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Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Framed Print, HMAS Sydney
HMAS Sydney built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend on Tyne, United Kingdom Launched 22 September 1934 Engaged and sunk Bartolmeo Colleom 19 July 1940. On 19 November 1941 South West of Carnarvon Western Australia she was lost at sea with all hands after engaging the German raider Kormoran. On 19 November 1941, HMAS Sydney, a light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy with an impressive record of war service, was lost following a battle with the German raider HSK Kormoran in the Indian Ocean off the Western Australian coast. The loss of the Sydney with its full war complement of 645 remains Australia’s worst naval disaster. The Kormoran was also sunk, but 317 of its crew of 397 were rescued. The fate of the Sydney remains one of Australia’s greatest wartime mysteries; even the location of the wrecks was not established until 2008.Black plastic frame with moulded pattern with grey mount containing photograph of ship and Sydney Harbour BridgeBanner - HMAS Sydney HMAS Sydney built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend on Tyne, United Kingdom Launched 22 September 1934 Engaged and sunk Bartolmeo Colleom 19 July 1940 Lost at sea with all hands 19 November 1941 South West of Carnarvon Western Australia after engaging the German raider Kormoran. hmas sydney, ww2 -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Periodical, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Victorian historical journal : Australia's first air wreck, 2006
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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Loney Jack, Wrecks on the Gippsland Coast, 1968
Shipwrecks and incidents along the coast and in Bass Strait from Point Nepean to Cape Howe. Indexes of Ships and Localities included. Some ship illustrated.A J and H Murrell stamped on first pageshipwrecks, ships and shipping, lighthouses -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Loney Jack, Wrecks Along the Great Ocean Road, 1967
Account of many of the shipwrecks which occurred on the west coast of Victoria from 1839 to 1964. Some information on lighthouses, rocket crews,and cliff rescue squads. Index of ships, glossary of rigging terms.maritime history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Loney Jack, Sea Adventurers and Wrecks on the New South Wales South Coast, 1977
Coastal shipping and some shipwrecks on the south coast of New South Wales, 1826 to 1976. Indexed chronologically, illustratedships and shipping -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, LERHS, Wreck of Bogong, 2008c
Information on the disastrous foundering and loss of life from the S S Glenelg on the Gippsland coast near Lakes Entrance Victoriashipwrecks, ships and shipping -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Loney J K, Wreck of the S.S. Riverina, 1973
Small work recording interesting stories and sidelights of Port Phillip Heads.settlement -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Reinelt W H, Wreck of the Monumental City, 1983 c
History of S.S. Riverina with additional History of the Huddart Lineships and shipping -
The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.
DVD, The Wreck of the Admella- Brenton Manser and Robert Tremelling- A Film Documentary
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The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.
DVD, The Wreck of The Admella- Second Edition- Brenton Manser and Roger Tremelling
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Peterborough History Group
Book, E. M. MacKenzie, Shipwrecks: An authentic account of wrecks from Peterborough to Cape Otway 1843-1914, 2004
An authentic account of shipwrecks in the area, written by M. E. MacKenzie, a life long resident of Peterborough.Significant as author was a life long resident of Peterborough.Softcover 86 page bookThis is book number 49 (inscribed inside cover). shipwreck coast, m.e.mackenzie, peterborough 3270, authentic shipwreck recollections, the joanna, the schomberg, the champion, marie gabrielle, young australia, loch ard, eric the red, newfield, falls of halladale, antares -
Peterborough History Group
Book, Jack Loney, Wrecks Along The Great Ocean Road, 1975
Shipwreck information from Point Lonsdale to PortlandReferences to local shipwrecks and to the town of Peterborough by a district historian.145 page soft cover book with an index to ships and index of surnames.First edition 1967, this edition further revised 1975shipwreck coast, schomberg, young australia, falls of halladale, newfield, antares, peterborough 3270, jack loney -
Peterborough History Group
Innes Cameron, Wreck of the Loch Ard Told from Little Wandocka, 1986
Innes Cameron was a regular visitor to Peterborough.Significant due to he memories of Peterborough and names of holiday visitors.Small paperback booklet.innes cameron, peterborough, little wandocka, peterborough poems, loch ard, crazy kate beach, wild dog cove, betty cameron -
Geelong Naval and Maritime Museum
Painting, Excelsior Courier, Unsure
