This replica ship was modelled to exact scale by Denis Paraskevatos with the original basic kit enhanced by a large number of brass and mahogany wooden parts used and showing on two labels positioned at the base of the model. These replica parts were specifically designed and constructed by D. Paraskevatos with the help of his family. This model along a large number of others have been displayed at the Victorian Parliament for ten days from the 18th March 2002 (Queens Hall) to the 28th March 2002, and the Melbourne Town Hall from 19th to 27th August 2004. The history of the 65 meter British vessel named Cutty Sark is as follows: THE CUTTY SARK (history) The “Cutty Sark” was a British clipper ship, aptly named of course as a [clipper for its speed ], which was built in 1869 on the [river Clyde in Scotland ] by the Jock Willis Shipping Corporation. It was primarily used to transport tea from China to Great Britain, as well to a lesser extent later in its life, wool from Australia; however, with the advent of the steam engines and the creation also of the Suez Canal in 1869, its days of operation as a sailing vessel were numbered, as the steam ships were now prevailing as technologically advanced cargo carriers through the shorter route by the Suez Canal to China. In fact, within a few years of its operation, as its delegation in the tea industry was declining, it was assigned primarily the duty of transporting wool from Australia to England, but this activity was thwarted again by the steam ships, as they were enabled by their technologies to travel faster to Australia. Eventually, the “Cutty Sark” in 1895 was sold to a Portuguese company called “Ferreira and Co.”, where it continued to operate as a cargo ship until 1922, when it was purchased on that year by the retired sea captain Wilfred Dowman, who used it as a training ship in the town of Falmouth in Cornwall. After his death, the ship was conferred as a gesture of good will to the “Thames Nautical Training College” in Greenhithe in 1938, where it became an auxiliary cadet training ship, outliving its usefulness as a training vessel by 1954, and permanently [being dry docked in Greenwich, London, ] for public viewing. Of course, the “Cutty Sark” was not the only tea clipper constructed and owned by the Jock Willis Corporation, as there were others who were also used for the transportation of tea from China to Great Britain. Noteworthy additionally in its impressive resume is the fact that, the “Cutty Sark” was not only valued and admired for its speed, but also for its prestige that it afforded to its owners, [as media coverage was insatiable during a tea race that was regarded a national sporting event, with fiscal bets being placed on a predicted winning ship ]. Disappointingly, even though the English tea clippers were the best in the world at the time in terms of marine design, they had never won a tea race, and Jock Willis was certainly determined to achieve this goal, as the American clippers were considered the fastest in the tea trade. Nonetheless, the British clippers were proven to be formidable opponents to their American counterparts in the tea trade, when in 1868 a British tea clipper called [“Thermopylae”, managed to travel from the port of London to Melbourne, in only sixty one (61) days, which Jock Willis was hoping to improve on such a feat with the “Cutty Sark” ] . Remarkably, the maximum speed that the “Cutty Sark” could achieve was 17.5 knots in spite of the challenges of the unpredictable winds, if any at times, and the high seas or ferocious storms. Interestingly, [the “Cutty Sark’s” greatest recorded achievement in distance in twenty four (24) hours was three hundred and sixty three (363) nautical miles ], which meant that it was averaging approximately fifteen (15) knots; much faster obviously than the recorded twenty four (24) hour distance of the “Thermopylae” which had accomplished three hundred and fifty (358) nautical miles. .... ______________ -*- Please read the complete history of the Cutty Sark vessel by Maria Paraskevatos in one of the attachments provided with this exhibit. This model along with a large number of others was constructed by the Master craftsman Denis Paraskevatos, in Melbourne and has a historic, artistic significance because of the time and artist efforts in construction.The English Cutty Sark replica model is a wooden replica scaled at 1:25. The wood is mahogany and it is normally displayed in a glass covered enclosure. It has three masts and it is the largest vessel of Denis Paraskevatos collectionCUTTY SARK LONDONreplica, ship, art, model, cutty, sark, greek, artist, paraskevatos, παρασκευάτος, πανομοιότυπο

