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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyMap, Fredrick C COOK C.E.L.S, City of Port Melbourne, Nov 1938
... ...Fredrick C COOK...1/600 map of the City of Port Melbourne by City Engineer, Fredrick C COOK....Fredrick C COOK C.E.L.S...Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society Port Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne 1/600 map of the City of Port Melbourne by City Engineer, Fredrick C COOK. Local Government - City of Port Melbourne Fredrick C COOK Map of Port Melbourne, November 1938 City of Port Melbourne Map Fredrick C COOK C.E.L.S ...1/600 map of the City of Port Melbourne by City Engineer, Fredrick C COOK.Map of Port Melbourne, November 1938local government - city of port melbourne, fredrick c cook -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Life History of Sgt. A. C. Cook, 1970
... Life History of Sgt. A. C. Cook...Cook...A. C...Manuscript of life history of No.80. Sgt. A. C. Cook...Sgt. A. C. Cook Life History of Sgt. A. C. Cook Document Document ...Manuscript of life history of No.80. Sgt. A. C. CookManuscript of life history of No.80. Sgt. A. C. CookManuscript of life history of No.80. Sgt. A. C. Cookcook, a. c. -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of VictoriaPhotograph
... Rev CO Leigh Cook and Mrs Joyce C Cook...Rev CO Leigh Cook and Mrs Joyce C Cook 1964...Rev CO Leigh Cook and Mrs Joyce C Cook 1964 Rev CO Leigh Cook and Mrs Joyce C Cook Photograph ...Rev CO Leigh Cook and Mrs Joyce C CookRev CO Leigh Cook and Mrs Joyce C Cook 1964 -
City of WhittleseaPhotograph (item) - Photographs - Councillors, Shire of Whittlesea R G C Cook Esq JP Shire Secretary 1939-1974
... Shire of Whittlesea R G C Cook Esq JP Shire Secretary 1939-1974...City of Whittlesea 25 Ferres Boulevard South Morang melbourne whittlesea councillors whittlesea council photo, colour, mounted, framed Shire of Whittlesea R G C Cook Esq JP Shire Secretary 1939-1974 Photograph Photographs - Councillors ...whittlesea councillors, whittlesea council -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.Newspaper Clipping, Trees Needed, 7/7/1966
... ...C Cook...The Island is becoming bare and the writer C. Cook is saying what plants do best on the Island....The Island is becoming bare and the writer C. Cook is saying what plants do best on the Island. ...Collection of newspaper clippings from Scrap Book 1960 - 1973Article about the need for trees around the new holiday homes being built. The Island is becoming bare and the writer C. Cook is saying what plants do best on the Island.trees needed, c cook, phillip island, newspaper clipping, jean jamieson -
Stawell Historical Society IncPhotograph, Glenorchy Shops with I Cook, C. Lea & Bank c1910
... Glenorchy Shops with I Cook, C. Lea & Bank c1910...Glenorchy Shops - I. Cook. C. Lea & Bank c1910...Stawell Historical Society Inc 46 Longfield St Stawell grampians Glenorchy Shops - I. Cook. C. Lea & Bank c1910 Stawell Glenorchy Shops with I Cook, C. ...Glenorchy Shops - I. Cook. C. Lea & Bank c1910stawell -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Photograph - Photography, Mitcham RSL Life Members 1964, 1964
... G. Johnson, Alec C. Cook, Les G. Stacey...G. Johnson, Alec C. Cook, Les G. Stacey...G. Johnson, Alec C. Cook, Les G. Stacey Mitcham RSL Life Members 1964 Photograph Photography ...Photo taken at 1964 A G M of Mitcham R S L Life members at the timePhotograph of Mitcham R S L Life Members in 1964 Frank Fisher, Charles H Honybun, Cec. A. G. Johnson, Alec C. Cook, Les G. StaceyMitcham R S L Life Members in 1964 Frank Fisher, Charles H Honybun, Cec. A. G. Johnson, Alec C. Cook, Les G. Staceyphotography, photographs / slides / film -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPhotograph - Honour Board, Clare Gervasoni, Werona World War One Honour Board, 06/10/2013
... ...c. cook...Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post Office goldfields werona honour board c. andrew h. andrew j. cook c. cook g. croucher w. cameron r. edmonstone g.c. hurley p.j. hanley t.e. hanley t. pearson h. tognolini Werona Werona State School Photograph of the Werona World War One Honour Board on display in the Smeaton Primary School in 2013. ...Photograph of the Werona World War One Honour Board on display in the Smeaton Primary School in 2013.werona honour board, c. andrew, h. andrew, j. cook, c. cook, g. croucher, w. cameron, r. edmonstone, g.c. hurley, p.j. hanley, t.e. hanley, t. pearson, h. tognolini, werona, werona state school -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Letter - Newing, Thomas R
... ... Cook C...Newing Thomas Robert Redan Road Caulfield ‘Ellington’ House names Brighton Cemetery Bowles Elizabeth Shire President Cook C Horseriders Councillors Lamb Patricia M Ballantyne R Neville Street Newington Street Letter Newing, Thomas R ...Eight items about Thomas Robert Newing: 1/Four letters between Mr. Ballantyne and Patricia M. Lamb, requesting information on her great great grandfather. 2/Two handwritten articles about Thomas Robert Newing, one taken from Sand Swamp and Health, the other unknown and undated, but both appear to respond to first two letters. 3/Handwritten details about inscriptions on gravestones at Brighton Cemetery of Alexander MacGeorge, and other information obtained from Cemetery curator, date unknown, author unknown, but appear to respond to third letter. 4/Handwritten research notes by Claire Barton dated 30/04/2013 concerning the Newing family and other owners of ‘Ellington’ and adjacent properties.newing thomas robert, redan road, caulfield, ‘ellington’, house names, brighton cemetery, bowles elizabeth, shire president, cook c, horseriders, councillors, lamb patricia m, ballantyne r, neville street, newington street -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageDomestic object - Kettle, T & C Clarke and Co Ltd, 1880-1900
... C Clark...Enamel Cook Ware...The item is significant as it was used as a domestic kitchen item to boil water safely without the concern that the metal may contain lead or arsenic as earlier cooking utensils had. flagstaff hill warrnambool shipwrecked coast flagstaff hill maritime museum flagstaff hill maritime village great ocean road kettle iron kettle kitchen ware T C Clark Enamel Cook Ware Cast Iron Kettle "T C Clark England" RD665876, 3 quarts No3" and other unreadable inscriptions. ...T. & C. Clark & Company Limited was based at Shakespeare Foundry in Wolverhampton England and was founded in 1795 by Thomas and Charles Clark. The company grew to be one of the largest iron foundries in Wolverhampton and were pioneering in the manufacture of enamelled cast iron cookware and sanitary wares. The company's product range included thousands of items, both domestic and industrial. T. & C. Clark were pioneers in the use of enamelled cast ironware, after taking out a patent in 1839 guaranteeing their products to be free of lead or arsenic. The company became the largest employer in Wolverhampton employing between 600 to 700 people.The item is significant as it was used as a domestic kitchen item to boil water safely without the concern that the metal may contain lead or arsenic as earlier cooking utensils had. Cast Iron Kettle straight metal handle painted black. Rusted inside and holed in the bottom, "T C Clark England" RD665876, 3 quarts No3" and other unreadable inscriptions.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, kettle, iron kettle, kitchen ware, t c clark, enamel cook ware, cast iron kettle -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPamphlet, Port Melbourne Cricket Club Costitution and General Rules. January 1937, Jan 1937
... ...C TREWAVIS...W COOK...Sport - Cricket Port Melbourne Cricket Club W J PRICE F STEVENSON J HARVEY B C FINDLAY A O'BRIEN W WILSON B ROWAN J WOODRUFF Thomas GRIFFIN D BREMNER C TREWAVIS W COOK S ANDERSON L PLUMRIDGE R KENT T BOWMAN A DOWNER W HOWEY E CURRIE A NUGENT J TATE Port Melbourne Cricket Club Costitution and General Rules. ...Port Melbourne Cricket Club Costitution and General Rules. January 1937. Small green covered pamphletsport - cricket, port melbourne cricket club, w j price, f stevenson, j harvey, b c findlay, a o'brien, w wilson, b rowan, j woodruff, thomas griffin, d bremner, c trewavis, w cook, s anderson, l plumridge, r kent, t bowman, a downer, w howey, e currie, a nugent, j tate -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Photograph - B/W Photograph, Loughnan's Hill, Ringwood
... Black and white photo showing Cook's Orchard with Loughnan's Hill, Ringwood, in the background. (Common usage 'Luffy's Hill' at the approximate time of the photograph - c.1936).- Cook's orchard mid-ground....Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road Mitcham melbourne mcniff cooks orchard Loughnan's Hill Black and white photo showing Cook's Orchard with Loughnan's Hill, Ringwood, in the background. (Common usage 'Luffy's Hill' at the approximate time of the photograph - c.1936).- Cook's orchard mid-ground. ...Black and white photo showing Cook's Orchard with Loughnan's Hill, Ringwood, in the background. (Common usage 'Luffy's Hill' at the approximate time of the photograph - c.1936).- Cook's orchard mid-ground.mcniff, cooks orchard, loughnan's hill -
City of WhittleseaSign (item) - Shire of Whittlesea Notice, Reservoir Printing Works, Notice given to stop carting on roadway
... Shire of Whittlesea / Notice is hereby given that as / is likely to be seriously injured by traffic - to wit / soil, clay, sand or stone carting / The Council of the Municipality of the Shire of Whittlesea has decided to / stop all carting on such roadway as from the - day of / - 196 - , to the - day of - 196 - , / both dates inclusive / Any person who contravenes or fails to observe the provisions of this / notice shall be liable to a penalty of not more than forty dollars ($40) / By order / R G C Cook, Shire Secretary / Reservoir Printing Works...City of Whittlesea 25 Ferres Boulevard South Morang melbourne public notices Shire of Whittlesea / Notice is hereby given that as / is likely to be seriously injured by traffic - to wit / soil, clay, sand or stone carting / The Council of the Municipality of the Shire of Whittlesea has decided to / stop all carting on such roadway as from the - day of / - 196 - , to the - day of - 196 - , / both dates inclusive / Any person who contravenes or fails to observe the provisions of this / notice shall be liable to a penalty of not more than forty dollars ($40) / By order / R G C Cook, Shire Secretary / Reservoir Printing Works Linen with black print Notice given to stop carting on roadway Sign Shire of Whittlesea Notice Reservoir Printing Works ...Shire of Whittlesea / Notice is hereby given that as / is likely to be seriously injured by traffic - to wit / soil, clay, sand or stone carting / The Council of the Municipality of the Shire of Whittlesea has decided to / stop all carting on such roadway as from the - day of / - 196 - , to the - day of - 196 - , / both dates inclusive / Any person who contravenes or fails to observe the provisions of this / notice shall be liable to a penalty of not more than forty dollars ($40) / By order / R G C Cook, Shire Secretary / Reservoir Printing Workspublic notices -
City of WhittleseaSign (item) - Shire of Whittlesea Notice, Notice given to stop carting on roadway - sand
... Shire of Whittlesea / Notice is hereby given that as / is likely to be seriously injured by traffic - to wit / soil, clay, sand or stone carting / The Council of the Municipality of the Shire of Whittlesea has decided to / stop all carting on such roadway as from the - day of / - 195 - , to the - day of - 195 - , / both dates inclusive / Any person who contravenes or fails to observe the provisions of this / notice shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty pounds (20) / By order / R G C Cook, Shire Secretary / Arnall & Jackson, Print...City of Whittlesea 25 Ferres Boulevard South Morang melbourne public notices Shire of Whittlesea / Notice is hereby given that as / is likely to be seriously injured by traffic - to wit / soil, clay, sand or stone carting / The Council of the Municipality of the Shire of Whittlesea has decided to / stop all carting on such roadway as from the - day of / - 195 - , to the - day of - 195 - , / both dates inclusive / Any person who contravenes or fails to observe the provisions of this / notice shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty pounds (20) / By order / R G C Cook, Shire Secretary / Arnall & Jackson, Print Notice printed on drafting linen, black text. ...Shire of Whittlesea / Notice is hereby given that as / is likely to be seriously injured by traffic - to wit / soil, clay, sand or stone carting / The Council of the Municipality of the Shire of Whittlesea has decided to / stop all carting on such roadway as from the - day of / - 195 - , to the - day of - 195 - , / both dates inclusive / Any person who contravenes or fails to observe the provisions of this / notice shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty pounds (20) / By order / R G C Cook, Shire Secretary / Arnall & Jackson, Printpublic notices -
Greensborough Historical SocietyPhotograph, Greensborough Football Club Premiers 1952, 1952_
... Back row: L. Hall (Trainer) C. Cook (Trainer) R. Ormsby D. Wickes R. Sondemeyer D. ...Back row: L. Hall (Trainer) C. Cook (Trainer) R. Ormsby D. Wickes R. Sondemeyer D. ...A team photograph of the 1952 Australian Rules Football team from the Greensborough Football Club. Includes players and support staff. This photograph is a record of those involved with the club in a Premiership year 1952.Black and White photograph of the Greensborough Football Team 1952. Includes name of players and support team. Mounted on brown card. Greensborough Football Club. Premiers 1952. Team names: Standing at rear: H. Cockbill (Committee) J. Richards (Committee) E. Elliott (Vice President) J. Lawrence (Vice President) K. White (Committee) R. Tooth (Treasurer). Back row: L. Hall (Trainer) C. Cook (Trainer) R. Ormsby D. Wickes R. Sondemeyer D. Franklin G. Hughes A. Montfort W. Dodds H. Wasley(Goal umpire) Centre Row: W. Cecil (Secretary) R. Towler D. McDowell P. Adamson (Captain and Coach) Dr E. P. Cordner (President) F. LeGassick G. Coventry G. Driver Front Row: D. Hall E. White N. Brooks R. Sherriff E. McDowell J. Elygreensborough football club, premiers 1952 -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus ArchivesPhotograph - Black and white prints and negatives, Information Branch Victorian Department of Agriculture, Official Opening of Student Amenities Building, 1973
... Ian Smith Minister for Agriculture, C. Pymble Cook Chief of Division of Agric Edn., Eric Littlejohn Principal, BHC." and on all copies, "Photograph by Information Branch Victorian Department of Agriculture Ref. ...Ian Smith Minister for Agriculture, C. Pymble Cook Chief of Division of Agric Edn., Eric Littlejohn Principal, BHC." and on all copies, "Photograph by Information Branch Victorian Department of Agriculture Ref. ...Incorporated the original canteen built in 1961, using funds raised by the College Ladies Committee under the leadership of Mrs. T.H. Kneen. Building designed by the Investigation and Development Group of the PW.D. with Des Bloink as Supervising Architect, Mackenzies Constructions Pty. Ltd. was the builder. Financed by funds provided through the State Grants (Advanced Education) Act 1969.Note by T.H. Kneen "At rear, partly obscured is C.E. Cole Deputy Director of Agriculture."3 copies black and white photograph. A group of men and a student, Brian Ward, Dux, with Hon. Rupert Hamer standing outside the Student Amenities BuildingOn reverse of 1 copy, " Official Opening of Student Amenities Building L-R Dr David Wishart Director-General Dept Agr, Dux of College, Hon. R.J. Hamer Premier, Victoria, Hon. Ian Smith Minister for Agriculture, C. Pymble Cook Chief of Division of Agric Edn., Eric Littlejohn Principal, BHC." and on all copies, "Photograph by Information Branch Victorian Department of Agriculture Ref. No. E206(4).opening, student amenities building, dr david wishart, director-general, hon. r.j. hamer, premier of victoria, hon. ian smith, minister for agriculture, e.b. littlejohn, principal, burnley horticultural college, ladies committee, des bloink, supervising architect, mackenzies constructions pty. ltd., c.e. cole, deputy director of agriculture, canteen, dux, publicity -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Newsletter, City of Moorabbin Historical Society No. 1 Vol. 10 March 1970, City of Moorabbin Historical Society Newsletter No. 1 Vol. 10 March 1970, 1970
... Topic ; SEHA ; Jobs c 1930; Cpt Cook in Pacific; The Aims of the CMHS are ‘to record the history of the City, and register something of the Australian Atmosphere, which the necessary speed-up in post-world-war two (WW11) immigration has caused to be lost; to produce a magazine at regular intervals, featuring the work of pioneers and the changing Australian scene; to work constantly with a long range view towards building a hall where records and exhibits can be housed’ (1961) The Original Newsletters reflect the history and heritage of the former City of Moorabbin — derived from Mooroobin, ‘a resting place’ in the Bunurrung spoken language. ...City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum) Joyce Park Jasper Road Ormond melbourne Topic ; SEHA ; Jobs c 1930; Cpt Cook in Pacific; The Aims of the CMHS are ‘to record the history of the City, and register something of the Australian Atmosphere, which the necessary speed-up in post-world-war two (WW11) immigration has caused to be lost; to produce a magazine at regular intervals, featuring the work of pioneers and the changing Australian scene; to work constantly with a long range view towards building a hall where records and exhibits can be housed’ (1961) The Original Newsletters reflect the history and heritage of the former City of Moorabbin — derived from Mooroobin, ‘a resting place’ in the Bunurrung spoken language. ...Topic ; SEHA ; Jobs c 1930; Cpt Cook in Pacific; The Aims of the CMHS are ‘to record the history of the City, and register something of the Australian Atmosphere, which the necessary speed-up in post-world-war two (WW11) immigration has caused to be lost; to produce a magazine at regular intervals, featuring the work of pioneers and the changing Australian scene; to work constantly with a long range view towards building a hall where records and exhibits can be housed’ (1961) The Original Newsletters reflect the history and heritage of the former City of Moorabbin — derived from Mooroobin, ‘a resting place’ in the Bunurrung spoken language. In 1994, the City of Moorabbin was integrated into the Cities of Bayside, Glen Eira, Kingston and Monash. This is Newsletter No. 1 Vol. 10 of the CMHS March 1970 CMHS obtained a Kingston City Council Community Grant 2016 for the digitization and preservation of these Original CMHS Newsletters commenced in 1961 1 x L 26cm x W 21cm printed both sides CITY OF MOORABBIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY / President / Mrs C Whitehead Secretary Mrs P. Brodie / NEWSLETTER / Volume 10 No 1 March 1970 city of moorabbin historical society, sheehy t. a., newsletters -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical SocietyPhotograph, Darley Football Club Premiers 1938-1939
