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Federation University Historical CollectionPostcard, Colour, Walton, New Gantries, Harland & Wolffs, Belfast, Ireland
... New Gantries, Harland & Wolffs, Belfast, Ireland...Harland & Wolff is famous for having built the majority of the ships intended for the White Star Line. ...Two photographic postcards showing the new gantries, Harland & Wolffs, Belfast, Ireland...Harland and Wolff's official history, Shipbuilders to the World, was published in 1986. chatham family archive belfast ireland new gantries harland & woffs Two photographic postcards showing the new gantries, Harland & Wolffs, Belfast, Ireland New Gantries, Harland & Wolffs, Belfast, Ireland Postcard, Colour Walton ...Harland & Wolff Heavy Industries is a heavy industrial company, specialising in shipbuilding and offshore construction, located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Harland & Wolff is famous for having built the majority of the ships intended for the White Star Line. Well known ships built by Harland & Wolff include the Olympic Class trio: RMS Titanic, RMS Olympic and RMS Britannic, the Royal Navy's HMS Belfast, Royal Mail Line's Andes, Shaw Savill's Southern Cross, Union-Castle's RMS Pendennis Castle, and P&O's Canberra. Harland and Wolff's official history, Shipbuilders to the World, was published in 1986.Two photographic postcards showing the new gantries, Harland & Wolffs, Belfast, Irelandchatham family archive, belfast, ireland, new gantries, harland & woffs -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageDocument - Certificate, Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Indenture of Apprenticeship, 28th October 1941
... At the age of 16 years, he began a 5-year Shipwright’s apprenticeship with Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast. ...Certificate printed on cream paper; Indenture of Apprenticeship, between Norman McKenzie of Belfast, and Harland & Wolff Ltd. of Queen's Island, Belfast on 28th October 1941. ...Handwritten and underlined in red pen, top right of Certificate's front "1499" Printed on the Certificate, employer "HARLAND & WOLFF Limited, of Queen's Island, Belfast, Shipbuilders and Engineers" Handwritten in black pen "Twenty-eighth (day of ) October 1941" "Norman D. ...Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works...At the age of 16 years, he began a 5-year Shipwright’s apprenticeship with Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast. ...A number of items once belonging to shipwright Norman McKenzie were donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. They are related to Norman’s apprenticeship and certification as a Shipwright in Belfast, his Union membership and his employment as a shipwright in Melbourne. One of the items, a union Rules Book inscribed with the name H.B. Thomas and dated 1902, had within its pages Norman’s Indenture of Apprenticeship, dated 1941, Norman Desmond McKenzie was born in Belfast in 1925 and lived at 10 Pansy Street Belfast, Northern Ireland. At the age of 16 years, he began a 5-year Shipwright’s apprenticeship with Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast. He became a member of the Ship Constructors’ and Shipwrights’ Association, Belfast (B) Branch 20. His Registration Number was 38748. He completed his apprenticeship on December 16th, 1946, aged 21 years, his address was 26 Connsbrook Drive, Sydenham, N. Belfast. In October 1949 Norman received Clearance from his Union as a financial member to move to another branch. He completed his Apprenticeship on December 16th 1946. Two months later he migrated to Australia, and he arrived in Victoria, and he became a Financial Member of the Victorian branch of the Federated Shipwrights, Ship constructors, Naval Architects, Ships’ Draughtsmen and Boat Builders’ Association of Australia, Victoria branch. One of Norman’s donated books is the Rules of the Shipwrights' Provident Union of the Port of London. It is inscribed on several pages with the name H.B. Thomas and includes the year 1902 and the address of 29 Brickwood Street, Gardenvale. This is a location in Victoria, Australia. The Victoria Government Gazette, February 1959, in the section “Removal from Registration on The Architects Registration Board of Victoria, during the year ended 31st December 1956” lists “Deceased – Thomas, H.B., 29 Brickwood Street, Gardenvale”. The Architects Union includes Naval Architects and Shipwrights and other related trades came under the same union. It seems likely that when he was in Melbourne, Norman worked as a Shipwright for H.B. Thomas and was given the Rules book by Thomas, perhaps as a reference book or maybe as a gift. Around that same time, December 1949, Norman met his wife-to-be, Daphne, in Melbourne. Daphne had migrated from London with her family and her father found work with the Melbourne Harbour Trust. They married in Melbourne in 1953 and went on to have a family of five children. In 2003 Norman and Daphne moved to Warrnambool and then years later they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Norman passed away on July 28th 2015 at Warrnambool’s South West Healthcare hospital.Norman McKenzie's Rules Book, Union Cards, Indenture of Apprenticeship, and other documents tell the story of a young Irish lad's work and qualifications to become a shipwright and his migration to Australia. The young man found a job and a wife who had also migrated, and they raised a family in Melbourne. He and his wife then retired to Warrnambool to enjoy their later years. The collection of documents relating to Norman McKenzie is significant for its connection with the shipping industry of the early 1900s, the migration of qualified tradesmen to Victoria, and their contribution to the development of Victoria. The collection also shows the role of the Union in the shipping industry. The documents link shipwright Norman McKenzie to the Shipwright's Union in London and in Australia, and to shipbuilder H B Thomas in Melbourne, most likely his employer.Certificate printed on cream paper; Indenture of Apprenticeship, between Norman McKenzie of Belfast, and Harland & Wolff Ltd. of Queen's Island, Belfast on 28th October 1941. The Certificate was donated within the pages of a book, Rules of the Shipwrights' Provident Union of the Port of London published in 1895 and inscribed in 1905 with the name H. B. Thomas. Inscriptions are on the front and reverse of the certificate. There are two red wax seals beside the signatures of John Morrison and Norman D. McKenzie. Handwritten and underlined in red pen, top right of Certificate's front "1499" Printed on the Certificate, employer "HARLAND & WOLFF Limited, of Queen's Island, Belfast, Shipbuilders and Engineers" Handwritten in black pen "Twenty-eighth (day of ) October 1941" "Norman D. McKenzie, 10 Pansy Street, Belfast" "Shipwright Rates of wages as per National agreement" SIGNED: "John Morrison" "William Donald" "Joseph Kenney" "Norman D. McKenzie" Along the right margin "Apprenticeship completed 16th December 1946" In pencil on the reverse "N McKenzie, 26 Connsbrook Drive, Sydenham, N. Belfast" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, norman mckenzie, norman desmond mckenzie, belfast shipwright, shipwright's apprenticeship, harland & wolff limited, shipbuilding & engineering works, the ship constructors’ and shipwrights’ association, registered shipwright, victorian branch of the federated shipwrights, ship constructors, naval architects, ships’ draughtsmen and boat builders’ association of australia, victoria branch, shipwrights' provident union, h.b. thomas, architects registration board of victoria, naval architect, daphne, norman and daphne mckenzie, indenture of apprenticeship -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionBook, Alone, c. 1889
... Romantic novel written by Marion Harland in 1854. From Goodreads: Mary Virginia Terhune (née Hawes), also known by her penname Marion Harland, was an American author. ...Marion Harland...Alone Book Book Marion Harland Harland, Marion ...Blue cloth-covered binding. Title and author on spine in blue lettering against a gold design. 320pp.fictionromance, female author, woman, 1854, american -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageFinancial record - Union Membership, Shipconstructiors’ and Shipwrights’ Association et al, From 1941 to 1950
... At the age of 16 years, he began a 5-year Shipwright’s apprenticeship with Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast. ...Documents owned by Norman Desmond McKenzie, Shipwright: (1) Shipwright's card with a pink cover and record of contributions for 1949 (2) Clearance Certificate from Victorian Branch of the Federated Shipwrights' Ship Constructors, Naval Architects, Ships' Draughtsmen and Boat Builders' Association of Australia, 14-12-1949,4-12-1949 (3) Contribution book with blue cover and stapled in pages with payment records for 1947 (4) Apprenticeship and Employment Reference, typed, from Harland & Wolff Ltd. Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast, dated 9-9-1949...Handwritten "N McKenzie" "221" (Reg.) "38748" "PB" CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE: Printed "Federated Shipwrights', Ship Constructors', Naval Architects', Ships' Draftsmen and Boat Builders' Association of Australia" Handwritten "Dec 14 [19] 49", "Norman D McKenzie" ""Victorian [BranchH]" "'til Feb 1st 1950" CONTRIBUTION BOOK: Printed "BELFAST SHIPWRIGHT'S MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION" "CONTRIBUTION BOOK" Stamped "Herbert Taylor" Handwritten "N McKenzie" "415" EMPLOYMENT REFERENCE: Printed "HARLAND & WOLFF Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast" Typed "9th September 1949" and "This is to certify that Norman D. ......Harland & Wolff Ltd, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works...Belfast Shipwrights Mutual Aid Association Harland & Wolff Ltd, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works ...A number of items once belonging to shipwright Norman Desmond McKenzie were donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. They are related to Norman’s apprenticeship and certification as a Shipwright in Belfast, his Union membership and his employment as a shipwright in Melbourne. One of the items, a union Rules Book inscribed with the name H.B. Thomas and dated 1902, had within its pages Norman’s Indenture of Apprenticeship, dated 1941, Norman Desmond McKenzie was born in Belfast in 1925 and lived at 10 Pansy Street Belfast, Northern Ireland. At the age of 16 years, he began a 5-year Shipwright’s apprenticeship with Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast. He became a member of the Ship Constructors’ and Shipwrights’ Association, Belfast (B) Branch 20. His Registration Number was 38748. He completed his apprenticeship on December 16th, 1946, aged 21 years, his address was 26 Connsbrook Drive, Sydenham, N. Belfast. In October 1949 Norman received Clearance from his Union as a financial member to move to another branch. He completed his Apprenticeship on December 16th 1946. Two months later he migrated to Australia, and he arrived in Victoria, and he became a Financial Member of the Victorian branch of the Federated Shipwrights, Ship constructors, Naval Architects, Ships’ Draughtsmen and Boat Builders’ Association of Australia, Victoria branch. One of Norman’s donated books is the Rules of the Shipwrights' Provident Union of the Port of London. It is inscribed on several pages with the name H.B. Thomas and includes the year 1902 and the address of 29 Brickwood Street, Gardenvale. This is a location in Victoria, Australia. The Victoria Government Gazette, February 1959, in the section “Removal from Registration on The Architects Registration Board of Victoria, during the year ended 31st December 1956” lists “Deceased – Thomas, H.B., 29 Brickwood Street, Gardenvale”. The Architects Union includes Naval Architects and Shipwrights and other related trades came under the same union. It seems likely that when he was in Melbourne, Norman worked as a Shipwright for H.B. Thomas and was given the Rules book by Thomas, perhaps as a reference book or maybe as a gift. Around that same time, December 1949, Norman met his wife-to-be, Daphne, in Melbourne. Daphne had migrated from London with her family and her father found work with the Melbourne Harbour Trust. They married in Melbourne in 1953 and went on to have a family of five children. In 2003 Norman and Daphne moved to Warrnambool and then years later they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Norman passed away on July 28th 2015 at Warrnambool’s South West Healthcare hospital.Norman McKenzie's Rules Book, Union Cards, Indenture of Apprenticeship, and other documents tell the story of a young Irish lad's work and qualifications to become a shipwright and his migration to Australia. The young man found a job and a wife who had also migrated, and they raised a family in Melbourne. He and his wife then retired to Warrnambool to enjoy their later years. The collection of documents relating to Norman McKenzie is significant for its connection with the shipping industry of the early 1900s, the migration of qualified tradesmen to Victoria, and their contribution to the development of Victoria. The collection also shows the role of the Union in the shipping industry. The documents link shipwright Norman McKenzie to the Shipwright's Union in London and in Australia, and to shipbuilder H B Thomas in Melbourne, most likely his employer.Documents owned by Norman Desmond McKenzie, Shipwright: (1) Shipwright's card with a pink cover and record of contributions for 1949 (2) Clearance Certificate from Victorian Branch of the Federated Shipwrights' Ship Constructors, Naval Architects, Ships' Draughtsmen and Boat Builders' Association of Australia, 14-12-1949,4-12-1949 (3) Contribution book with blue cover and stapled in pages with payment records for 1947 (4) Apprenticeship and Employment Reference, typed, from Harland & Wolff Ltd. Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast, dated 9-9-1949SHIPWRIGHT'S CARD - Printed: "SHIPWRIGHT'S CARD" "SHIPCONSTRUCTORS and SHIPWRIGHTS' ASSOCIATION" "8, Eldon Square, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1". "J ALEXANDER, SECRETARY", "38 Sandbrook Park" Stamped "BELFAST (B) BRANCH" . Handwritten "N McKenzie" "221" (Reg.) "38748" "PB" CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE: Printed "Federated Shipwrights', Ship Constructors', Naval Architects', Ships' Draftsmen and Boat Builders' Association of Australia" Handwritten "Dec 14 [19] 49", "Norman D McKenzie" ""Victorian [BranchH]" "'til Feb 1st 1950" CONTRIBUTION BOOK: Printed "BELFAST SHIPWRIGHT'S MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION" "CONTRIBUTION BOOK" Stamped "Herbert Taylor" Handwritten "N McKenzie" "415" EMPLOYMENT REFERENCE: Printed "HARLAND & WOLFF Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast" Typed "9th September 1949" and "This is to certify that Norman D. MaKenzie, 26 Connstrook Drive, Belfast, served a five-year Apprenticeship with us as a Shipwright, completing this on the 16th December 1946. He continued in our employment, and is now leaving of his own accord. We would state that during the time Mr. McKenzie was with us, he was a good workman and steady timekeeper."flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, norman mckenzie, norman desmond mckenzie, belfast shipwright, shipwright's apprenticeship, harland & wolff limited, shipbuilding & engineering works, the ship constructors’ and shipwrights’ association, registered shipwright, victorian branch of the federated shipwrights, ship constructors, naval architects, ships’ draughtsmen and boat builders’ association of australia, victoria branch, shipwrights' provident union, h.b. thomas, architects registration board of victoria, naval architect, daphne, norman and daphne mckenzie, indenture of apprenticeship, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, union card, shipwright’s association card, n mckenzie, certificate of clearance -
