Colour magazinenon-fictionmaritime journals, maritime magazines, ships

Photograph of unknown seafarer cleaning a binnacle The photograph depicts the daily life on board a ship.Small monochrome photograph, somewhat faded depicting a young seaman cleaning the binnacle on the deck of a shipWritten in pencil on verso "12"cleaning, binnacle, goldsmith album, life on board, seamen, sailors, ship maintenance, navigation, navigation instrument, brass

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Sextant belonging to Walter Harbord (Wal or Wally) (b.1923 in Brisbane-d.), master mariner in the Merchant Navy on British Phosphate Commission ships.Walter was interviewed by the Australian at War Film Archive in 2003. He served on these ships: SS Corinda SS Macumba SS Mildura SS Nellor SS Ormiston SS ReynellaSextant in wooden boxanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, hezzanith, sextant, nautical instrument, navigation

Saved from the ship Speke which ran aground on the coast of Phillip Island on the 22nd of February 1906. The ships captain gave the compass box to the Harris family.The Speke was an all steel ship built in Wales in 1891. She was delivering wheat to Geelong and confused a bushfire in Cowes for navigation lights. Many local people salvaged goods from the resulting wreckage.Square wooden compass box with wooden lid, made of mahogany, brass hinges, handles and lock.phillip island, ship wreck, compass box, speke, kitty miller bay

Saved from the ship Speke which ran aground on the coast of Phillip Island on the 22nd of February 1906. The figure head of the Speke was in the shape of woman, wearing a flowing white dress with blue cuffs and collar and carrying a large bunch of daffodils. It was originally nine feet four inches long. This sculpture went missing after the event and decades later the head only was re-discovered in Mr Thompson’s garage. It was then restored by Headmaster Kevin and the senior children of Cowes State school in 1940.The Speke was an all steel ship built in Wales in 1891. She was delivering wheat to Geelong and confused a bushfire in Cowes for navigation lights. Many local people salvaged goods from the resulting wreckage.Large wooden figure head, carved to resemble a woman. Painted aspects of hair, face, collar. Mounted on an undecorated wooden shield.phillip island, speke, kitty miller bay, figurehead, cowes state school

The ship Speke ran aground on the coast of Phillip Island on the 22nd of February 1906. The ship was painted by Artist Woolston L Barratt in 1891 and hung in the saloon of the Speke. It was given by Captain Tilston to John Cleeland, captain of the rocket rescue team and the painting used to hang in his home Wollomai house on Phillip Island. It was restored by Mal Campbell to fix smoke damage.The Speke was an all steel ship built in Wales in 1891, the second largest 3-masted full-rigged ship in the world. She was delivering wheat to Geelong and confused a bushfire in Cowes for navigation lights. Many local people salvaged goods from the resulting wreckage.Restored painting of the Speke mounted in the original gold frame.phillip island, art, speke, woolston barratt, woolamai house

Sextant belonging to Walter Harbord (Wal or Wally) (b.1923 in Brisbane-d.), master mariner in the Merchant Navy on British Phosphate Commission ships. According to the website SLide Rule Museum this is the Flying Fish 1017 Chemical V2 Walter was interviewed by the Australian at War Film Archive in 2003. He served on these ships: SS Corinda SS Macumba SS Mildura SS Nellor SS Ormiston SS ReynellaSextant in wooden boxInscription in Chinese on the boxanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, nautical instrument, navigation, slide rule, flying fish 1017

Pocket book with red cover; 292 pagesnon-fictionanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, navigation

Small book with black cover; 195 pagesnon-fictionanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, navigation, prayers, army, navy, soldiers, balikpapan, borneo, indonesia, battle of balikpapan, lt d. bacon

Small book with blue cover and damaged yellow and black dust jacket; 194 pagesnon-fictionanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, navigation

Large book with green cloth cover ;222 pagesnon-fictionanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, navigation

Small book with green cloth cover; 100 pagesnon-fictionanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, navigation

Black cover with picture of ship and embossed gilded writingsnon-fictionIllustrations of the time of explorationseafarers, time life books, explorers, maps, india, christopher columbus, marco polo, caravel, navigation, the americas, spain, portugal

