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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - construction site, Portland Harbour, 1965
Port of Portland Authority archivesFront: (no inscriptions) Back: P.H.T./ Print No. ... Neg. No 232/ Date taken 19-3-65/ SUBJECT. (Ink stamp with blue pen and pencil additions, centre)port of portland archives, construction -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Early Shipping: Ocean / Railway Pier, n.d
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Blue stamp 'PORTLAND HARBOR TRUST COMMISSIONERSport of portland archives, portland harbour, ship berthed -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - BASIL WATSON COLLECTION: BIPLANE FLYING OVER SHIP
postcard: biplane flying over ocean, two ships in background, one decked with bunting.A. Rapp, marine photographeraviation, civilian, biplane, basil watson collection, biplane, marine -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Notebook, Berthing information for ships at Station Pier, 1974 - 1984
Notebook containing berthing information of various ships at Station Pier between 10.9.1974 and 15.10.1984'AHM Port Melbourne' handwritten on the binding on the front cover. '10/9/74' handwritten on the front covershota rustaveli, saga fjord, klingsholm, mariposa, turkmania, felix dzerzhinskiy, fedor shalyapin, hmas vampire, mikhail lermonotov, gugliemo marconi, tarbat ness, jeanne d'arc, chirral, nippon maia, uss queenfish, hmes provider, oronsay, hmas vendetta, shin sarllina maru, monterey, hmas onslow, hmas supply, patris, sea princess, hmas swan, uss cochrane, arcadia, taros shevchenko, hmas stalwart, galileo galilei, rfa black rover, hms areethusa, leonid sabinov, uss gurnard, hmas melbourne, uss bristol county, ivan franko, italia, ming hua, uss robert e peary, dalmacija, uss hector, hmas hobart, hmas canberra, hamas parramatta, princess mahsuri, hmas oxley, hmas adelaide, hmas perth, hmas hoel, fns commandant riviere, hmas ovens, fns jacques cartier, uss scholfireld, uss whipple, hmas brisbane, hmas launceston, hmas whyalla, hmas curlew, hmas attack, hmas torrens, uss cimarron, uss cushing, piers and wharves - station pier, rms queen elizabeth 2, qe2, hmas yarra, australia, ellinis, britanis, fairsky, marco polo, cathay, fairstar, oriana -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Cruise ship, Black Watch, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, Glen Stuart, 4 Mar 2004
Colour photo of the cruise ship Black Watch berthed at Station Pier, March 2004transport - shipping, black watch -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - P&O ship, New Lloyd Brisbane leaving Melbourne, Ron Laing, 22 Aug 1999
Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.Colour photographs of P&O ship Ned Lloyd Brisbane leaving Melbourne on 22.8.1999transport - shipping, ron laing, ned lloyd brisbane -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Orontes (outer west), Station Pier, Port Melbourne, Glen Stuart, c. 1950
Black and white photograph of the ship Orontes at Station Pier, outer west c 1950 transport - shipping, piers and wharves - station pier, orontes -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Memo, MHT re damage to piers by ships, c. 1970
Carbon copy book of memos to Melb Harbor Trust concerning damage to piers by ships."Damages" handwritten in black on front cover. "563572" handwritten sideways in blue on the front cover. "Damages" on top edge of pages.melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - princes pier, e smallwood, maru suzakasay, v s reed, l c clemence, britanis, ellinis, angelina lauro, achgetis, australis, guglielmo marconi, york syme, ocean monarch, j saunders, himalaya, patris, lake eyre, startaro, tai fun, orsova, philippine bear, australian endeavour, border chiefain, fairsky, atrea, iron monarch, bass trader, golden bear, jette beu, p curran, cathay, tolga, spica, australian enterprise, marina raskova, vigorous, australian bear, torronga, laurel wood, mobil australis, janova, evimeria, arthur philip, galileo galilei, soyokaze maru, bulk pioneer, toyota maru, hmas vampire -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Shipping records at Station Pier, Port Melbourne, 1987
PMA carbon copy book recording coming and going of ships at Station Pier 1987melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves - station pier, abel tasman, hmas jervis bay, buccaneer, keera, hmas wollongong, hmas darwin, corsair, hmas bayonet, hmas parramatta, charles waugh, hmas stalwart, t webb, hmas hbart, rip, hmas launceston -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Book, Rigby Publishers, Australia's Heritage Watch: An overview of Australian conservation, 1981
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a collection of books and information which include sections about the formation or development of the heritage precinctHardcover book with dust-jacket, written by Robert Ingpen. Large ship and dingy on the cover.australia's heritage watch, churchill island, robert ingpen -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of sailing ship
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series provides an insight into the early days of Churchill Island as a Conservation site.Black and White Photograph of a three masted ship sailing towards the right side of the frameCatalogue number written on reverse in pencilchurchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of sailing ship
