Previously owned by Peter Carrison, Bruce's father-in-law, a carpenter and boat-builder. Claimed to have been originally used by the Henty brothers.Caulking tool used for prying leaking wooden planks open so leak can be plugged with pitch and hemp. Has a wooden handle.

Built in 1858 at the Port and Harbour Master's yard in Williamstown Victoria, the Portland Lifeboat was overseen by Harbour Master Charles Ferguson. It is understood to have been constructed from the same moulds used to build the Port Fairy Lifeboat, designed by William White, in 1857. Both boats are similar to the lifeboats designed in England by James Peake and adopted by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in the UK. The Portland Lifeboat's 9.14 m (30 ft) long hull is double diagonally planked in New Zealand kauri, and many of the planks run from gunwale to gunwale in one piece under the inner keel section. Eucalyptus and oregon were used elsewhere and the local blacksmith made the iron work. The fastenings are copper. There are two flotation or buoyancy tanks at either end, with prominent whaleback style decking. Under the thwarts is a deck with scuppers so that the craft is both buoyant and self draining whenever large waves are taken aboard in rough conditions. The lifeboat was oar-powered with a sailing rig. The original rig was a lug mainsail, but this was replaced with a lug and headsail rig taken from a fishing boat in 1903. The lifeboat was manned by volunteer crews, mostly local fishermen from Portland. They maintained this service until 1915 when the boat was replaced with a new motorised craft. The lifeboat's most outstanding service was to the steamer ADMELLA in 1859 when the ship grounded on a reef off Cape Banks in South Australia, 150 km to the west of Portland. Survivors clung to the rigging in heavy seas for over a week and 89 people lost their lives in the shipwreck. Taken to the scene by the steamer LADY BIRD, the Portland Lifeboat was unable to assist until eight days after the ADMELLA's grounding when the seas abated enough for the lifeboat to manoeuvre close to the ship and rescue the last 19 survivors. Since its retirement in 1915 the lifeboat has been a memorial to those who manned it and those it rescued. For a long period it was on display in the Portland Gardens, first in the open and then under a canopy. In 2008 it was on display inside the Portland Maritime Discovery Centre, still in original condition complete with the rig from 1915. It is one of the oldest vessels of its type in Australia, and the world.Portland LifeboatPhotograph showing the Portland Lifeboatphotography, portland lifeboat, admella

Wooden paddlemaritime, marine, boat, paddle

Port of Portland collection. This lamp was originally part of the 'Tarragal', tug boat.Stern navigational light. White-painted copper case with hinged lid. Fastened with hinged latch and clasp on a chain. 180 degree dioptric lens. Fitted with incandescent lamp. Folding handle on top. Three mounting lugs around base.Front: MASTHEAD/ Seahorse/ G. B./ 59680 Back: (no inscriptions)tarragal, port of portland collection, navigation, light

Port of Portland Authority archivesFront: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions)port of portland archives

ex-'Tarragal', tug boat, Port of Portland|Port of Portland Authority CollectionFront: Seahorse/ G. B./ 59679 (on lid) PORT Back: (no inscriptions)port of portland archives

Part of suite of 16 Linocuts created for an exhibition at the Portland Arts centre for the Admella 150th Festival.Linocut. Tenth in a suite of 16, in the Admella Rescue series. Depicts Portland lifeboat. 3 crew members leaning leaning over sid eof life boat towards someone in water. Printed in black on white archival paper.Front: Linocut, Bob Stone. ...'Four heavy seas struck ... washing one man overhead, who was, however, picked up. Portland Guardian 18th August 1859' - Handwritten, black penadmella, shipwreck, portland lifeboat

Part of suite of 16 Linocuts created for an exhibition at the Portland Arts centre for the Admella 150th Festival.Linocut. Twelth in a suit of 16 in the Admella Rescue Series. Printed in black on white archival paper. Depicts Portland lifeboat being rowed through heavey seas.Front: Linocut Bob Stone 2009 The boat at times appeared to stand up perpendicular on a wave that rose up like a wall. 'SA Advertiser 20th August 1859' - Black pen, hand writtenadmella, shipwreck, portland lifeboat

Lithograph, black and white, couta boat, crane, Fishermens Breakwater, Portland; off-white mount, matte black wooden frame, reflective glass, silver hanging wire on back.Front: 'K. JACK 54' - part of lithgraph, top left hand corner. 'KENNETH JACK' - embossed lower right hand corner beneath lithograph Back: Black stamp 'KWD Jack P/L P.O. BOX 1, Doreen, Vic, 3754

Hardcover book - photo of Portland Court House on frount cover, with view of part of harbour and lighthouse. 'Portland Victoria' 'In orange print 'Jocelyn Burt' - white print. Back cover - photo of fishermens Breakwater, boats and vehicles. Book contains photographs of Portland and Distrct in 1975.

Model of a traditional couta boat "Ariel" Made of cedar, plywood and balsa. Sails of calico, riggings fine cord. Model is lug rigged. Deck is varnished, combing painted. Copper strip on edge of combing near stern. Hull painted black with fine white stripe. Lower section red. ""Ariel C23" painted on stern in white. Model sits on varnished wooden stand with brass plaque.Front: Plaque :- Couta Boat "ARIEL" Built by J.A. Jones Melbourne in 1927 approx scale -7/8"= 1 foot Lug Rigged

ex-'Tarragal', tug boat, Port of Portland|Port of Portland Authority CollectionFront: MASTHEAD/Seahorse/ G. B./ 5968? (on lid) Back: (no inscriptions)port of portland archives

ex-'Tarragal', tug boat, Port of Portland|Port of Portland Authority CollectionFront: Seahorse/ G. B./ 59676 (on lid) PORT Back: (no inscriptions)port of portland archives

Con Kroker CollectionBlack & white photograph of part of the Couta Boats fishing fleet of Portland. There is a clinker-built couta-boat with a man in it, in the foreground and another man in a clinker-built dinghy hanging onto the couta boat. There is a second clinker-built dinghy tied up to the couta-boat. Henty Beach and Botanic Gardens are in the background.

Taken by Mr P.G.W. (Wal) Whitelaw in early to mid 1960'sAlfacolour Slide of Henty Beach, Portland bay Paddle Boats on sand on left. Boatrs at anchor & Railway pier in background.slide, colour, henty beach, railway pier

Record of the Glenelg Shire CouncilUnused oblong shaped sticker with the text 'Portland a Whale of a Place Victoria" and design incorporating boat sails, whale and the sea, printed blue ink on a white backgroundsouvenir, tourism, portland whales

Taken by Mr. P.G.W. (Wal) Whitelam in the early to mid 1960'sAlfacolor Slide of Henty Beach, Portland Bay. Paddle Boats on sand on left. Left side cars in carpark. Moored boats & Railway Pier in background.Front: Portland Bay Vi , blue birophotography, slide, 1960s, henty beach, railway pier, portland

Wooden pattern for mould for boat fitting. Half cylinder with rectangular section attached on angle, Smaller ½ cylinder each end. Holes on underside, to attach to other half of pattern piece. Painted brown, underside unpainted.