... Back row: 1. C. Lillburn, 2. ? Cook. 3 Skinner. 4 -----------. 5 Jimmy Younger. 6. ...Back row: 1. C. Lillburn, 2. ? Cook. 3 Skinner. 4 -----------. 5 Jimmy Younger. 6. ...Darley football club was formed in 1919. Darley lies on the northern side of the township of Bacchus Marsh. It is part of the overall township of Bacchus Marsh but forms a distinct community within Bacchus Marsh especially in the early period of its history. The area is known as a football breeding ground and has produced many champion players at VFL and AFL level and the club has had sustained success over many decades in various competitions. For many years it played in the Bacchus Marsh District Football Association. From the mid 1990s it has competed in the Ballarat Football League.A black and white photograph print mounted on mounting board, showing a group of 19 players, 3 non playing officials and one child acting as the mascot arranged in three rows. A player in the centre holds a football with D.F.C. Premiers 1939 written upon it. Nineteen men are in football Guernseys, 3 are in civilian clothes. Two of these have towels over their shoulders and are probably trainers. In the centre is the third non-player who is presumably the coach. The photo is taken in an outdoor setting. The child is a young boy dressed in the clubs uniform and sits in the front row between the legs of another player. At the foot of the photo is, "Darley F. B. C. Premiers 1938-39". On the reverse are written some of the players names. Back row: 1. C. Lillburn, 2. ? Cook. 3 Skinner. 4 -----------. 5 Jimmy Younger. 6. Barry. 7. Albie Jones: Middle Row: 1. ----------. 2. McMahon. 3. Ray Closter. 4. Pop Closter. 5 ----------. 6. Mickey Dix. 7 ---------. 8. Densley. Front Row: 1. -----------. 2. Hartley Younger. 3. Whelan. Darley Football Club 1938-39. At to of reverse: 'Donated by the Wittick Family 12 - 1 - 2004. Marie Wittick'.darley football club, australian rules football -
Wangaratta High SchoolWTS Honour Board, 1966-1985
... CONSTANTINO P. HINES 1970 C. FORGE M. COOK WILLS WILLS BOGONG M. LAVESQUE A. ...CONSTANTINO P. HINES 1970 C. FORGE M. COOK WILLS WILLS BOGONG M. LAVESQUE A. ...Large wooden rectangular honour board with gold text and protruding sections along the top, in in the top middle accommodating for the WTS symbol.FOR THE HONOUR OF THE SCHOOL YEAR HEAD PREFECT DUX OF SCHOOL CHAMPION HOUSE ATHLETICS SWIMMING HOUSE CAPTAINS (BOGONG, BUFFALO, HOTHAM, WILLS) 1966 W. WALLACE J. DASH BUFFALO HOTHAM BOGONG D. FLANIGAN, W. WALLACE, N. LAVIS K. TAYLOR 1967 J. CANNING R. GARTH BUFFALO HOTHAM BOGONG C. JOHNSON, D. PYLE, D. TURNER T. NOLAN 1968 C. JOHNSON T. GLANIGAN WILLS HOTHAM BOGONG P. PEERS, L. SANDFORD, J. FRAZER, R. GARDINER 1969 L. GRAHAM H. DINNING WILLS HOTHAM BOGONG R. HEARNES, J. PHILLIPS, P. CONSTANTINO P. HINES 1970 C. FORGE M. COOK WILLS WILLS BOGONG M. LAVESQUE A. MANZELLA C, FORGE R. CHANDLER 1971 R. CROCKET, *L. HANLON R. CROCKETT HOTHAM (NOT HELD) WILLS J. CLARKE, G. RUNNALS, J. CHAMBERLAIN, G. RAMSDALE 1972 M. BOOTH, C* STONE L. JACKEL *J. KLEIN HOTHAM WILLS HOTHAM W. DICKSON, T. YOUNGER, M. BOOTH, J. SGARIOTO 1973 T. BARRY (S.R.C.PRES.) W. GOURNEY, *J. AMERY HOTHAM BUFFALO HOTHAM G. ELLIOT, G. PORTER, T. BARRY, W. GOURLEY 1974 R. COMENSOLI (S.R.C. PRES.) M. AMERY, B. SAMMON (DISCONTINUED) BUFFALO WILLS (DISCONTINUED) 1975 *G. McGREGOR (S.R.C. PRES.) R. WATSON, *L. FLANIGAN BUFFALO WILLS 1976 A. ADAMO (S.R.C. PRES.) R. JOHNSTONE, *J. COLE BUFFALO WILLS 1977 K. SOUTHGATE, *L. AMERY BUFFALO BUFFALO 1978 S. BISINELLA (S.R.C. PRES.) G. MINNEY, * S, SHANLEY (SPORTS CANCELLED- WEATHER) BOGONG 1979 R. NEWTH (S.R.C. PRES.) R. JOHNSON, *M. KEENAN BOGONG HOTHAM ---W.T.C. & COLLEGE OF T.A.F.E. SEPERATION--- 1981 MARK BRAMBLE (S.R.C. PRES.) 1982 BELINDA MATHERSON (S.R.C. PRES.), CARMEL ANDERSON (S.R.C. PRES.) , ANGELA VERMONT (S.R.C. PRES.) 1983 ELIZABETH FREEMAN (S.R.C. PRES.) 1984 JODIE BLAIR (S.R.C. PRES.) 1985 ROSS MILLER (S.R.C. PRES.) * GIRL -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedPhotograph - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Class Photographs, Sunshine Technical school
... 1051.01 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Staff 1051.02 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Art Graphics 1051.03 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Rage Group 1051.04 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 07 07EC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Samantha Gahan Aaron Woods Angela Brown Harvey Hahne Leah Saric Lee Bakes Kylie Willett Second Row L2R James Gowans Rennie Sultana Belinda Jackson Susan Marriot Justin Trevorrow Chris Gowans Third Row L2R Paul Marney Dean Guildoyle Joey Marsay Rodney Oldham Teachers S Egan C Cook Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.05 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 07 07HM Boys Names Front Row L2R Stephen Chabowski Rodney Vella Brock Collins Grant Williams Anthony Krivohlavek Jason Clark Paul Grech Second Row L2R Shawn Duan Glen Van Boven Ian Gaffiero Edward Loriente Ken Harrison Third Row L2R Aaron Savage Brett Ross Billy Dimech Teacher Mr Harry Margaris Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.06 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 07 07WW Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Lee Gibbard Simone Donnelly Penny Evans Lisa Hearn Amanda McVeigh Tammy Holland Second Row L2R Xenios Tzios Ryan Havard Trevor Spence Paul Galea Emmanuel Marabeliotakis Justin Williams Third Row L2R Paul Grech Martin Parisi Stephen Ruzeu Teacher W Wright Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.07 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 08 08AM Boys Names Front Row L2R Jason Wri ght Donald Lockman Mark Bates Anthony Palm Adrian Wright Mathew Armeni Wayne Borg Second Row L2R Rodney Dingley Chris Tanti Mathew McMillen Leigh Maskell Andrew Hawkins Tony Doslov Adrian East Third Row L2R Anthony Grinham Patrick Vella Simon Curmi Jamie Howard Phillip Ruzeu Jamie Apap Teacher Mr A McCarter Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.08 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 08 08AT Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Lisa Gatt Helen Matejic Kellie Ann Thompson Andrea Glazner Sabine Clayton Michelle Gray Christine McLachlan Colleen Goodsell Aileen Greaves Second Row L2R Michael Deveson Gerard Baldacchino Steven Cashion Graeme Eudey Eric Deanslis Brice Milne Jamie Spiteri Phillip Shaw Third Row L2R Shane McLean Lisa Keith Kim Van Boven Tony Platten Teacher Mr Angela Truono Principle Mr P Forbes 1051.09 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 08 08MR Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Tracy Brown Leanne Hilton Christine Smith Belinda McVeish Jennifer Owen Sharna Donnelly Sally Haliday Rosemaree Raffaele Second Row L2R Brett Burridge Michael Carneille Rob Forte Tulav Bulamo Mandy Tonna Natalie Ratajszczak Andrew Grinham Martin Artigas Trevor Langrisse Third Row L2R Paul Brown Troy Grima Steven Alexander Mark Debono Rob Apap Teacher Margaret Rees Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.10 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 09 09FC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Barbara Wyse Kim Perry Pam Hill Mellissa Raffael Margaret Bettin Melissa Alldis Lynette Richards Second Row L2R Carla Richards Kylie Dearaugo Kristy Shelley Kate Barnard Michelle Dearaugo Lisa Willett Paul Dalli Third Row L2R Shawn Sposito Shannon Doll Slhane Firth Ray Tonna Chris Doll Frank Sulamg Teacher Mr Frank Cini Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.11 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 09 09GS Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Mark Ramsay Deborah Gebert Allan Robinson Trudy Gates Andrew Ioannou Kim Gahan Steve Hurford Second Row L2R Ricky Vella Shane King Karen Dorrough Melanie Carey Hannah Cracknell David Marino Scott Meyers Third Row L2R Jason Bowman Iliya Karlith John Dimieri Teacher G Shaw Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.12 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 09 09MM Boys Names Front Row L2R Simon Buttigieg Alan Mifsud Joseph Gatt Peter Dalli Matthew White David Micallef Second Row L2R Joey Thompson Robert Schnneider Steven Montebello Sean Ansell Shem Smeaton Scott Cracknell Third Row L2R Roy Owen Jason Grech Michael Randell Brendon Dixon Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.13 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 09 09SP Boys Names Front Row L2R Michael Gay Mark Steers Renato Olivieri John McMillan Bradley McLean Jason Buttigieg Ben Kim Second Row L2R Paul Porter Travis Layton Jason Bugeja Steven Gatt Peter Bettin Jason Fowler Third Row L2R Ken Ashton Michael Demjanancuk Dean Collins David Axiak Teacher Mr Sarino Prinzi Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.14 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10AC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Glen Falzon Joe Mizzi Peop Vilardo Brett Caisley Ralph DiQuattro Scott Trevorrow Gary Briffa Second Row L2R Christine Hearn Nicole Logan Melainy Fayer Hammie Maskell Grace Micallef Teacher Mrs Cassar Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.15 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10DM Boys Girls Names Row L2R Brenda Langridge Julie Anne Farrugia Melanie Porter Daina Moyses Tracy Duncan Second Row L2R Joanne Macarty Tricia Berry Rachael Harrick Melina McEwan Jodie Lindsey Rebecca Masuglia Third Row L2R Stuart Flemley Marko Martinovic Nathan Nunro Teachers Lesia Davey L Beardsley Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.16 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10IR Boys Names Front Row L2R Allan Cramp Stephen Filliponi David Gristi Adam Glazner Ibrahm Besim Adam Cornwill Dale Fieldew Second Row L2R Peter Duncan Nick Bakic Graeme Bury Scott Burridge Paul Kriehn Dale Fishlock Michael Quinn Third Row L2R Guy Spinks Anthony Bonello Glenn Dyson Chris Jordan Billy Korunvski Teacher Mr Ian Roberts Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.17 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10KC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Janet Davis Stephen Drake April Williams Matthew Cox Ellen Fischer Andrew McLachlan Michelle HIlton Second Row L2R Adam Grudzinski Robert Jurcic Paul Georgiou Craig Ward Daniel Verkys Teacher Mrs K Coakley Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.18 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10PD Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Maria Palma Desmond Vella Emma Bounday Joseph Spiteri Nadine Hall James Keenan Julie Baldacchino Second Row L2R Mario Sammut Craig Roper Kellie McMillan Andrea Allan David Mercicia Jason Sposito Third RudiRow Shane Cramp Richard Perrow Michael Micallef Troy Rogan Savvas Tsivicos Teacher M Panagiotidis Mr P Forbes 1051.19 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10TT Boys Names Front Row L2R Paul Lott Leigh Williams Richard Welch Steven Sultana David Rowlington Mark Plant Brendon Holland Second Row L2R Darren Portelli Daryl King Goran Milic Adrian Johnson Corey Sutherland Third Row L2R Suleyman Gulmen Robert Dalton Jason Dingley Michael Javni Jason Grech Teachers Mr John Thorpe Mr Mick Tancredi Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.20 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11CF Boys Names Front Row L2R Zoran Vasilevski Louis Zahra Mark Gauci Mark Roach Glenn Cook Mathew Martin Ben Attard Second Row L2R David Dalli Shayne Hedley Shane Cockburn Jason McCintock George Wells Shannon Evans Teacher Mr Chris Ferizis Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.21 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11JM Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Mathew Keeping Bobbie Keeping Shawn Gibbard Mark Perry Paris Roumbos Peter Sammut Jamie Gatt Second Row L2R Cindy Gay Troy Falconer Kelly Miller Jacqueline Fisher Mark Catania Debbie Keeping Third Row L2R Johnny Gauci Jason Farrugia Absent Verdik Ceni Jenny Williams Teacher Mr John Henry Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.22 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11MD Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Carol Kerri Lisa Dyer Zita Kostadinovic Jackie Clark Jenny Bodemaide Fiona Mingins Rita Brincat Second Row L2R Jodi Dyer Anthony Gatt Shane McLean Jamie Melrose Donald Rodda Louise Berry Third Row L2R Darren Edwards Gary Leighton Anthony McGrath Paul Fieldew Teachers Ms Debbie Fisher Mr Mike Croker Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.23 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11MR Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Dianne Whitton Aaron Gray Chris Begeja Elissa Miller James Calleja Mark Vella Rachael Gates Second Row L2R Narelle Logan Ante Jankovic Mark Power Jamie Tonna Adam Kehagias Eddie Hawkins Rita Gretch Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.24 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11SP Boys Names Front Row L2R Brett Scotland Ben Seferler Jason Gauci Chris Bavage Adam Kuras Steven Randall Ivan Gili Second Row L2R Jason Micallef Leigh Childs Rodney Hart Yani Tsavdaridis Nick Calleja Lee Havard Teacher Mr Steve Penna Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.25 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11WW Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Mathew Muster Leslie Johnson Donna Allan John Mifsud Sema Aziz Nicole Berry Darren Steele Second Row L2R Cam Ly Greg Davies Daniel Ruzeu Robert Aquilina David Zahra Third Row L2R Jason Menzel Andrew Bettin Richard Marmur Teacher Mr Chris Wheat Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.26 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TA Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Leanne Cooper Arthur Azzopardi Mark Baldacchino Steven Kokkinidis Tracey Dodd Second Row L2R Nicole Knight Mark Gordon Pasqualino Romano Neville Jenks Kylie Maskell Teachers Mr Andrew Lecky Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.27 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TB Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Julie Ramon Tracey Mills David Shilling Karen Dimeck George Nigro Tracy Carey Livalle Staker Second Row L2R Raelee McEwan Andrew Traczynski John Magnion Steven Porter Tracey McDonagh Teacher Irene Alexandrou Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.28 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Mary Borg Lynetter Delbridge Melissa Falzon Sharyn Farrugia Carol Chesters Carmel Sposito Second Row L2R Levi Marroqui Doni Milovanovic Donna Tatlow Donna Revell John Krypciak Andrew Evans Third Row L2R Matthew Dixon Brett Fischer Jamie Gray Jamie Montesano Teacher Mrs Angela Truono Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.29 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TE Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Michelle Chamberlain Reece Martin Allen Carrick Narelle Fayer Dean Gauci Paul Nuttall Karne Jones Second Row L2R Stephen Nuttall Denise Brown Greg Cotter Craig Burridge Rudi Begoviv Kendra Leighton Dean Evans Teacher Anne Langdon Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.30 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TF Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Dianne Azzopardi Kim Brown Amanda Hancock Charmaine Graham Melinda Firth Vicki Dawson Rachael Masuglio Teacher M Reynolds Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.31 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 VCE TOP Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Judy Martinali Adrian Iodite Kaylene Pfeiffer David Cassar Jenny Marriott Geoff Fieldew Carina Yanaz Second Row L2R Ana Dzomba Huseyin Ramadan Martin Marnik Errol Kominescu Darren Seisun George Santamaria Gillian Mathers Teacher Mr Gialamatzis Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.32 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 VCE T12 Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R D Azzopardi M Borg L Delbridge L Cooper J Ramon C Chesters I Dodd R Masugia M Falzon M Chamberia C Sposito L Staker Second Row L2R K Jones A Azzopardi M Fayer D Milovanovic C Graham T McDonagh M Knight S Kokkinides T Carey P Nuttal R Martin R Evans Third Row L2R G Nigro J Busuttill G Farrugia M Jenks R Hancock S Nuttall M Dunstan D Gauci K Maskell D Shilling D Tatlow R Brown L Marroquin Fourth Row L2R K Dimeck M Baldacchino D Brown S Porter M Firth D Revell R McEwen M Walker K Leighton A Carrick Fifth Row L2R I Mills A Traczynski B Fischer J Krypciak J Gray J Montesano J Mangion D Evans V Dawson Sixth Row L2R B Hrvojevic P Romano M Gordon C Burridge R Begovic G Cotter M Dixon Principal Mr P Forbes...Sunshine Technical School Technical School Sunshine Student Class Photo 1051.01 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Staff 1051.02 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Art Graphics 1051.03 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Rage Group 1051.04 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 07 07EC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Samantha Gahan Aaron Woods Angela Brown Harvey Hahne Leah Saric Lee Bakes Kylie Willett Second Row L2R James Gowans Rennie Sultana Belinda Jackson Susan Marriot Justin Trevorrow Chris Gowans Third Row L2R Paul Marney Dean Guildoyle Joey Marsay Rodney Oldham Teachers S Egan C Cook Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.05 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 07 07HM Boys Names Front Row L2R Stephen Chabowski Rodney Vella Brock Collins Grant Williams Anthony Krivohlavek Jason Clark Paul Grech Second Row L2R Shawn Duan Glen Van Boven Ian Gaffiero Edward Loriente Ken Harrison Third Row L2R Aaron Savage Brett Ross Billy Dimech Teacher Mr Harry Margaris Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.06 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 07 07WW Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Lee Gibbard Simone Donnelly Penny Evans Lisa Hearn Amanda McVeigh Tammy Holland Second Row L2R Xenios Tzios Ryan Havard Trevor Spence Paul Galea Emmanuel Marabeliotakis Justin Williams Third Row L2R Paul Grech Martin Parisi Stephen Ruzeu Teacher W Wright Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.07 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 08 08AM Boys Names Front Row L2R Jason Wri ght Donald Lockman Mark Bates Anthony Palm Adrian Wright Mathew Armeni Wayne Borg Second Row L2R Rodney Dingley Chris Tanti Mathew McMillen Leigh Maskell Andrew Hawkins Tony Doslov Adrian East Third Row L2R Anthony Grinham Patrick Vella Simon Curmi Jamie Howard Phillip Ruzeu Jamie Apap Teacher Mr A McCarter Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.08 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 08 08AT Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Lisa Gatt Helen Matejic Kellie Ann Thompson Andrea Glazner Sabine Clayton Michelle Gray Christine McLachlan Colleen Goodsell Aileen Greaves Second Row L2R Michael Deveson Gerard Baldacchino Steven Cashion Graeme Eudey Eric Deanslis Brice Milne Jamie Spiteri Phillip Shaw Third Row L2R Shane McLean Lisa Keith Kim Van Boven Tony Platten Teacher Mr Angela Truono Principle Mr P Forbes 1051.09 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 08 08MR Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Tracy Brown Leanne Hilton Christine Smith Belinda McVeish Jennifer Owen Sharna Donnelly Sally Haliday Rosemaree Raffaele Second Row L2R Brett Burridge Michael Carneille Rob Forte Tulav Bulamo Mandy Tonna Natalie Ratajszczak Andrew Grinham Martin Artigas Trevor Langrisse Third Row L2R Paul Brown Troy Grima Steven Alexander Mark Debono Rob Apap Teacher Margaret Rees Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.10 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 09 09FC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Barbara Wyse Kim Perry Pam Hill Mellissa Raffael Margaret Bettin Melissa Alldis Lynette Richards Second Row L2R Carla Richards Kylie Dearaugo Kristy Shelley Kate Barnard Michelle Dearaugo Lisa Willett Paul Dalli Third Row L2R Shawn Sposito Shannon Doll Slhane Firth Ray Tonna Chris Doll Frank Sulamg Teacher Mr Frank Cini Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.11 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 09 09GS Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Mark Ramsay Deborah Gebert Allan Robinson Trudy Gates Andrew Ioannou Kim Gahan Steve Hurford Second Row L2R Ricky Vella Shane King Karen Dorrough Melanie Carey Hannah Cracknell David Marino Scott Meyers Third Row L2R Jason Bowman Iliya Karlith John Dimieri