Inverloch Historical Society001235 Photograph - January 1998 - Bass Bicentenary Time Capsule - Inspecting the plaque - Nancye Durham, Ron Bowden MLA , Cr Don Cameron (Mayor), Gordon Harland - from P Jones
... 001235 Photograph - January 1998 - Bass Bicentenary Time Capsule - Inspecting the plaque - Nancye Durham, Ron Bowden MLA , Cr Don Cameron (Mayor), Gordon Harland - from P Jones...Inverloch gippsland 001235 Photograph - January 1998 - Bass Bicentenary Time Capsule - Inspecting the plaque - Nancye Durham, Ron Bowden MLA , Cr Don Cameron (Mayor), Gordon Harland - from P Jones ... -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaFlyer - Souvenir, late 20th Century
... One became a whale factory ship and the second a passenger ship built and launched by Harland and Wolff in1944 and had maiden voyage 1947 between London and New Zealand. ...At lower right edge on one side: " SS Athenic launching on November 6th, 1946 / From the Harland & Wolff Archive"...One became a whale factory ship and the second a passenger ship built and launched by Harland and Wolff in1944 and had maiden voyage 1947 between London and New Zealand. ...The SS Athenic was one of 2 vessels of the Shaw Savill Line. One became a whale factory ship and the second a passenger ship built and launched by Harland and Wolff in1944 and had maiden voyage 1947 between London and New Zealand. Donor of this document Mr GW Duncan sailed on the maiden voyage and has also gifted sample menus from that trip.Mariner Duncan had a particular regard for the Mission to Seafarers. A plate for display on a commissioned new table at the MTSV acknowledges his bequest and the material donated. Collectively the G W Duncan material includes: photographs, professional data memorabilia and written and commercially printed resources. The memorabilia relates to his career at sea and in particular the role of an engineer, including a handwritten manual of notes and references relating to the mechanical and engineering aspects and areas of responsibility for maintenance. Double sided colour flyer with 'collaged' arrangement of various reproduced photographs of SS AthenicAt lower right edge on one side: " SS Athenic launching on November 6th, 1946 / From the Harland & Wolff Archive"shaw savill line, ss athenic, harland and wolff, george winfield duncan (1922-2017), ship engineer, 1946 -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchShell Casing
... 76 X 636mm Oto Melara 1964 - Oliver Harland Perry Class (US), aka Adelaide class (Aust) FFG's (Frigates)...Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch 1 Mast Gully Road Upwey melbourne Ammunition 1964 RAN 76 X 636mm Oto Melara 1964 - Oliver Harland Perry Class (US), aka Adelaide class (Aust) FFG's (Frigates) Shell Casing ...76 X 636mm Oto Melara 1964 - Oliver Harland Perry Class (US), aka Adelaide class (Aust) FFG's (Frigates)ammunition, 1964, ran -
Seaworks Maritime MuseumShipbuilders model, Tri Ellis
... The main engine was an opposed piston type Harland & Wolff 6-620/ 1870 6 for the number of cylinders.. 620 for the cylinder bore and 1870 for the combined strokes of the main exhaust pistons in each cylinder. ...plaque at foot of model "MV TRI ELLIS/ LENGTH B.P. 486'-3"- BREADTH MLD 68'0" - DEPTH MLD 40'6"/ TONNAGE GROSS 11,760/ Built by HARLAND & WOLFF LTD/ For BRITISH PHOSPHATE COMMISSIONERS" On model "TRI-ELLIS" painted black...The main engine was an opposed piston type Harland & Wolff 6-620/ 1870 6 for the number of cylinders.. 620 for the cylinder bore and 1870 for the combined strokes of the main exhaust pistons in each cylinder. ...Model ship was presented to the Melbourne Maritime Museum by the British Phosphate Commissioners. Built as Tri-Ellis (1958-74), Tryphena (1974-78), Man Tat (1978-80), 1980 broken up. DWT 13,756 SPEED 14 KNOTS.AT 112RPM. BOILERS LARKSON TRIMBLETUBE. FUEL CONSUMPTION 7 TPD. GENERATORS W.H.ALLEN - 4CYL.2SA290/470. 480B.H.P.320L.W.-220V 333RPM DAILY CONS - 1.5 TONS. EMERGENCY GEN R & H. 40 K.N. -220V. REFRIGERATING MACH: J & G HALL LTD. SUPERSTRUCTURE: FORECASTLE 62'..2 DECKS RIVETED AND WELDED. CARGO BATTONS NOT FITTED. 9 BULKHEADS. RISE OF FLOOR 6".WATER BALLAST 3,296 TONS INCLUDING TUNNEL TANKS 1,341 TONS. 'TWEEN- DECKS FORWARD 274 TONS. REFRIGERATED CARGO INSTALLATION - 6 HOLDS - 55.2',52',54',59.5',43' ,53'. GRAIN CAPACITY :621,640 CU. FT. BALE CAPACITY : 573,810 CU. FT. INSULATED CAPACITY : 5,050 CU.FT. 6 STEEL HATCHWAYS (27',30',30'* 30') (30'* 27.75') (27', 24' * 28' ). 12 WINCHES...DERRICKS 1 (25), 2 (10), 10 (5). MACHINERY: OIL 2SA 7CY.C20 * 1400MM EXHAUST 470MM. 6500 BHP. FUEL BUNKERS: 2135 TONS HIGH VISCOCITY FUEL. The main engine was an opposed piston type Harland & Wolff 6-620/ 1870 6 for the number of cylinders.. 620 for the cylinder bore and 1870 for the combined strokes of the main exhaust pistons in each cylinder. This engine was based no a Burmeister and Wain design but H & W gave these engines their own type designation. Sailed on board its maiden voyage to Australia via Casablanca Morocco where she collected her first load of phosphate. We sailed to Geelong via the Suez canal and the Port of Aden (Yemen) and Freemantle. The first load of phosphate was unloaded at Corio Bay (geelong) Formerly part of the collection of Melbourne shipping company, Howard Smith Ltd. Ship builder's model of the cargo ship Tri-Ellis IMO 5368196 - Body of moulded polyurethane painted in red, black and grey, the deck painted in red, with detailed fittings, machinery, rigging and superstructure, raised on a wooden base. Original ship built Clyde 1958, 11,761 gross tonnes, 531.5' x 68' x 31' (162.0 x 20.73 x 9.45m)plaque at foot of model "MV TRI ELLIS/ LENGTH B.P. 486'-3"- BREADTH MLD 68'0" - DEPTH MLD 40'6"/ TONNAGE GROSS 11,760/ Built by HARLAND & WOLFF LTD/ For BRITISH PHOSPHATE COMMISSIONERS" On model "TRI-ELLIS" painted black -
Kew Historical Society IncPainting, Neapolitan Fisherman and Dog, 1841-1861
... Handwritten on the label is the name W.O. Harland. Modern frame. The painting may have been donated by Rosemary Vaughan-Smith who was a neighbour of Mrs Dorman (sic). ...Handwritten on the label is the name W.O. Harland. Modern frame. The painting may have been donated by Rosemary Vaughan-Smith who was a neighbour of Mrs Dorman (sic). ...NeoclassicalOil on board of a Neapolitan fisherman his dog. A label inside the frame states that the painting is mounted on "Prepared Mill Board / Windsor & Newton / Artists' Colourmen / to Her Majesty / and / His Royal Highness Prince Albert / 38, Rahbone Place, London." This would indicate that the artist was British and working between 1841-61. Handwritten on the label is the name W.O. Harland. Modern frame. The painting may have been donated by Rosemary Vaughan-Smith who was a neighbour of Mrs Dorman (sic). artwork, neapolitan fisherman -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Letter from the Deputy Commissioner of the Repatriation Commission to the Ballarat School of Mines, 1948, 02/06/1948
... ...harland...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields repatriation m. brown harland william bolitho bill bolitho daniel brazil leslie coburn john lannen ian mclenehan f.e. ferguson Typed letter concerning accounts for financial support of Ballarat School of Mines students by the Repatriation Commission. ...Typed letter concerning accounts for financial support of Ballarat School of Mines students by the Repatriation Commission. repatriation, m. brown, harland, william bolitho, bill bolitho, daniel brazil, leslie coburn, john lannen, ian mclenehan, f.e. ferguson -
Royal Brighton Yacht ClubAward - Paul Wise Owl Dragon Trophy, Dragon Long Race Trophy
... The winner this season was Lyla 194, skippered by Maia Hester and crewed by Ruby Wise (Paul’s granddaughter) and James Harland. It was Ruby’s inaugural Dragon Race. ...The winner this season was Lyla 194, skippered by Maia Hester and crewed by Ruby Wise (Paul’s granddaughter) and James Harland. It was Ruby’s inaugural Dragon Race. ...This trophy first appeared at the 150th anniversary presentation night in July 2025. It is awarded for the Dragon Long race and included retrospective winners of the trophy. The trophy is aptly named after Paul Wise, a frequent Dragon Sailor and the one who approved the rescue of the owl from the hardstand bin. The trophy was then given a base with plaques and is a testament to RBYC’s cleaner sailing commitments. The winner this season was Lyla 194, skippered by Maia Hester and crewed by Ruby Wise (Paul’s granddaughter) and James Harland. It was Ruby’s inaugural Dragon Race. James is the creative genius behind Wise Owl's restoration. Paul Wise Owl Dragon Trophy -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPostcard, Vienna Studio, R.M.S. "OCEANA", c. 1904
... The Oceana was built 1887-88 for P&O at Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland and sailed on her maiden voyage from London for Melbourne and Sydney on 19 March 1888. ...The Oceana was built 1887-88 for P&O at Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland and sailed on her maiden voyage from London for Melbourne and Sydney on 19 March 1888. ...RMS Oceana postcard produced by Vienna Studio, 68 Beach Street, Port Melbourne. The Vienna Studio was run by Austrian-born Kallman FEITEL, first in Richmond around 1902 then in Port Melbourne from around 1904. The Oceana was built 1887-88 for P&O at Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland and sailed on her maiden voyage from London for Melbourne and Sydney on 19 March 1888. The Oceana collided with the Pisagua when leaving the Port of Tilbury, England and sank on 15 March 1912. She was subsequently blown up in July 1912 by the Royal Navy as the wreck was a hazard to shipping and is now a popular diving site.White postcard with a black and white photograph of RMS Oceana.transport - shipping, vienna studio, rms ocena, kallman feitel -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - Photograph - black and white, Ballarat School of Mines Staff, 1946, 1946
... McTaggart, C. King, M. Harland, F. Gladstone Procter Front left to right: N.W. ...McTaggart, C. King, M. Harland, F. Gladstone Procter Front left to right: N.W. ...The Ballarat School of Mines was the first school of mines in Australasia. It is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia. Black and white photograph of Ballarat School of Mines Staff. The photograph is taken at the back of the Administration Building (formerly called new Classrooms). Back left to right: F.L. Collins, A.W. Bridson, J.J. Hanrahan, Harry Brew, G.W. Cornell Second left to right: J.T. Collings, R.W. Whitla, S. Mayo, Neville Bunning Third left to right: L.O. Brown, G.V. Bergin, R.R. Watson, T. Kellock, A.J. Murdoch, R.W. Richards Fourth left to right: A.C. Miller, A.V. Gilpin. T. R. Gordon, R.P. Flowers, H. Yates, D. Mullins, T. Trengove, W. Wilkinson, Lindsay Hillman, C. Fairbank Fifth left to right: A. Johnson, Annie Jones. M. Fogarty, Hester Darby, J. Allsop, William J. Paterson, A. Lambert, H. Goldsmith; M. McTaggart, C. King, M. Harland, F. Gladstone Procter Front left to right: N.W. Penrose, R.R. Calder, S. Williams, Dr Pound, C.F. Jeffrey (Head of Ballarat Junior Technical School, A.F. Heseltine (Principal), D.I. Johnson (Head of Art), J. Sutherland, Ruby H. Lonie, F.W. Ferguson, B. Law, J. Lochead. ballarat school of mines, dick richards, patterson, gladstone procter, university women -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Trade Union Rules, Shipwrights' Provident Union of the Port of London, Rules of the Shipwrights' Provident Union of the Port of London, 28-09-1895
... At the age of 16 years, he began a 5-year Shipwright’s apprenticeship with Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast. ...At the age of 16 years, he began a 5-year Shipwright’s apprenticeship with Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast. ...A number of items once belonging to shipwright Norman McKenzie were donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. They are related to Norman’s apprenticeship and certification as a Shipwright in Belfast, his Union membership and his employment as a shipwright in Melbourne. One of the items, a union Rules Book inscribed with the name H.B. Thomas and dated 1902, had within its pages Norman’s Indenture of Apprenticeship, dated 1941, Norman Desmond McKenzie was born in Belfast in 1925 and lived at 10 Pansy Street Belfast, Northern Ireland. At the age of 16 years, he began a 5-year Shipwright’s apprenticeship with Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast. He became a member of the Ship Constructors’ and Shipwrights’ Association, Belfast (B) Branch 20. His Registration Number was 38748. He completed his apprenticeship on December 16th, 1946, aged 21 years, his address was 26 Connsbrook Drive, Sydenham, N. Belfast. In October 1949 Norman received Clearance from his Union as a financial member to move to another branch. He completed his Apprenticeship on December 16th 1946. Two months later he migrated to Australia, and he arrived in Victoria, and he became a Financial Member of the Victorian branch of the Federated Shipwrights, Ship constructors, Naval Architects, Ships’ Draughtsmen and Boat Builders’ Association of Australia, Victoria branch. One of Norman’s donated books is the Rules of the Shipwrights' Provident Union of the Port of London. It is inscribed on several pages with the name H.B. Thomas and includes the year 1902 and the address of 29 Brickwood Street, Gardenvale. This is a location in Victoria, Australia. The Victoria Government Gazette, February 1959, in the section “Removal from Registration on The Architects Registration Board of Victoria, during the year ended 31st December 1956” lists “Deceased – Thomas, H.B., 29 Brickwood Street, Gardenvale”. The Architects Union includes Naval Architects and Shipwrights and other related trades came under the same union. It seems likely that when he was in Melbourne, Norman worked as a Shipwright for H.B. Thomas and was given the Rules book by Thomas, perhaps as a reference book or maybe as a gift. Around that same time, December 1949, Norman met his wife-to-be, Daphne, in Melbourne. Daphne had migrated from London with her family and her father found work with the Melbourne Harbour Trust. They married in Melbourne in 1953 and went on to have a family of five children. In 2003 Norman and Daphne moved to Warrnambool and then years later they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Norman passed away on July 28th 2015 at Warrnambool’s South West Healthcare hospital. SUBJECTS Flagstaff Hill, Warrnambool, Maritime Village, Maritime Museum, Shipwreck coast, Great Ocean Road, Norman McKenzie, Norman Desmond McKenzie, Belfast shipwright, Shipwright's apprenticeship, Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, the Ship Constructors’ and Shipwrights’ Association, Registered Shipwright, Victorian branch of the Federated Shipwrights, Ship constructors, Naval Architects, Ships’ Draughtsmen and Boat Builders’ Association of Australia, Victoria branch, Shipwrights' Provident Union, H.B. Thomas, Architects Registration Board of Victoria, Naval Architect, Daphne, Norman and Daphne McKenzie, Indenture of Apprenticeship SIGNIFICANCE Norman McKenzie's Rules Book, Union Cards, Indenture of Apprenticeship, and other documents tell the story of a young Irish lad's work and qualifications to become a shipwright and his migration to Australia. The young man found a job and a wife who had also migrated, and they raised a family in Melbourne. He and his wife then retired to Warrnambool to enjoy their later years. The collection of documents relating to Norman McKenzie is significant for its connection with the shipping industry of the early 1900s, the migration of qualified tradesmen to Victoria, and their contribution to the development of Victoria. The collection also shows the role of the Union in the shipping industry. The documents link shipwright Norman McKenzie to the Shipwright's Union in London and in Australia, and to shipbuilder H B Thomas in Melbourne, most likely his employer.Norman McKenzie's Rules Book, Union Cards, Indenture of Apprenticeship, and other documents tell the story of a young Irish lad's work and qualifications to become a shipwright and his migration to Australia. The young man found a job and a wife who had also migrated, and they raised a family in Melbourne. He and his wife then retired to Warrnambool to enjoy their later years. The collection of documents relating to Norman McKenzie is significant for its connection with the shipping industry of the early 1900s, the migration of qualified tradesmen to Victoria, and their contribution to the development of Victoria. The collection also shows the role of the Union in the shipping industry. The documents link shipwright Norman McKenzie to the Shipwright's Union in London and in Australia, and to shipbuilder H B Thomas in Melbourne, most likely his employer. Book, small handbook. Rules of the Shipwrights' Provident Union of the Port of London. Rules were Registered with the Shipwrights' Provident Union of the Port of London, Register No. 527, September 28th 1895. A small book with dark blue textured fabric covers. Pages, 56, are bound with staples. The book has handwritten inscriptions dated 1902.Handwritten in black pen: Inside cover, "H.B. Thomas, 1902" Page 45 "H B Thomas, 29 Brickwood Street, Gardenvale" Page 49, handwritten in blue ink "H B Thomas, 1902"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, norman mckenzie, norman desmond mckenzie, belfast shipwright, shipwright's apprenticeship, harland & wolff limited, shipbuilding & engineering works, the ship constructors’ and shipwrights’ association, registered shipwright, victorian branch of the federated shipwrights, ship constructors, naval architects, ships’ draughtsmen and boat builders’ association of australia, victoria branch, shipwrights' provident union, h.b. thomas, architects registration board of victoria, naval architect, daphne, norman and daphne mckenzie -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageFinancial record - Membership Card, Shipconstructors’ and Shipwrights’ Association, Shipconstructors' and Shipwrights' Association, 1946
