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Seaworks Maritime Museum
Plaque
... Seaworks Maritime Museum 82 Nelson Place Williamstown ...Small wooden plaque with green felt on the underside. The plaque features the Port of Melbourne crest and the words "Port of Melbourne" in gold lettering. "Port of Melbourne" -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Plaque
... Seaworks Maritime Museum 82 Nelson Place Williamstown ...Small wooden plaque with green felt on the underside. The plaque features the Port of Melbourne crest and the words "Port of Melbourne" in gold lettering."Port of Melbourne" -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Plaque
... Seaworks Maritime Museum 82 Nelson Place Williamstown ...Small wooden plaque with green felt on the underside. The plaque features the Port of Melbourne crest and the words "Port of Melbourne" in gold lettering"Port of Melbourne" -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Plaque
... Seaworks Maritime Museum 82 Nelson Place Williamstown ...Small wooden plaque with a plaster crest with crown motif"MV ACT 3" -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Plaque
... Seaworks Maritime Museum 82 Nelson Place Williamstown ...Small wooden plaque with a plaster crest with crown motif"MV ACT 6" Verse: "21" written in red pen -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Plaque
... Seaworks Maritime Museum 82 Nelson Place Williamstown ...Small wooden plaque with a crest including a star with a wreath overlayed on top."Presented to ACTA Pty Ltd / in appreciation of assistance given/ to the army school of transport" "ER/ Royal Australian Corps of Transport/ Par Oneri" verso - label "Made to approved specifications/by Lega PTY LTD/ 24-26 William Street/ Balaclava Victoria Australia" -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Barometer
... Seaworks Maritime Museum 82 Nelson Place Williamstown ...Large wooden barometer -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Journal (item) - Periodicals-Annual, Shiplovers' Society of Victoria, The Annual Dog Watch
This journal provides the reader with glimpses of the adventures and hardships of a seaman's life. Many of the stories are of sailing ships.Contributes to our knowledge of the importance of shipping and places on record those stories of the sea which would otherwise be lost.Contents Foreword - - 5 Editorial - - 7 Sail Training in Australia - - 9 The Original Lady Nelson, Her Story - - 13 The Marine Superintendent - R.N. Thiele - 21 Pictures - Captain W.T. Howell - 23 Memories of a Master under Sail - Late Captain William Philip - 27 Sail Training in New Zealand - - 29 Living Our Dreams - Valerie K. Watts - 31 Sketch of a Sea Voyage — New York to Melbourne 1859 - Morgan Hayden - 35 Glasgow to Melbourne in the S.V. Wacousta - Harriet Louise King - 39 The Padre - A. Roland Jones - 43 The Quirks of Fate - W.S. McCutchen - 51 A Good Day’s Sailing - W.P. Shemmeld - 55 Salvage of the Zeung San - Richard J. Jolly - 61 H.M.S. Tartar — My First Destroyer - Rear Admiral Sir Brian Murray K.C.M.G., A.O., K.ST.J. - 65 They take you out to Sea and Train you for Life - R. Johnson - 71 The Rescue of the 1902 Swedish Antarctic Expedition by A.R.A. Uraguay - - 75 The Voyage of the Jane Richardson — Part 1 - Late E. Binham - 77 The Hypnotist - Ron Wayling - 83 Museum on Course, Stemming a Slight Set; E.T.A. Delayed - - 93 Book Reviews - - 99 Paddle Wheelers Memories of a Bygone Fleet - Late H.R. Watson - 101 Murphy and the Bosun - L.P. McArthur - 105 Ten Days Before the Mast - Author Name to come - 107sailing ships, steamships, shipping, seafaring life, shiplovers' society of victoria, dog watch -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Glenelg River Nelson, Victoria, n.d
Full colour postcard, showing the Glenelg River at Nelson, Victoria; river shacks on right, Nelson Store and Visitor Information Centre on left.Front: 'A Great Place to Relax' - yellow script "NELSON VICTORIA' - white print. -
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Pamphlet - Pamphlet - Promotional Brochure Portland, c. 1940
Promotional Brochure - 'Picturesque Portland - the Cradle of Victoria and the Queen of the Watering Places'. Contains black and white photos of Portland Bay, seals at Cape Nelson, Cape Grant, fishing fleet, Henty Beach, camping ground, Percy St, plus handy guide to Portland and places worth seeing in the area -
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Souvenir - Sticker - Glenelg River, n.d
Coloured sticker. Image of Glenelg River at Nelson, oblong, wavy top edge, yellow print along this edge "A Great Place to Relax'; white lettering bottom left hand corner: 'Nelson Victoria'. Sticker attached to white backing, hole in one short end for hanging.souvenir, heywood, nelson, glenelg river -
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Souvenir - Stubby Holder, n.d
... Front: 'A great place to Relax' - yellow NELSON Victoria... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Front: 'A great place ...Neoprene stubby holder. Originally cylindrical, open top, but has been cut down join and bottom removed, to make it wrap around. Royal blue outside, photo of Glenelg River at Nelson, yellow and white lettering.Front: 'A great place to Relax' - yellow NELSON Victoria - white -
Friends of the Cerberus Inc
6 pounder Shell casing, 1889
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne Nordenfelt Six pounder quick ...Nordenfelt Six pounder quick firing guns were used by land and naval forces to counter torpedo boats.The projectile and its shell casing are of the type and age used by the Victorian Naval Forces but could equally have been used by the land forces.Cylindrical brass tube closed at base and open at other end.victorian naval forces, victorian navy, nordenfelt quich firing gun, ammunition -
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Whitehead Torpedo Manual, Victorian Naval Forces Torpedo Manual Whitehead Torpedoes 1889, 1889