Teacher G Shaw Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.12 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 09 09MM Boys Names Front Row L2R Simon Buttigieg Alan Mifsud Joseph Gatt Peter Dalli Matthew White David Micallef Second Row L2R Joey Thompson Robert Schnneider Steven Montebello Sean Ansell Shem Smeaton Scott Cracknell Third Row L2R Roy Owen Jason Grech Michael Randell Brendon Dixon Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.13 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 09 09SP Boys Names Front Row L2R Michael Gay Mark Steers Renato Olivieri John McMillan Bradley McLean Jason Buttigieg Ben Kim Second Row L2R Paul Porter Travis Layton Jason Bugeja Steven Gatt Peter Bettin Jason Fowler Third Row L2R Ken Ashton Michael Demjanancuk Dean Collins David Axiak Teacher Mr Sarino Prinzi Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.14 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10AC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Glen Falzon Joe Mizzi Peop Vilardo Brett Caisley Ralph DiQuattro Scott Trevorrow Gary Briffa Second Row L2R Christine Hearn Nicole Logan Melainy Fayer Hammie Maskell Grace Micallef Teacher Mrs Cassar Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.15 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10DM Boys Girls Names Row L2R Brenda Langridge Julie Anne Farrugia Melanie Porter Daina Moyses Tracy Duncan Second Row L2R Joanne Macarty Tricia Berry Rachael Harrick Melina McEwan Jodie Lindsey Rebecca Masuglia Third Row L2R Stuart Flemley Marko Martinovic Nathan Nunro Teachers Lesia Davey L Beardsley Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.16 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10IR Boys Names Front Row L2R Allan Cramp Stephen Filliponi David Gristi Adam Glazner Ibrahm Besim Adam Cornwill Dale Fieldew Second Row L2R Peter Duncan Nick Bakic Graeme Bury Scott Burridge Paul Kriehn Dale Fishlock Michael Quinn Third Row L2R Guy Spinks Anthony Bonello Glenn Dyson Chris Jordan Billy Korunvski Teacher Mr Ian Roberts Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.17 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10KC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Janet Davis Stephen Drake April Williams Matthew Cox Ellen Fischer Andrew McLachlan Michelle HIlton Second Row L2R Adam Grudzinski Robert Jurcic Paul Georgiou Craig Ward Daniel Verkys Teacher Mrs K Coakley Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.18 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10PD Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Maria Palma Desmond Vella Emma Bounday Joseph Spiteri Nadine Hall James Keenan Julie Baldacchino Second Row L2R Mario Sammut Craig Roper Kellie McMillan Andrea Allan David Mercicia Jason Sposito Third RudiRow Shane Cramp Richard Perrow Michael Micallef Troy Rogan Savvas Tsivicos Teacher M Panagiotidis Mr P Forbes 1051.19 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10TT Boys Names Front Row L2R Paul Lott Leigh Williams Richard Welch Steven Sultana David Rowlington Mark Plant Brendon Holland Second Row L2R Darren Portelli Daryl King Goran Milic Adrian Johnson Corey Sutherland Third Row L2R Suleyman Gulmen Robert Dalton Jason Dingley Michael Javni Jason Grech Teachers Mr John Thorpe Mr Mick Tancredi Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.20 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11CF Boys Names Front Row L2R Zoran Vasilevski Louis Zahra Mark Gauci Mark Roach Glenn Cook Mathew Martin Ben Attard Second Row L2R David Dalli Shayne Hedley Shane Cockburn Jason McCintock George Wells Shannon Evans Teacher Mr Chris Ferizis Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.21 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11JM Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Mathew Keeping Bobbie Keeping Shawn Gibbard Mark Perry Paris Roumbos Peter Sammut Jamie Gatt Second Row L2R Cindy Gay Troy Falconer Kelly Miller Jacqueline Fisher Mark Catania Debbie Keeping Third Row L2R Johnny Gauci Jason Farrugia Absent Verdik Ceni Jenny Williams Teacher Mr John Henry Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.22 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11MD Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Carol Kerri Lisa Dyer Zita Kostadinovic Jackie Clark Jenny Bodemaide Fiona Mingins Rita Brincat Second Row L2R Jodi Dyer Anthony Gatt Shane McLean Jamie Melrose Donald Rodda Louise Berry Third Row L2R Darren Edwards Gary Leighton Anthony McGrath Paul Fieldew Teachers Ms Debbie Fisher Mr Mike Croker Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.23 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11MR Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Dianne Whitton Aaron Gray Chris Begeja Elissa Miller James Calleja Mark Vella Rachael Gates Second Row L2R Narelle Logan Ante Jankovic Mark Power Jamie Tonna Adam Kehagias Eddie Hawkins Rita Gretch Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.24 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11SP Boys Names Front Row L2R Brett Scotland Ben Seferler Jason Gauci Chris Bavage Adam Kuras Steven Randall Ivan Gili Second Row L2R Jason Micallef Leigh Childs Rodney Hart Yani Tsavdaridis Nick Calleja Lee Havard Teacher Mr Steve Penna Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.25 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11WW Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Mathew Muster Leslie Johnson Donna Allan John Mifsud Sema Aziz Nicole Berry Darren Steele Second Row L2R Cam Ly Greg Davies Daniel Ruzeu Robert Aquilina David Zahra Third Row L2R Jason Menzel Andrew Bettin Richard Marmur Teacher Mr Chris Wheat Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.26 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TA Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Leanne Cooper Arthur Azzopardi Mark Baldacchino Steven Kokkinidis Tracey Dodd Second Row L2R Nicole Knight Mark Gordon Pasqualino Romano Neville Jenks Kylie Maskell Teachers Mr Andrew Lecky Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.27 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TB Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Julie Ramon Tracey Mills David Shilling Karen Dimeck George Nigro Tracy Carey Livalle Staker Second Row L2R Raelee McEwan Andrew Traczynski John Magnion Steven Porter Tracey McDonagh Teacher Irene Alexandrou Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.28 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Mary Borg Lynetter Delbridge Melissa Falzon Sharyn Farrugia Carol Chesters Carmel Sposito Second Row L2R Levi Marroqui Doni Milovanovic Donna Tatlow Donna Revell John Krypciak Andrew Evans Third Row L2R Matthew Dixon Brett Fischer Jamie Gray Jamie Montesano Teacher Mrs Angela Truono Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.29 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TE Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Michelle Chamberlain Reece Martin Allen Carrick Narelle Fayer Dean Gauci Paul Nuttall Karne Jones Second Row L2R Stephen Nuttall Denise Brown Greg Cotter Craig Burridge Rudi Begoviv Kendra Leighton Dean Evans Teacher Anne Langdon Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.30 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TF Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Dianne Azzopardi Kim Brown Amanda Hancock Charmaine Graham Melinda Firth Vicki Dawson Rachael Masuglio Teacher M Reynolds Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.31 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 VCE TOP Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Judy Martinali Adrian Iodite Kaylene Pfeiffer David Cassar Jenny Marriott Geoff Fieldew Carina Yanaz Second Row L2R Ana Dzomba Huseyin Ramadan Martin Marnik Errol Kominescu Darren Seisun George Santamaria Gillian Mathers Teacher Mr Gialamatzis Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.32 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 VCE T12 Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R D Azzopardi M Borg L Delbridge L Cooper J Ramon C Chesters I Dodd R Masugia M Falzon M Chamberia C Sposito L Staker Second Row L2R K Jones A Azzopardi M Fayer D Milovanovic C Graham T McDonagh M Knight S Kokkinides T Carey P Nuttal R Martin R Evans Third Row L2R G Nigro J Busuttill G Farrugia M Jenks R Hancock S Nuttall M Dunstan D Gauci K Maskell D Shilling D Tatlow R Brown L Marroquin Fourth Row L2R K Dimeck M Baldacchino D Brown S Porter M Firth D Revell R McEwen M Walker K Leighton A Carrick Fifth Row L2R I Mills A Traczynski B Fischer J Krypciak J Gray J Montesano J Mangion D Evans V Dawson Sixth Row L2R B Hrvojevic P Romano M Gordon C Burridge R Begovic G Cotter M Dixon Principal Mr P Forbes A collection of 32 coloured photographs of staff and students of Sunshine Technical School for the year 1989. ...1051.01 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Staff 1051.02 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Art Graphics 1051.03 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Rage Group 1051.04 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 07 07EC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Samantha Gahan Aaron Woods Angela Brown Harvey Hahne Leah Saric Lee Bakes Kylie Willett Second Row L2R James Gowans Rennie Sultana Belinda Jackson Susan Marriot Justin Trevorrow Chris Gowans Third Row L2R Paul Marney Dean Guildoyle Joey Marsay Rodney Oldham Teachers S Egan C Cook Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.05 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 07 07HM Boys Names Front Row L2R Stephen Chabowski Rodney Vella Brock Collins Grant Williams Anthony Krivohlavek Jason Clark Paul Grech Second Row L2R Shawn Duan Glen Van Boven Ian Gaffiero Edward Loriente Ken Harrison Third Row L2R Aaron Savage Brett Ross Billy Dimech Teacher Mr Harry Margaris Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.06 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 07 07WW Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Lee Gibbard Simone Donnelly Penny Evans Lisa Hearn Amanda McVeigh Tammy Holland Second Row L2R Xenios Tzios Ryan Havard Trevor Spence Paul Galea Emmanuel Marabeliotakis Justin Williams Third Row L2R Paul Grech Martin Parisi Stephen Ruzeu Teacher W Wright Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.07 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 08 08AM Boys Names Front Row L2R Jason Wri ght Donald Lockman Mark Bates Anthony Palm Adrian Wright Mathew Armeni Wayne Borg Second Row L2R Rodney Dingley Chris Tanti Mathew McMillen Leigh Maskell Andrew Hawkins Tony Doslov Adrian East Third Row L2R Anthony Grinham Patrick Vella Simon Curmi Jamie Howard Phillip Ruzeu Jamie Apap Teacher Mr A McCarter Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.08 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 08 08AT Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Lisa Gatt Helen Matejic Kellie Ann Thompson Andrea Glazner Sabine Clayton Michelle Gray Christine McLachlan Colleen Goodsell Aileen Greaves Second Row L2R Michael Deveson Gerard Baldacchino Steven Cashion Graeme Eudey Eric Deanslis Brice Milne Jamie Spiteri Phillip Shaw Third Row L2R Shane McLean Lisa Keith Kim Van Boven Tony Platten Teacher Mr Angela Truono Principle Mr P Forbes 1051.09 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 08 08MR Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Tracy Brown Leanne Hilton Christine Smith Belinda McVeish Jennifer Owen Sharna Donnelly Sally Haliday Rosemaree Raffaele Second Row L2R Brett Burridge Michael Carneille Rob Forte Tulav Bulamo Mandy Tonna Natalie Ratajszczak Andrew Grinham Martin Artigas Trevor Langrisse Third Row L2R Paul Brown Troy Grima Steven Alexander Mark Debono Rob Apap Teacher Margaret Rees Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.10 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 09 09FC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Barbara Wyse Kim Perry Pam Hill Mellissa Raffael Margaret Bettin Melissa Alldis Lynette Richards Second Row L2R Carla Richards Kylie Dearaugo Kristy Shelley Kate Barnard Michelle Dearaugo Lisa Willett Paul Dalli Third Row L2R Shawn Sposito Shannon Doll Slhane Firth Ray Tonna Chris Doll Frank Sulamg Teacher Mr Frank Cini Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.11 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 09 09GS Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Mark Ramsay Deborah Gebert Allan Robinson Trudy Gates Andrew Ioannou Kim Gahan Steve Hurford Second Row L2R Ricky Vella Shane King Karen Dorrough Melanie Carey Hannah Cracknell David Marino Scott Meyers Third Row L2R Jason Bowman Iliya Karlith John Dimieri Teacher G Shaw Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.12 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 09 09MM Boys Names Front Row L2R Simon Buttigieg Alan Mifsud Joseph Gatt Peter Dalli Matthew White David Micallef Second Row L2R Joey Thompson Robert Schnneider Steven Montebello Sean Ansell Shem Smeaton Scott Cracknell Third Row L2R Roy Owen Jason Grech Michael Randell Brendon Dixon Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.13 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 09 09SP Boys Names Front Row L2R Michael Gay Mark Steers Renato Olivieri John McMillan Bradley McLean Jason Buttigieg Ben Kim Second Row L2R Paul Porter Travis Layton Jason Bugeja Steven Gatt Peter Bettin Jason Fowler Third Row L2R Ken Ashton Michael Demjanancuk Dean Collins David Axiak Teacher Mr Sarino Prinzi Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.14 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10AC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Glen Falzon Joe Mizzi Peop Vilardo Brett Caisley Ralph DiQuattro Scott Trevorrow Gary Briffa Second Row L2R Christine Hearn Nicole Logan Melainy Fayer Hammie Maskell Grace Micallef Teacher Mrs Cassar Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.15 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10DM Boys Girls Names Row L2R Brenda Langridge Julie Anne Farrugia Melanie Porter Daina Moyses Tracy Duncan Second Row L2R Joanne Macarty Tricia Berry Rachael Harrick Melina McEwan Jodie Lindsey Rebecca Masuglia Third Row L2R Stuart Flemley Marko Martinovic Nathan Nunro Teachers Lesia Davey L Beardsley Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.16 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10IR Boys Names Front Row L2R Allan Cramp Stephen Filliponi David Gristi Adam Glazner Ibrahm Besim Adam Cornwill Dale Fieldew Second Row L2R Peter Duncan Nick Bakic Graeme Bury Scott Burridge Paul Kriehn Dale Fishlock Michael Quinn Third Row L2R Guy Spinks Anthony Bonello Glenn Dyson Chris Jordan Billy Korunvski Teacher Mr Ian Roberts Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.17 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10KC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Janet Davis Stephen Drake April Williams Matthew Cox Ellen Fischer Andrew McLachlan Michelle HIlton Second Row L2R Adam Grudzinski Robert Jurcic Paul Georgiou Craig Ward Daniel Verkys Teacher Mrs K Coakley Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.18 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10PD Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Maria Palma Desmond Vella Emma Bounday Joseph Spiteri Nadine Hall James Keenan Julie Baldacchino Second Row L2R Mario Sammut Craig Roper Kellie McMillan Andrea Allan David Mercicia Jason Sposito Third RudiRow Shane Cramp Richard Perrow Michael Micallef Troy Rogan Savvas Tsivicos Teacher M Panagiotidis Mr P Forbes 1051.19 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 10 10TT Boys Names Front Row L2R Paul Lott Leigh Williams Richard Welch Steven Sultana David Rowlington Mark Plant Brendon Holland Second Row L2R Darren Portelli Daryl King Goran Milic Adrian Johnson Corey Sutherland Third Row L2R Suleyman Gulmen Robert Dalton Jason Dingley Michael Javni Jason Grech Teachers Mr John Thorpe Mr Mick Tancredi Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.20 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11CF Boys Names Front Row L2R Zoran Vasilevski Louis Zahra Mark Gauci Mark Roach Glenn Cook Mathew Martin Ben Attard Second Row L2R David Dalli Shayne Hedley Shane Cockburn Jason McCintock George Wells Shannon Evans Teacher Mr Chris Ferizis Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.21 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11JM Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Mathew Keeping Bobbie Keeping Shawn Gibbard Mark Perry Paris Roumbos Peter Sammut Jamie Gatt Second Row L2R Cindy Gay Troy Falconer Kelly Miller Jacqueline Fisher Mark Catania Debbie Keeping Third Row L2R Johnny Gauci Jason Farrugia Absent Verdik Ceni Jenny Williams Teacher Mr John Henry Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.22 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11MD Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Carol Kerri Lisa Dyer Zita Kostadinovic Jackie Clark Jenny Bodemaide Fiona Mingins Rita Brincat Second Row L2R Jodi Dyer Anthony Gatt Shane McLean Jamie Melrose Donald Rodda Louise Berry Third Row L2R Darren Edwards Gary Leighton Anthony McGrath Paul Fieldew Teachers Ms Debbie Fisher Mr Mike Croker Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.23 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11MR Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Dianne Whitton Aaron Gray Chris Begeja Elissa Miller James Calleja Mark Vella Rachael Gates Second Row L2R Narelle Logan Ante Jankovic Mark Power Jamie Tonna Adam Kehagias Eddie Hawkins Rita Gretch Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.24 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11SP Boys Names Front Row L2R Brett Scotland Ben Seferler Jason Gauci Chris Bavage Adam Kuras Steven Randall Ivan Gili Second Row L2R Jason Micallef Leigh Childs Rodney Hart Yani Tsavdaridis Nick Calleja Lee Havard Teacher Mr Steve Penna Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.25 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 11 11WW Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Mathew Muster Leslie Johnson Donna Allan John Mifsud Sema Aziz Nicole Berry Darren Steele Second Row L2R Cam Ly Greg Davies Daniel Ruzeu Robert Aquilina David Zahra Third Row L2R Jason Menzel Andrew Bettin Richard Marmur Teacher Mr Chris Wheat Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.26 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TA Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Leanne Cooper Arthur Azzopardi Mark Baldacchino Steven Kokkinidis Tracey Dodd Second Row L2R Nicole Knight Mark Gordon Pasqualino Romano Neville Jenks Kylie Maskell Teachers Mr Andrew Lecky Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.27 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TB Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Julie Ramon Tracey Mills David Shilling Karen Dimeck George Nigro Tracy Carey Livalle Staker Second Row L2R Raelee McEwan Andrew Traczynski John Magnion Steven Porter Tracey McDonagh Teacher Irene Alexandrou Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.28 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TC Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Mary Borg Lynetter Delbridge Melissa Falzon Sharyn Farrugia Carol Chesters Carmel Sposito Second Row L2R Levi Marroqui Doni Milovanovic Donna Tatlow Donna Revell John Krypciak Andrew Evans Third Row L2R Matthew Dixon Brett Fischer Jamie Gray Jamie Montesano Teacher Mrs Angela Truono Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.29 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TE Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Michelle Chamberlain Reece Martin Allen Carrick Narelle Fayer Dean Gauci Paul Nuttall Karne Jones Second Row L2R Stephen Nuttall Denise Brown Greg Cotter Craig Burridge Rudi Begoviv Kendra Leighton Dean Evans Teacher Anne Langdon Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.30 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 12TF Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Dianne Azzopardi Kim Brown Amanda Hancock Charmaine Graham Melinda Firth Vicki Dawson Rachael Masuglio Teacher M Reynolds Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.31 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 VCE TOP Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R Judy Martinali Adrian Iodite Kaylene Pfeiffer David Cassar Jenny Marriott Geoff Fieldew Carina Yanaz Second Row L2R Ana Dzomba Huseyin Ramadan Martin Marnik Errol Kominescu Darren Seisun George Santamaria Gillian Mathers Teacher Mr Gialamatzis Principal Mr P Forbes 1051.32 - Sunshine Technical School 1989 Year 12 VCE T12 Boys Girls Names Front Row L2R D Azzopardi M Borg L Delbridge L Cooper J Ramon C Chesters I Dodd R Masugia M Falzon M Chamberia C Sposito L Staker Second Row L2R K Jones A Azzopardi M Fayer D Milovanovic C Graham T McDonagh M Knight S Kokkinides T Carey P Nuttal R Martin R Evans Third Row L2R G Nigro J Busuttill G Farrugia M Jenks R Hancock S Nuttall M Dunstan D Gauci K Maskell D Shilling D Tatlow R Brown L Marroquin Fourth Row L2R K Dimeck M Baldacchino D Brown S Porter M Firth D Revell R McEwen M Walker K Leighton A Carrick Fifth Row L2R I Mills A Traczynski B Fischer J Krypciak J Gray J Montesano J Mangion D Evans V Dawson Sixth Row L2R B Hrvojevic P Romano M Gordon C Burridge R Begovic G Cotter M Dixon Principal Mr P Forbessunshine technical school, technical school, sunshine, student, class photo -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageFunctional object - Ship's Wheel, 1871 or earlier
... Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. ...Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. ...The ship building company E. & A. Sewall, from Bath, Maine, USA, built many ships that had wheels with the same decorative, starburst pattern on them as this particular wheel segment, including the Eric the Red. The wheel was manufactured by their local Bath foundry, Geo. Moulton & Co. and sold to the Sewall yard for $100, according to the construction accounts of the vessel. Eric the Red was a wooden, three masted clipper ship. She had 1,580 tons register and was the largest full-rigged ship built at Bath, Maine, USA in 1871. She was built and registered by Arthur Sewall, later to become the partnership E. & A. Sewall, and was the 51st ship built by this company. The annually-published List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. shows that Bath was still the home port of Eric the Red in 1880. The vessel was named after the Viking discoverer, Eric the Red, who was the first European to reach the shores of North America (in 980AD). The ship Eric the Red at first traded in coal between America and Britain, and later traded in guano nitrates from South America. In 1879 she was re-metalled and was in first class condition. On 10th June 1880 (some records say 12th June) Eric the Red departed New York for Melbourne and then Sydney. She had been commissioned by American trade representatives to carry a special cargo of 500 exhibits (1400 tons) - about a quarter to a third of America’s total exhibits - from America for the U.S.A. pavilion at Melbourne’s first International Exhibition. The exhibits included furniture, ironmongery, wines, chemicals, dental and surgical instruments, paper, cages, bronze lamp trimmings, axles, stamped ware, astronomical and time globes, samples of corn and the choicest of leaf tobacco. Other general cargo included merchandise such as cases of kerosene and turpentine, brooms, Bristol's Sarsaparilla, Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines, Wheeler’s thresher machine, axe handles and tools, cases of silver plate, toys, pianos and organs, carriages and Yankee notions. The Eric the Red left New York under the command of Captain Z. Allen (or some records say Captain Jacques Allen) and 24 other crew including the owner’s son third mate Ned Sewall. There were 2 saloon passengers also. On 4th September 1880 the ship had been sailing for an uneventful 85 days and the voyage was almost at its end. Eric the Red approached Cape Otway in a moderate north-west wind and hazy and overcast atmosphere. Around 1:30am Captain Allen sighted the Cape Otway light and was keeping the ship 5-6 miles offshore to stay clear of the hazardous Otway Reef. However he had badly misjudged his position. The ship hit the Otway Reef about 2 miles out to sea, south west of the Cape Otway light station. Captain Allen ordered the wheel to be put ‘hard up’ thinking that she might float off the reef. A heavy sea knocked the man away from the wheel, broke the wheel ropes and carried away the rudder. The sea swamped the lifeboats, the mizzenmast fell, with all of its rigging, then the mainmast fell and the ship broke in two. Some said that the passenger Vaughan, who was travelling for his health and not very strong, was washed overboard and never seen again. The ship started breaking up. The forward house came adrift with three of the crew on it as well as a longboat, which the men succeeded in launching and keeping afloat by continually bailing with their sea boots. The captain, the third mate (the owner’s son) and others clung to the mizzenmast in the sea. Then the owner’s son was washed away off the mast. Within 10 minutes the rest of the ship was in pieces, completely wrecked, with cargo and wreckage floating in the sea. The captain encouraged the second mate to swim with him to the deckhouse where there were other crew but the second mate wouldn’t go with him. Eventually the Captain made it to the deckhouse and the men pulled him up. At about 4:30am the group of men on the deckhouse saw the lights of a steamer and called for help. At the same time they noticed the second mate and the other man had drifted nearby, still on the spur, and pulled them both onto the wreck. The coastal steamer Dawn was returning to Warrnambool from Melbourne, its sailing time different to its usual schedule. Cries were heard coming from out of the darkness. Captain Jones sent out two life boats, and fired off rockets and blue lights to illuminate the area. They picked up the three survivors who were in the long boat from Eric the Red. Two men were picked up out of the water, one being the owner’s son who was clinging to floating kerosene boxes. At daylight the Dawn then rescued the 18 men from the floating portion of the deckhouse, which had drifted about 4 miles from where they’d struck the reef. Shortly after the rescue the deckhouse drifted onto breakers and was thrown onto rocks at Point Franklin, about 2 miles east of Cape Otway. Captain Jones had signalled to Cape Otway lighthouse the number of the Eric the Red and later signalled that there was a wreck at Otway Reef but there was no response from the lighthouse. The captain and crew of the Dawn spent several more hours searching unsuccessfully for more survivors, even going back as far as Apollo Bay. On board the Dawn the exhausted men received care and attention to their needs and wants, including much needed clothing. Captain Allen was amongst the 23 battered and injured men who were rescued and later taken to Warrnambool for care. Warrnambool’s mayor and town clerk offered them all hospitality, the three badly injured men going to the hospital and others to the Olive Branch Hotel, then on to Melbourne. Captain Allen’s leg injury prevented him from going ashore so he and three other men travelled on the Dawn to Portland. They were met by the mayor who also treated them all with great kindness. Captain Allen took the train back to Melbourne then returned to America. Those saved were Captain Z. Allen (or Jacques Allen), J. Darcy chief mate, James F. Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. Black, Denis White, C. Herbert, C. Thompson, A. Brooks, D. Wilson, J. Ellis, Q. Thompson, C. Newman, W. Paul, J. Davis, M. Horenleng, J. Ogduff, T. W. Drew, R. Richardson. Four men had lost their lives; three of them were crew (Gus Dahlgreen ship’s carpenter, H. Ackman steward, who drowned in his cabin, and George Silver seaman) and one a passenger (J. B. Vaughan). The body of one of them had been found washed up at Cape Otway and was later buried in the lighthouse cemetery; another body was seen on an inaccessible ledge. Twelve months later the second mate James F. Lawrence, from Nova Scotia, passed away in the Warrnambool district; an obituary was displayed in the local paper. The captain and crew of the Dawn were recognised by the United States Government in July 1881 for their humane efforts and bravery, being thanked and presented with substantial monetary rewards, medals and gifts. Neither the ship, nor its cargo, was insured. The ship was worth about £15,000 and the cargo was reportedly worth £40,000; only about £2,000 worth had been recovered. Cargo and wreckage washed up at Apollo Bay, Peterborough, Port Campbell, Western Port and according to some reports, even as far away as the beaches of New Zealand. The day after the wreck the government steam ship Pharos was sent from Queenscliff to clear the shipping lanes of debris that could be a danger to ships. The large midship deckhouse of the ship was found floating in a calm sea near Henty Reef. Items such as an American chair, a ladder and a nest of boxes were all on top of the deckhouse. As it was so large and could cause danger to passing ships, Captain Payne had the deckhouse towed towards the shore just beyond Apollo Bay. Between Apollo Bay and Blanket Bay the captain and crew of Pharos collected Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines, nests of boxes, bottles of Bristol’s sarsaparilla, pieces of common American chairs, axe handles, a Wheelers’ Patent thresher and a sailor’s trunk with the words “A. James” on the front. A ship’s flag-board bearing the words “Eric the Red” was found on the deckhouse; finally those on board the Pharos had the name of the wrecked vessel. During this operation Pharos came across the government steamer Victoria and also a steamer S.S. Otway, both of which were picking up flotsam and wreckage. A whole side of the hull and three large pieces of the other side of the hull, with some of the copper sheathing stripped off, had floated on to Point Franklin. Some of the vessels yards and portions of her masts were on shore. The pieces of canvas attached to the yards and masts confirmed that the vessel had been under sail. The beach there was piled with debris several feet high. There were many cases of Diamond Oil kerosene, labelled R. W. Cameron and Company, New York. There were also many large planks of red pine, portions of a small white boat and a large, well-used oar. Other items found ashore included sewing machines (some consigned to ‘Long and Co.”) and notions, axe and scythe handles, hay forks, wooden pegs, rolls of wire (some branded “T.S” and Co, Melbourne”), kegs of nails branded “A.T. and Co.” from the factory of A. Field and Son, Taunton, Massachusetts, croquet balls and mallets, buggy fittings, rat traps, perfumery, cutlery and Douay Bibles, clocks, bicycles, chairs, a fly wheel, a cooking stove, timber, boxes, pianos, organs and a ladder. (Wooden clothes pegs drifted in for many years). There seemed to be no personal luggage or clothing. The Pharos encountered a long line, about one and a half miles, of floating wreckage about 10 miles off land, south east of Cape Otway, and in some places about 40 feet wide. It seemed that more than half of it was from Eric the Red. The ship’s crew rescued 3 cases that were for the Melbourne Exhibition and other items from amongst the debris. There were also chairs, doors, musical instruments, washing boards, nests of trunks and fly catchers floating in the sea. Most of the goods were saturated and smelt of kerosene. A section of the hull lies buried in the sand at Parker River Beach. An anchor with chain is embedded in the rocks east of Point Franklin and a second anchor, thought to be from Eric the Red, is on display at the Cape Otway light station. (There is a photograph of a life belt on the verandah of Rivernook Guest House in Princetown with the words “ERIC THE RED / BOSTON”. This is rather a mystery as the ship was registered in Bath, Maine, USA.) Parts of the ship are on display at Bimbi Park Caravan Park and at Apollo Bay Museum. Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village also has part of the helm (steering wheel), a carved wooden sword (said to be the only remaining portion of the ship’s figurehead; further research is currently being carried out), a door, a metal rod, samples of wood and a medal for bravery. Much of the wreckage was recovered by the local residents before police and other authorities arrived at the scene. Looters went to great effort to salvage goods, being lowered down the high cliff faces to areas with little or no beach to collect items from the wreckage, their mates above watching out for dangerous waves. A Tasmanian newspaper reports on a court case in Stawell, Victoria, noting a man who was caught 2 months later selling tobacco from the wreckage of Eric the Red. Some of the silverware is still treasured by descendants of Mr Mackenzie who was given these items by officials for his help in securing the cargo. The gifts included silver coffee and tea pots, half a dozen silver serviette rings and two sewing machines. The wreck and cargo were sold to a Melbourne man who salvaged a quantity of high quality tobacco and dental and surgical instruments. Timbers from the ship were salvaged and used in the construction of houses and sheds around Apollo Bay, including a guest house, Milford House (since burnt down in bushfires), which had furniture, fittings and timber on the dining room floor from the ship. A 39.7 foot long trading ketch, the Apollo, was also built from its timbers by Mr Burgess in 1883 and subsequently used in Tasmanian waters. It was the first attempt at ship building in Apollo bay. In 1881 a red light was installed about 300 feet above sea level at the base of the Cape Otway lighthouse to warn ships when they were too close to shore; It would not be visible unless a ship came within 3 miles from it. This has proved to be an effective warning. The State Library of Victoria has a lithograph in its collection depicting the steamer Dawn and the shipwrecked men, titled. "Wreck of the ship Eric the Red, Cape Otway: rescue of the crew by the Dawn". “The Eric the Red is historically significant as one of Victoria's major 19th century shipwrecks. (Heritage Victoria Eric the Red; HV ID 239) The wreck led to the provision of an additional warning light placed below the Cape Otway lighthouse to alert mariners to the location of Otway Reef. The site is archaeologically significant for its remains of a large and varied cargo and ship's fittings being scattered over a wide area. The site is recreationally and aesthetically significant as it is one of the few sites along this coast where tourists can visit identifiable remains of a large wooden shipwreck, and for its location set against the background of Cape Otway, Bass Strait, and the Cape Otway lighthouse.“ (Victorian Heritage Database Registration Number S239, Official Number 8745 USA) Segment of a ship's wheel, or helm, from the wreck of the sailing ship Eric the Red. The wheel part is an arc shape from the outer rim of the wheel and is made up of three layers of timber. The centre layer is a dark, dense timber and is wider than the two outer layers, which are less dense and lighter in colour. The wheel segment has a vertically symmetrical, decorative copper plate inlaid on the front. The plate has a starburst pattern; six stars decorate it, each at a point where there is a metal fitting going through the three layers of timber to the rear side of the wheel. On the rear each of the six fittings has an individual copper star around it. The edges of the helm are rounded and bevelled, polished to a shine in a dark stain. Around each of the stars, front and back, the wood is a lighter colour, as though the metal in that area being polished frequently. The length of the segment suggests that it has probably come from a wheel or helm that had ten spokes. (Ref: F.H.M.M. 16th March 1994, 239.6.610.3.7. 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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageFurniture - Door, 1871 or earlier
... Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. ...Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. ...The wooden door was salvaged from the wreck of the sailing ship Eric the Red, which was a wooden, three masted clipper ship. Eric the Red was the largest full-rigged ship built at Bath, Maine, USA in 1871, having had a 1,580 tons register. She was built and registered by Arthur Sewall, later to become the partnership E. & A. Sewall, the 51st ship built by this company. The annually-published List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. shows Bath was still the home port of Eric the Red in 1880. The vessel was named after the Viking discoverer, Eric the Red, who was the first European to reach the shores of North America (in 980AD). The ship Eric the Red at first traded in coal between America and Britain, and later traded in guano nitrates from South America. In 1879 she was re-metalled and was in first class condition. On 10th June 1880 (some records say 12th June) Eric the Red departed New York for Melbourne and then Sydney. She had been commissioned by American trade representatives to carry a special cargo of 500 exhibits (1400 tons) – about a quarter to a third of America’s total exhibits - from America for the U.S.A. pavilion at Melbourne’s first International Exhibition. The exhibits included furniture, ironmongery, wines, chemicals, dental and surgical instruments, paper, cages, bronze lamp trimmings, axles, stamped ware, astronomical and time globes, samples of corn and the choicest of leaf tobacco. Other general cargo included merchandise such as cases of kerosene and turpentine, brooms, Bristol's Sarsaparilla, Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines, Wheeler’s thresher machine, axe handles and tools, cases of silver plate, toys, pianos and organs, carriages and Yankee notions. The Eric the Red left New York under the command of Captain Z. Allen (or some records say Captain Jacques Allen) and 24 other crew including the owner’s son third mate Ned Sewall. There were 2 saloon passengers also. The ship had been sailing for an uneventful 85 days and the voyage was almost at its end. On 4th September 1880 the Eric the Red approached Cape Otway with a moderate north-west wind and hazy and overcast atmosphere. Around 1:30am Captain Allen sighted the Cape Otway light and was keeping the ship 5-6 miles offshore to stay clear of the hazardous Otway Reef. However he had badly misjudged his position. The ship hit the Otway Reef about 2 miles out to sea, south west of the Cape Otway light station. He ordered the wheel to be put ‘hard up’ thinking that she might float off the reef. A heavy sea knocked the man away from the wheel, broke the wheel ropes and carried away the rudder. The sea swamped the lifeboats. The mizzenmast fell, with all of its rigging, then the mainmast also fell and the ship broke in two. Some said that the passenger Vaughan, who was travelling for his health and not very strong, was washed overboard and never seen again. The ship started breaking up. The forward house came adrift with three of the crew on it as well as a longboat, which the men succeeded in launching and keeping afloat by continually bailing with their sea boots. The captain, the third mate (the owner’s son) and others clung to the mizzenmast in the sea. Then the owner’s son was washed away off the mast. Within 10 minutes the rest of the ship was in pieces, completely wrecked, with cargo and wreckage floating in the sea. The captain encouraged the second mate to swim with him to the deckhouse where there were other crew but the second mate wouldn’t go with him. Eventually the Captain made it to the deckhouse and the men pulled him up. At about 4:30am the group of men on the deckhouse saw the lights of a steamer and called for help. At the same time they noticed the second mate and the other man had drifted nearby, still on the spur, and pulled them both onto the wreck. The coastal steamer Dawn was returning to Warrnambool from Melbourne, its sailing time different to its usual schedule. Captain Jones sent out two life boats, and fired off rockets and blue lights to illuminate the area. They picked up the three survivors who were in the long boat from Eric the Red. Two men were picked up out of the water, one being the owner’s son who was clinging to floating kerosene boxes. At daylight the Dawn then rescued the 18 men from the floating portion of the deckhouse, which had drifted about 4 miles from where they’d struck the reef. Shortly after the rescue the deckhouse drifted onto breakers and was thrown onto rocks at Point Franklin, about 2 miles east of Cape Otway. Captain Jones had signalled to Cape Otway lighthouse the number of the Eric the Red and later signalled that there was a wreck at Otway Reef but there was no response from the lighthouse. The captain and crew of the Dawn spent several more hours searching unsuccessfully for more survivors, even going back as far as Apollo Bay. On board the Dawn the exhausted men received care and attention to their needs and wants, including much needed clothing. Captain Allen was amongst the 23 battered and injured men who were rescued and later taken to Warrnambool for care. Warrnambool’s mayor and town clerk offered them all hospitality, the three badly injured men going to the hospital for care and others to the Olive Branch Hotel, then on to Melbourne. Captain Allen’s leg injury prevented him from going ashore so he and three other men travelled on the Dawn to Portland. They were met by the mayor who also treated them all with great kindness. Captain Allen took the train back to Melbourne then returned to America. Those saved were Captain Z. Allen (or Jacques Allen), J. Darcy chief mate, James F. Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. Black, Denis White, C. Herbert, C. Thompson, A. Brooks, D. Wilson, J. Ellis, Q. Thompson, C. Newman, W. Paul, J. Davis, M. Horenleng, J. Ogduff, T. W. Drew, R. Richardson. Four men had lost their lives; three of them were crew (Gus Dahlgreen ship’s carpenter, H. Ackman steward, who drowned in his cabin, and George Silver seaman) and one a passenger (J. B. Vaughan). The body of one of them had been found washed up at Cape Otway and was later buried in the lighthouse cemetery; another body was seen on an inaccessible ledge. Twelve months later the second mate James F. Lawrence, from Nova Scotia, passed away in the Warrnambool district; an obituary was displayed in the local paper. The captain and crew of the Dawn were recognised by the United States Government in July 1881 for their humane efforts, being thanked and presented with substantial monetary rewards, medals and gifts. Neither the ship, nor its cargo, was insured. The ship was worth about £15,000 and the cargo was reportedly worth £40,000; only about £2,000 worth had been recovered. Cargo and wreckage washed up at Apollo Bay, Peterborough, Port Campbell, Western Port and according to some reports, even as far away as the beaches of New Zealand. The day after the wreck the government steam ship Pharos was sent from Queenscliff to clear the shipping lanes of debris that could be a danger to ships. The large midship deckhouse of the ship was found floating in a calm sea near Henty Reef. Items such as an American chair, a ladder and a nest of boxes were all on top of the deckhouse. As it was so large and could cause danger to passing ships, Captain Payne had the deckhouse towed towards the shore just beyond Apollo Bay. Between Apollo Bay and Blanket Bay the captain and crew of Pharos collected Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines, nests of boxes, bottles of Bristol’s sarsaparilla, pieces of common American chairs, axe handles, a Wheelers’ Patent thresher and a sailor’s trunk with the words “A. James” on the front. A ship’s flag-board bearing the words “Eric the Red” was found on the deckhouse; finally those on board the Pharos had the name of the wrecked vessel. During this operation Pharos came across the government steamer Victoria and also a steamer S.S. Otway, both of which were picking up flotsam and wreckage. A whole side of the hull and three large pieces of the other side of the hull, with some of the copper sheathing stripped off, had floated on to Point Franklin. Some of the vessels yards and portions of her masts were on shore. The pieces of canvas attached to the yards and masts confirmed that the vessel had been under sail. The beach there was piled with debris several feet high. There were many cases of Diamond Oil kerosene, labelled R. W. Cameron and Company, New York. There were also many large planks of red pine, portions of a small white boat and a large, well-used oar. Other items found ashore included sewing machines (some consigned to ‘Long and Co.”) and notions, axe and scythe handles, hay forks, wooden pegs, rolls of wire (some branded “T.S” and Co, Melbourne”), kegs of nails branded “A.T. and Co.” from the factory of A. Field and Son, Taunton, Massachusetts, croquet balls and mallets, buggy fittings, rat traps, perfumery, cutlery and Douay Bibles, clocks, bicycles, chairs, a fly wheel, a cooking stove, timber, boxes, pianos, organs and a ladder. (Wooden clothes pegs drifted in for many years). There seemed to be no personal luggage or clothing. The Pharos encountered a long line, about one and a half miles, of floating wreckage about 10 miles off land, south east of Cape Otway, and in some places about 40 feet wide. It seemed that more than half of it was from Eric the Red. The ship’s crew rescued 3 cases that were for the Melbourne Exhibition and other items from amongst the debris. There were also chairs, doors, musical instruments, washing boards, nests of trunks and fly catchers floating in the sea. Most of the goods were saturated and smelt of kerosene. A section of the hull lies buried in the sand at Parker River Beach. An anchor with chain is embedded in the rocks east of Point Franklin and a second anchor, thought to be from Eric the Red, is on display at the Cape Otway light station. (There is a photograph of a life belt on the verandah of Rivernook Guest House in Princetown with the words “ERIC THE RED / BOSTON”. This is rather a mystery as the ship was registered in Bath, Maine, USA.) Parts of the ship are on display at Bimbi Park Caravan Park and at Apollo Bay Museum. Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village also has part of the helm (steering wheel), a carved wooden sword (said to be the only remaining portion of the ship’s figurehead; further research is currently being carried out), a door, a metal rod and samples of wood. Much of the wreckage was recovered by the local residents before police and other authorities arrived at the scene. Looters went to great effort to salvage goods, being lowered down the high cliff faces to areas with little or no beach to collect items from the wreckage, their mates above watching out for dangerous waves. A Tasmanian newspaper reports on a court case in Stawell, Victoria, noting a man who was caught 2 months later selling tobacco from the wreckage of Eric the Red. Some of the silverware is still treasured by descendants of Mr Mackenzie who was given these items by officials for his help in securing the cargo. The gifts included silver coffee and tea pots, half a dozen silver serviette rings and two sewing machines. The wreck and cargo were sold to a Melbourne man who salvaged a quantity of high quality tobacco and dental and surgical instruments. Timbers from the ship were salvaged and used in the construction of houses and sheds around Apollo Bay, including a guest house, Milford House (since burnt down in bushfires), which had furniture, fittings and timber on the dining room floor from the ship. A 39.7 foot long trading ketch, the Apollo, was also built from its timbers by Mr Burgess in 1883 and subsequently used in Tasmanian waters. It was the first attempt at ship building in Apollo bay. In 1881 a red light was installed about 300 feet above sea level at the base of the Cape Otway lighthouse to warn ships when they were too close to shore; It would not be visible unless a ship came within 3 miles from it. This has proved to be an effective warning. The State Library of Victoria has a lithograph in its collection depicting the steamer Dawn and the shipwrecked men, titled. "Wreck of the ship Eric the Red, Cape Otway: rescue of the crew by the Dawn". “The Eric the Red is historically significant as one of Victoria's major 19th century shipwrecks. (Heritage Victoria Eric the Red; HV ID 239) The wreck led to the provision of an additional warning light placed below the Cape Otway lighthouse to alert mariners to the location of Otway Reef. The site is archaeologically significant for its remains of a large and varied cargo and ship's fittings being scattered over a wide area. The site is recreationally and aesthetically significant as it is one of the few sites along this coast where tourists can visit identifiable remains of a large wooden shipwreck, and for its location set against the background of Cape Otway, Bass Strait, and the Cape Otway lighthouse.“ (Victorian Heritage Database Registration Number S239, Official Number 8745 USA) Door from the wreck of the ship Eric the Red. The wooden singular rectangular door includes three insert panel sections. The top section is square shaped and is missing its panel or glass. The centre timber panel is about a third of the height of the top panel and the bottom timber panel is approximately equal in height to the total height of the two upper panels. The door fastenings include both a metal door latch and traditional door bolt. They are both attached to the front right hand side of the door. The bolt is just below the top panel, and the door latch is in approximately the centre of that side. The door latch has a round mark where a handle could have been attached. The wood of the door has scraping marks in a semi-circle around the door latch where the latch has swung around on its one remaining fastening and grazed the surface. There is a metal hinge at the top section of the door on the opposite side to the latch. The painted surface has been scraped back to expose the wood. The door is shorter than the average height of a person. On the reverse of the door there are lines on the panels, just inside their edges, is what appears to be pencil. The door is not aligned straight but is skew to centre.warrnambool, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, shipwreck artefact, eric the red, jaques allen, sewall, 1880, melbourne exhibition 1880, cape otway, otway reef, victorian shipwreck, bass strait, eric-the-red, door -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageDecorative object - Sword, 1871 or earlier
... Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. ...Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. ...This wooden sword is said to “possibly be the only remaining part of the figurehead from the sailing ship Eric the Red.” It was previously part of the collection of the old Warrnambool Museum and the entry in its inventory says “Wooden sword, portion of the figurehead, held by “Eric the Red” at the bow.” A large part of the ship’s hull was found on the rocks and a figurehead may have been attached or washed up on the shore. The shipping records for E. & A. Sewall, the builders, owners and managers of Eric the Red, are now preserved in the Maine Maritime Museum. There is no photograph on record of Eric the Red but photographs of other ships built around that time by the same company show that these did not have figureheads, and there is no record found of a figurehead for Eric the Red being ordered or paid for. Further research is being carried out. The ship building company E. & A. Sewall, from Bath, Maine, USA, built Eric the Red, a wooden, three masted clipper ship. She had 1,580 tons register and was the largest full-rigged ship built at Bath, Maine, USA in 1871. She was built and registered by Arthur Sewall, later to become the partnership E. & A. Sewall, and was the 51st ship built by this company. The annually-published List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. shows that Bath was still the home port of Eric the Red in 1880. The vessel was named after the Viking discoverer, Eric the Red, who was the first European to reach the shores of North America (in 980AD). The ship Eric the Red at first traded in coal between America and Britain, and later traded in guano nitrates from South America. In 1879 she was re-metalled and was in first class condition. On 10th June 1880 (some records say 12th June) Eric the Red departed New York for Melbourne and then Sydney. She had been commissioned by American trade representatives to carry a special cargo of 500 exhibits (1400 tons) - about a quarter to a third of America’s total exhibits - from America for the U.S.A. pavilion at Melbourne’s first International Exhibition. The exhibits included furniture, ironmongery, wines, chemicals, dental and surgical instruments, paper, cages, bronze lamp trimmings, axles, stamped ware, astronomical and time globes, samples of corn and the choicest of leaf tobacco. Other general cargo included merchandise such as cases of kerosene and turpentine, brooms, Bristol's Sarsaparilla, Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines, Wheeler’s thresher machine, axe handles and tools, cases of silver plate, toys, pianos and organs, carriages and Yankee notions. The Eric the Red left New York under the command of Captain Z. Allen (or some records say Captain Jacques Allen) and 24 other crew including the owner’s son third mate Ned Sewall. There were 2 saloon passengers also. On 4th September 1880 the ship had been sailing for an uneventful 85 days and the voyage was almost at its end. Eric the Red approached Cape Otway in a moderate north-west wind and hazy and overcast atmosphere. Around 1:30am Captain Allen sighted the Cape Otway light and was keeping the ship 5-6 miles offshore to stay clear of the hazardous Otway Reef. However he had badly misjudged his position. The ship hit the Otway Reef about 2 miles out to sea, south west of the Cape Otway light station. Captain Allen ordered the wheel to be put ‘hard up’ thinking that she might float off the reef. A heavy sea knocked the man away from the wheel, broke the wheel ropes and carried away the rudder. The sea swamped the lifeboats, the mizzenmast fell, with all of its rigging, then the mainmast fell and the ship broke in two. Some said that the passenger Vaughan, who was travelling for his health and not very strong, was washed overboard and never seen again. The ship started breaking up. The forward house came adrift with three of the crew on it as well as a longboat, which the men succeeded in launching and keeping afloat by continually bailing with their sea boots. The captain, the third mate (the owner’s son) and others clung to the mizzenmast in the sea. Then the owner’s son was washed away off the mast. Within 10 minutes the rest of the ship was in pieces, completely wrecked, with cargo and wreckage floating in the sea. The captain encouraged the second mate to swim with him to the deckhouse where there were other crew but the second mate wouldn’t go with him. Eventually the Captain made it to the deckhouse and the men pulled him up. At about 4:30am the group of men on the deckhouse saw the lights of a steamer and called for help. At the same time they noticed the second mate and the other man had drifted nearby, still on the spur, and pulled them both onto the wreck. The coastal steamer Dawn was returning to Warrnambool from Melbourne, its sailing time different to its usual schedule. Cries were heard coming from out of the darkness. Captain Jones sent out two life boats, and fired off rockets and blue lights to illuminate the area. They picked up the three survivors who were in the long boat from Eric the Red. Two men were picked up out of the water, one being the owner’s son who was clinging to floating kerosene boxes. At daylight the Dawn then rescued the 18 men from the floating portion of the deckhouse, which had drifted about 4 miles from where they’d struck the reef. Shortly after the rescue the deckhouse drifted onto breakers and was thrown onto rocks at Point Franklin, about 2 miles east of Cape Otway. Captain Jones had signalled to Cape Otway lighthouse the number of the Eric the Red and later signalled that there was a wreck at Otway Reef but there was no response from the lighthouse. The captain and crew of the Dawn spent several more hours searching unsuccessfully for more survivors, even going back as far as Apollo Bay. On board the Dawn the exhausted men received care and attention to their needs and wants, including much needed clothing. Captain Allen was amongst the 23 battered and injured men who were rescued and later taken to Warrnambool for care. Warrnambool’s mayor and town clerk offered them all hospitality, the three badly injured men going to the hospital and others to the Olive Branch Hotel, then on to Melbourne. Captain Allen’s leg injury prevented him from going ashore so he and three other men travelled on the Dawn to Portland. They were met by the mayor who also treated them all with great kindness. Captain Allen took the train back to Melbourne then returned to America. Those saved were Captain Z. Allen (or Jacques Allen), J. Darcy chief mate, James F. Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. Black, Denis White, C. Herbert, C. Thompson, A. Brooks, D. Wilson, J. Ellis, Q. Thompson, C. Newman, W. Paul, J. Davis, M. Horenleng, J. Ogduff, T. W. Drew, R. Richardson. Four men had lost their lives; three of them were crew (Gus Dahlgreen ship’s carpenter, H. Ackman steward, who drowned in his cabin, and George Silver seaman) and one a passenger (J. B. Vaughan). The body of one of them had been found washed up at Cape Otway and was later buried in the lighthouse cemetery; another body was seen on an inaccessible ledge. Twelve months later the second mate James F. Lawrence, from Nova Scotia, passed away in the Warrnambool district; an obituary was displayed in the local paper. The captain and crew of the Dawn were recognised by the United States Government in July 1881 for their humane efforts and bravery, being thanked and presented with substantial monetary rewards, medals and gifts. Neither the ship, nor its cargo, was insured. The ship was worth about £15,000 and the cargo was reportedly worth £40,000; only about £2,000 worth had been recovered. Cargo and wreckage washed up at Apollo Bay, Peterborough, Port Campbell, Western Port and according to some reports, even as far away as the beaches of New Zealand. The day after the wreck the government steam ship Pharos was sent from Queenscliff to clear the shipping lanes of debris that could be a danger to ships. The large midship deckhouse of the ship was found floating in a calm sea near Henty Reef. Items such as an American chair, a ladder and a nest of boxes were all on top of the deckhouse. As it was so large and could cause danger to passing ships, Captain Payne had the deckhouse towed towards the shore just beyond Apollo Bay. Between Apollo Bay and Blanket Bay the captain and crew of Pharos collected Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines, nests of boxes, bottles of Bristol’s sarsaparilla, pieces of common American chairs, axe handles, a Wheelers’ Patent thresher and a sailor’s trunk with the words “A. James” on the front. A ship’s flag-board bearing the words “Eric the Red” was found on the deckhouse; finally those on board the Pharos had the name of the wrecked vessel. During this operation Pharos came across the government steamer Victoria and also a steamer S.S. Otway, both of which were picking up flotsam and wreckage. A whole side of the hull and three large pieces of the other side of the hull, with some of the copper sheathing stripped off, had floated on to Point Franklin. Some of the vessels yards and portions of her masts were on shore. The pieces of canvas attached to the yards and masts confirmed that the vessel had been under sail. The beach there was piled with debris several feet high. There were many cases of Diamond Oil kerosene, labelled R. W. Cameron and Company, New York. There were also many large planks of red pine, portions of a small white boat and a large, well-used oar. Other items found ashore included sewing machines (some consigned to ‘Long and Co.”) and notions, axe and scythe handles, hay forks, wooden pegs, rolls of wire (some branded “T.S” and Co, Melbourne”), kegs of nails branded “A.T. and Co.” from the factory of A. Field and Son, Taunton, Massachusetts, croquet balls and mallets, buggy fittings, rat traps, perfumery, cutlery and Douay Bibles, clocks, bicycles, chairs, a fly wheel, a cooking stove, timber, boxes, pianos, organs and a ladder. (Wooden clothes pegs drifted in for many years). There seemed to be no personal luggage or clothing. The Pharos encountered a long line, about one and a half miles, of floating wreckage about 10 miles off land, south east of Cape Otway, and in some places about 40 feet wide. It seemed that more than half of it was from Eric the Red. The ship’s crew rescued 3 cases that were for the Melbourne Exhibition and other items from amongst the debris. There were also chairs, doors, musical instruments, washing boards, nests of trunks and fly catchers floating in the sea. Most of the goods were saturated and smelt of kerosene. A section of the hull lies buried in the sand at Parker River Beach. An anchor with chain is embedded in the rocks east of Point Franklin and a second anchor, thought to be from Eric the Red, is on display at the Cape Otway light station. (There is a photograph of a life belt on the verandah of Rivernook Guest House in Princetown with the words “ERIC THE RED / BOSTON”. This is rather a mystery as the ship was registered in Bath, Maine, USA.) Parts of the ship are on display at Bimbi Park Caravan Park and at Apollo Bay Museum. Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village also has part of the helm (steering wheel), a carved wooden sword (said to be the only remaining portion of the ship’s figurehead; further research is currently being carried out), a door, a metal rod, samples of wood and a medal for bravery. Much of the wreckage was recovered by the local residents before police and other authorities arrived at the scene. Looters went to great effort to salvage goods, being lowered down the high cliff faces to areas with little or no beach to collect items from the wreckage, their mates above watching out for dangerous waves. A Tasmanian newspaper reports on a court case in Stawell, Victoria, noting a man who was caught 2 months later selling tobacco from the wreckage of Eric the Red. Some of the silverware is still treasured by descendants of Mr Mackenzie who was given these items by officials for his help in securing the cargo. The gifts included silver coffee and tea pots, half a dozen silver serviette rings and two sewing machines. The wreck and cargo were sold to a Melbourne man who salvaged a quantity of high quality tobacco and dental and surgical instruments. Timbers from the ship were salvaged and used in the construction of houses and sheds around Apollo Bay, including a guest house, Milford House (since burnt down in bushfires), which had furniture, fittings and timber on the dining room floor from the ship. A 39.7 foot long trading ketch, the Apollo, was also built from its timbers by Mr Burgess in 1883 and subsequently used in Tasmanian waters. It was the first attempt at ship building in Apollo bay. In 1881 a red light was installed about 300 feet above sea level at the base of the Cape Otway lighthouse to warn ships when they were too close to shore; It would not be visible unless a ship came within 3 miles from it. This has proved to be an effective warning. The State Library of Victoria has a lithograph in its collection depicting the steamer Dawn and the shipwrecked men, titled. "Wreck of the ship Eric the Red, Cape Otway: rescue of the crew by the Dawn".The Eric the Red is historically significant as one of Victoria's major 19th century shipwrecks. (Heritage Victoria Eric the Red; HV ID 239) The wreck led to the provision of an additional warning light placed below the Cape Otway lighthouse to alert mariners to the location of Otway Reef. The site is archaeologically significant for its remains of a large and varied cargo and ship's fittings being scattered over a wide area. The site is recreationally and aesthetically significant as it is one of the few sites along this coast where tourists can visit identifiable remains of a large wooden shipwreck, and for its location set against the background of Cape Otway, Bass Strait, and the Cape Otway lighthouse. (Victorian Heritage Database Registration Number S239, Official Number 8745 USA)This carved wooden sword, recovered from the Eric the Red, is possibly the only portion of the figurehead recovered after the wreck. There are spirals carved from the base of the handle to the top of the sword. The hilt of the sword is a lion’s head holding its tail in its mouth, the tail forming the handle. The blade of the sword has engraved patterns on it. Tiny particles of gold leaf and dark blue paint fragments can be seen between the carving marks. There are remnants of yellowish-orange and crimson paint on the handle. At some time after the sword was salvaged the name of the ship was hand painted on the blade in black paint. The tip of the sword has broken or split and the remaining part is charcoal in appearance. On both the tip and the base of the handle are parts made where the sword could have been joined onto the figurehead There is a white coating over some areas of the sword, similar to white lead putty used in traditional shipbuilding. The words “ERIC the RED” have been hand painted on the blade of the sword in black paint sometime after it was salvaged.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, sword, wooden sword, eric the red, carved sword, figurehead, snake head on sword -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageWood Sample, about 1871
... Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. ...Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. ...This piece of timber from the ship Eric the Red has been eaten through by the marine animals called Teredo Worms, sometimes called sea worms or ‘termites of the sea’. The worms bore holes into wood that is immersed in sea water and bacteria inside the worms digest the wood. Shipbuilders tried to prevent this problem by using coatings of tar, wax, lead or pitch. In the 18th and 19th centuries the outside of their ships were sheathed in copper or a combination of copper and zinc (called Muntz metal) and would be re-metalled periodically to ensure the sheathing would remain effective. In more recent times the ships are protected with a toxic coating. The American ship Eric the Red was a wooden, three masted clipper ship. She had 1,580 tons register and was the largest full-rigged ship built at Bath, Maine, USA in 1871. She was built and registered by Arthur Sewall, later to become the partnership E. & A. Sewall, the 51st ship built by this company. The annually-published List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. shows Bath was still the home port of Eric the Red in 1880. The vessel was named after the Viking discoverer, Eric ‘the Red-haired’ Thorvaldsson , who was the first European to reach the shores of North America (in 980AD). The ship Eric the Red at first traded in coal between America and Britain, and later traded in guano nitrates from South America. In 1879 she was re-metalled and was in first class condition. On 10th June 1880 (some records say 12th June) Eric the Red departed New York for Melbourne and then Sydney. She had been commissioned by American trade representatives to carry a special cargo of 500 exhibits (1400 tons) – about a quarter to a third of America’s total exhibits - for the U.S.A. pavilion at Melbourne’s first International Exhibition. The exhibits included furniture, ironmongery, wines, chemicals, dental and surgical instruments, paper, cages, bronze lamp trimmings, axles, stamped ware, astronomical and time globes, samples of corn and the choicest of leaf tobacco. Other general cargo included merchandise such as cases of kerosene and turpentine, brooms, Bristol's Sarsaparilla, Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines, Wheeler’s thresher machine, axe handles and tools, cases of silver plate, toys, pianos and organs, carriages and Yankee notions. The Eric the Red left New York under the command of Captain Zaccheus Allen (or some records say Captain Jacques Allen) and 24 other crew including the owner’s son third mate Ned Sewall. There were also 2 saloon passengers on board. The ship had been sailing for an uneventful 85 days and the voyage was almost at its end. As Eric the Red approached Cape Otway there was a moderate north-west wind and hazy and overcast atmosphere. On 4th September 1880 at about 1:30am Captain Allen sighted the Cape Otway light and was keeping the ship 5-6 miles offshore to stay clear of the hazardous Otway Reef. However he had badly misjudged his position. The ship hit the Otway Reef about 2 miles out to sea, south west of the Cape Otway light station. Captain Allen ordered the wheel to be put ‘hard up’ thinking that she might float off the reef. The sea knocked the helmsman away from the wheel, broke the wheel ropes and carried away the rudder. The lifeboats were swamped, the mizzenmast fell, with all of its rigging, then the mainmast also fell and the ship broke in two. Some said that the passenger Vaughan, who was travelling for his health and not very strong, was washed overboard and never seen again. The ship started breaking up. The forward house came adrift with three of the crew on it as well as a longboat, which the men succeeded in launching and keeping afloat by continually bailing with their sea boots. The captain, the third mate (the owner’s son) and others clung to the mizzenmast in the sea. Then the owner’s son was washed away off the mast. Within 10 minutes the rest of the ship was in pieces, completely wrecked, with cargo and wreckage floating in the sea. The captain encouraged the second mate to swim with him to the deckhouse where there were other crew but the second mate wouldn’t go with him. Eventually the Captain made it to the deckhouse and the men pulled him up. At about 4:30am the group of men on the deckhouse saw the lights of a steamer and called for help. At the same time they noticed the second mate and the other man had drifted nearby, still on the spur, and pulled them both onto the wreck. The coastal steamer SS Dawn was returning to Warrnambool from Melbourne, its sailing time different to its usual schedule. She was built in 1876 and bought by the Portland and Belfast Steam Navigation Co. in 1877. At the time of this journey she was commanded by Captain Jones, and was sailing between Melbourne and Portland via Warrnambool. The provedore of the Dawn, Benjamin Lear, heard cries of distress coming through the portholes of the saloon. He gave the alarm and the engines were stopped. Cries could be heard clearly, coming from the land. Captain Jones sent out crew in two boats, and fired off rockets and blue lights to illuminate the area. They picked up the three survivors who were in the long boat from Eric the Red. Two men were picked up out of the water, one being the owner’s son who was clinging to floating kerosene boxes. At daylight the Dawn then rescued the 18 men from the floating portion of the deckhouse, which had drifted about 4 miles from where they’d struck the reef. Shortly after the rescue the deckhouse drifted onto breakers and was thrown onto rocks at Point Franklin, about 2 miles east of Cape Otway. Captain Jones had signalled to Cape Otway lighthouse the number of the Eric the Red and later signalled that there was a wreck at Otway Reef but there was no response from the lighthouse. The captain and crew of the Dawn spent several more hours searching unsuccessfully for more survivors, even going back as far as Apollo Bay. On board the Dawn the exhausted men received care and attention to their needs and wants, including much needed clothing. Captain Allen was amongst the 23 battered and injured men who were rescued and later taken to Warrnambool for care. Warrnambool’s mayor and town clerk offered them all hospitality, the three badly injured men going to the hospital for care and others to the Olive Branch Hotel, then on to Melbourne. Captain Allen’s leg injury prevented him from going ashore so he and three other men travelled on the Dawn to Portland. They were met by the mayor who also treated them all with great kindness. Captain Allen took the train back to Melbourne then returned to America. Those saved were Captain Zaccheus Allen (or Jacques Allen), J. Darcy chief mate, James F. Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. Black, Denis White, C. Herbert, C. Thompson, A. Brooks, D. Wilson, J. Ellis, Q. Thompson, C. Newman, W. Paul, J. Davis, M. Horenleng, J. Ogduff, T. W. Drew, R. Richardson. Four men had lost their lives; three of them were crew (Gus Dahlgreen ship’s carpenter, H. Ackman steward, who drowned in his cabin, and George Silver seaman) and one a passenger (J. B. Vaughan). The body of one of them had been found washed up at Cape Otway and was later buried in the lighthouse cemetery; another body was seen on an inaccessible ledge. Twelve months later the second mate James F. Lawrence, from Nova Scotia, passed away in the Warrnambool district; an obituary was displayed in the local paper. Neither the ship, nor its cargo, was insured. The ship was worth about £15,000 and the cargo was reportedly worth £40,000; only about £2,000 worth had been recovered. Cargo and wreckage washed up at Apollo Bay, Peterborough, Port Campbell, Western Port and according to some reports, even as far away as the beaches of New Zealand. The day after the wreck the government steam ship Pharos was sent from Queenscliff to clear the shipping lanes of debris that could be a danger to ships. The large midship deckhouse of the ship was found floating in a calm sea near Henty Reef. Items such as an American chair, a ladder and a nest of boxes were all on top of the deckhouse. As it was so large and could cause danger to passing ships, Captain Payne had the deckhouse towed towards the shore just beyond Apollo Bay. Between Apollo Bay and Blanket Bay the captain and crew of Pharos collected Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines, nests of boxes, bottles of Bristol’s sarsaparilla, pieces of common American chairs, axe handles, a Wheelers’ Patent thresher and a sailor’s trunk with the words “A. James” on the front. A ship’s flag-board bearing the words “Eric the Red” was found on the deckhouse; finally those on board the Pharos had the name of the wrecked vessel. During this operation Pharos came across the government steamer Victoria and also a steamer S.S. Otway, both of which were picking up flotsam and wreckage. A whole side of the hull and three large pieces of the other side of the hull, with some of the copper sheathing stripped off, had floated on to Point Franklin. Some of the vessels yards and portions of her masts were on shore. The pieces of canvas attached to the yards and masts confirmed that the vessel had been under sail. The beach there was piled with debris several feet high. There were many cases of Diamond Oil kerosene, labelled R. W. Cameron and Company, New York. There were also many large planks of red pine, portions of a small white boat and a large, well-used oar. Other items found ashore included sewing machines (some consigned to ‘Long and Co.”) and notions, axe and scythe handles, hay forks, wooden pegs, rolls of wire (some branded “T.S” and Co, Melbourne”), kegs of nails branded “A.T. and Co.” from the factory of A. Field and Son, Taunton, Massachusetts, croquet balls and mallets, buggy fittings, rat traps, perfumery, cutlery and Douay Bibles, clocks, bicycles, chairs, a fly wheel, a cooking stove, timber, boxes, pianos, organs and a ladder. (Wooden clothes pegs drifted in for many years). There seemed to be no personal luggage or clothing. The Pharos encountered a long line, about one and a half miles, of floating wreckage about 10 miles off land, south east of Cape Otway, and in some places about 40 feet wide. It seemed that more than half of it was from Eric the Red. The ship’s crew rescued 3 cases that were for the Melbourne Exhibition and other items from amongst the debris. There were also chairs, doors, musical instruments, washing boards, nests of trunks and fly catchers floating in the sea. Most of the goods were saturated and smelt of kerosene. A section of the hull lies buried in the sand at Parker River Beach. An anchor with chain is embedded in the rocks east of Point Franklin and a second anchor, thought to be from Eric the Red, is on display at the Cape Otway light station. (There is a photograph of a life belt on the verandah of Rivernook Guest House in Princetown with the words “ERIC THE RED / BOSTON”. This is rather a mystery as the ship was registered in Bath, Maine, USA.) Parts of the ship are on display at Bimbi Park Caravan Park and at Apollo Bay Museum. Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village also has part of the helm (steering wheel), a carved wooden sword (said to be the only remaining portion of the ship’s figurehead; further research is currently being carried out), a door, a metal rod, several samples of wood and a medal for bravery, awarded to Nelson Johnson, a crew member of the S.S. Dawn by the U.S. President, for the rescue of the crew. Much of the wreckage was recovered by the local residents before police and other authorities arrived at the scene. Looters went to great effort to salvage goods, being lowered down the high cliff faces to areas with little or no beach to collect items from the wreckage, their mates above watching out for dangerous waves. A Tasmanian newspaper reports on a court case in Stawell, Victoria, noting a man who was caught 2 months later selling tobacco from the wreckage of Eric the Red. Some of the silverware is still treasured by descendants of Mr Mackenzie who was given these items by officials for his help in securing the cargo. The gifts included silver coffee and tea pots, half a dozen silver serviette rings and two sewing machines. A Mr G.W. Black has in his possession a medal and a purse that were awarded to his father, another Dawn crew member who was part of the rescue team. The medal is inscribed and named “To John Black ….” (from “Shipwrecks” by Margaret E. Mackenzie, 3rd edition, published 1964). The wreck and cargo were sold to a Melbourne man who salvaged a quantity of high quality tobacco and dental and surgical instruments. Timbers from the ship were salvaged and used in the construction of houses and sheds around Apollo Bay, including a guest house, Milford House (since burnt down in bushfires), which had furniture, fittings and timber on the dining room floor from the ship. A 39.7 foot long trading ketch, the Apollo, was also built from its timbers by Mr Burgess in 1883 and subsequently used in Tasmanian waters. It was the first attempt at ship building in Apollo bay. In 1881 a red light was installed about 300 feet above sea level at the base of the Cape Otway lighthouse to warn ships when they were too close to shore; It would not be visible unless a ship came within 3 miles from it. This has proved to be an effective warning. Nelson Johnson, recipient of the medal for bravery, married Elizabeth Howard in 1881 and they had 10 children. They lived in South Melbourne, Victoria. Nelson died in 1922 in Fitzroy Victoria, age 66. In 1895 the owners of the S.S. Dawn, the Portland and Belfast Steam Navigation Co., wound up and sold out to the Belfast Company who took over the Dawn for one year before selling her to Howard Smith. She was condemned and sunk in Suva in 1928. The State Library of Victoria has a lithograph in its collection depicting the steamer Dawn and the shipwrecked men, titled. "Wreck of the ship Eric the Red, Cape Otway: rescue of the crew by the Dawn".The wood (timber) sample is listed on the Collections Australia Database, Heritage Victoria, number 239 00010 A “The Eric the Red is historically significant as one of Victoria's major 19th century shipwrecks. (Heritage Victoria Eric the Red; HV ID 239) The wreck led to the provision of an additional warning light placed below the Cape Otway lighthouse to alert mariners to the location of Otway Reef. The site is archaeologically significant for its remains of a large and varied cargo and ship's fittings being scattered over a wide area. The site is recreationally and aesthetically significant as it is one of the few sites along this coast where tourists can visit identifiable remains of a large wooden shipwreck, and for its location set against the background of Cape Otway, Bass Strait, and the Cape Otway lighthouse.“ (Victorian Heritage Database Registration Number S239, Official Number 8745 USA) Wood sample from the wreck of the ship Eric the Red. Triangular shaped, full of sea worm (Teredo worm) holes. The wood is dark in colour and is very light in weight.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwreck-artefact, eric-the-red, zaccheus-allen, sewall, 1880, melbourne-exhibition, cape-otway, otway-reef, wood-sample, s.s.-dawn -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageWood Sample, About 1871
... Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. ...Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. ...This piece of timber from the ship Eric the Red has been eaten through by the marine animals called Teredo Worms, sometimes called sea worms or ‘termites of the sea’. The worms bore holes into wood that is immersed in sea water and bacteria inside the worms digest the wood. Shipbuilders tried to prevent this problem by using coatings of tar, wax, lead or pitch. In the 18th and 19th centuries the outside of their ships were sheathed in copper or a combination of copper and zinc (called Muntz metal) and would be re-metalled periodically to ensure the sheathing would remain effective. In more recent times the ships are protected with a toxic coating. The American ship Eric the Red was a wooden, three masted clipper ship. She had 1,580 tons register and was the largest full-rigged ship built at Bath, Maine, USA in 1871. She was built and registered by Arthur Sewall, later to become the partnership E. & A. Sewall, the 51st ship built by this company. The annually-published List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. shows Bath was still the home port of Eric the Red in 1880. The vessel was named after the Viking discoverer, Eric ‘the Red-haired’ Thorvaldsson , who was the first European to reach the shores of North America (in 980AD). The ship Eric the Red at first traded in coal between America and Britain, and later traded in guano nitrates from South America. In 1879 she was re-metalled and was in first class condition. On 10th June 1880 (some records say 12th June) Eric the Red departed New York for Melbourne and then Sydney. She had been commissioned by American trade representatives to carry a special cargo of 500 exhibits (1400 tons) – about a quarter to a third of America’s total exhibits - for the U.S.A. pavilion at Melbourne’s first International Exhibition. The exhibits included furniture, ironmongery, wines, chemicals, dental and surgical instruments, paper, cages, bronze lamp trimmings, axles, stamped ware, astronomical and time globes, samples of corn and the choicest of leaf tobacco. Other general cargo included merchandise such as cases of kerosene and turpentine, brooms, Bristol's Sarsaparilla, Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines, Wheeler’s thresher machine, axe handles and tools, cases of silver plate, toys, pianos and organs, carriages and Yankee notions. The Eric the Red left New York under the command of Captain Zaccheus Allen (or some records say Captain Jacques Allen) and 24 other crew including the owner’s son third mate Ned Sewall. There were also 2 saloon passengers on board. The ship had been sailing for an uneventful 85 days and the voyage was almost at its end. As Eric the Red approached Cape Otway there was a moderate north-west wind and hazy and overcast atmosphere. On 4th September 1880 at about 1:30am Captain Allen sighted the Cape Otway light and was keeping the ship 5-6 miles offshore to stay clear of the hazardous Otway Reef. However he had badly misjudged his position. The ship hit the Otway Reef about 2 miles out to sea, south west of the Cape Otway light station. Captain Allen ordered the wheel to be put ‘hard up’ thinking that she might float off the reef. The sea knocked the helmsman away from the wheel, broke the wheel ropes and carried away the rudder. The lifeboats were swamped, the mizzenmast fell, with all of its rigging, then the mainmast also fell and the ship broke in two. Some said that the passenger Vaughan, who was travelling for his health and not very strong, was washed overboard and never seen again. The ship started breaking up. The forward house came adrift with three of the crew on it as well as a longboat, which the men succeeded in launching and keeping afloat by continually bailing with their sea boots. The captain, the third mate (the owner’s son) and others clung to the mizzenmast in the sea. Then the owner’s son was washed away off the mast. Within 10 minutes the rest of the ship was in pieces, completely wrecked, with cargo and wreckage floating in the sea. The captain encouraged the second mate to swim with him to the deckhouse where there were other crew but the second mate wouldn’t go with him. Eventually the Captain made it to the deckhouse and the men pulled him up. At about 4:30am the group of men on the deckhouse saw the lights of a steamer and called for help. At the same time they noticed the second mate and the other man had drifted nearby, still on the spur, and pulled them both onto the wreck. The coastal steamer SS Dawn was returning to Warrnambool from Melbourne, its sailing time different to its usual schedule. She was built in 1876 and bought by the Portland and Belfast Steam Navigation Co. in 1877. At the time of this journey she was commanded by Captain Jones, and was sailing between Melbourne and Portland via Warrnambool. The provedore of the Dawn, Benjamin Lear, heard cries of distress coming through the portholes of the saloon. He gave the alarm and the engines were stopped. Cries could be heard clearly, coming from the land. Captain Jones sent out crew in two boats, and fired off rockets and blue lights to illuminate the area. They picked up the three survivors who were in the long boat from Eric the Red. Two men were picked up out of the water, one being the owner’s son who was clinging to floating kerosene boxes. At daylight the Dawn then rescued the 18 men from the floating portion of the deckhouse, which had drifted about 4 miles from where they’d struck the reef. Shortly after the rescue the deckhouse drifted onto breakers and was thrown onto rocks at Point Franklin, about 2 miles east of Cape Otway. Captain Jones had signalled to Cape Otway lighthouse the number of the Eric the Red and later signalled that there was a wreck at Otway Reef but there was no response from the lighthouse. The captain and crew of the Dawn spent several more hours searching unsuccessfully for more survivors, even going back as far as Apollo Bay. On board the Dawn the exhausted men received care and attention to their needs and wants, including much needed clothing. Captain Allen was amongst the 23 battered and injured men who were rescued and later taken to Warrnambool for care. Warrnambool’s mayor and town clerk offered them all hospitality, the three badly injured men going to the hospital for care and others to the Olive Branch Hotel, then on to Melbourne. Captain Allen’s leg injury prevented him from going ashore so he and three other men travelled on the Dawn to Portland. They were met by the mayor who also treated them all with great kindness. Captain Allen took the train back to Melbourne then returned to America. Those saved were Captain Zaccheus Allen (or Jacques Allen), J. Darcy chief mate, James F. Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and the able seamen Dickenson, J. Black, Denis White, C. Herbert, C. Thompson, A. Brooks, D. Wilson, J. Ellis, Q. Thompson, C. Newman, W. Paul, J. Davis, M. Horenleng, J. Ogduff, T. W. Drew, R. Richardson. Four men had lost their lives; three of them were crew (Gus Dahlgreen ship’s carpenter, H. Ackman steward, who drowned in his cabin, and George Silver seaman) and one a passenger (J. B. Vaughan). The body of one of them had been found washed up at Cape Otway and was later buried in the lighthouse cemetery; another body was seen on an inaccessible ledge. Twelve months later the second mate James F. Lawrence, from Nova Scotia, passed away in the Warrnambool district; an obituary was displayed in the local paper. Neither the ship, nor its cargo, was insured. The ship was worth about £15,000 and the cargo was reportedly worth £40,000; only about £2,000 worth had been recovered. Cargo and wreckage washed up at Apollo Bay, Peterborough, Port Campbell, Western Port and according to some reports, even as far away as the beaches of New Zealand. The day after the wreck the government steam ship Pharos was sent from Queenscliff to clear the shipping lanes of debris that could be a danger to ships. The large midship deckhouse of the ship was found floating in a calm sea near Henty Reef. Items such as an American chair, a ladder and a nest of boxes were all on top of the deckhouse. As it was so large and could cause danger to passing ships, Captain Payne had the deckhouse towed towards the shore just beyond Apollo Bay. Between Apollo Bay and Blanket Bay the captain and crew of Pharos collected Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines, nests of boxes, bottles of Bristol’s sarsaparilla, pieces of common American chairs, axe handles, a Wheelers’ Patent thresher and a sailor’s trunk with the words “A. James” on the front. A ship’s flag-board bearing the words “Eric the Red” was found on the deckhouse; finally those on board the Pharos had the name of the wrecked vessel. During this operation Pharos came across the government steamer Victoria and also a steamer S.S. Otway, both of which were picking up flotsam and wreckage. A whole side of the hull and three large pieces of the other side of the hull, with some of the copper sheathing stripped off, had floated on to Point Franklin. Some of the vessels yards and portions of her masts were on shore. The pieces of canvas attached to the yards and masts confirmed that the vessel had been under sail. The beach there was piled with debris several feet high. There were many cases of Diamond Oil kerosene, labelled R. W. Cameron and Company, New York. There were also many large planks of red pine, portions of a small white boat and a large, well-used oar. Other items found ashore included sewing machines (some consigned to ‘Long and Co.”) and notions, axe and scythe handles, hay forks, wooden pegs, rolls of wire (some branded “T.S” and Co, Melbourne”), kegs of nails branded “A.T. and Co.” from the factory of A. Field and Son, Taunton, Massachusetts, croquet balls and mallets, buggy fittings, rat traps, perfumery, cutlery and Douay Bibles, clocks, bicycles, chairs, a fly wheel, a cooking stove, timber, boxes, pianos, organs and a ladder. (Wooden clothes pegs drifted in for many years). There seemed to be no personal luggage or clothing. The Pharos encountered a long line, about one and a half miles, of floating wreckage about 10 miles off land, south east of Cape Otway, and in some places about 40 feet wide. It seemed that more than half of it was from Eric the Red. The ship’s crew rescued 3 cases that were for the Melbourne Exhibition and other items from amongst the debris. There were also chairs, doors, musical instruments, washing boards, nests of trunks and fly catchers floating in the sea. Most of the goods were saturated and smelt of kerosene. A section of the hull lies buried in the sand at Parker River Beach. An anchor with chain is embedded in the rocks east of Point Franklin and a second anchor, thought to be from Eric the Red, is on display at the Cape Otway light station. (There is a photograph of a life belt on the verandah of Rivernook Guest House in Princetown with the words “ERIC THE RED / BOSTON”. This is rather a mystery as the ship was registered in Bath, Maine, USA.) Parts of the ship are on display at Bimbi Park Caravan Park and at Apollo Bay Museum. Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village also has part of the helm (steering wheel), a carved wooden sword (said to be the only remaining portion of the ship’s figurehead; further research is currently being carried out), a door, a metal rod, several samples of wood and a medal for bravery, awarded to Nelson Johnson, a crew member of the S.S. Dawn by the U.S. President, for the rescue of the crew. Much of the wreckage was recovered by the local residents before police and other authorities arrived at the scene. Looters went to great effort to salvage goods, being lowered down the high cliff faces to areas with little or no beach to collect items from the wreckage, their mates above watching out for dangerous waves. A Tasmanian newspaper reports on a court case in Stawell, Victoria, noting a man who was caught 2 months later selling tobacco from the wreckage of Eric the Red. Some of the silverware is still treasured by descendants of Mr Mackenzie who was given these items by officials for his help in securing the cargo. The gifts included silver coffee and tea pots, half a dozen silver serviette rings and two sewing machines. A Mr G.W. Black has in his possession a medal and a purse that were awarded to his father, another Dawn crew member who was part of the rescue team. The medal is inscribed and named “To John Black ….” (from “Shipwrecks” by Margaret E. Mackenzie, 3rd edition, published 1964). The wreck and cargo were sold to a Melbourne man who salvaged a quantity of high quality tobacco and dental and surgical instruments. Timbers from the ship were salvaged and used in the construction of houses and sheds around Apollo Bay, including a guest house, Milford House (since burnt down in bushfires), which had furniture, fittings and timber on the dining room floor from the ship. A 39.7 foot long trading ketch, the Apollo, was also built from its timbers by Mr Burgess in 1883 and subsequently used in Tasmanian waters. It was the first attempt at ship building in Apollo bay. In 1881 a red light was installed about 300 feet above sea level at the base of the Cape Otway lighthouse to warn ships when they were too close to shore; It would not be visible unless a ship came within 3 miles from it. This has proved to be an effective warning. Nelson Johnson, recipient of the medal for bravery, married Elizabeth Howard in 1881 and they had 10 children. They lived in South Melbourne, Victoria. Nelson died in 1922 in Fitzroy Victoria, age 66. In 1895 the owners of the S.S. Dawn, the Portland and Belfast Steam Navigation Co., wound up and sold out to the Belfast Company who took over the Dawn for one year before selling her to Howard Smith. She was condemned and sunk in Suva in 1928. The State Library of Victoria has a lithograph in its collection depicting the steamer Dawn and the shipwrecked men, titled. "Wreck of the ship Eric the Red, Cape Otway: rescue of the crew by the Dawn".The wood (timber) sample is listed on the Collections Australia Database, Heritage Victoria, number 239 00010 A “The Eric the Red is historically significant as one of Victoria's major 19th century shipwrecks. (Heritage Victoria Eric the Red; HV ID 239) The wreck led to the provision of an additional warning light placed below the Cape Otway lighthouse to alert mariners to the location of Otway Reef. The site is archaeologically significant for its remains of a large and varied cargo and ship's fittings being scattered over a wide area. The site is recreationally and aesthetically significant as it is one of the few sites along this coast where tourists can visit identifiable remains of a large wooden shipwreck, and for its location set against the background of Cape Otway, Bass Strait, and the Cape Otway lighthouse.“ (Victorian Heritage Database Registration Number S239, Official Number 8745 USA) Wood sample from the wreck of the ship Eric the Red. Oblong shaped, full of sea worm (Teredo worm) holes. The wood is dark in colour and is very light in weight. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwreck-artefact, eric-the-red, zaccheus-allen, sewall, 1880, melbourne-exhibition, cape-otway, otway-reef, wood-sample, s.s.-dawn -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageAward - Medal, Nelson Johnson, November 1880
... Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and able seamen Dickenson, J. ...Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and able seamen Dickenson, J. ...This medal for bravery, for rescue of the crew from the shipwreck “Eric the Red” on 4th September 1880, was awarded to one of the crew of the steamer S.S. Dawn by the President of the United States in July 1881. The medal is engraved with the name “Nelson Johnson” (the anglicised version of his Swedish name Neils Frederick Yohnson). It was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in 2013 by Nelson’s granddaughter. Nelson had migrated from Sweden to Sydney in 1879. The next year in 1880, aged 24, he was a seaman on the steamship Dawn and involved in the rescue of the survivors of the Eric the Red. Nelson Johnson was a crew member of the S.S. Dawn and was one of the rescue team in the dinghy in the early morning of September 4th 1880. Medals were awarded to the Captain and crew of the S.S. Dawn by the President of the United States, through the Consul-general (Mr Oliver M. Spencer), in July 1881 “ … in recognition of their humane efforts in rescuing the 23 survivors of the American built wooden sailing ship, the Eric the Red, on 4th September 1880.” The men were also presented with substantial monetary rewards and gifts. The city of Warrnambool’s care of the survivors was also mentioned by the President at the presentation, saying that “the city hosted and supported the crew ‘most graciously’. Previously, a week after the shipwreck, the Australian Government had also conveyed its thanks to the Captain and crew of the S.S. Dawn “Captain Griffith Jones, S.S. Dawn, The Hon. Mr Clark desires that the thanks of the Government should be conveyed to you for the prompt, persevering and seamanlike qualities displayed by you, your officers and crew in saving the number of lives you did on the occasion referred to. The hon. The Commissioner has also been pleased to award you a souvenir in commemoration of the occasion, and a sum of 65 pounds to be awarded to your officers and crew according to annexed scale. I am, &c, W Collins Rees, for and in the absence of the Chief Harbour Master.” The Awards are as follows: - Crew of DAWN'S lifeboat-Chief Officer, Mr G. Peat, 15 pounds; boat's crew-G. Sterge, A.B., 5 pounds; T. Hammond, A.B., 5 pounds; J. Black, A.B., 5 pounds; H. Edwards, A.B., 5 pounds. Dinghy's Crew-Second Officer, Mr Christie, 10 pounds; boat's crew -F. Lafer, A.B., 5 pounds; W. Johnstone, A.B., 5 pounds; Mr Lear, provedore, 5 pounds; Mr Dove, purser, 5 pounds. Captain Jones receives a piece of plate. (from “Wreck of the ship Eric the Red” by Jack Loney) The medal’s history, according to the Editor of ‘E-Sylum’ (the newsletter of The Numismatic Bibliomania Society “… appears to be an example of an 1880 State Department medal, catalogued as LS-3 (page 322 of R. W. Julian's book, Medals of the United States Mint: The First Century 1792-1892). The reverse is mostly blank for engraving, surrounded by a thin wreath. It was designed by George Morgan, chief engraver for the Philadelphia Mint, and struck in gold, silver and bronze. The one pictured here (in The Standard newspaper, 2nd July 2013) appears to be silver.” The following is an account of the events which led to the awarding of this medal. The American ship Eric the Red was a wooden, three-masted clipper ship. She had 1,580 tons register and was the largest full-rigged ship built at Bath, Maine, USA in 1871. She was built and registered by Arthur Sewall, later to become the partnership E. & A. Sewall, the 51st ship built by this company. The annually-published List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. shows Bath was still the home port of Eric the Red in 1880. The vessel was named after the Viking discoverer, Eric ‘the Red-haired’ Thorvaldsson, who was the first European to reach the shores of North America (in 980AD). The ship Eric the Red at first traded in coal between America and Britain, and later traded in guano nitrates from South America. In 1879 she was re-metalled and was in first-class condition. On 10th June 1880 (some records say 12th June) Eric the Red departed New York for Melbourne and then Sydney. She had been commissioned by American trade representatives to carry a special cargo of 500 exhibits (1400 tons) – about a quarter to a third of America’s total exhibits - for the U.S.A. pavilion at Melbourne’s first International Exhibition. The exhibits included furniture, ironmongery, wines, chemicals, dental and surgical instruments, paper, cages, bronze lamp trimmings, axles, stamped ware, astronomical and time globes, samples of corn and the choicest of leaf tobacco. Other general cargo included merchandise such as cases of kerosene and turpentine, brooms, Bristol's Sarsaparilla, Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines, Wheeler’s thresher machine, axe handles and tools, cases of silver plate, toys, pianos and organs, carriages and Yankee notions. The Eric the Red left New York under the command of Captain Zaccheus Allen (or some records say Captain Jacques Allen) and 24 other crew including the owner’s son third mate Ned Sewall. There were also 2 saloon passengers on board. The ship had been sailing for an uneventful 85 days and the voyage was almost at its end. As Eric the Red approached Cape Otway there was a moderate north-west wind and a hazy and overcast atmosphere. On 4th September 1880 at about 1:30 am Captain Allen sighted the Cape Otway light and was keeping the ship 5-6 miles offshore to stay clear of the hazardous Otway Reef. However, he had badly misjudged his position. The ship hit the Otway Reef about 2 miles out to sea, southwest of the Cape Otway light station. Captain Allen ordered the wheel to be put ‘hard up’ thinking that she might float off the reef. The sea knocked the helmsman away from the wheel, broke the wheel ropes and carried away the rudder. The lifeboats were swamped, the mizzenmast fell, with all of its riggings, then the mainmast also fell and the ship broke in two. Some said that the passenger Vaughan, who was travelling for his health and not very strong, was washed overboard and never seen again. The ship started breaking up. The forward house came adrift with three of the crew on it as well as a longboat, which the men succeeded in launching and keeping afloat by continually bailing with their sea boots. The captain, the third mate (the owner’s son) and others clung to the mizzenmast in the sea. Then the owner’s son was washed away off the mast. Within 10 minutes the rest of the ship was in pieces, completely wrecked, with cargo and wreckage floating in the sea. The captain encouraged the second mate to swim with him to the deckhouse where there were other crew but the second mate wouldn’t go with him. Eventually, the Captain made it to the deckhouse and the men pulled him up. At about 4:30 am the group of men on the deckhouse saw the lights of a steamer and called for help. At the same time, they noticed the second mate and the other man had drifted nearby, still on the spur, and pulled them both onto the wreck. The coastal steamer SS Dawn was returning to Warrnambool from Melbourne, and its sailing time was different to its usual schedule. She was built in 1876 and bought by the Portland and Belfast Steam Navigation Co. in 1877. At the time of this journey, she was commanded by Captain Jones and was sailing between Melbourne and Portland via Warrnambool. The provedore the Dawn, Benjamin Lear, heard cries of distress coming through the portholes of the saloon. He gave the alarm and the engines were stopped. Cries could be heard clearly, coming from the land. Captain Jones sent out crew in two boats and fired off rockets and blue lights to illuminate the area. They picked up the three survivors who were in the long boat from Eric the Red. Two men were picked up out of the water, one being the owner’s son who was clinging to floating kerosene boxes. At daylight, the Dawn then rescued the 18 men from the floating portion of the deckhouse, which had drifted about 4 miles from where they’d struck the reef. Shortly after the rescue the deckhouse drifted onto breakers and was thrown onto rocks at Point Franklin, about 2 miles east of Cape Otway. Captain Jones had signalled to Cape Otway lighthouse the number of the Eric the Red and later signalled that there was a wreck at Otway Reef but there was no response from the lighthouse. The captain and crew of the Dawn spent several more hours searching unsuccessfully for more survivors, even going back as far as Apollo Bay. On board the Dawn the exhausted men received care and attention to their needs and wants, including much-needed clothing. Captain Allen was amongst the 23 battered and injured men who were rescued and later taken to Warrnambool for care. Warrnambool’s mayor and town clerk offered them all hospitality, the three badly injured men going to the hospital for care and others to the Olive Branch Hotel, then on to Melbourne. Captain Allen’s leg injury prevented him from going ashore so he and three other men travelled on the Dawn to Portland. They were met by the mayor who also treated them all with great kindness. Captain Allen took the train back to Melbourne then returned to America. Those saved were Captain Zaccheus Allen (or Jacques Allen), J. Darcy chief mate, James F. Lawrence second mate, Ned Sewall third mate and owner’s son, John French the cook, C. Nelson sail maker, Clarence W. New passenger, and able seamen Dickenson, J. Black, Denis White, C. Herbert, C. Thompson, A. Brooks, D. Wilson, J. Ellis, Q. Thompson, C. Newman, W. Paul, J. Davis, M. Horenleng, J. Ogduff, T. W. Drew, R. Richardson. Four men had lost their lives; three of them were crew (Gus Dahlgreen ship’s carpenter, H. Ackman steward, who drowned in his cabin, and George Silver seaman) and one a passenger (J. B. Vaughan). The body of one of them had been found washed up at Cape Otway and was later buried in the lighthouse cemetery; another body was seen on an inaccessible ledge. Twelve months later the second mate James F. Lawrence, from Nova Scotia passed away in the Warrnambool district; an obituary was displayed in the local paper. Neither the ship nor its cargo was insured. The ship was worth about £15,000 and the cargo was reportedly worth £40,000; only about £2,000 worth had been recovered. Cargo and wreckage washed up at Apollo Bay, Peterborough, Port Campbell, Western Port and according to some reports, even as far away as the beaches of New Zealand. The day after the wreck the government steamship Pharos was sent from Queenscliff to clear the shipping lanes of debris that could be a danger to ships. The large midship deckhouse of the ship was found floating in a calm sea near Henty Reef. Items such as an American chair, a ladder and a nest of boxes were all on top of the deckhouse. As it was so large and could cause danger to passing ships, Captain Payne had the deckhouse towed towards the shore just beyond Apollo Bay. Between Apollo Bay and Blanket Bay, the captain and crew of Pharos collected Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines, nests of boxes, bottles of Bristol’s sarsaparilla, pieces of common American chairs, axe handles, a Wheelers’ Patent thresher and a sailor’s trunk with the words “A. James” on the front. A ship’s flag-board bearing the words “Eric the Red” was found on the deckhouse; finally, those on board the Pharos had the name of the wrecked vessel. During this operation, Pharos came across the government steamer Victoria and also a steamer S.S. Otway, both of which were picking up flotsam and wreckage. A whole side of the hull and three large pieces of the other side of the hull, with some of the copper sheathing stripped off, had floated onto Point Franklin. Some of the vessels' yards and portions of her masts were on shore. The pieces of canvas attached to the yards and masts confirmed that the vessel had been under sail. The beach there was piled with debris several feet high. There were many cases of Diamond Oil kerosene, labelled R. W. Cameron and Company, New York. There were also many large planks of red pine, portions of a small white boat and a large, well-used oar. Other items found ashore included sewing machines (some consigned to ‘Long and Co.”) and notions, axe and scythe handles, hay forks, wooden pegs, rolls of wire (some branded “T.S” and Co, Melbourne”), kegs of nails branded “A.T. and Co.” from the factory of A. Field and Son, Taunton, Massachusetts, croquet balls and mallets, buggy fittings, rat traps, perfumery, cutlery and Douay Bibles, clocks, bicycles, chairs, a fly wheel, a cooking stove, timber, boxes, pianos, organs and a ladder. (Wooden clothes pegs drifted in for many years). There seemed to be no personal luggage or clothing. The Pharos encountered a long line, about one and a half miles, of f locating wreckage about 10 miles off land, southeast of Cape Otway, and in some places about 40 feet wide. It seemed that more than half of it was from Eric the Red. The ship’s crew rescued 3 cases that were for the Melbourne Exhibition and other items from amongst the debris. There were also chairs, doors, musical instruments, washing boards, nests of trunks and flycatchers floating in the sea. Most of the goods were saturated and smelt of kerosene. A section of the hull lies buried in the sand at Parker River Beach. An anchor with a chain is embedded in the rocks east of Point Franklin and a second anchor, thought to be from Eric the Red, is on display at the Cape Otway light station. (There is a photograph of a life belt on the verandah of Rivernook Guest House in Princetown with the words “ERIC THE RED / BOSTON”. This is rather a mystery as the ship was registered in Bath, Maine, USA.) Parts of the ship are on display at Bimbi Park Caravan Park and at Apollo Bay Museum. Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village also has part of the helm (steering wheel), a carved wooden sword (said to be the only remaining portion of the ship’s figurehead; further research is currently being carried out), a door, a metal rod, samples of wood and this medal awarded for the rescue of the crew. Much of the wreckage was recovered by the local residents before police and other authorities arrived at the scene. Looters went to great effort to salvage goods, being lowered down the high cliff faces to areas with little or no beach to collect items from the wreckage, their mates above watching out for dangerous waves. A Tasmanian newspaper reports on a court case in Stawell, Victoria, noting a man who was caught 2 months later selling tobacco from the wreckage of Eric the Red. Some of the silverware is still treasured by descendants of Mr Mackenzie who was given these items by officials for his help in securing the cargo. The gifts included silver coffee and teapots, half a dozen silver serviette rings and two sewing machines. A Mr G.W. Black has in his possession a medal and a purse that was awarded to his father, another Dawn crew member who was part of the rescue team. The medal is similarly inscribed and named “To John Black ….” (from “Shipwrecks” by Margaret E. Mackenzie, 3rd edition, published 1964). The wreck and cargo were sold to a Melbourne man who salvaged a quantity of high-quality tobacco and dental and surgical instruments. Timbers from the ship were salvaged and used in the construction of houses and shed around Apollo Bay, including a guest house, Milford House (since burnt down in bushfires), which had furniture, fittings and timber on the dining room floor from the ship. A 39.7-foot-long trading ketch, the Apollo, was also built from its timbers by Mr Burgess in 1883 and subsequently used in Tasmanian waters. It was the first attempt at shipbuilding in Apollo Bay. In 1881 a red light was installed about 300 feet above sea level at the base of the Cape Otway lighthouse to warn ships when they were too close to shore; It would not be visible unless a ship came within 3 miles from it. This has proved to be an effective warning. Nelson Johnson married Elizabeth Howard in 1881 and they had 10 children, the father of the medal’s donor being the youngest. They lived in 13 Tichbourne Place, South Melbourne, Victoria. Nelson died in 1922 in Fitzroy Victoria, age 66. In 1895 the owners of the S.S. Dawn, the Portland and Belfast Steam Navigation Co., wound up and sold out to the Belfast Company who took over the Dawn for one year before selling her to Howard Smith. She was condemned and sunk in Suva in 1928. The State Library of Victoria has a lithograph in its collection depicting the steamer Dawn and the shipwrecked men, titled. "Wreck of the ship Eric the Red, Cape Otway: rescue of the crew by the Dawn". The medal for bravery is associated with the ship the “The Eric the Red which is historically significant as one of Victoria's major 19th century shipwrecks. (Heritage Victoria Eric the Red; HV ID 239) The wreck led to the provision of an additional warning light placed below the Cape Otway lighthouse to alert mariners to the location of Otway Reef. The site is archaeologically significant for its remains of a large and varied cargo and ship's fittings being scattered over a wide area. The site is recreationally and aesthetically significant as it is one of the few sites along this coast where tourists can visit identifiable remains of a large wooden shipwreck, and for its location set against the background of Cape Otway, Bass Strait, and the Cape Otway lighthouse.“ (Victorian Heritage Database Registration Number S239, Official Number 8745 USA) This medal was awarded to Nelson Johnson by the U.S. President for bravery in the rescue of the Eric the Red crew. The obverse of the round, solid silver medal has an inscription around the rim. In the centre of the medal is the head of Liberty to the left, hair in a bun, with a sprig of leaves in the top left of a band around her head. There is a 6-pointed star below the portrait, between the start and end of the inscription. There are two raised areas on the rim, horizontally opposite each other, from the edge to just below the lettering and coinciding with the holes drilled in the edge. Slightly right of the top is a round indentation in the rim. The reverse has a wreath of leaves as a border, joined at the bottom by a ribbon bow. In the centre of the medal is an inscription, decorated with 3-pronged design and dots. The edge is plain with 2 small, rough and uneven holes horizontally opposite to each other, as though they had been used for mounting the medal at some stage. The medal has a matte finish on both sides and is slightly pitted and scratched.“PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES” around the perimeter of the obverse of the medal. “TO / Nelson Johnson, / seaman of the British, / str “Dawn”, for bravery, / at risk of life, / in / rescuing the crew of / the American Ship / “Eric the Red.” “M” on obverse, truncation of the portraitwarrnambool, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, shipwreck artefact, eric the red, zaccheus allen, sewall, 1880, melbourne exhibition, cape otway, otway reef, victorian shipwreck, medal, nelson johnson, neils frederick yohnson, s.s. dawn, george morgan, hero -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Book, Churches of Christ Hymn Book with Supplement, 1964
... Presented to Robert Cook for winning his section in the Warrnambool Church of Christ Sunday School Quiz held 1966 Supt Leslie C Porter....Christ Church Warrnambool cook family robert cook Presented to Robert Cook for winning his section in the Warrnambool Church of Christ Sunday School Quiz held 1966 Supt Leslie C Porter. ...A collection of hymns which would have been used by the congregation of Christ Church in Warrnambool. This copy was awarded to Robert Cook in 1966An item which relates to one of Warrnambool’s longest established churches.Black cover with gold text on front cover. Inscription written in blue inside front cover.736 pages. Light mottling on edges of pages. It has an index to first lines at the front of the book.Presented to Robert Cook for winning his section in the Warrnambool Church of Christ Sunday School Quiz held 1966 Supt Leslie C Porter.christ church warrnambool, cook family, robert cook -
Orbost & District Historical Society£1 note, 1966
... C. Coombs, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia and Roland Wilson, Secretary to the Treasury. The watermark is Captain Cook in left oval. ...C. Coombs, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia and Roland Wilson, Secretary to the Treasury. The watermark is Captain Cook in left oval. ...The one pound note was the most prevalent banknote in circulation with the pound series, with the last series of 1953-66 having 1,066 million banknotes printed. The serial number HK 02 suggests it was printed in 1966.this item is an example of pre-decimal currency used in Australia.A green rectangular paper Australian £1 note. On the obverse is the Australian Coat of Arms and a picture of Queen Elizabeth II facing left. On the reverse are Charles Sturt and Hamilton Hume. The signatories are: H. C. Coombs, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia and Roland Wilson, Secretary to the Treasury. The watermark is Captain Cook in left oval. Behind each signature is ’ONE POUND’. The serial number is HK 456416 02 currency-australia one-pound-note -
Orbost & District Historical Society10/- note, June 1954 to February 1966
... C. Coombs, Governor, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Roland Wilson, Secretary to the Treasury. The watermark is Captain Cook in left oval and ’HALF’ behind each signature. ...C. Coombs, Governor, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Roland Wilson, Secretary to the Treasury. The watermark is Captain Cook in left oval and ’HALF’ behind each signature. ...The 10/- banknote was first issued on 1 May 1913 as a blue banknote payable in gold. It was equal to a half sovereign gold coin. This is an example of Australian pre-decimal currency.A brown rectangular paper Australian ten shilling note. On the obverse side is Matthew Flinders and on the reverseis Parliament House. The signatories are : H. C. Coombs, Governor, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Roland Wilson, Secretary to the Treasury. The watermark is Captain Cook in left oval and ’HALF’ behind each signature. The serial number is AE 617665 72currency australian-ten-shilling-note -
Federation University Historical CollectionBooklet - Annual Report, Greater Ballarat Association Annual Report 1952-1974, 1952-1974
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