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Leisure object - Model- PS Hygeia
Hygeia Built in 1890 by Napier, Shanks & Bell of Yoker, Scotland (yard no 49). At 300 ft (92 m) long, she was an enormous paddler, outclassing the luxurious Ozone and surviving in service until 1930. In 1932 her stripped shell was scuttled off Barwon Head. The PS ‘Hygeia’ was a paddle steamer, built by Napier, Shanks & Bell, in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1890. When the paddle steamer PS ‘Hygeia’ was built, in 1890, she was considered the largest and fastest bay steamer afloat. She was capable of carrying up to 2,000 passengers and crew and was finished to the highest of standards. The state rooms were lavishly adorned in polished Oak, Hungarian Ash, Walnut and Sycamore – decorated with gilded pilasters. She would carry some 3,000,000 passengers around Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, during her career of 41 years. The PS ‘Hygeia’ was considered far too young to be scuttled and sent to an early grave – just outside Port Phillip Heads . . .Scale model of PS Hygeia -
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Leisure object - Model PS Weeroona
Built in 1910 by A & J Inglis, of Glasgow, Scotland (yard no 290). 1412 t. Her length of 310 ft (95 m) made her the largest paddler on the bay, serving until 1942. It was initially owned by Huddart Parker Ltd, Melbourne. She then embarked on a new adventure having been bought by the US Navy for use as an accommodation ship. She sailed to Sydney and then onwards via Brisbane and new Guinea under tow. She ended up in the Philippines sailing as part of the towed convoy of assorted vessels backing up the US invasion. She came back to Australia owned by the Federal Government and sold for scrap. In 1951, her remains were scuttled off Berry Bay in New South Wales. Scale model of PS Weeroonapaddle steamers, bay steamer, ps weeroona, port phillip -
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Equipment - Propeller
Propeller from pilot vessel Wyuna II removed after only 8 months use and shows excessive damage caused by cavitation. During the casting process, cavitation is a phenomenon in which rapid changes of pressure in a liquid lead to the formation of small vapor-filled cavities in places where the pressure is relatively low. Propeller propeller, wyuna, cavitation -
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Equipment - Winch
Winch came from pilot cutter Wyuna and was used to lift and lower work boatsElectric winch ex pilot cutter Wyunawinch, wyuna -
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Leisure object - Model Blue Nose I, Clive Barnard, 1982
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 -
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Uniform - Uniform, commando
Equipment similar to that worn by commandos involved in Rip Disaster. On the evening of February 17, 1960, 74 peacetime commandos in army boats set off on a training exercise from Point Lonsdale to Point Nepean, simulating a raid. Swept out to sea through The Rip as they crossed the bay from Point Lonsdale, George ''Taffy'' Drakopoulos and Eddie Meyer drowned before they could be rescued. Another man, Roger Wood, selflessly helped his fellow commandos up a rope ladder to safety from a Zodiac inflatable, only to be flung off the end into an angry sea somewhere beyond The Rip. The three dead men were all from Melbourne, all aged around 20.Lifeboat Queenscliff assisted in the search for the lost commandos in February 1960Army commando webbing belt and pair of gaiterswebbing, uniform, commandos, rip disaster -
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Vehicle - Boat Starline
Trailer built by Coglan and Russell Eng Geelong under licence to Little Dude TexasCommon runabout boat in the 50s and 60sMoldcraft bondwood hard chine design outboard Starline craft with trailer Vic rego GO48 Trailer H73.680starline boats, hard chine design, bondwood, runabout -
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Machine - Outboard Motor
Twin cylinder horizontally opposed water cooled 2 stroke outboard motor including shipping crateBritish Motor Boat manufacturing Co. -
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Machine - Outboard Motor
Twin cylinder horizontally opposed water cooled 2 stroke outboard motor. -
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Vehicle - Boat, mouldcraft dinghy
Mouldcraft wooden dinghy with trailerRego FX 062 -
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Vehicle - Boat, Glasspar
Glasspar ski runabout fitted with 80 HO Mercury outboard (1959) includes Noble Galvanised trailerVic Rego FX007 Name Rass V111 -
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Machine - Outboard Motor
Twin cylinder water cooled 2 stroke Mercury 9.8 HP outboard motor brown band modelSerial No 9432170 -
