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Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Equipment - Fire Hose Nozzles
Two brass fire hose nozzles and a fire hydrant lever.fire fighting, fire hose fittings -
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Instrument - Telescope in timber box
A telescope in its own timber box.Turn this to change powertelescope, navigation -
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Binnacle from Victoria Tower, see description
In memory of the owner's husband Chief Petty Officer(GNR) Frank Hillier RANHousing for a ship's compass with a window at the back to light the face of the compass during daylight and a small compartment on the right hand side with a hinged door for inserting a candle for night viewing (mounted on a wooden base)Model p 6: Magnetic Liquid Compass No 2767: Date 12-1956 WT 5 kgs: Manu. by C8879 T2757: Nunotani Keiki Seisakusho Ltd: Amagasaki: Japan -
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Photograph - Photograph, Goorangai crew
The "Goorangai" sank when struck by the outward bound passenger ship "Duntroon". The 3 officers and 21 sailors went down with her including Lt. Commander Boyle who was in command 20/11/1940A photograph of officers and crew and their autographs taken circa 1940Mounted photograph and autographs of the crew of the minesweeper "HMAS Goorangai"hmas goorangai, goorangai disaster, wwii, port phillip- -
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Name Plate
Embossed brass patent plate with 4 fixing holes used as a manufacturers identification plate from divers air pump.lPATENT / SIEBE, GORMAN & Co Ltd SUBMARINE ENGINEERS / LONDON -
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Furniture - Timber wash stand cabinet, porcelain basin, brocade dust cover, 4 May 2015
Wash stand possibly from sailing ship cabinet formerly owned by Point Lonsdale Lighthouse Keeper Charles Alec Richardson 1950sWooden wash stand and blue and white porcelain basin [not original], mirror under lid [not original] with brown brocade dust covermarine furniture, lighthouse keeper, charles alec richardson, point lonsdale lighthouse -
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Geological specimen - Copper ore
The Empress of the Sea was a magnificent three masted, square rigged, wooden sailing clipper ship built in Boston, USA. The Empress of the Sea is historically and archaeologically significant as it was one of Donald Mackay's famous wooden clipper ships, i.e. representative of a particular design or type. It was also associated with both the Black Ball and White Star Lines of Australian Packets, which carried thousands of immigrants from Britain to Australia. The Empress of the Sea caught fire at Queenscliff at 4 am on 19 December 1861. When the officer of the watch attempted to extinguish the fire they found fire pump handles missing and buckets ineffective. Fire became out of control and the ship was sailed from anchorage and ran ashore at Point Nepean. Ship rolled over onto starboard side by force of the tide and the shifting ballast. The port side was burnt to the copper. The Empress of the Sea lies in 5 metres (16 feet) to 7 metres (23 feet) of water, 700 metres (2,297 feet) offshore from Nepean Bay, Port Phillip. The site covers an area 150 metres (492 feet) long and 50 metres (164 feet) wide. The bow lies towards the south-west. Piece of copper ore, possibly part of ships cargo, recovered from the site of the Empress of the Sea shipwrecked in Nepean Bay 1861shipwrecks, nepean bay, empress of the sea -
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Newspaper - Newspaper cuttings
Newspaper cuttings from the Argus 1907 original paper, copies 1929, 7 December 1989 The Sun "RN loses two warships" -
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Equipment - Pressure Gauge, diving
Stainless steel pressure gauge with black rubber hose and stainless steel / brass attachment -
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Equipment - Light, underwater photography
used by retired pro diverBattery operated underwater video light with camera attachmentsNikonosunderwater photography, video camera light -
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Equipment - Underwater camera accessories
Equipment was used by retired pro diverAssorted underwater camera accessories, instruction books, chargers, sealsdiving, underwater photography -
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Equipment - Light, underwater photography
Camera used by retired pro diverUnderwater light with mounting bracket - Nikonos SB102Nikonosphotography, underwater photography, nikinos sb102 -
