The Shipwreck Board is a feature of Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village/ its subject is explained briefly in the Museum's handbook, The Flagstaff Hill Navigator, published in 2008: - "Known as the ‘Eye of the Needle’ the treacherous entrance to Bass Strait is littered with the wreckage of large international vessels and smaller sail and steam craft used in coastal trade. The vessels bringing emigrants and cargo to Australia found the western entrance to Bass Strait the most dangerous part of their voyage. They had to thread their way between the southern point of Victoria (Cape Otway) and the northern point of King Island, a stretch of water less than 90 km wide. Many smaller coastal vessels were lost at Portland, Port Fairy, Warrnambool and Apollo Bay which are not safe harbours in certain weather conditions. "The Shipwreck Board shows shipwrecks, strandings and collisions which occurred in this area up to the year 1940. Wrecks are identified by a yellow light and collisions/strandings by a green light. These lights also identify the decade the wreck occurred by lighting up when the relevant decade button is pushed. Interesting happenings of the decades are listed next to the buttons." The Shipwreck Board's demonstration of The Eye of the Needle is an interactive visual display that helps teach the perils and dangers faced by early settlers in Victoria. It tells of the vast number of lives lost. It lists the names of many infamous shipwrecks and significant events.The large stained and lacquered timber board is mounted in a timber, frame. It is painted with a small sketch of Australia, and an enlarged outline of the southern coast of Victoria, King Island and the North West coast of Tasmania. The interactive display highlights the shipwrecks, standings and collisions suffered by many vessels as they navigated the 'Eye of the Needle', a narrow stretch of Bass Strait. The locations of the Lighthouses are pinpointed. Lists of groups of ships are below the coastlines. A painted scroll shows eight major shipwrecks with the number of lives lost for each one. A table shows historical facts associated with the decades from pre-1830 to 1940. A system of coloured lights compares the decades with the vessels that suffered damage. The board was created by artist and signwriter, Alex O'Flynn Computer Signs.flagstaff hill, maritime museum, maritime village, shipwreck coast, eye of the needle, shipwreck locations, bass strait, basses strait, king island, north west tasmania, south coast of victoria, cape otway, victorian lighthouse, king island lighthouse, strandings, coastal tracers, emigrant ships, sea trade, 1930s-1940s, shipwreck board, the eye of the needle, collosions, alex o'flynn, alex o’flynn computer signs, shipwrecks of western victoria

Also second photograph similar unknown location in Bass Strait.Colour photograph of rugged coastline in Bass Strait, taken from fishing boat Minawie. Victoriawaterways, topography

0007-013. Bream A Project , Bass Strait 1987. The project is just starting. This photograph shows Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels Lady Lorraine, Lady Cynthia, and Lady Carojine, Anchor Handling Tug (AHT)Lady Florence, and Derrick Barge DB 29 alongside Barry Beach Marine Terminal, Gippsland, Victoria. The DB 21 is taking on board equipment for the project prior to be towed out and positioned at the location in Bass Strait where the production platform Bream A will be installed. 0007-014. Bream A Project , Bass Strait 1987. Derrick barge DB 29 loading project equipment with Lady Lorraine alongside Barry Beach Marine Terminal, Gippsland Victoria. Also alongside the wharf is the barge Intermac 256 which is being prepared to having the Bream A Jacket (a Jacket is the base of the platform that will be landed on the sea floor and will then be pinned in place with piles driven down into the sea bed). 0007-017. Bream A Project , Bass Strait 1987. Helicopter on DB 29 helipad ready for take off with Lady Lorraine, Lady Gay and Lady Cynthia at Barry Beach Marine Terminal, Gippsland, Victoria. 0007-016. Bream A Project , Bass Strait 1987. Helicopter taking off from DB 29 with Lady Lorraine and Lady Gay at Barry Beach Marine Terminal, Gippsland, Victoria.Green, with gold border trimming photo album, containing 38 photographs depicting ships, barges and the construction of the Bream A oil and gas production platform in Bass Strait, Victoria, Australia 1987.

