the first of many notable innovations for the Walker family's manufacturing business. However, it wasn’t until working on an earlier ship’s log model invented by his Uncle that Thomas Walker became interested in the further development of this device, used to ascertain a ship’s speed. Walker continued to improve on the common log for the company of Massey & Sons and these improvements were deemed revolutionary. This log became a firm favourite of the West India Association (British-based organisation promoting ties and trade with the British Caribbean), being the most common log in use for two generations. It took until 1861 for Thomas Walker and his son, Thomas Ferdinand Walker (1831-1921) to patent the first Walker log of many. Together, with the introduction of the A1 Harpoon Log two years later, they established the Walker Log Business as a force to be reckoned with. By the time of his passing in 1871, Thomas Walker Snr had not only founded a family business with considerable staying power but also instilled a tradition of public service. Having sat as a representative on the Birmingham Town Council for 15 years and played an active role in public works, he was soon given the nickname of ‘Blue Brick Walker’. Much like his father, Thomas Ferdinand Walker changed the face of the maritime industry. His patent of 1897, the ‘Cherub’ log, was a notable departure from the past providing a far more accurate reading and replacing the majority of logs of the age. They were the first to produce an electric log and the Walker factory was one of the first to introduce the 48 hour work week for employees. The ship log was invented and made by a significant marine instrument maker and innovator of machinery. It demonstrates the huge leap taken to improve navigational accuracy at sea with an instrument that was in use for decades.Ship's Taff Rail Log, rope attached. Walker's Excelsior IV Log model. Nautical miles dials: units and 10's. "Walker's Excelsior IV Log", "Made in England by Thomas Walker, Birmingham"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, log register, taff rail log, taffrail log, marine navigation, a1 harpoon log, cherub’ log, walker’s excelsior mark iv log, ship’s log instrument, mechanical ship’s log, measure ship’s speed, nautical instrument, navigation instrument, massey & sons, thomas walker, blue brick walker, thomas walker & son, thomas ferdinand walker, 48 hour work week -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - RA Svy Project C4 Aerodist Operation, Eastern Arnhem Land, NT, 1967
... Indonesian fishing vessel. .6) to .8) - Photo, black & white, 1967... Indonesian fishing vessel. .6) to .8) - Photo, black & white, 1967 ...This is a set of 30 photographs of Royal Australian Survey Corps (RA Svy) personnel from Central Comd Fd Svy Unit (Adelaide) on Aerodist survey operation - Project C4 in Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory in 1967. Photos of personnel were taken either at the operations base at Numbulwar or the main base at Gove (Nhulunbuy). RA Svy conducted nineteen Aerodist operations for 12 years from 1964 to 1975. Aerodist MRC2 was a tellurometer-based system adapted for aircraft to accurately measure distances between non-intervisible ground survey stations, using the aircraft as an intermediate station. Lower order geodetic results could be achieved by survey network trilateration. The measured distances between stations formed survey networks from which each station’s latitude and longitude was computed. Aerodist MRC2 was RA Svy’s major horizontal control survey tool for mainly medium scale topographic mapping (scale 1:100,000 Class A being spatially accurate to within 50 metres) in PNG, northern NT, north-west WA, Kalimantan Barat (West) Indonesia, Sumatra Indonesia, Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape York, QLD. In 1967, the Aerodist MRC2 Master equipment was installed in the aircraft featured in this set of photos, Executive Air Services’ (Essendon VIC) Grand Aero Commander VH-EXX. It was the same aircraft type and company contracted to Division of National Mapping for Aerodist MRC2 surveys. From July to October 1967 the aircraft was attached to Central Comd Fd Svy Unit (Adelaide - Major Don Ridge) on Project C4 eastern-Arnhem Land NT, where 317 Aerodist lines measuring 17,300 line miles were successfully completed. This was the most productive Aerodist project thus far. The most common helicopter used by RA Svy up to 1972 was the civilian Bell 47G-2 and the Sioux Light Observation Helicopters (LOH), the Australian Army’s equivalent featured in this photo set. These light observation helicopters had a limiting load carrying capacity of up to about 500 pounds. By comparison, one Aerodist team including two people weighed up to 1,500 pounds. Source: Royal Australian Survey Corps – Aerodist Years 1964-1975 by Peter Jensen. This is a set of 30 photographs of Royal Australian Survey Corps (RA Svy) personnel on Aerodist survey operations in Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory in 1967. The photographs are on 35mm negative film and scanned at 96 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. .1) to .4) - black & white, 20th August 1967, Project C4 Aerodist Operations Base - Numbulwar, NT. .5) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Probable wrecked Indonesian fishing vessel. .6) to .8) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Unidentified survey operations base, L to R: unidentified personnel. .9) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Unidentified survey operations base, unidentified soldier driving a Haflinger 4x4 Light utility vehicle. .10) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Unidentified survey operations base, L to R: unidentified technician. .11) - Unidentified technician reading two survey altimeters to compute corrections to the measured distances for atmospheric refraction and to compute the sea level distances from the slope distances aircraft to the ground stations. .12) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Unidentified survey operations base, L to R: unidentified personnel. .13) to .16) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Unidentified personnel operating remote Aerodist MRC2 ground instruments. .17) to .18) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Unknown RA Svy office location. .19) to .20) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Aerodist MRC2 Master equipment. .21) to .22) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Aero Commander VH-EXX probably at Gove, NT, Central Comd Fd Svy Unit (Adelaide) – OC Major Don Ridge. .23) to .25) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Aero Commander VH-EXX probably at Gove, NT. Unidentified personnel. .26) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Aero Commander VH-EXX probably at Gove, NT. Aerodist antenna pods are visible on the aircraft. .27) to .29) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Australian Army Sioux Light Observation Helicopter (LOH) probably at Gove, NT. .30) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Panelled U337 survey station, visible as a white cross on aerial identification photo..1P to .2P – date and location on edge of film negative. .5P to .28P – no annotations .29P - annotated in white ‘RW-JEP Gove NT’ .30P - annotated in white ‘U337 Spool No1 Jun67’royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr, aerodist, surveying, central comd fd svy unit -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Photograph - Vessel, H.M.A.S. Warrnambool J202, Between 1941-1947