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series provides an insight into the early days of Churchill Island as a Conservation site.Black and White Photograph of a three masted ship sailing towards the right side of the frameCatalogue number written on reverse in pencilchurchill island -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Print, HMAS Sydney
Black plastic framed black and white print of HMAS Sydney with ships company on deckprint, hmas sydney -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Raider Kormoran, 1959
Captain Theodor Detmers tells the story of the German wartime raider "Kormoran". Translated fro German to English by Edward Fitzgerald.The Raider Kormoran tells the exploits of a German mystery ship in WW2 by Captain Theodor Detmers.The Raider Kormorancaptain theodor detmers, kormoran, hsk kormoran, ww2 german wartime ships -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Framed photograph
Dark brown timber frame with grey mount containing photograph of five ships at seaGold coloured plaque -RAN FFG 7 class frigatesffg 7 class frigates, ran -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Heritage Victoria, Vagabond CountryAustralian Bush & Town Life in the Victorian Age, 2001
A limited bibliography of Victorian ships wrecks, lighthouses and associated subjects held by Heritage Victoria.ships and shipping, lighthouses, maritime history -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - Framed photograph, Circa early 1900s
AYESHIRE was part of the second Convoy of Australian and New Zealand Troops December 1914. 7,763 gross tons. 140.2 x 17.9 metres. Cargo steamship (refrigerated) built by Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn for Elderslie SS Company Ltd, Glasgow 1902. Twin screw, triple expansion engine making 13 knots, 1910 owned by the Scottish Shire Line Ltd, London and registered at Glasgow.Wooden framed sepia photograph of Servicemen aboard ship being farewelled by family and friends.The vessel pictured is the HMAT Ayrshire. She saw service during WW1 between1914 and 1918. Inscribed "Ayrshire" 3-7-16. -
Victorian Maritime Centre
Metal Ashtray
The matchbox ashtray was purchased sometime during a cruise by unknown person. It is part of a cruise liner collection by D Benson and Family over a period of years. D Benson sold part of the collection to the V.M.C who purchased the remaining part. It is a great source of information to visitors to the V.M.C. At the time of ocean liner holiday cruising, many people smoked cigarettes and purchased these souvenirs to keep or give away as gifts.Metal plated ashtray in the shape of a ships wheel, with P&O Logo & SS HimalayaP&O Logo SS Himalayasouvenir, cruise liners, merchant souvenir, ss himalaya, p&o cruise ship -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Printed Display item, C 2010
Poster put out by the Royal Australian Navy showing ships, helicopters and rank badges. -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph, A V Gregory, S.S. Rotomahana
First ocean going vessel in world built of mild steel. Was known as the "Greyhound of the Pacific". Laid up December 1920 and hull sunk in Bass Strait in 1928.RealismMounted sepia photograph of a painting by A V Gregory of the steam ship S S RotomahanaS S Rotomahana and A V Gregorysepia photograph, a v gregory, ss rotomahana, steam ship -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Drawing (item) - POLLY WOODSIDE drawing above the water line, Drawing of the POLLY WOODSIDE above the water line
POLLY WOODSIDEsquare rigged sailing ship drawing -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Port Phillip Bay (Sunset), n.d
UnknownScene of two sailing ships on a harbour at sunset. The ship on the left is in full sail, the ship on the right has furled sails. At front left is a flock of gulls and on front right is a figure in a row boat. At centre right is coastline with structures and several small boats. The sky has clouds reflecting the sunset in pink, yellow and indigo. These colours are reflected on the surface of the water. Framed in gilded wooden frame.Front: A.S. Murray (lower left) Port Phillip Bay (Sunset) (brass plate, l. centre of frame) Back: (no inscriptions) Conservation Centre, Melb. label. -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Weapon - Artefact, Cannon ball, pre 1830
... ships ...This cannon ball formed the basis of a discussion with artillerist Peter Webster and historical society members in 2011. The following ideas were put forward. It was approximately 5 inches in diameter and weighed 10lb, Such cannon balls were used in an 18 calibre cannon, which were used only on ships. (12 calibre guns were field artillery). Australia was behind England in its artillery use and used hand me downs. In the 1800's Australia did an audit of artillery and cleared out those no longer in use. By the time of the 1830's 18lb cannons were largely obsolete and removed from service Australia used 18 calibre cannons in Northern Australia at Port Essington and Fort Dundas (Melville Island) Perhaps this cannon ball has no real connection with Australia and came as ballast from some other country.This is one of the more interesting items in our collection and there has been much conjecture over the years as to the story of how it ended up in Warrnambool. In that way it has built its own mystery and provenanceRound metal ball measuring 5 inches in diameter, weighing 10lb. The surface is pitted with the original surface visible in some parts.defence, war, ships, cannon ball, exploration, warrnambool, warrnambool history, warrnambool cannonball -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Photograph