... At the age of 16 years, he began a 5-year Shipwright’s apprenticeship with Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast. ...At the age of 16 years, he began a 5-year Shipwright’s apprenticeship with Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast. ...Several items once belonging to shipwright Norman McKenzie were donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. They relate to Norman’s apprenticeship and certification as a Shipwright in Belfast, his Union membership and his employment as a shipwright in Melbourne. One of the items, a union Rules Book inscribed with the name H.B. Thomas and dated 1902, had within its pages Norman’s Indenture of Apprenticeship, dated 1941, Norman Desmond McKenzie was born in Belfast in 1925 and lived at 10 Pansy Street Belfast, Northern Ireland. At the age of 16 years, he began a 5-year Shipwright’s apprenticeship with Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast. He was a member of the Ship Constructors’ and Shipwrights’ Association, Belfast (B) Branch 20. His Registration Number was 38748. He completed his apprenticeship on December 16th, 1946, aged 21 years, his address was 26 Connsbrook Drive, Sydenham, N. Belfast. In October 1949 Norman received Clearance from his Union as a financial member to move to another branch. He had completed his Apprenticeship on December 16th 1946. Two months later he migrated to Australia, arrived in Victoria and became a Financial Member of the Victorian branch of the Federated Shipwrights, Ship Constructors, Naval Architects, Ships’ Draughtsmen and Boat Builders’ Association of Australia, Victoria branch. One of Norman’s donated books is the Rules of the Shipwrights' Provident Union of the Port of London. It is inscribed on several pages with the name H.B. Thomas and includes the year 1902 and the address of 29 Brickwood Street, Gardenvale. This is a location in Victoria, Australia. The Victoria Government Gazette, February 1959, in the section “Removal from Registration on The Architects Registration Board of Victoria, during the year ended 31st December 1956” lists “Deceased – Thomas, H.B., 29 Brickwood Street, Gardenvale”. The Architects Union includes Naval Architects and Shipwrights and other trades that came under the same union. It seems likely that when he was in Melbourne, Norman worked as a Shipwright for H.B. Thomas and was given the Rules book by Thomas, perhaps as a reference book or maybe as a gift. Around that same time, December 1949, Norman met his wife-to-be, Daphne, in Melbourne. Daphne had migrated from London with her family and her father found work with the Melbourne Harbour Trust. They married in Melbourne in 1953 and their family grew to include five children. In 2003 Norman and Daphne moved to Warrnambool and then years later they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Norman passed away on July 28th 2015 at Warrnambool’s South West Healthcare hospital.Norman McKenzie's Rules Book, Union Cards, Indenture of Apprenticeship, and other documents tell the story of a young Irish lad's work and qualifications to become a shipwright and his migration to Australia. The young man found a job and a wife who had also migrated, and they raised a family in Melbourne. He and his wife then retired to Warrnambool to enjoy their later years. The collection of documents relating to Norman McKenzie is significant for its connection with the shipping industry of the early 1900s, the migration of qualified tradesmen to Victoria, and their contribution to the development of Victoria. The collection also shows the role of the Union in the shipping industry. The documents link shipwright Norman McKenzie to the Shipwright's Union in London and in Australia, and to shipbuilder H B Thomas in Melbourne, most likely his employer.- Apprentice's Membership Card, Shipconstructors' and Shipwrights' Association; pink fabric covered card covers with white paper pages that record the member's contributions. for the year 1946 - enclosed within the Card is a printed and signed white paper Certificate of Shipwrights' Clearance Line, Shipconstructors' and Shipwrights' Association, Branch Transfer papers for N.McKenzie, 1st October 1949. ON THE CARD: Stamped "BELFAST (B) branch" "J ALEXANDER" Handwritten "N. McKenzie, 26 Connsbrook Drive, Sydenham," NIR", (Branch Nu.) "20", (Reg No.) "38748" "9/3/46", (Rate) "APP" ON CERTIFICATE: "(99) BELFAST B" "N McKenzie" "NIR" "38748" (Member No.) "221" "24" (years of age) (CLASS OF MEMBER" "Full Benefit" "!st October 1949" (Signature Of) "John Alexander"union card, apprentice shipwright, branch transfer papers, union membership, m mckenzie, 1946, flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, norman mckenzie, norman desmond mckenzie, belfast shipwright, shipwright's apprenticeship, harland & wolff limited, shipbuilding & engineering works, the ship constructors’ and shipwrights’ association, registered shipwright, victorian branch of the federated shipwrights, ship constructors, naval architects, ships’ draughtsmen and boat builders’ association of australia, victoria branch, shipwrights' provident union, h.b. thomas, architects registration board of victoria, naval architect, daphne, norman and daphne mckenzie, indenture of apprenticeship, 1941, 1949 -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedPhotograph - Albion State School 1988 Class Photographs
... 5141.01 - Albion State School 1988 Community School 5141.01 - Albion State School 1988 Community School Names Back Row L2R Brett Russell Ece Mustala Rebecca Walker Joshua McConnell James Gowans Chris Gowans Daniel Haynes Amanda Walker Leigh Alderton Naomi Farrugia Second Row L2R Anthony Hilton Leigh Davis Kylie Laver Troy Billsborrow Suzi Taleski Belinda Cain Sotiria Foundoulis Brett Zahra Melissa Chatzidimitriou David Wyse Andrea Murray Third Row L2R Melissa Minor Kenn Pimental Andrew Parker Gia Tran Michael Thomson Ella McConnell Brendan Chugg Mark Ly Juliette Judge Erick Pimental Front Row L2R Matthew Wright Malcolm Caruana David Filipov Jason Cain April Keane Drew Russell Herve Tran Damien McKenzie Valentina Risteska Ricky Every Absent David Bajada Teachers Andrea Murray Anthony Hilton Principal Alan Jones 5141.02 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 1 2A 5141.02 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 1 2A Names Back Row L2R Kenneth Smith Rebecca Parker William Huynh Matthew Calvitto Belinda Sims Kirsty Makeham Richard Awad Second Row L2R Ben Walkeden Steve Taleski Zawat Souki Dewayne Brizzi Nicholas Formosa Wesley Allender Bradley Rego Hollie Brennan Front Row L2R Tugba Yuksel Ian Dos Santo Joanne Billsborrow Kelly McKenzie Mark Rogers Lance Harland Kelly Barham Absent Mark Thomas Martin Wilson Teacher Mrs Heather Anthony Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.03 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 2 3L 5141.03 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 2 3L Names Back Row Philip Huynh Tanya Smith Christopher Huynh Clinton Ainsley Serdar Yuksel Karen Walkeden Zoran Majkic Second Row L2R Kemal Mustafa Rebecca Wilson William Wilson Daniel Canuti Steve Wrochna Henrietta Horvath Anthony Kitchen Joseph Tadros Front Row L2R Ana Marek Brendan Franksen Zulai Akbaba Belinda Giblin Amber Whitlow Dragan Milic Sonia Gauci Absent Stuart HIcks Teachers Miss Jan Laurie Mr Michael Griffith Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.04 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 4A 5141.04 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 4A Names Back Row L2R Linda Souki Trevor Souter bonny Hemming Lloyd Duggan Boni McComb Raquel Quarrell Second Row L2R Lisa Stork Adrian Downing Aaron Wright Corey Freeman Chris Heidemann Nathan Reid Katreena Keane Front Row L2R Sasha Ivkovic Rebekah Makeham Natalie Adams Suzie Murley Kent Giblin Robert Ayala Michelle East Jacob Schuliga Tian Tasovac Teacher Mrs Deborah Anderson Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.05 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 5 6C 5141.05 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 5 6C Names Back Row L2R Hayden Vandenberg Mark Reid Monika Hauk Irene Wajlerski Michael Canuti Daniella Jeraj Second Row L2R Ben Hearn Nicole Tranter Ben Sims Marisa Bonnici Rosetta Scalise Front Row L2R Andrew Popovic Brett Thomson Amy Harland Melanie Farrugia Rebecca Goring Anna Huynh Jodie Parker Tania Cipriani Absent Steven Whitehouse Samantha Durham Delwyn Hicks Teacher Mr GW Crosling Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.06 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 5V 5141.06 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 5V Names Back Row L2R Nattalee Drake Michael Leonard Yvette Glazner Ulku Yuksel Antonio Viterale Second Row L2R Shonte Rogers Jennhy Huynh Bernadette Hauk Julie Duncan Bob Milic Kristal Hjorth Front Row L2R Nadia Wilson Szilvia Horvath Christopher Rogers Rohan Franksen Nancy Gonzalez Leonie Wyse Sharon McDonagh Melai Goring Tiep Tran Absent Karina Rooth Teacher Joanne Vicary Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.07 - Albion State School 1988 Grade Prep 1T 5141.07 - Albion State School 1988 Grade Prep 1T Names Back Row L2R Okan Beyit Jason Witcombe Jimar Coulson Murrielle Ocon Xavier Bailey Brent Monthouse Ozan Beyit Second Row L2R Suzanne Svizdalo Maria Pimentel Dimitra Kolokotsas Dragana Milic Philip Laver Natasha Loft Tony Tevelein Nathan Downing Sherrie Skew Front Row L2R Eddie Huynh Jerson Corcuera Chelsea Hall Adam Souter Jillian Allender Christine Fisher Absent Timothy Meilak Teacher Mrs B Telford Principal Mr Alan Jones...Albion State School Albion Primary School Adelaide Street Albion 5141.01 - Albion State School 1988 Community School 5141.01 - Albion State School 1988 Community School Names Back Row L2R Brett Russell Ece Mustala Rebecca Walker Joshua McConnell James Gowans Chris Gowans Daniel Haynes Amanda Walker Leigh Alderton Naomi Farrugia Second Row L2R Anthony Hilton Leigh Davis Kylie Laver Troy Billsborrow Suzi Taleski Belinda Cain Sotiria Foundoulis Brett Zahra Melissa Chatzidimitriou David Wyse Andrea Murray Third Row L2R Melissa Minor Kenn Pimental Andrew Parker Gia Tran Michael Thomson Ella McConnell Brendan Chugg Mark Ly Juliette Judge Erick Pimental Front Row L2R Matthew Wright Malcolm Caruana David Filipov Jason Cain April Keane Drew Russell Herve Tran Damien McKenzie Valentina Risteska Ricky Every Absent David Bajada Teachers Andrea Murray Anthony Hilton Principal Alan Jones 5141.02 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 1 2A 5141.02 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 1 2A Names Back Row L2R Kenneth Smith Rebecca Parker William Huynh Matthew Calvitto Belinda Sims Kirsty Makeham Richard Awad Second Row L2R Ben Walkeden Steve Taleski Zawat Souki Dewayne Brizzi Nicholas Formosa Wesley Allender Bradley Rego Hollie Brennan Front Row L2R Tugba Yuksel Ian Dos Santo Joanne Billsborrow Kelly McKenzie Mark Rogers Lance Harland Kelly Barham Absent Mark Thomas Martin Wilson Teacher Mrs Heather Anthony Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.03 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 2 3L 5141.03 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 2 3L Names Back Row Philip Huynh Tanya Smith Christopher Huynh Clinton Ainsley Serdar Yuksel Karen Walkeden Zoran Majkic Second Row L2R Kemal Mustafa Rebecca Wilson William Wilson Daniel Canuti Steve Wrochna Henrietta Horvath Anthony Kitchen Joseph Tadros Front Row L2R Ana Marek Brendan Franksen Zulai Akbaba Belinda Giblin Amber Whitlow Dragan Milic Sonia Gauci Absent Stuart HIcks Teachers Miss Jan Laurie Mr Michael Griffith Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.04 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 4A 5141.04 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 4A Names Back Row L2R Linda Souki Trevor Souter bonny Hemming Lloyd Duggan Boni McComb Raquel Quarrell Second Row L2R Lisa Stork Adrian Downing Aaron Wright Corey Freeman Chris Heidemann Nathan Reid Katreena Keane Front Row L2R Sasha Ivkovic Rebekah Makeham Natalie Adams Suzie Murley Kent Giblin Robert Ayala Michelle East Jacob Schuliga Tian Tasovac Teacher Mrs Deborah Anderson Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.05 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 5 6C 5141.05 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 5 6C Names Back Row L2R Hayden Vandenberg Mark Reid Monika Hauk Irene Wajlerski Michael Canuti Daniella Jeraj Second Row L2R Ben Hearn Nicole Tranter Ben Sims Marisa Bonnici Rosetta Scalise Front Row L2R Andrew Popovic Brett Thomson Amy Harland Melanie Farrugia Rebecca Goring Anna Huynh Jodie Parker Tania Cipriani Absent Steven Whitehouse Samantha Durham Delwyn Hicks Teacher Mr GW Crosling Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.06 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 5V 5141.06 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 5V Names Back Row L2R Nattalee Drake Michael Leonard Yvette Glazner Ulku Yuksel Antonio Viterale Second Row L2R Shonte Rogers Jennhy Huynh Bernadette Hauk Julie Duncan Bob Milic Kristal Hjorth Front Row L2R Nadia Wilson Szilvia Horvath Christopher Rogers Rohan Franksen Nancy Gonzalez Leonie Wyse Sharon McDonagh Melai Goring Tiep Tran Absent Karina Rooth Teacher Joanne Vicary Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.07 - Albion State School 1988 Grade Prep 1T 5141.07 - Albion State School 1988 Grade Prep 1T Names Back Row L2R Okan Beyit Jason Witcombe Jimar Coulson Murrielle Ocon Xavier Bailey Brent Monthouse Ozan Beyit Second Row L2R Suzanne Svizdalo Maria Pimentel Dimitra Kolokotsas Dragana Milic Philip Laver Natasha Loft Tony Tevelein Nathan Downing Sherrie Skew Front Row L2R Eddie Huynh Jerson Corcuera Chelsea Hall Adam Souter Jillian Allender Christine Fisher Absent Timothy Meilak Teacher Mrs B Telford Principal Mr Alan Jones Collection of Digital Photographs