... for illegal fishing vessels. This vessel was decommissioned in 2005... for illegal fishing vessels. This vessel was decommissioned in 2005 ...This photograph is connected to the first HMAS Warrnambool (J202), which was one of 60 Bathurst class corvette vessels built during World War II by Mort's Dock & Engineering Co Ltd of Sydney under the commission of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). It was the namesake of the City of Warrnambool in Victoria. The armed minesweeper was 57 metres long and could had a complement of 85 personnel. Its armament included 1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun, 1 × 40 mm Bofors AA gun (installed later), 3 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns (1 later removed), machine guns and depth charge chutes and throwers. It was launched in Sydney in May, 1941. The HMAS Warrnambool began service with patrols off Bass Strait in 1941. In December the ship docked in Warrnambool Harbour and the crew marched in a parade along Timor Street. The ship’s crew received a donation of 110 books from the Warrnambool Patriotic Fund, and a plaque of the City of Warrnambool’s Coat of Arms presented by the Mayor, Cr. John R Astbury. In September 1942 a Dutch East Indies family, Samuel and Annie Jacob and seven of their eight children, was rescued by the HMAS Warrnambool and evacuated to Darwin. The family settled in Melbourne, then in 1944 Samuel tragically died. After the war ended the family was threatened with deportation under Australia’s Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (known also as the White Australia policy). Annie married her landlord, John O’Keefe but was still issued a deportation order in 1949. The family appealed to the High Court and the case became famous for being the first successful legal challenge to the Act. The HMAS Warrnambool was in Darwin during the time it was bombed, attacked by the Japanese while rescuing 73 crew from a merchant vessel that had also been attacked. The ship was involved in several other rescues and carried troops to New Guinea. Other events included escort and patrol duties on Australia's east coast, then at Fremantle and back to Darwin. When the Japanese surrendered on September 11, 1945, at the end of World War II, the ship was at Timor. It performed mine clearance work around the Solomon Islands and New Guinea after the war. On 13th September 1947 the ship was sent to lead a flotilla at the Great Barrier Reef, off the Queensland coast. The mission was to clear the defensive British mines that were laid during1941-43 to protect Australia’s boarders. The HMAS Warrnambool hit a mine near Cockburn Reef, exploded and sank shortly afterwards. One of the 70 or so men on board was killed at the time and thirty-two men were badly injured; three of these also lost their lives. The four deceased were Victorian seamen. The wounded men were transferred by boats to the nearby HMAS Swan II, where the Swan’s and the Warrnambool’s doctors cared for them. The HMAS Swan II took the survivors to Cairns, and from there the men were flown by RAAF to either Brisbane or Sydney hospitals. The HMAS Warrnambool was the only RAN ship to be sunk by a mine, and the four who lost their livers were the last naval casualties from World War II. The ship’s wartime service was recognised by three honours. In May 1948 a number of items were recovered by Navy divers from the wreck of HMAS Warrnambool. The items included the ship’s bell (inscribed HMAS Warrnambool 1941) and the round plaque with the Seal of the Warrnambool City Council. In 1949 the plaque was returned to the Council, and the bell was donated to the Australian War Memorial. Further objects were recovered by the new owners of the wreck, Southern Cross Diving and Salvage, in 1972-75. A memorial plaque, honouring the memories of all those who served on the HMAS Warrnambool until is sunk on September 13 1947, was erected in Warrnambool on September 13, 1995. NOTE: (1)- The second HMAS Warrnambool (FCPB204), also the namesake of the City of Warrnambool, was built in 1980 in Cairns, one of fifteen Fremantle Class Patrol Boats ordered by the RAN. It was just over 41 metres long with a compliment of 22 personnel. It patrolled Australia’s northern waters for illegal fishing vessels. This vessel was decommissioned in 2005. (2)- There was also a steam and sail ship named the S.S. Warrnambool, built in 1892 in London and broken up in 1926.This photograph is significant for its association with Royal Australian Navy and its vessel, HMAS Warrnambool (j202). The HMAS Warrnambool played a nationally significant role in overturning Australia’s Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (colloquially known as the White Australia policy). The ship rescued, and brought to Australia, Samuel and Annie Jacob and their family after they evacuated Dutch East India. The family was threatened with deportation and made the first successful appeal to High Court regarding that Act. The HMAS Warrnambool has - Local significance for being the namesake of the City of Warrnambool - Local significance, having docked in Warrnambool Harbour - Local significance, the crew having paraded in Timor Street, Warrnambool - State significance for its first patrol being in Bass Strait. - National significance, being present in Timor at the Japanese surrender - National significance as part of Australia’s defence force history, being one of only four Bathurst class corvettes lost while in Australian service, the only Bathurst class corvette lost after World War II, the only RAN vessel to be sunk by a mine, and associated with the last four Navy deaths of WWIIBlack and white photograph of vessel H.M.A.S. Warrnambool J202 on an open sea. The identifying number is painted on the hull. The ship is flying a white ensign. A lifeboat is suspended near the centre of the ship. Figures can be seen on deck. Hand written inscription on the reverse side. On ship's hull "J202" On reverse of photo "From P.O. FRED MATTHEWS. 23378. R.A.N." "MARIBYRNONG MAIDSTON RSL" "H.M.A.S. 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