The SS ‘Excelsior’ was an iron screw steamer, built in Southampton, England, in 1882 and first registered in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1882. Her journey from Southampton, England to Melbourne, Victoria is reported to have taken just 66 days. She would prove to be a very popular vessel on Port Phillip Bay, though her reign may have been relatively short as she was sunk in 1890. She was refloated sometime between 1890 to 1900 as some records state 1890, others at 1900. Gross Tonnage: 350, Net Tonnage: 172, Length: 186 ft 6 in (56.85 m), Beam: 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m), Depth: 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m), First Owner: Huddart Parker & Co. A Timeline of SS Excelsior’s life: 15 Jan 1883 → the SS ‘Excelsior’ commenced the Melbourne to Geelong run. 27 Jan 1940 21 Jan 1890 →the SS ‘Flora’ ran aground whilst heading out to Hobart, Tasmania, on a tight bend in the Yarra River at Spotswood. Whilst stuck fast in the mud, the SS ‘Excelsior’ ran into her stern – thankfully the damage to both vessels was only minor. 9 Jan 1897 → The SS ‘Excelsior’ sank the Ketch ‘Lu Lu’ on the south bank of the Hopetoun Channel near Geelong, Victoria. Blame is shared between Captains of both vessels: At the meeting of the Marine Board the report of the nautical expert committee, relative to the collision between the steamer Excelsior and ketch Lulu, was considered. The committee recommended that the matter should be remitted to the Marine Court, and a charge of misconduct preferred against Gilbert Moore, master of the Excelsior. Mr Wilson, one of the committee, dissented. He thought in view of the nature of the evidence charges should be preferred against both masters. Mr Dickens moved an amendment to the latter effect, but it was rejected, and the report adopted. 11 Jul 1899 → The SS ‘Edina’ sinks the SS ‘Excelsior’ during thick fog: Shortly after, half-past 11 o’clock this, morning a serious collision took place in Port Phillip Bay between the steamers Edina and the Excelsior. The Edina was on her way to Geelong, to which place she makes a trip every forenoon in the course of her trade with that port, and the Excelsior was coming up the bay to Melbourne. The weather was calm but thick, and a fog hung over the water. The Edina struck the Excelsior on the port side amidships, and she sank within a quarter of an hour. Both vessels carried a large number of passengers, and large cargoes, but there was very little excitement. The whole thing happened so suddenly that until the crash came those on board the steamers were not aware that any other boat was near at all. When both vessels began to draw away after the collision it was at once seen that the Excelsior was the most seriously injured of the two, and she at once began to settle down rapidly. Some of the Excelsior’s passengers were dragged on board the Edina at once, while the remainder, including the crew, were rescued by boats. As far as can be ascertained no one was drowned, but some 20 or 25 were injured. Dr. Wilson, headmaster of the Brighton Presbyterian Ladies’ College, was perhaps the most seriously injured of the Excelsior’s passengers. He was looking down the companion ladder ‘when the collision took place, and he was thrown violently below, sustaining a compound fracture of the right fore-arm. When attended to it was found, that he suffered severely from the shook of his fall and was rather in a bad way. A lady passenger by the Excelsior had her side lacerated, while another had her ankle sprained. The remainder of the others injured had either small cuts or were suffering from shock. The Excelsior went down stern first, and now lies in about five fathoms of water, with her bow above the surface. The Edina is almost uninjured, but she will be immediately placed in dock, as she is making water slightly. c 1900 → The SS ‘Excelsior’ was raised from her watery grave where a large cut can be seen on the SS Excelsior in dock and reveals the breach made and damage done by the Edina. c 1939 → Records regarding the SS ‘Excelsior’ are elusive until c 1939, when she was commissioned to relocate to Brisbane, Queensland, during the Second World War: The Excelsior came to Brisbane on a voyage north during the 1939-45 War. Being unseaworthy she could not be taken further and was used here as a workshop. After the war, she was discarded on Bishop Island. c 1946 → Sometime after WWII was over, the SS ‘Excelsior’ joined many a ship in the graveyard at Bishop Island in Queensland. The island has been the site for the disposal of many ships. Ships recorded as being discarded here include the Groper, Adonis, Roderick Dhu, Excelsior, Yosemite, Maida, Civility, Captain Cook, Bingera, St. Kilda, Lucinda, Moreton, Miner, Schnapper, Lochiel, Queensland, Victoria, and BadgerThe SS Excelsior is a well known ship from the history of Geelong. Its collision with the equally well known SS Edina is of particular interest to Geelong. She was a famous ship in the reckon of Port Phillip despite her short life stand, especially when compared to the SS Edina. Colour painting of ship departingship collision, ship wreck, ss excelsior, ss edina, bishop island -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Domestic object - Glass Dish, 1884
The Joseph H Scammell sailed from New York on 13th January 1891 bound For Melbourne Australia. On 7th May 1891 she hit rough weather outside Port Phillip Bay, and hit the reef 400 metres off Port Danger, at Torquay. The people on board were rescued the next day but the ship broke up and cargo and goods were strewn along the foreshore. An auction of goods was conducted by Burns and Sparrow and this dish was purchased by Edwin Molyneaux, one of the Founding Fathers of Torquay, and donated by his Great Grand daughterThis item was rescued from the only shipwreck off Torquay. The focus of this wreck has formed part of Torquay's history and folkloreA solid rectangular clear cut glass dish, part of collection from the Joseph H. Scammell.Original Note of unknown author "off /Joseph H/Scammell/May7th 1891glass dish, wreck of joseph h scammell -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph - Photograph (copy), Scammel Collection
Photo shows the Joseph H Scammel stranded on the reef off Point Danger Torquay in 1891One of the many ships wrecked on the coast of southern Victoria.Sepia photographshipwrecks great ocean road victoria -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Book - Book (copy), The Wreck of the Joseph H Scammell, 1988