Photograph Albion State School 1988 Class Photographs ...The current school, Albion Primary School, No 4265 opened in 1926. It was built on a site once owned by John Fitzgerald (1850s). The land was later acquired by H. V. McKay who had transferred his Sunshine Harvester Works to the area in 1905 - 7. In 1920, the Albion railway station was moved nearer Ballarat Road at the request of Mr McKay. More people came to live in the area including soldier settlers.Albion Primary School's mission is to 'Aim High' in all we do so that our students grow to be socially capable, reach their full academic potential and become caring, respectful community minded people. Albion Primary School is located in a residential area in Albion, a small pocket of the local government area of Brimbank, approximately 10 kilometres west of Melbourne and was established in 1926. Our current enrolment is 199 students. We have a rich cultural diversity amongst our school community. The school is set around a courtyard with spacious playing areas including a grassed oval, running track, games courts, an adventure playground, sand pit, jumping pits, shady courtyard and garden areas, a vegetable garden and fruit tree orchard. As well as classroom groups, we have our learning teams, student house groups (siblings are allocated to the same house) and a Junior School Council. The school has four main buildings. All classrooms have air conditioning and interactive screens. Block A houses classrooms, staff areas and the administration offices. Our newest building has classrooms and some small group/office spaces. Block B includes our library, canteen and a multi-purpose room used for indoor physical education, Perceptual Motor Program, drama, visiting performers, and community activities. Block C houses classrooms and specialist rooms. We expect and receive the best from our students in terms of their learning and behaviour. The school’s dedicated and effective staff is strongly committed to helping students achieve personal, behavioural, social and academic success. In terms of learning, the highest priority is placed on the work in English and Mathematics. We also have a range of specialist and extra-curricular programs that we provide. Our specialist teacher-librarian is involved in reading extension programs that support development in literacy. All children are able to develop their artistic abilities through visual arts and music program. Our music program is supported by the Australian Children's Music Foundation. A specialist Physical Education teacher provides lessons for all children as well as the opportunity for students to participate in organised lunch time sporting competitions between the house groups. Auslan is the additional language all students learn at Albion. All children participate in a student wellbeing program that focuses on developing strong connections and a sense of belonging within the school. Our school student leaders participate in programs that help develop their leadership skills. 5141.01 - Albion State School 1988 Community School 5141.01 - Albion State School 1988 Community School Names Back Row L2R Brett Russell Ece Mustala Rebecca Walker Joshua McConnell James Gowans Chris Gowans Daniel Haynes Amanda Walker Leigh Alderton Naomi Farrugia Second Row L2R Anthony Hilton Leigh Davis Kylie Laver Troy Billsborrow Suzi Taleski Belinda Cain Sotiria Foundoulis Brett Zahra Melissa Chatzidimitriou David Wyse Andrea Murray Third Row L2R Melissa Minor Kenn Pimental Andrew Parker Gia Tran Michael Thomson Ella McConnell Brendan Chugg Mark Ly Juliette Judge Erick Pimental Front Row L2R Matthew Wright Malcolm Caruana David Filipov Jason Cain April Keane Drew Russell Herve Tran Damien McKenzie Valentina Risteska Ricky Every Absent David Bajada Teachers Andrea Murray Anthony Hilton Principal Alan Jones 5141.02 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 1 2A 5141.02 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 1 2A Names Back Row L2R Kenneth Smith Rebecca Parker William Huynh Matthew Calvitto Belinda Sims Kirsty Makeham Richard Awad Second Row L2R Ben Walkeden Steve Taleski Zawat Souki Dewayne Brizzi Nicholas Formosa Wesley Allender Bradley Rego Hollie Brennan Front Row L2R Tugba Yuksel Ian Dos Santo Joanne Billsborrow Kelly McKenzie Mark Rogers Lance Harland Kelly Barham Absent Mark Thomas Martin Wilson Teacher Mrs Heather Anthony Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.03 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 2 3L 5141.03 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 2 3L Names Back Row Philip Huynh Tanya Smith Christopher Huynh Clinton Ainsley Serdar Yuksel Karen Walkeden Zoran Majkic Second Row L2R Kemal Mustafa Rebecca Wilson William Wilson Daniel Canuti Steve Wrochna Henrietta Horvath Anthony Kitchen Joseph Tadros Front Row L2R Ana Marek Brendan Franksen Zulai Akbaba Belinda Giblin Amber Whitlow Dragan Milic Sonia Gauci Absent Stuart HIcks Teachers Miss Jan Laurie Mr Michael Griffith Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.04 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 4A 5141.04 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 4A Names Back Row L2R Linda Souki Trevor Souter bonny Hemming Lloyd Duggan Boni McComb Raquel Quarrell Second Row L2R Lisa Stork Adrian Downing Aaron Wright Corey Freeman Chris Heidemann Nathan Reid Katreena Keane Front Row L2R Sasha Ivkovic Rebekah Makeham Natalie Adams Suzie Murley Kent Giblin Robert Ayala Michelle East Jacob Schuliga Tian Tasovac Teacher Mrs Deborah Anderson Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.05 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 5 6C 5141.05 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 5 6C Names Back Row L2R Hayden Vandenberg Mark Reid Monika Hauk Irene Wajlerski Michael Canuti Daniella Jeraj Second Row L2R Ben Hearn Nicole Tranter Ben Sims Marisa Bonnici Rosetta Scalise Front Row L2R Andrew Popovic Brett Thomson Amy Harland Melanie Farrugia Rebecca Goring Anna Huynh Jodie Parker Tania Cipriani Absent Steven Whitehouse Samantha Durham Delwyn Hicks Teacher Mr GW Crosling Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.06 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 5V 5141.06 - Albion State School 1988 Grade 5V Names Back Row L2R Nattalee Drake Michael Leonard Yvette Glazner Ulku Yuksel Antonio Viterale Second Row L2R Shonte Rogers Jennhy Huynh Bernadette Hauk Julie Duncan Bob Milic Kristal Hjorth Front Row L2R Nadia Wilson Szilvia Horvath Christopher Rogers Rohan Franksen Nancy Gonzalez Leonie Wyse Sharon McDonagh Melai Goring Tiep Tran Absent Karina Rooth Teacher Joanne Vicary Principal Mr Alan Jones 5141.07 - Albion State School 1988 Grade Prep 1T 5141.07 - Albion State School 1988 Grade Prep 1T Names Back Row L2R Okan Beyit Jason Witcombe Jimar Coulson Murrielle Ocon Xavier Bailey Brent Monthouse Ozan Beyit Second Row L2R Suzanne Svizdalo Maria Pimentel Dimitra Kolokotsas Dragana Milic Philip Laver Natasha Loft Tony Tevelein Nathan Downing Sherrie Skew Front Row L2R Eddie Huynh Jerson Corcuera Chelsea Hall Adam Souter Jillian Allender Christine Fisher Absent Timothy Meilak Teacher Mrs B Telford Principal Mr Alan Jonesalbion state school, albion primary school, adelaide street, albion -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageWeapon - Knife, Made on or before September 1891
... A three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...A three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...This sheath knife belonging originally to German seaman Julius Gebauhr and an artifact associated with the story of the survivors of the wreck of Fiji. A three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on 22nd May 1891 bound for Melbourne, under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. The ship’s manifest shows that she was loaded with a varied cargo consisting of cases of dynamite, pig iron, steel goods, various spirits, sailcloth, tobacco, coiled fencing wire, concrete, 400 German pianos and other musical instruments. On September 5th, one hundred days out from Hamburg in a squally and boisterous south-west wind, the Cape Otway light was sighted on a bearing differing from Captain Vickers' calculation of his position. At about 2:30 am, Sunday 6th September 1891 land was reported 4-5 miles off the port bow. The captain tried to put the ship on the other tack, but she would not respond. He then tried to turn her the other way but just as the manoeuvre was being completed Fiji struck rock only 274 meters from shore. The place is known as Wreck Bay, Moonlight Head. Efforts were made to lower boats but all capsized or became swamped two of the younger crewmen volunteered to swim for the shore, taking a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Carkland, drowned after the line broke. The other, 17-year-old able seaman Julius Gebauhr, a German, reached shore safely on his second attempt without a line, which he had cut loose with his sheath-knife when it becomes tangled in kelp. He rested on the beach a while then climbed the cliffs in search of help. At about 10 am on Sunday a party of land selectors including F. J. Stanmore, Leslie Dickson found Gebauer. They were on their travels back from Princetown towards Moonlight Head. Gebauer was lying in the scrub in a poor state, bleeding and dressed only in a singlet, socks, belt and his sheath-knife. His rescues gave him food and brandy and some clothing and gain information about the wreck. Some of the men took him to Rivernook, a nearby guest house owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Stanmore and Dickson rode off to try and summon help. Messages for rescuing the rest of the crew were sent both to Port Campbell for the rocket rescue crew and to Warrnambool for the lifeboat. The S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. After travelling the 25 miles to the scene, half of the Port Campbell rocket crew and equipment arrived and was set up on the beach below the cliffs. By this time the crew of Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours. Mr Tregear from the Rocket Crew fired the line the light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully fired across the ship and made fast. The anxious sailors then attempted to come ashore along the line but, as many as five at a time, however, some were washed off. Only 14 of the 24 men who had remained on the ship made it to shore. Many onlookers on the beach took it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. The wreck of Fiji has smashed apart within 20 minutes of the last man being brought ashore, and it settled in about 6 m of water. Of the 26 men on Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach. They were buried on the clifftop above the wreck. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship and his Masters Certificate was suspended for 12 months. At the time there was a great deal of public criticism at the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. The important canvas ‘breech buoy’ or ‘bucket chair’ and the heavy line from the Rocket Rescue was in the half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue: they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. Communications to Warrnambool were down so the call for help didn’t get through on time and the two or three boats that had been notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Captain Vickers presented Bill Robe who had dragged the captain out of the surf with his silver cased pocket watch, the only possession that he had left, as a token for having saved his life and the lives of some of the crew. Years later Bill passed the watch to his brother in law Gilbert Hulands as payment of a debt. Since that time it has been passed down the family to Gilbert Hulands’ grandson, John Hulands. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its hand crafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stanmore for caring for him when he came ashore. The knife handle has a personal inscription on it. A marble headstone on the 200 m high cliffs overlooking Wreck Beach, west of Moonlight Head, paying tribute to the men who lost their lives when Fiji ran aground. The scene of the wreck is marked by the anchor from the Fiji, erected by Warrnambool skin divers in 1967. Amongst the artefacts salvaged from the Fiji are china miniature animals, limbs from small china dolls, rubber balls, a glass bottle, sample of rope from the distress rocket and a candlestick holder. These items are now part of the Fiji collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, along with this sheath knife and Captain Vickers’ pocket watch. Flagstaff Hill’s collection from the wreck of the Fiji and Julius Gebauhr knife is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the vessel, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR S 259). The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th-century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular historic shipwreck dive sites with structural features and remains of the cargo still evident. Also the story of the heroic attempt by many to save the crew of the Fiji. The knife also represents an aspect of shipping history and fits in well with Victoria's framework of historical themes of living with natural processes as items such as these contribute to a better understanding of Victoria’s cultural history.Knife, metal with black wooden handle. Handle is riveted to knife in 3 places, with shaft of knife between the 2 parts of the handle. The handle also has a carved ring around the end, possibly for attaching a wrist strap. Knife blade is pointed in the centre of the tip and is rusty. The knife has a rectangular metal plaque on handle with inscription. The hand crafted dark brown, soft leather sheath is shaped to fit the knife and joined at the back with cross stitching. The sheath also has a leather belt strap that has come away from the sheath at one end.Metal plaque “FROM JULIUS GEBAUHR/”FIJI” /TO F.J.S.” (F J Standmore recipient)1891, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwrecked artefact, flagstaff hill maritime village, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, knife, fiji, pocket watch, moonlight head, gebauhr, stansmore, wreck bay, sheath knife -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageInstrument - Fob watch, 1882