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Equipment - Compact underwater camera Minolta
Used by retired pro diverMinolta compact underwater camera [yellow]Minolta Weathermatic -
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Vehicle - Jubilee Yacht Freelance J25
Hand built by Noel Higgs of Higgs Brothers Boat Builders in Geelong in 1938Holding 3-4 people, the Jubilee is a stable, all-weather 18 foot day boat, locally designed and made for Port Phillip Bay. It’s a one-design class and, although some are newer than others, the first one ever built is still sailing and still competitive on the water!Yacht Jubilee Freelance J25boat, boat building, noel higgs, geelong -
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Photograph - Photographs 5
Princess of Tasmania operated for 19 years across Bass Strait from 1952 to 1972 Empress of Tasmania operated for 14 years across Bass Strait from 1972 to 1986 when it was replaced by the Abel Tasman which still operatingVessels operated through the Rip and Port Phillip for 19 and 14 years respectively 5 Photographs: 1. MV Princess of Tasmania, 2. MV Empress of Australia, 3. Rip in 1951, 4. PV Akuna, 5. unknown phototasmanian ferry, mv princess of tasmania, mv empress of australia, pv akuna, storms, rip -
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Functional object - Porthole
SS Cheviot was wrecked on Cheviot Beach, Sorrento, Point Nepean Salvaged from the wreck of the SS Cheviot wrecked on 20 October 1887 with loss of life. Queenscliff Lifeboat unable to navigate the Rip due to treacherous weather2 Brass Portholes -
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Photograph - Boat building shed photographs
Record of construction of the Boat Shed within the Queenscliff Maritime MuseumAssorted photos of QMM activities: the construction of the Boat Building Shed in 1993, construction of couta boat and other miscellaneous photos -
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Functional object - Deadeye
Deadeye from Victoria Tower ship wrecked at Breamlea on 17 October 1869Wooden deadeye from sailing ship Victoria Tower wrecked at Breamlea Victoria in 1869 -
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Container - Basket, fisherman's
In July 1862, Victoria’s out-going Inspector of Fisheries and Oyster Beds, James Putwain, wrote a report of his observations of the colony’s commercial fisheries to deputy premier Charles Duffy. Irish-born Duffy was the Commissioner for Public Works, President of the Board of Land and Works, and Commissioner for Crown Lands and Survey, later to become Premier of Victoria. Reckoned to be of public interest, Putwain’s report was published in the Lands Circular of the day. Apart from its general historical interest in describing the fishes, fishing gear and boats of the time, this report remarks on the vulnerability of commercial fishermen to market wholesalers. It also comments on the particular role of Chinese, both as fishermen and as a discrete section of the fish-buying community at the time. FISHERIES OF VICTORIACane woven fisherman's basket for storage of catchfishing in port phillip and hobson's bay -
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Equipment - Camera, diving
Various cameras; Sanyo Xactl Digital Camera with underwater housing to suit 1] Amphibico 2] AmphibicanSanyo, Amphibicodiving, camera, photography, underwater photograpy, sanyo xactl, amphibico, amphibican -
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Document - Report, Ceramics Conservation Methods, An investigation of Conservation Treatment Methodologies for the Reduction of Iron-based Staining on Ceramic Components of Composite Artefacts
Minor Thesis examining the techniques used and their efficacy in the conservation of a marine toiletAMy Walsh -
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Vehicle - Boat, clinker, 'Zasher'
Built at Brighton in the 1930s then spent 20 years under a Blairgowrie carport owned by Bill Fletcher before being rescued and restored by David Coxhell in 2010. The boat was renovated between 2010 and 2017 in the QMM boatshedClinker boat with tiller, trailer, 2 oars and inboard motor with no identification marks, brass fuel tankZasher @ LM05boat, clinker boat, timber boat -
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Photograph - Aerial photograph of Queenscliff and Swan Island 1960s
Aerial photograph on cardboard depicting Queenscliff and Swan Island C1960s -
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Domestic object - China crockery recovered from wreck of Light of the age