The book tells the story of the shipwreck of the J H Scammell off Point Danger Torquay in 1891.The story of one of the many wrecks on the notorious south coast of Victoria.Typed booklet (27 pages)shipwrecks great ocean road victoria -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), The Scammell Collection
Photograph shows the still intact Joseph H Scammell stranded on the rocks off Point Danger Torquay in 1891.The J H Scammell was one of many ships wrecked on the south coast of Victoria.Black and white photograph -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy) and newspaper article, Scammell Collection
Photograph shows a newspaper article and photograph telling of the survival of the Scammell deck house and its fate.The deck house of the Scammell wrecked off Torquay in 1891 floated to shore intact and was utilised as part of a family home in Torquay.Black and white photographshipwrecks great ocean road victoria -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy) of a newspaper article, Scammell Collection, Melbourne Herald article 15 July 1939
Article retells the story of the rescue of the Scammell deckhouse which was incorporated into a Torquay home.A warm story of the survival of a significant part of the Scammell wrecked off Torquay in 1891.Black and white photograph -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Newpaper article (copy), Scammell Collection
Newspaper article and photos detail the raising of the Scammell anchor by members of the Geelong Skindiving ClubThe Scammell anchor was recovered from the wreck and is now set up on the lawns adjacent to the front beach at Torquay.Black and white photocopy -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Scammell Collection
Photograph shows locals swimming and playing around the keel of the Scammell on the beach at Torquay circa 1900The Scammell was wrecked off Point Danger Torquay in 1891.Black and white photographshipwrecks great ocean road victoria -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Scammell Collection
Photograph shows the Scammell flag hanging from a building in Nova ScotiaThe Scammell was wrecked off Point Danger Torquay in 1891.Black and white photographshipwrecks great ocean road victoria -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photocopy, Legacy of the storm ,Scammell house
Scammell house Photocopy of original walls and doorsscammel deckhouse, wreck of joseph h scammell -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Legacy of the storm ,Scammell house, Photocopy
Scammell HousePhoto of front of house & Drivewaywreck of joseph h scammell -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Keel of Scammell on beach
Keel of the Scammell on the beach; locals swimming and playing around it.contemporary photograph of last remnants of the wreck of the Scammellblack and white copy of photograph of the keel of the Scammell ; early 1900 -
Torquay and District Historical Society
colour photo, Scammell collection
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Torquay and District Historical Society
Copy newspaper article & photo, Torquay wreck story lives on
tells story of Scammell House Torquayphotocopy of newspaper article; Geelong Advertiser 1996wreck of joseph h scammell -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Barrett, Charles, White blackfellows : the strange adventures of Europeans who lived among savages, 1948
Stories of William Buckley (1835) - Victoria; Sammy Cox or Samuel Emanuel Jervis (1789) - Tasmania; James Murrells or Jemmy Morrill (1846) - Qld.; James Davis called Duramboi &? Wandi Bracefield or Bracefell (1826) - Wide Bay, Qld.; Mrs. Fraser (1835) - Qld. on the Stirling Castle; wreck of the Charles Eaton, survivors were John Ireland and William Doyley (1834) - Murray Is.; Thomas Pamphlet, Richard Parsons, John Finnegan (1823) Moreton Bay; William Jackman (1836) - Great Australian Bight; Barbara Thomson (1848) - Cape York; Chapter on Aborigines and bushrangers.xvi, 261 p., [23] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.Stories of William Buckley (1835) - Victoria; Sammy Cox or Samuel Emanuel Jervis (1789) - Tasmania; James Murrells or Jemmy Morrill (1846) - Qld.; James Davis called Duramboi &? Wandi Bracefield or Bracefell (1826) - Wide Bay, Qld.; Mrs. Fraser (1835) - Qld. on the Stirling Castle; wreck of the Charles Eaton, survivors were John Ireland and William Doyley (1834) - Murray Is.; Thomas Pamphlet, Richard Parsons, John Finnegan (1823) Moreton Bay; William Jackman (1836) - Great Australian Bight; Barbara Thomson (1848) - Cape York; Chapter on Aborigines and bushrangers.wilderness survival -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- social life and customs. | australia -- history -- 1788-1851. -
Port Fairy Historic Lifeboat Station
bag, oil bag, early 20th Century
Item acquired from Lakes Entrance boat builder/owner who sold it to the PFHLS in 2008. Oil bags were part of the lifeboat equipment. Only one other example known is at the Port Albert Maritime Museum The oil bag was used to put oil on the sea's surface, to inhibit spray, wave burst and fear for survivors transferring from the shipwreck to the lifeboat. This was essential, as the lifeboat would never come close to the wreck, to avoid the risk of being damaged itself. The item is rare, and a vital part of the lifeboat's rescue equipment. The technique probably generated the phrase "pour oil on troubled waters" textile (flax) bag, shaped like a tennis racquet cover, with a brass tube attached to bag. The tube has a series of very small circular holes (in lines) arranged along the length of the tube. These were to allow the light oil contained within the bag to be sucked from the bag by a venturi action. The bag has a light line attached to it to secure to the lifeboat when in use (by casting the bag into the sea).. no markingsno markingsoil bag