Black and White photograph of the sailing ship Lyhter Tigre, 2552 tons Builder T Ried & Co. Glasgow 1884 Photograph taken Stockholm 1913. 134 mm x 80 mm SH 287 Ships T-Z.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, photograph, lyhter tigre, t ried & co -
Orbost & District Historical Society
ship's wheel, tiller, late 1800s
This is the tiller from the SS Stormbird which traded for the Orbost Shipping Company (1906-1915) between Marlo and Lakes Entrance. Mr Peter Nixon (Min. for Transport and for the Navy, 1970s) and Mr Arthur McMullen had the wheel and mast which had been recovered from the wreck of the SS Stormbird in New Guinea. Mr Nixon donated this wheel to the Orbost Historical Society in 1969.The S S Stormbird was an auxiliary-ketch which was owned by the Orbost Shipping Company (Henry James was the principal shareholder and manager of this company). It, along with the Coringle and the Wongrabelle were the main steamers owned by this company. These boats also carried sails. The significance of this item lies with its association with the shipping trade which serviced this region prior to the railway coming in 1915/16.A ship's tiller wheel, made of wood and faced with brass. The wood is painted black. It has eight spokes and handles to grip in order to steer a boat/ship. Two of the grips have strong rope or wire rope wrapped around them.ss stormbird orbost-shipping-company ship-fitting -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - The sailors and marines of the USA Fleet landing at Port Melbourne Pier, Port Phillip City Collection, 1908
Copyright Port Phillip City Collection pm1023 Black and white photograph of sailors and marines marching along pier (probably Town Pier) after dis-embarkation from the ships of the Great White Fleet. A four funnel ship is in the background."The sailors and marines of the USA Fleet landing at Port Melbourne Pier"piers and wharves, transport - shipping, armed services - navy, great white fleet -
Williamstown Historical Society Inc
Wool painting, Coogee, circa 1889
Wool painting a hobby for men - Long stitch embroidery/tapestry. Fred J Webber produced this painting when he was fourteen years old.Wool painting of bay steamer "Coogee" passing from right to left with full rigged ship in distance off her starboard bow. Frame has ornate border. Ship has black hull and funnel - structure faded red coogee wool painting ship -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Craft - Scrimshaw, Late 20th century
The ship “Ellis” started life as the Clementina, launched in America in 1781. The vessel was first listed in Lloyd's Register in 1784 and under this name began serving as a slave ship sailing out of Liverpool. A Lloyd’s database records of slave-trading voyages by vessels from Liverpool makes it clear that Clementina was a slave trader. The next year Captain J. Elworthy sailed her to West Central Africa and St Helena. He transported his slaves to South Carolina. Then in 1785 Elworthy gathered slaves in the Bight of Biafra and the Gulf of Guinea Islands for delivery to Jamaica. In 1786 Bent & Co. purchased the Clementina and renamed her Ellis, presumably after the then owner Ellis Bent. She remained in the slave trade and In 1788 Captain John Ford sailed the now renamed Ellis to the Bight of Biafra and the Gulf of Guinea to gather slaves. He delivered this batch of slaves to the island of Grenada. The next year, 1789 the Ellis was almost completely rebuilt, and from the change in subsequent reports of her cargo loading or (burthen), she was enlarged. In 1791, Captain Joseph Matthews became master and sailed the Ellis to the Gold Coast then delivering his consignment of slaves to the island of St Vincent. During this voyage, some misfortune may have befallen Matthews because records show the Ellis command was transferred to Thomas Given. In 1792, Given sailed to the Bight of Biafra and the Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, again collecting slaves for delivery to Jamaica. There is a parallel record, also for 1793, that the Ellis under the command of Thomas Heart, undertook the same journey and with the same itinerary and cargo. In 1793, Bent & Co. decided to use the Ellis as a privateer with John Levingston as the master. After receiving a letter of "marque” on the 3rd of June 1793, that allowed any armed vessel to commit acts on the high seas which would otherwise have constituted piracy. Thus the Ellis began to operate as a combat ship under the endorsement of the British navy. The Ellis was three times captured first by the French frigate Gracieuse, under the command of Captain Chevillard on 22 July 1793. The French took her into service and renamed her as ”Elise”. Later that summer the Spanish captured her and in November ownership returned to the French who then renamed her the “Esperance”. On the 8th of June 1794, Esperance arrived in Jacmel, Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), from France with the official proclamation of the abolition of slavery. Leger-Felicite Sonthonax was one of the Civil Commissioners of Saint-Domingue and he had already unilaterally proclaimed the island for the French colony the year before amid a slave rebellion and