... The Fiji Wreck: The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...The Fiji Wreck: The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...The watch was given to William James Robe by the captain of the barque Fiji as a token for helping to save his life and that of the crew on September 6th 1891 when the steel barque Fiji had foundered off “wreck beach" near Moonlight Head Warrnambool during a voyage from Hamburg to Melbourne. William or Bill as he was called was the one who had hauled out the last man, the captain, after he had become tangled in the kelp. William along with many other onlookers on the beach at the time had taken it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. These rescuers along with William James Robe, included Edwin Vinge, Hugh Cameron, Fenelon Mott, Arthur Wilkinson and Peter Carmody. Years later Bill passed the watch on to his brother-in-law Gilbert Hulands as payment of a debt. The grandson of Gilbert Hulands, John Hulands, has donated this watch to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum. The Fiji Wreck: The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on 22nd May 1891 bound for Melbourne, under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. On September 5th, one hundred days out from Hamburg in squally and boisterous south-west winds the Cape Otway light was sighted on a bearing differing from Captain Vickers' calculation of his position. At about 2:30 am, Sunday 6th September 1891 land was reported 4-5 miles off the port bow. The captain tried to put the ship on the other tack, but she would not respond. He then tried to turn her the other way but just as the manoeuvre was being completed Fiji struck rock only 274 metres from shore. The place is known as Wreck Bay, Moonlight Head. Blue lights were burned and rockets fired whilst an effort was made to lower boats but all capsized or swamped and smashed to pieces. Two of the younger crewmen volunteered to swim for the shore, taking a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Carkland, drowned after he was swept away when the line broke. The other, 17-year-old able seaman Julius Gebauhr, a German, reached shore safely on his second attempt but without the line, which he had cut loose with his sheath-knife when it becomes tangled in kelp. He rested on the beach a while then climbed the cliffs in search of help. At about 10 am on Sunday a party of land selectors - including F. J. Stanmore, Leslie Dickson (or Dixon) and Mott - found Gebauhr. They were near Ryans Den, on their travels on horseback from Princetown towards Moonlight Head, and about 5km from the wreck. They found Gebauhr lying in scrub and a poor state, bleeding and scantly dressed and with a sheath-knife. At first, they were concerned about his appearance and gibberish speech, taking him to be an escaped lunatic. They were reassured after Gebauhr threw his knife away realising he was speaking half-English, half-German. They gave him food and brandy and some clothing and were then able to gain information about the wreck. Some of the men took him to Rivernook, a nearby guest house owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Stansmore and Dickson rode off to try and summon help. Others went down to the site of the wreck. Messages for rescuing the rest of the crew were sent both to Port Campbell for the rocket rescue crew and to Warrnambool for the lifeboat. The S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. After travelling the 25 miles to the scene, half of the Port Campbell rocket crew and equipment arrived and set up the rocket tripod on the beach below the cliffs. By this time the crew of Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours, calling frantically for help. Mr Tregear from the Rocket Crew fired the line. The light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully fired across the ship and made fast. The anxious sailors then attempted to come ashore along the line but, with as many as five at a time, the line sagged considerably and some were washed off. Others, nearly exhausted, had to then make their way through masses of seaweed and were often smothered by waves. Only 14 of the 24 who had remained on the ship made it to shore. Many onlookers on the beach took it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. One of the rescuers Arthur Wilkinson, a 29-year-old land selector, swam out to the aid of one of the ship's crewmen, a carpenter named John Plunken who was attempting to swim to shore. Two or three times both men almost reached the shore but were washed back to the wreck, a line was thrown to them. It was thought that Wilkinson had struck his head on the anchor during the rescue and had remained unconscious, the carpenter survived this ordeal but Wilkinson died and his body was washed up the next day. The wreck of Fiji smashed apart within 20 minutes of the captain being brought ashore, and it finally settling in 6m of water. Of the 26 men on Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach. They were buried on the clifftop above the wreck. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship and his is Masters Certificate was suspended for 12 months. At the time there was also a great deal of public criticism at the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. The important canvas ‘breech buoy’ or ‘bucket chair’ and the heavy line from the Rocket Rescue was in the half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue: they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. Communications to Warrnambool were down so the call for help didn’t get through on time and the two or three boats that had been notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Much looting occurred of the cargo that washed up on the shore, with nearly every visitor leaving the beach with bulky pockets. One looter was caught with a small load of red and white rubber balls, which were duly confiscated and he was 'detained' for 14 days. The essence of peppermint mysteriously turned up in many settlers homes. Sailcloth was salvaged and used for horse rugs and tent flies. Soon after the wreck "Fiji tobacco" was being advertised around Victoria. A Customs officer, trying to prevent some of the looting, was assaulted by looters and thrown over a cliff. He managed to cling to a bush lower down until rescued. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its hand crafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stansmore for caring for him when he came ashore. Flagstaff Hill’s Fiji collection is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the wreck Fiji, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register (S 259). The collection also represents key aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its items offer the potential to interpret maritime historical events and social history of the time. Along with the potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria’s cultural history.Sterling silver fob watch Fusee movement face has a white background with black Roman numerals on it. The minute hand is gold coloured with a leaf shape. Seconds dial is inset at position 6, with Arabic numerals around it. Watch has machine engraving flower pattern front and back. The spherical winder has a number and a symbol on the upper face and a hole through the centre, the ring for the chain is missing. Back of a the watch opens to reveal a concave cover with a winding hole, which has a border of overlapping crescent-shapes. Inside cover a diamond with initials “JR”(John Rotherham) inside, a date letter “G” (1882) with a Lion Passant (Sterling Silver) also 3 numbers “8 1 9“embossed beside each other. The clock face has “Rotherhams / London” printed on it. The winder is also marked with a maker and sterling silver mark. “Y” and numbers “688” “3 CI A” “3309” “819” “555 A” and other numbers including a set engraved around the edge possibly jewelers marks who did repairs or maintenance on the item over the years.1891, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwrecked artefact, flagstaff hill maritime village, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, fiji, pocket watch, william vickers, william robe, bill robe, fiji watch -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageSouvenir - Rope Sample, before September 1891
... The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...The rope was part of the distress rocket used during the time that the sailing ship Fiji was in distress, before it became a wreck. The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on 22nd May 1891 bound for Melbourne, under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. The ship’s manifest shows that she was loaded with a cargo of 260 cases of dynamite, pig iron, steel goods, spirits (whisky, schnapps, gin, brandy), sailcloth, tobacco, coiled fencing wire, concrete, 400 German pianos (Sweet Hapsburg), concertinas and other musical instruments, artists supplies including brushes, porcelain, furniture, china, and general cargo including candles. There were also toys in anticipation for Christmas, including wooden rocking horses, miniature ships, dolls with china limbs and rubber balls. On September 5th, one hundred days out from Hamburg in squally and boisterous south west winds the Cape Otway light was sighted on a bearing differing from Captain Vickers’ calculation of his position. At about 2:30am, Sunday 6th September 1891 land was reported 4-5 miles off the port bow. The captain tried to put the ship on the other tack, but she would not respond. He then tried to turn her the other way but just as the manoeuvre was being completed the Fiji struck rock only 300 yards (274 metres) from shore. The place is known as Wreck Bay, Moonlight Head. Blue lights were burned and distress rockets fired whilst an effort was made to lower boats but all capsized or swamped and smashed to pieces. Two of the younger crewmen volunteered to swim for the shore, taking a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Cartland, drowned after he was swept away when the line broke. The other, 17 year old able seaman Julius Gebauhr, a German, reached shore safely on his second attempt but without the line, which he had cut lose with his sheath-knife when it become tangled in kelp. He rested on the beach a while then climbed the steep cliffs in search of help. At about 10am on the Sunday morning a party of land selectors - including F. J. Stansmore, Leslie Dickson (or Dixon) and Mott - found Gebauhr. They were near Ryan's Den, on their travels on horseback from Princetown towards Moonlight Head, and about 5km from the wreck. Gebauhr was lying in the scrub in a poor state, bleeding and dressed only in singlet, socks and a belt with his sheath-knife, ready for all emergencies. At first they were concerned about his wild and shaggy looking state and what seemed to be gibberish speech, taking him to be an escaped lunatic. They were reassured after he threw his knife away and realised that he was speaking half-English, half-German. They gave him food and brandy and some clothing and were then able to gain information about the wreck. Some of the men took him to River nook, a nearby guest house owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Stansmore and Dickson rode off to try and summon help. Others went down to the site of the wreck. Messages for rescuing the rest of the crew were sent both to Port Campbell for the rocket rescue crew and to Warrnambool for the lifeboat. The S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. After travelling the 25 miles to the scene, half of the Port Campbell rocket crew and equipment arrived and set up the rocket tripod on the beach below the cliffs. By this time the crew of the Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours, calling frantically for help. Mr Tregear from the Rocket Crew fired the line. The light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully fired across the ship and made fast. The anxious sailors then attempted to come ashore along the line but, with as many as five at a time, the line sagged considerably and some were washed off. Others, nearly exhausted, had to then make their way through masses of seaweed and were often smothered by waves. Only 14 of the 24 who had remained on the ship made it to shore. Many onlookers on the beach took it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. These rescuers included Bill (William James) Robe, Edwin Vinge, Hugh Cameron, Fenelon Mott, Arthur Wilkinson and Peter Carmody. (Peter Carmody was also involved in the rescue of men from the Newfield.) Arthur Wilkinson, a 29 year old land selector, swam out to the aid of one of the ship’s crewmen, a carpenter named John Plunken. Plunken was attempting to swim from the Fiji to the shore. Two or three times both men almost reached the shore but were washed back to the wreck. A line was thrown to them and they were both hauled aboard. It was thought that Wilkinson struck his head on the anchor before s they were brought up. He remained unconscious. The carpenter survived this ordeal but Wilkinson later died and his body was washed up the next day. It was 26 year old Bill Robe who hauled out the last man, the captain, who had become tangled in the kelp. The wreck of the Fiji was smashed apart within 20 minutes of the last man being brought ashore, and it settled in about 6m of water. Of the 26 men on the Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach and their coffins were made from timbers from the wrecked Fiji. They were buried on the cliff top above the wreck. The survivors were warmed by fires on the beach then taken to River nook and cared for over the next few days. Funds were raised by local communities soon after the wreck in aid of the sufferers of the Fiji disaster. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship. His Masters Certificate was suspended for 12 months. At the time there was also a great deal of public criticism at the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. The important canvas ‘breech buoy’ or ‘bucket chair’ and the heavy line from the Rocket Rescue was in the half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue: they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. Communications to Warrnambool were down so the call for help didn’t get through on time and the two or three boats that had been notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Much looting occurred of the cargo that washed up on the shore, with nearly every visitor leaving the beach with bulky pockets. One looter was caught with a small load of red and white rubber balls, which were duly confiscated and he was ‘detained’ for 14 days. Essence of peppermint mysteriously turned up in many settlers homes. Sailcloth was salvaged and used for horse rugs and tent flies. Soon after the wreck “Fiji tobacco” was being advertised around Victoria. A Customs officer, trying to prevent some of the looting, was assaulted by looters and thrown over a steep cliff. He managed to cling to a bush lower down until rescued. In 1894 some coiled fencing wire was salvaged from the wreck. Hundreds of coils are still strewn over the site of the wreck, encrusted and solidified. The hull is broken but the vessel’s iron ribs can be seen along with some of the cargo of concrete and pig iron. Captain Vickers presented Bill Robe with his silver-cased pocket watch, the only possession that he still had, as a token for having saved his life and the lives of some of the crew. (The pocket watch came with 2 winding keys, one to wind it and one to change the hands.) Years later Bill passed the watch to his brother-in-law Gib (Gilbert) Hulands as payment of a debt and it has been passed down the family to Gilbert Hulands’ grandson, John Hulands. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its hand crafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stansmore for caring for him when he came ashore. The knife handle had a personal inscription on it. A marble headstone on the 200m high cliffs overlooking Wreck Beach, west of Moonlight Head, paying tribute to the men who lost their lives when Fiji ran aground. The scene of the wreck is marked by the anchor from the Fiji, erected by Warrnambool skin divers in 1967.This rope is part of the collection of artefacts from the wreck of the Fiji. Flagstaff Hill’s Fiji collection is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the wreck Fiji, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR S259. The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular historic shipwreck dive sites with structural features and remains of the cargo evident. It also represents aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes (living with natural processes).Rope, plaited, brown in colour, cut straight at one end, and the other end is separated into 3 pieces, from distress rockets used during the wreck of the sailing ship Fiji. Rope was in envelope printed with an address, and a description, and there was a display card with further details on it. Printed on the envelope: "Shire of Hampden / PO Box 84, Camperdown 3260" Hand written "rope of wreck of Fiji / 7cm / Mr Wm "Boyce" Display card with rope includes words "Piece of Rope from the Fiji distress rockets and was donated to Flagstaff Hill by a private donor in 1989"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, rope, the fiji, william boyce, distress signal, rocket rescue, life saving equipment -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillagePhotograph - Shipwreck rescue, c. 1890's