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Domestic object - 10 items recovered from the Cambridgeshire wreck site
CAMBRIDGESHIRE (J. Marshall) was on voyage from Gravesend UK to Sydney, New South Wales with a cargo of general goods and a crew of 40, when she was lost off Cambridgeshire Reef. Read more at wrecksite: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?543123 glass bottles, 3 ceramic ink bottles, 2 ceramic bottles, 1 brass door knob, 1 engraved metal discunderwater relics, salvage, glass bottles, ceramic bottles, ceramic ink wells -
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Functional object - Deck chair
2 Deck chairs (1940s-50s), wooden folding style with striped canvas covers -
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Functional object - Doors
There are only seven shipwrecks in Victoria that have had more than 100 objects recovered from them reported as a result of the Commonwealth Amnesty held in 1993-94. These are the Loch Ard (1878), Schomberg (1855) and Fiji (1891) - all situated along the western district 'Shipwreck Coast' - and the George Roper (1883), Light of the Age (1868), Joseph H. Scammell (1891) and Victoria Tower - all situated along the short section of the 'Surf Coast' between Point Lonsdale and Torquay.The Victoria Tower is archaeologically significant as the wreck of an international inward-bound passenger and cargo vessel. It is educationally and recreationally significant as a coherently intact example of a British built iron clipper ie: representative of a class or type. Along with the wrecks of the Light of the Age (1868 - American-built wooden clipper ship) and Sussex (1871 - Blackwall frigate) nearby these vessels represent the three major design classes, and span the evolution of commercial and immigrant sailing ships used by the British in the colonial Australian trade in the last half of the nineteenth century.2 Doors from the 'Victoria Tower' made from teak and mahoganydoors, salvage, shipwreck, torquay, victoria tower -
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Machine - Outboard Motor
Twin cylinder water cooled 2 stroke Mercury outboard motor 25 HP. Features twist grip combination throttle/gearshift.Serial No 1495870 -
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Machine - Outboard Motor
Twin Cylinder water cooled 2 stroke Johnson outboard motor 18 HP 1955-65Johnson Sea Horse 18HP -
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Machine - Outboard Motor
Twin cylinder water cooled 2 stroke McCulloch outboard motor 7.5 HPModel A2DB Serial No 1534 -
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Machine - Outboard Motor
Twin Cylinder water cooled 2 stroke long shaft Volvo Penta 14 HP outboard motor 1970s-80sSerial No 210407298 -
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Machine - Outboard Motor
Single cylinder air cooled 2 stroke Yamaha P125A outboard motor 12.5 HP 1960-70P125A Serial No S24785 -
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Machine - Outboard Motor
Twin cylinder water cooled 2 stroke Marline 18 HP outboard motor 1955-60 -
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Machine - Outboard Motor
Single cylinder water cooled 2 stroke British Anzani outboard motor -
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Machine - Outboard Motor
Single cylinder water cooled 2 stroke Evinrude outboard motor 1920-30Detachable row boat motor -
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Machine - Outboard Motor
Single cylinder water cooled 2 stroke Tohatsu outboard motor 1970-80Model OB3A Serial No N10766 -
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Machine - Outboard Motor
Twin cylinder horizontally opposed water cooled 2 stroke Evinrude outboard motor. Features a key locking clamp screwSerial No R4381 -
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Functional object - Rowlock Block
An adjustable rowlock block designed for use on inflatable craft during WWIIThis adjustable rowlock is a rare artefact from WWII. It was designed to stow away when not in use.Rowlock Block [folding type] used in WW2 inflatable emergency craftrowlocks, seacraft, wwii equipment -
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Functional object - Anchor
Recovered from Rabbit Island, Wilsons PromAnchors x2 Admiralty designanchors, admiralty design -
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Container - Shipping container - early concept
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 -
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Decorative object - Tile, floor
Floor tile recovered from Loch Ard wreckTile, triangular marble floor salvage, loch ard, tile -
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Functional object - Ruler, navigational
Ruler recovered from the SS Time during salvage processA small navigational ruler marked for lengths and anglesMarkings showing length and angles in inches. Made in England. ruler, navigational instruments, ss time