attacks from British and Spanish forces. Ironically, Esperance also brought the news to the Civil Commissioners that the National Convention of France had impeached them on 16th July 1793 and ordered them to return promptly to France. On 8 January 1795, HMS Argonaut, under the command of Captain Alexander John Ball, captured Esperance while she was on the North America station. At this time the Esperance was armed with 22 guns (4 and 6-pounders) and had a crew of 130 men. She was under the command of Lieutenant de vaisseau De St. Laurent and had been out at sea for 56 days from Rochfort, bound for the American Chesapeake Bay area. The French ambassador to the United States registered a complaint with the President of the United States that Argonaut, by stating that by entering Lynnhaven bay, either before she captured Esperance or shortly thereafter, had violated a treaty between France and the United States. The French also accused the British of having brought the Esperance into Lynnhaven for refitting for a cruise. The British Consul replied that the capture had taken place some 10 leagues offshore as the bad weather had forced Argonaut and her prize to shelter within the Chesapeake area for some days, but that they had left as soon as practicable. Furthermore, Argonaut had paroled her French prisoners on arrival at Lynnhaven, and if she had entered American territorial waters solely to parole her French prisoners no one would have thought that objectionable. Royal Navy Service: Because the Esperance was captured in good order and sailed well, Rear Admiral George Murray, the British commander in chief of the North American station, put a British crew aboard and sent the Esperance out on patrol with HMS Lynx, under the command of John Poo Beresford, on 31st January. On 1st March the two vessels captured the Cocarde Nationale (or National Cockade), a privateer from Charleston, South Carolina, of 14 guns, six swivel cannons and a crew of 80 men. Esperance and the lynx went on to recaptured the ship Norfolk, of Belfast, and the brig George, of Workington. On 20 July, Esperance, in company with frigates Thetis and Hussar, intercepted the American vessel Cincinnatus, of Wilmington, sailing from Ireland to Wilmington. They pressed many men on board into service, narrowly missing the Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone, who was on his way to Philadelphia. Esperance was formally commissioned in 1795 into the Royal Navy in August under the Command of Jonas Rose. On 4 May 1796 Esperance was sailing in company with HMS Spencer and Bonetta when they sighted a suspicious vessel. Spencer set off in chase while shortly thereafter Esperance saw two vessels, a schooner and a sloop, and she and Bonetta set off after them. Spencer sailed south by south-east and the other two British vessels sailed south-west by west, with the result that they lost sight of each other. Spencer captured the French gun-brig Volcan, while Bonetta and Esperance captured the French schooner Poisson Volant. The Esperance eventually arrived at Portsmouth on the 3rd of November 1797, the crew was paid off and on 31st May 1798 the Admiralty listed the Esperance for sale and she was sold in June 1798 for £600.The subject scrimshaw is a modern reproduction crudely done of a historic vessel and the scene is believed to be engraved onto a synthetic substance. Scrimshaw art crudely carved into non-natural material in the shape of a tooth. The line artwork is an image of a three-masted sailing ship with a poop deck, and anchors, are coloured black. Inscription is engraved into tooth.Engraved "Man o War Ellis" warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, scrimshaw, ellis, esperance, clementina, elise, hms ship, man of war, leter of marque, privateer, slave ship, slavery, ellis bent, american war of inderpendance, marine art, marine artifact, whale tooth, ivory tooth, resin, plastic, craft, engraving, carving -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Handbook, Guests of the contemptibles.....memories of the prison camps
A most insightful touching small book of words.J.E.Purtill.has written from his heart and mind.It is obvious that he valued his place in 2/29 BAtt..8th Division and that he valued his fellow 8th Divisioners most greatlyGuests A deeply expressed account of signifigence offering insight into the heartbreak and trauma that manifests from any form of warfare.social and spiritual slgnificance.2 3 page handbook.....oblong portrait....yellowed white paper 23 pages......cardboard cover....declarations on front cover.For their pal ship which l cherished....to my dead cobbers......I dedicate this little book. U -
Victorian Maritime Centre
Match Boxes, Union Match
The matchboxes were purchased sometime during a cruise by an unknown person. It is part of a cruise liner collection by D Benson and Family over a period of years. D Benson sold part of the collection to the V.M.C who purchased the remaining part. It is a great source of information to visitors to the V.M.C. At the time of ocean liner holiday cruising, many people smoked cigarettes and purchased these match box souvenirs to keep or give away as gifts.A set of 6 match rectangle boxes from P & O Cruises from SS Canberra - they depict the an image of SS Canberra on front.Each box has an image of SS Canberra printed on front with the name of the ship printed on one side.match boxes, cruise ships, merchant souvenir, ss canberra