... The FIJI and the RESCUE: - The three-masted iron barque Fiji was built at Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool-based shipping company. ...The FIJI and the RESCUE: - The three-masted iron barque Fiji was built at Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool-based shipping company. ...CONTEXT – UPDATED The photograph taken on Sunday, September 6, 1891, shows the Port Campbell Rocket Rescue Crew and Equipment at Wreck Beach, Moonlight Head, preparing to save the stranded men on the wreck of the barque Fiji. The man standing in the middle, front of the photograph, facing the ocean, is Herbert Maxwell Morris, a farmer at Barruppa near Princetown, who is also a member of the Rocket Rescue Crew. The Rocket Rescue lifesaving method used an explosive rocket to shoot a light line from the shore across to the distressed vessel. The line was then secured to the ship’s mast, and a heavy, continuous line was sent out with a ‘breaches buoy’ attached (a buoy similar to the seat of a pair of trousers). The stranded seafarers would sit in the seats and be pulled along the line to safety. A lot of skill was needed to set up the line to reach its target, and the crew trained regularly to keep up their skills. The FIJI and the RESCUE: - The three-masted iron barque Fiji was built at Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool-based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on May 22, 1891, bound for Melbourne under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. The Cape Otway light was sighted on September 5, 1891. However, the bearing was different from Captain Vickers’ calculations. At about 2:30 am the next morning, the land was reported only 4-5 miles away. The captain tried to redirect the ship in the rough weather without success, and the Fiji struck rock only 300 yards (274 metres) from shore. The crew burned blue lights and fired rockets to signal distress. The lifeboats either capsized or were swamped and smashed to pieces. Two younger crewmen volunteered to swim to the shore with a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Carkland, drowned after he was swept away when the line broke. The other, Julius Gebauhr, a 17-year-old German able seaman, reached shore safely on his second attempt but had cut the line loose with his sheath-knife when it tangled in kelp. He climbed the cliffs in search of help. Later that morning, a young man named William (Willie) Ward reported that he saw the wreck of the ship close to shore near Moonlight Head from the cliffs, and the alarm for help was sent to Princetown, six miles away. At around the same time, a Mott’s party of land selectors, including F. J. Stansmore and Leslie Dickson, was travelling on horseback from Princetown towards Moonlight Head. They were near Ryans Den when they found Gebauhr in the scrub, bleeding and dressed only in a singlet, socks and a belt with his sheath-knife. They thought the man might be an escaped lunatic, due to his wild and shaggy-looking state and what seemed to be gibberish speech. After Gebauhr threw his knife away, they realised that he was speaking half-English, half-German as he talked about the wreck. They gave him food, brandy and clothing, and he was taken to a nearby guest house, Rivernook, owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Most of the party went off to the wreck site. Stanmore and Dickson rode for help from both Port Campbell, for the two Rocket Rescue Crew buggies, and from Warrnambool, for the lifeboat. The vessel S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. Half of the Port Campbell Rocket Crew and equipment arrived after a 25-mile journey and set up the rocket tripod on the beach below the cliffs. By this time, the weary crew of the Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours, calling frantically for help. The Office in Charge of the Rocket Crew, W. Tregear, ordered the rocket to be fired, but the light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully set up by Herbert Morris. It crossed the ship and was secured. The anxious sailors tried to come ashore along the line, but some were washed off as the line sagged with too many on it at one time. Other nearly exhausted crewmen made their way through masses of seaweed and were often smothered by waves. Only 14 of the 24 who had remained on the ship made it to shore. Rocket Crew members and onlookers on the beach took turns to go into the surf and drag the half-drowned seamen to safety. These rescuers included Bill (William James) Robe, Herbert Maxwell Morris, Edwin Vinge, Hugh Cameron, Fenelon Mott, Arthur Wilkinson and Peter Carmody, who was also involved in the rescue of men from the Newfield. Arthur Wilkinson, a 29-year-old land selector from Geelong, swam out to help one of the ship’s crewmen, a carpenter named John Plunken, who was trying to swim from the ship to the shore. Two or three times, both men almost reached the shore but were washed back to the wreck, where they were both hauled back on board. Wilkinson was unconscious, possibly from hitting his head on the anchor before they were brought up. Plunken survived, but Wilkinson later died, and his body washed up the next day. The 26-year-old Bill Robe hauled out the last man; it was the captain, and he’d been tangled in the kelp. Only 20 minutes later, the wreck of the Fiji was smashed apart, and it settled in about 6 metres of water. Of the 26 men on the Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach. Their coffins were made from timbers from the wrecked Fiji, and they were buried on the cliff top above the wreck. The survivors were taken to Rivernook and cared for over the next few days. Funds were raised by locals soon after the wreck in aid of the sufferers of the Fiji disaster. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship. His Master's Certificate was suspended for 12 months. There was public criticism of the rescue. The important canvas ‘breeches buoy’ and heavy line for the Rocket Rescue were in the half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue, as they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. The communications to Warrnambool were down, so the call for help didn’t get through on time. The boat that was notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Much cargo looting occurred. One looter was caught with a small load of red and white rubber balls. Essence of peppermint mysteriously turned up in many settlers' homes. Sailcloth was salvaged and used for horse rugs and tent flies. Soon after the wreck, “Fiji tobacco” was advertised around Victoria. A Customs officer, trying to prevent some of the looting, was assaulted by looters and thrown over a cliff. He managed to cling to a bush lower down until rescued. In 1894, some coiled fencing wire was salvaged from the wreck. Hundreds of coils are still strewn over the site of the wreck, encrusted and solidified. The hull is broken, but the vessel’s iron ribs can be seen along with some of the cargo of concrete and pig iron. Captain Vickers presented Bill Robe with his silver-cased pocket watch, the only possession that he still had, as a token for having saved his life and the lives of some of the crew. Years later, Bill used the pocket watch to pay a debt, and it was handed down through that family. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its handcrafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stansmore for caring for him when he came ashore. The knife handle had a personal inscription on it. A marble headstone on the cliffs overlooking Wreck Beach pays tribute to the men who lost their lives when Fiji ran aground. The scene of the wreck is marked by the anchor from the Fiji, erected by Warrnambool skin divers in 1967. Captain Vickers’ pocket watch and Julius Gebauhr’s sheath knife are among the artefacts salvaged from the Fiji that are now part of the Fiji collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The man identified in the photograph, Herbert Maxwell Morris, was the nephew of the Victorian era artist, William Morris. Herbert had sailed from England to Australia; he was about 25 years old when he joined the Rocket Rescue Crew at Port Campbell, where he lived. His successful rocket line firing at the Fiji wreck site was noted by author Jack Loney in one of his historic shipwreck books. Later, Morris moved from his property at Baruppa to Laver’s Hill to run a more profitable enterprise. This photograph is significant as an image of a historical event, being the willingness of local volunteers to aid in the saving of lives of stranded seafarers. It gives a clear picture of the use of Rocket Rescue Equipment in shore-to-ship rescues. Flagstaff Hill’s Fiji collection is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the wreck Fiji, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR S259. The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular historic shipwreck dive sites with structural features and remains of the cargo evident. It also represents aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes. The Fiji collection meets the following criteria for assessment; Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria’s cultural history, possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Victoria’s cultural history, and potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria’s cultural history. Black and white photograph of the Rocket Rescue Crew from Pt Campbell on Wreck Beach, Moonlight Head, at the barque 'Fiji' wreck site. 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Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedPhotograph - Albion State School 1986 Class Photographs
... 5139.01 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 1 2 5139.01 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 1 2 Names Back Row L2R Kent Giblin Melissa Young Nathan Reid Crystal Aldridge Leigh Davis Katherine Gray Adrian Downing Second Row L2R Brendan Chugg Robert Ayala Aaron Wright Daniel Canuti Jacob Schuliga Shane Livermore Sasha Ivkovic Third Row L2R Karen Walkerden Suzanne Murley Bonny Hemming Michelle East Natalie Adams Emma Christopoulos Amber Whitlow Front Row L2R Phillip Huynh Slade Nowlan Teacher Miss J Laurie Principal Miss P Lane 5139.02 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 3 4M 5139.02 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 3 4M Names Back Row L2R Anna Huynh Brian Burns Ece Mustafa Chris Gowans James Gowans Julie Duncan Yvette Glazner Second Row L2R David McKeown David Bajada Steven Whitehouse Mark Reid Hayden Vandenberg Michael Georgoulis Warren Tai Kelly Dransman Third Row L2R Nadia Wilson Leah Neill Inca Bull Emily Steers Tania Cipriani Naomi Farrugia Kylie Laver Front Row L2R Andrew Popovic Rohan Franksen Absent Nathan Keti William Varga Teacher Miss A Murray Principal Miss P Lane 5139.03 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 3 4R 5139.03 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 3 4R Names Back Row L2R Iman Misto Andrew Heaviside Frank Matina Tiep Tran Second Row L2R Aaron McIntyre Jodie Parker Kellie Gray Elenora Fatralis Rosetta Scalise Samanth Kurham Michael Leonard Third Row L2R Troy Billsborrow Leigh Alderton Adam Buscombe Andrew Pankhurst Michael Canuti Daniel King Matthew Chatzidimitriou Front Row L2R Melai Goring Amy Harland Melanie Farrugia Jodie Hector Nattalee Drake Sharon McDonagh Loan Nguyen Absent Christopher Rogers Kylie Freemantle Teacher Miss M Rinaldi Principal Miss P Lane 5139.04 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 5 6H 5139.04 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 5 6H Names Back Row L2R Simon Zahra Steven Pillar Nyomie Duggan Jason Evans Tammy Weekes Gary Trainor Cyril White Second Row L2R Danielle Matina Tanya Clark Kylie Freeman Liam Hulme Daniel Penney Andrea Glazner Luke Coman Tien Van Nguyen Third Row L2R Murray Nowlan Anglia Rowe Jason Sutang Michael Bajada Rachael Laver Theo Chatzidimitriou Shona King Front Row L2R David Ivkovic Kerri Burns Absent Michelle Rogers Michelle OLoughlin Marama Keti Jamie Adams Teachers Mr T Hilton Miss E Barczynski Principal Miss P Lane 5139.05 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 5 6W 5139.05 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 5 6W Names Back Row L2R Erin Bodey Michael Bassett Greg Formosa Michael Orzel Second Row L2R Karrean Durrough Sheena Davis Stoja Zwisdalo Sousan Misto Kellie Baker Sonya Madi Diane Steers Third Row L2R Mark Hounsell Rodney Hector Tony Agius Carlo Argetto Michelle Billsborrow Robert Nedelkovski Engin Akbaba Travers Hemming Front Row L2R Kylie Khan Debra White Kristy Marinkovic Despina Georgoulis Briony Neill Jodie Russell Michelle Murley Absent Tamie Freemantly Steven Cashion Teachers Mrs Withers Miss Barczynski Principal Miss P Lane 5139.06 - Albion State School 1986 Grade CS 5139.06 - Albion State School 1986 Grade CS Names Back Row L2R Unknown Second Row L2R Third Row L2R Front Row L2R 5139.07 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep 1 Names Back Row L2R Andrew Parker Dean Gunn Marc Dransman Erin Troy Kemal Mustafa Daniel Weekes Nicholas Formosa Second Row L2R Matthew Wright Daniel Grixti Wesley Allender Ricky Every Trent Nowlan Bradley Rego Third Row L2R Sonia Gauci Belinda Giblin Samantha Shotton Lisa Duffy Jade Clarke Melissa Minor Brooke Hounsell Teachers Mrs Sosnowski Principal Miss P Lane 5139.08 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Jeanette Celhar Cleaner 5139.09 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B 5139.09 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Names Back Row L2R Zoran Majkic Christopher Huyhn Dewayne Brizzi Steve Wrochna Gillian Fleming Travis Hector Bradley Astachiw Second Row L2R Drew Russell Dragan Milic Sharon Misto Zulai Akbaba Valentina Risteski David Filipov Herve Tran Third Row L24 Ana Marek Malcolm Caruana Jason Cain Meagan Young Ben Foster Ann Delic Lance Harland Front Row L2R Jeffery Carrington Christophe Hirst Teacher Miss Bird Principal Miss P Lane 5139.10 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo a 5139.11 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo aa 5139.12 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo b 5139.13 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo c 5139.14 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo d 5139.15 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo e 5139.16 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo f 5139.17 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo g 5139.18 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo h 5139.19 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo i 5139.19 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo i Names Back Row L2R Unknown Unknown Malcolm Herve Christopher Huggard Aria Back Kneeling L2R Jason Cain Dewayne Brizz Benjamin Unknown Unknown Steve Wrachna Middle Row L2R Unknown Lance Unknown Unknown William Front Row L2R Drew Russell Gillian Unknown 5139.20 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo j 5139.21 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo k 5139.22 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo l 5139.23 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo m School Concert 5139.24 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo n School Concert 5139.25 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo o 5139.26 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo p 5139.27 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo q 5139.28 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo r 5139.29 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo s 5139.30 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo t 5139.31 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo u 5139.32 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo w 5139.33 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo x 5139.34 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo y 5139.35 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo z 5139.36 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B 5139.37 - Albion State School 1986 Staff 5139.37 - Albion State School 1986 Staff Names Back Row L2R Carolyn Withers Jan Laurie Barbara Sosnowski Elizabeth Barczynski Andrea Murray Heather