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne The Torpedo Manual ...The Torpedo Manual was created in 1889 presumably as part of the training program of the Victorian Naval Torpedo Corps.This item is significant partly because some of the information in the manual is not found elsewhere but also as it the only known copy of this manual. The manual is also evidence that a more professional approach to training was undertaken by the Victorian Naval Forces after the mid 1880s. Gunner/Instructor Corkle's of the Port Melboune Naval Brigade written in the manual is evidence of the manual's strong provenance.Victorian Naval Forces Manual printed in 1889 with 62 pages with a burgandy cover. Two sections:- Part 1 - Whitehead Torpedos and their component parts used in the Victorian Naval Forces. Part 2 - Electrical section describing firing circuits, cells, fuzes, dynamoes, search lights.Inside front cover - "Jno. Co[orkle] /Gunner & Instructor/oPort Melbourne Division/of/Naval Brigade/Port Melbourne/ January 1890." Inside back cover - "J Corkle GI/P.M.B. of N.B./January 1890" whitehead, torpedo, manual, torpedo corps. -
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Epaulettes Box
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne epaulettes metal box ...Metal box with handle and broken catch designed to hold two shoulder epaulettes.Engraving on lid - "A.M.T."epaulettes, metal box -
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Epaulette, Late 19th century
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne navy epaulette Underside ...Epaulette with gold braid and anchor insignia. Underside - "W.CHORLEY/OUTFITTER/SYDNEY,/N.S.W.navy, epaulette -
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Epaulette
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne Epaulette with gold ...Epaulette with gold. -
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Bullion
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne Bullion ... -
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Mk II Common Shell, 21/July/1896
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne shell common common shell mk ...10 inch, Mk II, Steel Common ShellOn side - "21/D 7 C/96" On Base - "[1]0 IN II/[C] s/R.L.shell, common, common shell, mk ii, ammunition -
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Mk III Palliser Shot, 1889 or later
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne Mk III palliser shot ...Mk III palliser shot was intended to be fired from the main guns of HMVS Cerberus.Only know shot from HMVS Cerberus.Cylindrical steel projectile with pointed nose.None.palliser shot, ammunition -
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Mk I Common Shell, June 1885
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne As iron was not as strong ...As iron was not as strong as steel, iron shells were shorter and did not hold as much gunpowder as steel shells.This Mk I iron common shell is the only know Mk I shell from the armoury of HMVS Cerberus.Cylindrical Iron shell with pointed nose.Base - "[1]0 IN/RL/8" On side - "6/85" "I/R^L" -
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Mk III Common Shell, May 1898
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne Mk III steel shell. Only ...Mk III steel shell.Only known Mk III shell used by HMVS Cerberus.On side - "5/98" "^/AH" Near nose - 716/T -
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14 pounder Shell casing, circa 1888
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne A 14 pounder shell casing ...A 14 pounder shell casing manufactured for the two prototype guns used by the Victorian Navy. Unlike the later Mk I and M II 14 pounders which used separate components the ammunition for the prototype guns was assembled into one fixed piece and crimped together.Only a handfull of these sheels are known to exist as later 14 pounder guns used separate shell casing and projectiles.Cylindrical shell casing made of brass.On base - "N"nordenfelt shell case, ammunition -
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14 pounder Common Shell, 1888 onwards
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne This fixed round was unique ...This fixed round was unique in that it could only be fired from two guns produced by Maxim-Nordenfelt as prototype guns. Subsequent guns were loaded with a separate projectile and shell casing. The 14 pounder Quich Firing (QF) guns were acquired for use on the armed commercial steamer SS Courier. While not in use they were used at Fort Queenscliff before being returned to the Victorian Navy. The guns were then fitted to HMVS Nelson and then HMVS Cerberus in 1897. In 1900 they were fitted to field gun carriages and accompanied the Victorian Naval Contingent to China.Cylindrical steel projectile with conical nose.Noneammunition -
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6 pounder Common Shell, 1888
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne Nordenfelt Six pounder quick ...Nordenfelt Six pounder quick firing guns were used by land and naval forces to counter torpedo boats.The projectile and its shell casing are of the type and age used by the Victorian Naval Forces but could equally have been used by the land forces.Cylindrical steel shell with cone shaped nose.On side - "H/88"common shell, hotchkiss, 6 pounder, ammunition -
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Gatling Gun round
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne Gatling Gun round ... -
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Discharge Certificate
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne A blank Victorian Naval ...A blank Victorian Naval Forces Discharge Certificate used when a member of the Victorian Naval Forces left.Only known copy of a blank certificate with the stub that was retained by the Navy.Piece of paper with fields to fill in.victorian navy victorian naval forces discharge certificate -
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Victorian Fleet Print - 1888, Detail of painting - The Victorian Fleet, 2006
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne Represents the Victorian Navy ...Represents the Victorian Navy in 1888. Reproduction of original painting by Arthur Victor Gregory.Reproduction of the original held by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. -
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Victorian Fleet Painting - 1872, early 1872
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne The painting depicts HMVS ...The painting depicts HMVS Cerberus, HMVS Nelson and one of the P&O Mail Steamers.Of great significance as the colour scheme of Cerberus and Nelson is shown.Original oil painting by George Frederick Gregory.G F Gregory 72victorian navy, hmvs cerberus, hmvs nelson -
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Victorian Flag - 1870, November 2010
... Nelson Place Williamstown melbourne 1870 victorian flag victorian ...A replica 1870 Victorian flag made of polyester.1870 victorian flag, victorian flag