Subsequent to the wrecking of the Light of the Age marine concretions and corrosion products formed a cement capping over the cargo, stabilising and protecting it. The site of the Light of the Age was found by divers in late 1960s, and soon became a popular diving site. Huge amounts of intact crockery were removed from the wreck by boatloads of divers, including distinctive brown glazed teapots with legs (one diving author named it 'the Teapot Wreck' (Denmead, 1973: 78-82), 'Greek Key' patterned transferware, Cooper & Wood Portobello black glass three piece bottles, and sauce, preserve and condiment bottles often with contents (gooseberries, raspberries, olives) and seals intact. Larger items including a signal cannon and an anchor were removed from the site, while divers seeking souvenirs commonly used cold chisels to chip objects free of the concretion 'cap' which had stabilised and protected the remaining cargo for so long. In 1982 this situation was drastically changed when someone used explosives to further break concretions. However the charge was too powerful resulting in the site's complete destruction and the remaining items to become scattered and broken. Abraded and worn ceramic objects washed up on the beach are invariably collected by beachgoers, including fragments of crockery, figurines and animal figures used for 19th century household decoration and toys. The Light of the Age is archaeologically significant as the wreck of an international immigrant ship with an inward bound cargo. It is historically significant for its association with both the Black Ball and White Star Lines which carried thousands of immigrants to Australia. Built in 1855 and lost on 16 January 1868 now lies at Point Lonsdale Beach, half a mile west from Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads.01- 1 shallow bowl, 02- 1 sweet bowl, 03- 1 willow pattern service dish, 04- 2 ladle cups [no handles], 05 06- 2 egg cups, 07- 2 bread and butter plates, 08- 1 condiment bowl lidWedgwood deep saucer; Pearl stone china, Ribbon, Wedgewood Willow Pattern service dish, Staffordshire Stone China, Fenton, No10shipwrecks, salvage, crockery, light of the age, clippers -
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Equipment - Underwater video camera, Copy of invitation to placement of underwater plaque commemoration for Harold Holt
Graham McDonald dived from 1940s to 1970s and he used the camera to record his diving experiences. He was invited to film the dedication of an underwater plaque in memory of the late P.M. Harold HoltEarly camera with handmade underwater casing, Invitation to commemoration of plaque to Harold Holt placed underwater.Underwater video camera in handmade aluminium waterproof casing Circa 1968. Copy of invitation to Harold Holt Commemoration plaque underwater placement off, on - on top of camera casecamera, underwater camera, camera casing, harold holt, comemoration -
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Document - Letter Wilbert (Percy) Dusting, Copy of War Service Record WWI
Letter written while seaman Percy Dusting was on HMAT Ballarat when it was torpedoed in 1917 as well as copies of his War Service record WWIWar experiences WWI. Troop shipsFolder containing letter from Seaman Percy Dusting to his mother and sisterletter, war service records, hmat ballarat, 1917, wwi -
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Functional object - Salvage from Couta Boat
The couta boat Pilota was hand built by Alf Fredrickson of Portland in 1900 for Les (Slippery) Eales of Port Fairy. The vessel was wrecked at Port Fairy in the 1980s with loss of two lives. The oar was broken during the wreckingCouta Boat Parts: mast, rudder, centre board plate, 1 oar blade & loom in 2 parts, pair of knees, samson post, fairlead, 2 tiller & bow sprit [Jib boom] from the couta boat PILOTA built in 1900. couta boat, boat parts, salvage, port fairy, les eales, portland -
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Slide - Photographic slides of April Hamer in Lakes Entrance
the April Hamer flushing Lakes Entrance Bar, Bass Strait, winter 1991april hammer, lakes entrance -
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Equipment - Navigation Equipment
Benmar Model 16B Auto Pilot System. Includes Sat Nav System Model RS5000 Raven Sorensonbenmar, autopilot, satnav, model 16b, model rs5000 -
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Machine - Outboard Motor, 1970
Single cylinder air cooled 2 stroke Hanimex 7.5 HP outboard motor F N Gearsoutboard motor, hanimex 7.5 hp