Postcards were a common form of souvenirs for soldiers who were travelling around Europe either during World War 1 or just after, before returning to Australia. The link to Legacy is not known but there are many postcards are in the collection.Postcards were a very common form of communication in the first World War. Postcards may also record places for those who didn't have cameras. This type of souvenir would have been familiar to the first Legatees as they had served in World War 1 and travelled by troop transport ship.The front image of the postcard is a photograph of a ship at sea.Front of postcard: UNION- CASTLE LINE INTERMEDIATE STEAMER "GLOUSTER CASTLE." 8,000 TONS.war correspondence, souvenir

Has tickets from:, ESCo Ballarat, Form TYE 1-37 re acceptance of breach of regulations - to Reg Item 5017, Geelong tramways – 1, Bendigo ESCo – 3, SEC – weekly, tourist and parcel / newspaper, scholars, SEC – various, also for Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong and small packet of loose tickets., Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust, MTT Adelaide including a small packet of loose tickets, MMTB – 2 sheets including two loose sheets with tickets and a Pensioners Fare Concession Certificate for 61 – 62 with some loose tickets, NSW – Sydney two pages, NSW – Newcastle one page + 2 tickets, and four tickets for the Yass to Yass Junction tram Brisbane – two pages with one Rockhampton ticket, VR St Kilda Brighton, Parramatta steam tram – Sydney ferries limited, Hobart, Launceston, Wellington NZ – two pages, Christchurch, Wanganui, Auckland, New Plymouth - 1, Invercargill - 1, Johannesburg, Cape town, Pretoria – 1, Liverpool, Sheffield, London – 3 pages + loose 7 day go as you please issued in 1963 to Wal Larsen, Manchester, Newcastle and Gateshead, Bolton, South Lancashire Transport – 1, Oldham, Barry Corporation – Lancs, Birmingham, Llandudno, Salford, Stockport, Sunderland, South shields, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Darwen Corporation – 1, Dublin, Belfast, Blackpool – 1, South Wales – 1, Bradford, Dundee, Southampton, Plymouth, Leicester, Douglas, Southend on Sea, Croydon, Naples and other Italian ones, Antwerp – 1, Istanbul, St Quentin, Vevey Switzerland, Dusseldorf, Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi, Bangkok, Penang, Milwaukee Electric Railway, Los Angeles Railway – loose on page was a Tram pass for American Fleet celebration, 2/9/1908 to Eaglehawk - to Reg Item 5017, Market St Railway, Loose San Francisco Municipal railway, Puget Sound, St Louis Public Service Co., Sandwich, Tacoma Railway, Capital Transport Little Rock, Pittsburgh, Connecticut – New Haven, Twin City Lines, Chicago and West Towns, Chicago Aurora and Elgin, Elgin and Belvidere, Chicago Rapid Transits, Chicago Surface, ClevelandFeatures tickets from Australian and Overseas tramway systems. Collected by Wal Jack. Light brown paper covered album with dark red binding band, with off-white paper inside covers holding some 40 sheets of card on which tickets have been mounted using stamp hinges, captions in blue or black ink. Three supplementary sheets have been glued in as well. Has some 750 tickets including loose tickets. Reg Items 5017 (ESCo Employee Report outcome) and 5018 (Bendigo Tramways ticket for the visit of the personnel from the American Fleet - 1908) were loose in the album and have been separately collected. Some tickets in envelopes of clipped into the sheets.Individual captions for each group of tickets from a city.trams, tramways, tickets, ballarat, melbourne, usa, uk trams, esco

These strong riveted and sealed iron boxes were made in England in the 1930s to ensure overseas cargoes such as china, pottery, fabrics, tea and sugar were not damaged by sea water. Clever Australians later converted them to water tanks.An early example of the modern shipping container concept. Container used for transport of goods [early shipping container concept]shipping container