250 pages, Appendices, Bibliography and Indices, extensively illustratednon-fictionThis high-quality book is the extraordinary story of an ordinary little ship that had a long and eventful life. Perhaps few Australian coasters have had a more interesting and varied history. Built in Scotland in 1912 for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Tambar worked as a lifeline to isolated river and island communities, first in New South Wales, then for the Tasmanian Government and Holymans in Bass Strait (King Island) and as the last steamer serving the Gippsland Lakes. In between she even spent a few years in Papua New Guinea. When World War II broke out, Tambar was commissioned into the RAN as an auxiliary minesweeper, but after the terrible Darwin air raid in 1942 became the first vessel of the newly formed Salvage Board, later assisting in the search for survivors of the Battle of the Coral Sea. Returning to Bass Strait in 1944 for a few more years, she then spent the 1950s on standby as a salvage vessel in Melbourne, working on Merilyn, Terawhiti, E.J. Fairnie, and River Burnett. Craig Mair grew up in Grangemouth, Scotland where Tambar was built, and became interested after inheriting a builder's model from his father. He has consulted thousands of records, including the ship's logs, tracked down witnesses, and assembled over 100 photographs and maps to give a unique insight into Tambar's story, and coastal Australia in the middle decades of the twentieth century, before roads took over the transport task. Besides many colourful stories of shipwrecks and strandings, strange cargoes, salty characters, exotic places, wartime air raids, and salvage jobs, the book includes a definitive account of the worst Second World War 'friendly fire' incident in Australian waters in Moreton Bay in 1942.naa, australian national line, interest group, moreton bay, tambar, coaster, ships

470 pages, black and white photographsnon-fictionjames bisset, ww2, howard timbury, first fleet fellowship victoria, interest group

315 pages, black and white photographs, dust jacket with book cover.non-fictionjames bisset, ww2, howard timbury, first fleet fellowship victoria, interest group

509 pages, illustrated , navy linen cover with light blue dust jacket.non-fictionhoward timbury, first fleet fellowship victoria, interest group, education, navigation

329 pages, illustrated, navy blue linen cover and red paper dust jacket.non-fictionThis volume of the Admiralty Manual of Navigation describes off-shore navigation - the safe conduct of a ship across the open sea where, in general, hearings of objects on land cannot be obtained except by means of radio waves (i.e. using radio fixing aids). The first chapters are mainly concerned with distances, courses, tracks and charts; then various methods of obtaining position lines and positions from astronomical observations are explained, including a rapid. method in the last chapter. The volume also contains an outline of meteorrology and weather forecasting.howard timbury, first fleet fellowship victoria, interest group, navigation, education

544 pages, illustrated, navy blue linen cover and red paper dust jacket.non-fictionThis revised edition follows the previous editions in giving a practical guide to navigation and pilotage which, although written primarily for naval officers, will be suitable for all students of navigation. Astronomical navigation and meteorology can be read in Volume II of this manual. The quality of detailed thoroughness that has always distinguished this book is retained, and it has been brought up to date, particularly in the chapters on radio aids to navigation and navigational instruments.howard timbury, first fleet fellowship victoria, interest group, navigation, education

536 pages, illustrated, navy glossy paper cover with embossed golden anchor and no dust jacket.non-fictionVolume I is a practical guide for executive officers covering the syllabus laid down for examination in navigation and pilotage for the rank of Lieutenant, but omitting the study of nautical astronomy and meteorology.howard timbury, first fleet fellowship victoria, interest group, navigation, education

484 pages, illustrated, navy glossy paper cover with embossed golden anchor and no dust jacket.non-fictionThe Manual of Seamanship is divided into three volumes. Volume III comprises information on the more advanced aspects of seamanship, and is intended as a book of reference for seamen of experience.howard timbury, first fleet fellowship victoria, interest group, navigation, education

non-fiction"This book is dedicated to the seamen who supplied the physical link for trade and immigration in the development of the Colony".howard timbury, interest group, navigation, genealogy, family history, ship registers

non-fiction"This book is dedicated to the seamen who supplied the physical link for trade and immigration in the development of the Colony". howard timbury, first fleet fellowship victoria, interest group, ship registers, genealogy, family history

536 pages, illustrated, navy glossy paper cover with embossed golden anchor and no dust jacket.non-fictionVolume I is a practical guide for executive officers covering the syllabus laid down for examination in navigation and pilotage for the rank of Lieutenant, but omitting the study of nautical astronomy and meteorology.howard timbury, first fleet fellowship victoria, interest group, navigation, education

536 pages, illustrated, navy glossy paper cover with embossed golden anchor and no dust jacket.non-fictionVolume I is a practical guide for executive officers covering the syllabus laid down for examination in navigation and pilotage for the rank of Lieutenant, but omitting the study of nautical astronomy and meteorology.howard timbury, first fleet fellowship victoria, interest group, navigation, education