Bass Strait triangle encloses a stretch of the world's most hostile seas where the ocean's mood can change without warning, threatening destruction to all who sail on it.Mysteries of the Bass Strait triangle. J.K. Loney. Belmont (Vic); Neptune Press; 1980. 112 p.; illus, maps. Soft cover. ISBN 0 909131 53 8bass strait; j.k. loney;

No. 9 'The Sealers". BHP "History of Bass Strait"Series. Lithograph copy in 'The Illustrated Australian News", May 4th 1881. From the La Trobe Collection, State Library, Victoria. BHP Oil and Gas Division Hematite Petroleum Pty. Ltd. From The Australian Financial Review, 15 Sep 1972HistoricalLarge, black & white lithograph of sailing vessel in rough seas showing seals and rocks, with typed explanation. In the early of the nineteenth century, The sealers took cargoes of up to 100,000 skins per ship. Within 10 years, there were virtually no seals left. Today, the seals are returning to Bass Strait and colonies of them are thriving around the five BHP and Esso offshore production platforms. We enjoy having them around. And we've even made them the stars of "Solstice", a film we've made to encourage an interest in preserving the ecology of Bass Strait.sealing, westernport bay, broken hill proprietary ltd.

fishing boat Christa Leanne ex Allied Fisheries built by Tamar Engineering c 1982 scalloped in Tasmania waters then Lakes Entrance c 1988 prawn trawling Owner Steve Andcon went to TriaBunna c 2002 Bass StraitColour photograph of fishing boat Christa Leanne ex Allied Fisheries built by Tamar Engineering c 1982 scalloped in Tasmania waters then Lakes Entrance c 1988 prawn trawling Owner Steve Andcon went to TriaBunna c 2002 Bass Straitfishing industry, businesses

Colour photograph on board a drilling platform in Bass Straitoil and gas industry, engineering, bass strait

Black and white photograph of a distant view of an unidentified fishing boat in Bass Strait, taken from a fishing boat on which a crew member gutting a fish. Bass Strait Victoriatopography, coast, ocean

RAAF flight over Oil Rig in Bass Strait, RAAFA.photo/pictures, ballarat rsl, ballarat

Black and white photograph of trawler Rosebud at sea Bass Straitfishing industry, boats and boating

Second photograph of a trade vessel at the oil rig.Colour photograph of an oil rig in Bass Strait. Port Albert Victoriawaterways, oil and gas industry

Colour photograph of an Esso Supply boat towing a barge in Bass Straitoil and gas industry, engineering, bass strait

Colour photograph of Esso Supply boat Pacific Commander anchored in Bass Strait.oil and gas industry, boats and boating, social history, bass strait

Ship Owner, Ted Jones Ship Skipper Darren JonesColour photograph of the fishing boat Southern Hunter in Bass Strait. Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ocean, ships and shipping

Black and white postcard of the entrance to Bass Strait taken from Kalimna Hill VictoriaThe Entrance Lakes Entrance waterways, topography

Black and white postcard of the entrance to Bass Strait taken from Kalimna Lookout VictoriaThe Entrance Lakes Entrance waterways, topography

Also one photograph 20x25, contains four images of the crew on the deck of the ship.Colour photograph of the Japanese squid fishing boat Kitomaru No 51, fishing in Bass Strait, in partnership with Lakes Entrance Fisherman's Co-operative. Local fisherman Shayne Barling on board as observer. Squid fully processed onboard. Bass Strait, Victoriaboats and boating, fishing industry, shipwrecks

Built by Bulls of Metung for Harry Rose 1956c for shark fishingColour photograph of scallop fishing boat Kiangah in Bass Strait off Lakes Entrance, Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, waterways

Black and white photograph showing wooden piers at entrance to Bass Strait from the Gippsland Lakeswaterways, topography, boats and boating, islands

Black and white photograph showing wooden piers at entrance to Bass Strait from the Gippsland Lakeswaterways, topography, boats and boating, islands

Owner Jedda Bill NodenBlack and white photograph of the fishing boat Jedda in Bass Strait, off Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, fishing industry, waterways

Colour photograph of Esso BHP concrete structure Bream B ready for production in Bass Straitoil and gas industry, bass strait, boats and boating

Old cray fishing boatsCray fishing boatsMagazine article by G Kerr re Wooden Ships & Iron Men aka Bass Strait CrayfishermenReverse " NIL "historical references

Colour photograph of Esso/BHP concrete gravity structure West Tuna ready for production in Bass Straitoil and gas industry, engineering, bass strait