Dunn Mria Rinaldi Gregory Crosling Front Row L2R Elaine James Helen Hardy Anthony Hilton Patricia Lane Lorna Stainer Adrienne Bird Connie Giordano Absent Nigel Davies Debbie Cuffe ...Albion State School Albion Primary School Adelaide Street Albion 5139.01 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 1 2 5139.01 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 1 2 Names Back Row L2R Kent Giblin Melissa Young Nathan Reid Crystal Aldridge Leigh Davis Katherine Gray Adrian Downing Second Row L2R Brendan Chugg Robert Ayala Aaron Wright Daniel Canuti Jacob Schuliga Shane Livermore Sasha Ivkovic Third Row L2R Karen Walkerden Suzanne Murley Bonny Hemming Michelle East Natalie Adams Emma Christopoulos Amber Whitlow Front Row L2R Phillip Huynh Slade Nowlan Teacher Miss J Laurie Principal Miss P Lane 5139.02 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 3 4M 5139.02 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 3 4M Names Back Row L2R Anna Huynh Brian Burns Ece Mustafa Chris Gowans James Gowans Julie Duncan Yvette Glazner Second Row L2R David McKeown David Bajada Steven Whitehouse Mark Reid Hayden Vandenberg Michael Georgoulis Warren Tai Kelly Dransman Third Row L2R Nadia Wilson Leah Neill Inca Bull Emily Steers Tania Cipriani Naomi Farrugia Kylie Laver Front Row L2R Andrew Popovic Rohan Franksen Absent Nathan Keti William Varga Teacher Miss A Murray Principal Miss P Lane 5139.03 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 3 4R 5139.03 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 3 4R Names Back Row L2R Iman Misto Andrew Heaviside Frank Matina Tiep Tran Second Row L2R Aaron McIntyre Jodie Parker Kellie Gray Elenora Fatralis Rosetta Scalise Samanth Kurham Michael Leonard Third Row L2R Troy Billsborrow Leigh Alderton Adam Buscombe Andrew Pankhurst Michael Canuti Daniel King Matthew Chatzidimitriou Front Row L2R Melai Goring Amy Harland Melanie Farrugia Jodie Hector Nattalee Drake Sharon McDonagh Loan Nguyen Absent Christopher Rogers Kylie Freemantle Teacher Miss M Rinaldi Principal Miss P Lane 5139.04 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 5 6H 5139.04 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 5 6H Names Back Row L2R Simon Zahra Steven Pillar Nyomie Duggan Jason Evans Tammy Weekes Gary Trainor Cyril White Second Row L2R Danielle Matina Tanya Clark Kylie Freeman Liam Hulme Daniel Penney Andrea Glazner Luke Coman Tien Van Nguyen Third Row L2R Murray Nowlan Anglia Rowe Jason Sutang Michael Bajada Rachael Laver Theo Chatzidimitriou Shona King Front Row L2R David Ivkovic Kerri Burns Absent Michelle Rogers Michelle OLoughlin Marama Keti Jamie Adams Teachers Mr T Hilton Miss E Barczynski Principal Miss P Lane 5139.05 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 5 6W 5139.05 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 5 6W Names Back Row L2R Erin Bodey Michael Bassett Greg Formosa Michael Orzel Second Row L2R Karrean Durrough Sheena Davis Stoja Zwisdalo Sousan Misto Kellie Baker Sonya Madi Diane Steers Third Row L2R Mark Hounsell Rodney Hector Tony Agius Carlo Argetto Michelle Billsborrow Robert Nedelkovski Engin Akbaba Travers Hemming Front Row L2R Kylie Khan Debra White Kristy Marinkovic Despina Georgoulis Briony Neill Jodie Russell Michelle Murley Absent Tamie Freemantly Steven Cashion Teachers Mrs Withers Miss Barczynski Principal Miss P Lane 5139.06 - Albion State School 1986 Grade CS 5139.06 - Albion State School 1986 Grade CS Names Back Row L2R Unknown Second Row L2R Third Row L2R Front Row L2R 5139.07 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep 1 Names Back Row L2R Andrew Parker Dean Gunn Marc Dransman Erin Troy Kemal Mustafa Daniel Weekes Nicholas Formosa Second Row L2R Matthew Wright Daniel Grixti Wesley Allender Ricky Every Trent Nowlan Bradley Rego Third Row L2R Sonia Gauci Belinda Giblin Samantha Shotton Lisa Duffy Jade Clarke Melissa Minor Brooke Hounsell Teachers Mrs Sosnowski Principal Miss P Lane 5139.08 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Jeanette Celhar Cleaner 5139.09 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B 5139.09 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Names Back Row L2R Zoran Majkic Christopher Huyhn Dewayne Brizzi Steve Wrochna Gillian Fleming Travis Hector Bradley Astachiw Second Row L2R Drew Russell Dragan Milic Sharon Misto Zulai Akbaba Valentina Risteski David Filipov Herve Tran Third Row L24 Ana Marek Malcolm Caruana Jason Cain Meagan Young Ben Foster Ann Delic Lance Harland Front Row L2R Jeffery Carrington Christophe Hirst Teacher Miss Bird Principal Miss P Lane 5139.10 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo a 5139.11 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo aa 5139.12 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo b 5139.13 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo c 5139.14 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo d 5139.15 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo e 5139.16 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo f 5139.17 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo g 5139.18 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo h 5139.19 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo i 5139.19 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo i Names Back Row L2R Unknown Unknown Malcolm Herve Christopher Huggard Aria Back Kneeling L2R Jason Cain Dewayne Brizz Benjamin Unknown Unknown Steve Wrachna Middle Row L2R Unknown Lance Unknown Unknown William Front Row L2R Drew Russell Gillian Unknown 5139.20 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo j 5139.21 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo k 5139.22 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo l 5139.23 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo m School Concert 5139.24 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo n School Concert 5139.25 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo o 5139.26 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo p 5139.27 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo q 5139.28 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo r 5139.29 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo s 5139.30 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo t 5139.31 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo u 5139.32 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo w 5139.33 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo x 5139.34 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo y 5139.35 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo z 5139.36 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B 5139.37 - Albion State School 1986 Staff 5139.37 - Albion State School 1986 Staff Names Back Row L2R Carolyn Withers Jan Laurie Barbara Sosnowski Elizabeth Barczynski Andrea Murray Heather Dunn Mria Rinaldi Gregory Crosling Front Row L2R Elaine James Helen Hardy Anthony Hilton Patricia Lane Lorna Stainer Adrienne Bird Connie Giordano Absent Nigel Davies Debbie Cuffe Collection of Digital Photographs Photograph Albion State School 1986 Class Photographs ...The current school, Albion Primary School, No 4265 opened in 1926. It was built on a site once owned by John Fitzgerald (1850s). The land was later acquired by H. V. McKay who had transferred his Sunshine Harvester Works to the area in 1905 - 7. In 1920, the Albion railway station was moved nearer Ballarat Road at the request of Mr McKay. More people came to live in the area including soldier settlers.Albion Primary School's mission is to 'Aim High' in all we do so that our students grow to be socially capable, reach their full academic potential and become caring, respectful community minded people. Albion Primary School is located in a residential area in Albion, a small pocket of the local government area of Brimbank, approximately 10 kilometres west of Melbourne and was established in 1926. Our current enrolment is 199 students. We have a rich cultural diversity amongst our school community. The school is set around a courtyard with spacious playing areas including a grassed oval, running track, games courts, an adventure playground, sand pit, jumping pits, shady courtyard and garden areas, a vegetable garden and fruit tree orchard. As well as classroom groups, we have our learning teams, student house groups (siblings are allocated to the same house) and a Junior School Council. The school has four main buildings. All classrooms have air conditioning and interactive screens. Block A houses classrooms, staff areas and the administration offices. Our newest building has classrooms and some small group/office spaces. Block B includes our library, canteen and a multi-purpose room used for indoor physical education, Perceptual Motor Program, drama, visiting performers, and community activities. Block C houses classrooms and specialist rooms. We expect and receive the best from our students in terms of their learning and behaviour. The school’s dedicated and effective staff is strongly committed to helping students achieve personal, behavioural, social and academic success. In terms of learning, the highest priority is placed on the work in English and Mathematics. We also have a range of specialist and extra-curricular programs that we provide. Our specialist teacher-librarian is involved in reading extension programs that support development in literacy. All children are able to develop their artistic abilities through visual arts and music program. Our music program is supported by the Australian Children's Music Foundation. A specialist Physical Education teacher provides lessons for all children as well as the opportunity for students to participate in organised lunch time sporting competitions between the house groups. Auslan is the additional language all students learn at Albion. All children participate in a student wellbeing program that focuses on developing strong connections and a sense of belonging within the school. Our school student leaders participate in programs that help develop their leadership skills. 5139.01 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 1 2 5139.01 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 1 2 Names Back Row L2R Kent Giblin Melissa Young Nathan Reid Crystal Aldridge Leigh Davis Katherine Gray Adrian Downing Second Row L2R Brendan Chugg Robert Ayala Aaron Wright Daniel Canuti Jacob Schuliga Shane Livermore Sasha Ivkovic Third Row L2R Karen Walkerden Suzanne Murley Bonny Hemming Michelle East Natalie Adams Emma Christopoulos Amber Whitlow Front Row L2R Phillip Huynh Slade Nowlan Teacher Miss J Laurie Principal Miss P Lane 5139.02 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 3 4M 5139.02 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 3 4M Names Back Row L2R Anna Huynh Brian Burns Ece Mustafa Chris Gowans James Gowans Julie Duncan Yvette Glazner Second Row L2R David McKeown David Bajada Steven Whitehouse Mark Reid Hayden Vandenberg Michael Georgoulis Warren Tai Kelly Dransman Third Row L2R Nadia Wilson Leah Neill Inca Bull Emily Steers Tania Cipriani Naomi Farrugia Kylie Laver Front Row L2R Andrew Popovic Rohan Franksen Absent Nathan Keti William Varga Teacher Miss A Murray Principal Miss P Lane 5139.03 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 3 4R 5139.03 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 3 4R Names Back Row L2R Iman Misto Andrew Heaviside Frank Matina Tiep Tran Second Row L2R Aaron McIntyre Jodie Parker Kellie Gray Elenora Fatralis Rosetta Scalise Samanth Kurham Michael Leonard Third Row L2R Troy Billsborrow Leigh Alderton Adam Buscombe Andrew Pankhurst Michael Canuti Daniel King Matthew Chatzidimitriou Front Row L2R Melai Goring Amy Harland Melanie Farrugia Jodie Hector Nattalee Drake Sharon McDonagh Loan Nguyen Absent Christopher Rogers Kylie Freemantle Teacher Miss M Rinaldi Principal Miss P Lane 5139.04 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 5 6H 5139.04 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 5 6H Names Back Row L2R Simon Zahra Steven Pillar Nyomie Duggan Jason Evans Tammy Weekes Gary Trainor Cyril White Second Row L2R Danielle Matina Tanya Clark Kylie Freeman Liam Hulme Daniel Penney Andrea Glazner Luke Coman Tien Van Nguyen Third Row L2R Murray Nowlan Anglia Rowe Jason Sutang Michael Bajada Rachael Laver Theo Chatzidimitriou Shona King Front Row L2R David Ivkovic Kerri Burns Absent Michelle Rogers Michelle OLoughlin Marama Keti Jamie Adams Teachers Mr T Hilton Miss E Barczynski Principal Miss P Lane 5139.05 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 5 6W 5139.05 - Albion State School 1986 Grade 5 6W Names Back Row L2R Erin Bodey Michael Bassett Greg Formosa Michael Orzel Second Row L2R Karrean Durrough Sheena Davis Stoja Zwisdalo Sousan Misto Kellie Baker Sonya Madi Diane Steers Third Row L2R Mark Hounsell Rodney Hector Tony Agius Carlo Argetto Michelle Billsborrow Robert Nedelkovski Engin Akbaba Travers Hemming Front Row L2R Kylie Khan Debra White Kristy Marinkovic Despina Georgoulis Briony Neill Jodie Russell Michelle Murley Absent Tamie Freemantly Steven Cashion Teachers Mrs Withers Miss Barczynski Principal Miss P Lane 5139.06 - Albion State School 1986 Grade CS 5139.06 - Albion State School 1986 Grade CS Names Back Row L2R Unknown Second Row L2R Third Row L2R Front Row L2R 5139.07 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep 1 Names Back Row L2R Andrew Parker Dean Gunn Marc Dransman Erin Troy Kemal Mustafa Daniel Weekes Nicholas Formosa Second Row L2R Matthew Wright Daniel Grixti Wesley Allender Ricky Every Trent Nowlan Bradley Rego Third Row L2R Sonia Gauci Belinda Giblin Samantha Shotton Lisa Duffy Jade Clarke Melissa Minor Brooke Hounsell Teachers Mrs Sosnowski Principal Miss P Lane 5139.08 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Jeanette Celhar Cleaner 5139.09 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B 5139.09 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Names Back Row L2R Zoran Majkic Christopher Huyhn Dewayne Brizzi Steve Wrochna Gillian Fleming Travis Hector Bradley Astachiw Second Row L2R Drew Russell Dragan Milic Sharon Misto Zulai Akbaba Valentina Risteski David Filipov Herve Tran Third Row L24 Ana Marek Malcolm Caruana Jason Cain Meagan Young Ben Foster Ann Delic Lance Harland Front Row L2R Jeffery Carrington Christophe Hirst Teacher Miss Bird Principal Miss P Lane 5139.10 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo a 5139.11 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo aa 5139.12 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo b 5139.13 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo c 5139.14 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo d 5139.15 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo e 5139.16 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo f 5139.17 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo g 5139.18 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo h 5139.19 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo i 5139.19 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo i Names Back Row L2R Unknown Unknown Malcolm Herve Christopher Huggard Aria Back Kneeling L2R Jason Cain Dewayne Brizz Benjamin Unknown Unknown Steve Wrachna Middle Row L2R Unknown Lance Unknown Unknown William Front Row L2R Drew Russell Gillian Unknown 5139.20 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo j 5139.21 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo k 5139.22 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo l 5139.23 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo m School Concert 5139.24 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo n School Concert 5139.25 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo o 5139.26 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo p 5139.27 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo q 5139.28 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo r 5139.29 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo s 5139.30 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo t 5139.31 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo u 5139.32 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo w 5139.33 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo x 5139.34 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo y 5139.35 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B Casual Photo z 5139.36 - Albion State School 1986 Grade Prep B 5139.37 - Albion State School 1986 Staff 5139.37 - Albion State School 1986 Staff Names Back Row L2R Carolyn Withers Jan Laurie Barbara Sosnowski Elizabeth Barczynski Andrea Murray Heather Dunn Mria Rinaldi Gregory Crosling Front Row L2R Elaine James Helen Hardy Anthony Hilton Patricia Lane Lorna Stainer Adrienne Bird Connie Giordano Absent Nigel Davies Debbie Cuffe albion state school, albion primary school, adelaide street, albion -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedPhotograph - Albion State School 1987 Class Photographs