Poster published by the Department of Transport , Communication, Federal sea Safety and Surveillance CentreSafety at sea InitiativePoster depicting a reproduction of 'The Shipwreck' by JMW Turner with the heading 'Let's make the next 200 years safer' poster, public awareness, safety at sea, turner, 'the shipwreck'

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Le Verdon-sur-Mer is a port city located in south-western France. Wool bales marked LE VERDON would have been transported to Le Verdon-sur-Mer by sea.Wool bale export stencil - LE VERDONLE VERDON

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Talcahuano is a port city and commune in the Biobío Region of Chile. Wool bales marked TALCAHUANO would have been transported to Talcahuano by sea.Wool bale export stencil - TALCAHUANOTALCAHUANOwool sales, wool transport

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Alloa is a town in Clackmannanshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Wool bales marked ALLOA would have been transported to Elmsdale by sea.Wool bale export stencil - ALLOAALLOAwool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Wilhelmburg is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, on the banks of the River Elbe. Wool bales marked WILHELMBURG would have been transported to Wilhelmburg by sea.Wool bale export stencil - WILHELMBURGWILHELMBURGwool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Wool bales marked CHINA would have been transported to China by sea.Wool bale export stencil - CHINACHINAwool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. London is a city in United Kingdom. Wool bales marked LONDON would have been transported to London by sea.Wool bale export stencil - LONDONLONDONwool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Dudley is a large industrialised market town and administrative centre in England. Wool bales marked DUDLEY would have been transported to Dudley by sea.Wool bale export stencil - DUDLEYDUDLEYwool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Galt is a city in California, USA. Wool bales marked GALT would have been transported to Galt by sea.Wool bale export stencil - GALTGALTwool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Jagatda municipality in India. Wool bales marked JAGATDAL would have been transported to Jagatdal by sea.Wool bale stencil - JAGATDALJAGATDALwool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Khorramsha is a city in Iran. Wool bales marked KHORRAMSHA would have been transported to Khorramsha by sea.Wool bale stencil - KHORRAMSHAKHORRAMSHAwool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Tacony is a historic neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia. Wool bales marked TACONY would have been transported to Tacony by sea.Wool bale stencil - TACONYTACONYwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Moreda is a municipality in Spain. Wool bales marked MOREDA would have been transported to Moreda by sea.Wool bale stencil - MOREDAMOREDAwool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Simcoe is an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Wool bales marked SIMCOE would have been transported to Simcoe by sea.Wool bale stencil - SIMCOESIMCOEwool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Piraeus is a city in Greece. Wool bales marked PIRAEUS would have been transported to Piraeus by sea.Wool bale stencil - PIRAEUSPIRAEUSwool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Le Havre is a major port in northern France. Wool bales marked HAVRE would have been transported to Le Havre by sea.Wool bale stencil - HAVREHAVREwool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Busan, formerly romanized as Pusan, is a large port city in South Korea. Wool bales marked PUSAN would have been transported to Busan by sea.Wool bale stencil - PUSANPUSANwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Port Said is a city in Egypt. Wool bales marked PORT SAID would have been transported to Egypt by sea.Wool bale stencil - PORT SAIDPORT SAIDwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Antwerp is a port city on Belgium’s River Scheldt. Wool bales marked ANTWERP would have been transported to Belgium by sea.Wool bale stencil - ANTWERPANTWERPwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. El Paso is a city in Texas, USA. Wool bales marked EL-PASO would have been transported to USA by sea.Wool bale stencil - EL-PASOEL-PASOwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Turkey is a country in the Middle East. Wool bales marked TURKEY would have been transported to Turkey by sea.Wool bale stencil - TURKEYTURKEYwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Karachi is a city in Pakistan. Wool bales marked KARACHI would have been transported to Pakistan by sea.Wool bale stencil - KARACHIKARACHIwool - transportation, wool sales