... 5140.01 - Albion State School 1987 Adrienne Bird Suzanna 5140.02 - Albion State School 1987 Adrienne Bird 5140.03 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo a 5140.04 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo a Names Timothy Meilak Jason Belinda Sims Joanne Billsborrow 5140.05 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo c 5140.05 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo c Names Twins Dragona Unknown Unknown Unknown Suzanne 5140.06 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo d 5140.07 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo e 5140.07 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo e Names Belinda Sims Joanne Billsborrow Unknown Unknown Unknown Stevie Taleslin 5140.08 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo f 5140.08 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo f Names Tony Hilton Tania 5140.09 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Staff 5140.09 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Staff Names Tania Andrea Murray Jan Laurie Joanne Vicary Adrienne Bird 5140.10 - Albion State School 1987 Community School 5140.10 - Albion State School 1987 Community School Names Back Row L2R Iman Mesto Steve Wrochna Damien Orr Jason Wright Leigh Alderton Michael Thompson Corey Freeman Brett Russell Brett Zahra Second Row L2R Matthew Smith Brian Burns Amanda Walker Daniel Haynes Monica Hauk William Varga Rebecca Goring Joshua McConnell Third Row L2R Kerrie Graham Murray Humphries Shelley Sosnowski Jason Evans Jsminka Mitreska Jensen hjorth Marisa Bonnici Darren Jury Melinda Chugg Fourth Row L2R Matthew Wright Ricky Every Juliette Judge Linda Turner Gillian Fleming Jemma Stark Damien Mckenzie David Filipov Fifth Row L2R Suzi Taleski Belinda Cain Narelle Gunn Kristal Hjorth Jodie Parker Rebecca Walker Sotiria Foundoulis Ella McConnell Nancy Gonzalez Front Row L2R Mark Ly Kenn Pimental Leight Davis Gia Tran Trevor Souter Brendan Chugg Sasha Ivkovic Absent Clinton Ainsley Elenora Fatralis Teachers Miss Joanne Vicary Mr Tony Hilton Miss Andrea Murray Principal Mr A Jones 5140.11 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 1 2T 5140.11 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 1 2T Names Back Row L2R Lance Harland Brendan Franksen Jason Cain Ben Foster Second Row L2R Malcolm Caruana Philip Huynh Dragan Milic Zoran Majkic Nicholas Formosa Bradley Rego Zulal Akbaba Third Row L2R Robert Orr Anthony Kitchen Daniel Canuti Mark Auciello Kemal Mustafa Billy Goodluck Andrew Parker Front Row L2R Sonia Gauci Valentina Risteski Belinda Giblin Jade Clarke Karen Walkeden Meagan Young Ana Marek Absent Jolene King Teacher Mrs B Telford Principal Mr A Jones 5140.12 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 3 4L 5140.12 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 3 4L Names Back Row L2R Kent Giblin Mathew Chatzidimitriou David McKeown Nathan Reid Second Row L2R Crystal Aldridge Tania Cipriani Inca Bull Julie Duncan Kellie Gray Emily Steers Nattalee Drake Third Row L2R Hayden Vandenberg Michael Georgoulis Steven Whitehouse Bernadette Hauk Andrew Pankhurst David Bajada Michael Leonard Front Row L2R Lisa Stork Melissa Young Jodie Jervis Raquel Quarrell Sharon McDonagh Anna Huynh Tina Tasovac Absent Lloyd Duggan Teachers Miss A Danoucaras Miss J Laurie Principal Mr A Jones 5140.13 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 3 4R 5140.13 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 3 4R Names Back Row L2R Tiep Tran Robert Ayala Rohan Franksen Jacob Schuligia Second Row L2R Aaron Wright Kevin Sterling Brett Thomson Daniel King Troy Billsborrow Stuart Cortis Frank Matina Third Row L2R Melanie Farrugia Shonte Rogers Jenny Huynh Bob Milic Ben Hearn Yvette Glazner Kylie Freemantle Karina Rooth Front Row L2R Suzi Murley Michelle East Melai Goring Amy Harland Kylie Laver Bonny Hemming Natalie Adams Teacher Miss Marie Rinaldi Principal Mr A Jones 5140.14 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 5 6B 5140.14 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 5 6B Names Back Row L2R Gregory Formosa Michael Bajada Second Row L2R Tamie Freemantle Bryce Stewart Mark Reid Billei Misto Andrea Glazner Third Row L2R Tony Agius Kristy Marinkovic Cyril White Sonja Madi Ben Sims Delwyn Hicks Robert Nedelkovski Front Row L2R Naomi Farrugia MIchelle Murley Despina Georgoulis Andrew Popovic Danielle Matina Ann Marie Frost Ece Mustaf Absent Steven Cashion Adam Buscombe Teachers Mr T HIlton Miss E Barcyzynski Miss T Chapman Principal Mr A Jones 5140.15 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 5 6F 5140.15 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 5 6F Names Back Row L2R Rainer Koglabauer Michael Orzel Second Row L2R Chris Gowans Christine Barham Simon Zahra Rosetta Scalise Michael Canuti Irene Wajlerski James Gowans Third Row L2R Tony Platten Travers Hemming Shane Rooth Sheena Davis Kylie Freeman Tien Nguyen Kerri Burns Front Row L2R Angela Rowe Debra White Rachel Laver Michelle Billsborrow Tanya Clark Samantha Durham Siobhan Wilson Absent Luke Coman Teachers Mr Tony Hilton Miss Angela Ferrazzola Principal Mr A Jones 5140.16 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep 1 2S 5140.16 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep 1 2S Names Back Row L2R Jeffrey Turner Tony Tevelein Second Row L2R Clinton Aldridge Philip Laver Chris Huynh De Wayne Brizzi Weslay Allender Drew Russell Herve Tran Third Row L2R Sharon Misto Amber Stewart Dean Gunn Stuart Hicks William Wilson Hayley Booth Melissa Minor Front Row L2R Kelly McKenzie Amber Whitlow Hollie Brennan Natasha Loft Lewellyn Skehan Amanda Clarke Maria Pimental Teacher Mrs Sosnowski Principal Mr A Jones 5140.17 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep B I can sing a rainbow 5140.18 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep B 5140.18 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep B Names Back Row L2R Jason Witcombe Joanne Billsborrow Sherrie Skew Jimar Coulson Second Row L2R Kenneth Smith William Huynh Rebbecca Parker Jamie Freemantle Belinda Sims Third Row L2R Dragana Milic Steve Taleski Ben Walkeden Tony Matina Matthew Calvitto Dale Clarke Front Row L2R John Fleming Suzanna Zvizdalo Okan Beyit Kelly Barham Ozan Beyit Kylie Jervis Timothy Meilak On Ground Lauren Cox Teachers Miss Adrianne Bird Miss Debbie Cuffe Principal Mr A Jones 5140.19 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep Book Week 5140.20 - Albion State School 1987 Staff 5140.20 - Albion State School 1987 Staff Names Back Row L2R Miss A Murray Mr A Jones Mr A Hilton Miss T Chapman Second Row L2R Miss J Bourke Mrs L Chugg Mrs B Sosnowski Miss A Bird Miss J Vicary Mrs L Stainer Miss E Barczynski Front Row L2R Mrs B Telford Miss M Rinaldi Mrs E James Miss D Cuffe Miss A Ferrazzola Mrs J Celhar Absent Miss J Laurie Mr G Crosling...Albion State School Albion Primary School Adelaide Street Albion 5140.01 - Albion State School 1987 Adrienne Bird Suzanna 5140.02 - Albion State School 1987 Adrienne Bird 5140.03 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo a 5140.04 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo a Names Timothy Meilak Jason Belinda Sims Joanne Billsborrow 5140.05 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo c 5140.05 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo c Names Twins Dragona Unknown Unknown Unknown Suzanne 5140.06 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo d 5140.07 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo e 5140.07 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo e Names Belinda Sims Joanne Billsborrow Unknown Unknown Unknown Stevie Taleslin 5140.08 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo f 5140.08 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo f Names Tony Hilton Tania 5140.09 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Staff 5140.09 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Staff Names Tania Andrea Murray Jan Laurie Joanne Vicary Adrienne Bird 5140.10 - Albion State School 1987 Community School 5140.10 - Albion State School 1987 Community School Names Back Row L2R Iman Mesto Steve Wrochna Damien Orr Jason Wright Leigh Alderton Michael Thompson Corey Freeman Brett Russell Brett Zahra Second Row L2R Matthew Smith Brian Burns Amanda Walker Daniel Haynes Monica Hauk William Varga Rebecca Goring Joshua McConnell Third Row L2R Kerrie Graham Murray Humphries Shelley Sosnowski Jason Evans Jsminka Mitreska Jensen hjorth Marisa Bonnici Darren Jury Melinda Chugg Fourth Row L2R Matthew Wright Ricky Every Juliette Judge Linda Turner Gillian Fleming Jemma Stark Damien Mckenzie David Filipov Fifth Row L2R Suzi Taleski Belinda Cain Narelle Gunn Kristal Hjorth Jodie Parker Rebecca Walker Sotiria Foundoulis Ella McConnell Nancy Gonzalez Front Row L2R Mark Ly Kenn Pimental Leight Davis Gia Tran Trevor Souter Brendan Chugg Sasha Ivkovic Absent Clinton Ainsley Elenora Fatralis Teachers Miss Joanne Vicary Mr Tony Hilton Miss Andrea Murray Principal Mr A Jones 5140.11 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 1 2T 5140.11 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 1 2T Names Back Row L2R Lance Harland Brendan Franksen Jason Cain Ben Foster Second Row L2R Malcolm Caruana Philip Huynh Dragan Milic Zoran Majkic Nicholas Formosa Bradley Rego Zulal Akbaba Third Row L2R Robert Orr Anthony Kitchen Daniel Canuti Mark Auciello Kemal Mustafa Billy Goodluck Andrew Parker Front Row L2R Sonia Gauci Valentina Risteski Belinda Giblin Jade Clarke Karen Walkeden Meagan Young Ana Marek Absent Jolene King Teacher Mrs B Telford Principal Mr A Jones 5140.12 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 3 4L 5140.12 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 3 4L Names Back Row L2R Kent Giblin Mathew Chatzidimitriou David McKeown Nathan Reid Second Row L2R Crystal Aldridge Tania Cipriani Inca Bull Julie Duncan Kellie Gray Emily Steers Nattalee Drake Third Row L2R Hayden Vandenberg Michael Georgoulis Steven Whitehouse Bernadette Hauk Andrew Pankhurst David Bajada Michael Leonard Front Row L2R Lisa Stork Melissa Young Jodie Jervis Raquel Quarrell Sharon McDonagh Anna Huynh Tina Tasovac Absent Lloyd Duggan Teachers Miss A Danoucaras Miss J Laurie Principal Mr A Jones 5140.13 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 3 4R 5140.13 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 3 4R Names Back Row L2R Tiep Tran Robert Ayala Rohan Franksen Jacob Schuligia Second Row L2R Aaron Wright Kevin Sterling Brett Thomson Daniel King Troy Billsborrow Stuart Cortis Frank Matina Third Row L2R Melanie Farrugia Shonte Rogers Jenny Huynh Bob Milic Ben Hearn Yvette Glazner Kylie Freemantle Karina Rooth Front Row L2R Suzi Murley Michelle East Melai Goring Amy Harland Kylie Laver Bonny Hemming Natalie Adams Teacher Miss Marie Rinaldi Principal Mr A Jones 5140.14 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 5 6B 5140.14 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 5 6B Names Back Row L2R Gregory Formosa Michael Bajada Second Row L2R Tamie Freemantle Bryce Stewart Mark Reid Billei Misto Andrea Glazner Third Row L2R Tony Agius Kristy Marinkovic Cyril White Sonja Madi Ben Sims Delwyn Hicks Robert Nedelkovski Front Row L2R Naomi Farrugia MIchelle Murley Despina Georgoulis Andrew Popovic Danielle Matina Ann Marie Frost Ece Mustaf Absent Steven Cashion Adam Buscombe Teachers Mr T HIlton Miss E Barcyzynski Miss T Chapman Principal Mr A Jones 5140.15 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 5 6F 5140.15 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 5 6F Names Back Row L2R Rainer Koglabauer Michael Orzel Second Row L2R Chris Gowans Christine Barham Simon Zahra Rosetta Scalise Michael Canuti Irene Wajlerski James Gowans Third Row L2R Tony Platten Travers Hemming Shane Rooth Sheena Davis Kylie Freeman Tien Nguyen Kerri Burns Front Row L2R Angela Rowe Debra White Rachel Laver Michelle Billsborrow Tanya Clark Samantha Durham Siobhan Wilson Absent Luke Coman Teachers Mr Tony Hilton Miss Angela Ferrazzola Principal Mr A Jones 5140.16 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep 1 2S 5140.16 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep 1 2S Names Back Row L2R Jeffrey Turner Tony Tevelein Second Row L2R Clinton Aldridge Philip Laver Chris Huynh De Wayne Brizzi Weslay Allender Drew Russell Herve Tran Third Row L2R Sharon Misto Amber Stewart Dean Gunn Stuart Hicks William Wilson Hayley Booth Melissa Minor Front Row L2R Kelly McKenzie Amber Whitlow Hollie Brennan Natasha Loft Lewellyn Skehan Amanda Clarke Maria Pimental Teacher Mrs Sosnowski Principal Mr A Jones 5140.17 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep B I can sing a rainbow 5140.18 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep B 5140.18 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep B Names Back Row L2R Jason Witcombe Joanne Billsborrow Sherrie Skew Jimar Coulson Second Row L2R Kenneth Smith William Huynh Rebbecca Parker Jamie Freemantle Belinda Sims Third Row L2R Dragana Milic Steve Taleski Ben Walkeden Tony Matina Matthew Calvitto Dale Clarke Front Row L2R John Fleming Suzanna Zvizdalo Okan Beyit Kelly Barham Ozan Beyit Kylie Jervis Timothy Meilak On Ground Lauren Cox Teachers Miss Adrianne Bird Miss Debbie Cuffe Principal Mr A Jones 5140.19 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep Book Week 5140.20 - Albion State School 1987 Staff 5140.20 - Albion State School 1987 Staff Names Back Row L2R Miss A Murray Mr A Jones Mr A Hilton Miss T Chapman Second Row L2R Miss J Bourke Mrs L Chugg Mrs B Sosnowski Miss A Bird Miss J Vicary Mrs L Stainer Miss E Barczynski Front Row L2R Mrs B Telford Miss M Rinaldi Mrs E James Miss D Cuffe Miss A Ferrazzola Mrs J Celhar Absent Miss J Laurie Mr G Crosling Collection of Digital Photographs Photograph Albion State School 1987 Class Photographs ...The current school, Albion Primary School, No 4265 opened in 1926. It was built on a site once owned by John Fitzgerald (1850s). The land was later acquired by H. V. McKay who had transferred his Sunshine Harvester Works to the area in 1905 - 7. In 1920, the Albion railway station was moved nearer Ballarat Road at the request of Mr McKay. More people came to live in the area including soldier settlers.Albion Primary School's mission is to 'Aim High' in all we do so that our students grow to be socially capable, reach their full academic potential and become caring, respectful community minded people. Albion Primary School is located in a residential area in Albion, a small pocket of the local government area of Brimbank, approximately 10 kilometres west of Melbourne and was established in 1926. Our current enrolment is 199 students. We have a rich cultural diversity amongst our school community. The school is set around a courtyard with spacious playing areas including a grassed oval, running track, games courts, an adventure playground, sand pit, jumping pits, shady courtyard and garden areas, a vegetable garden and fruit tree orchard. As well as classroom groups, we have our learning teams, student house groups (siblings are allocated to the same house) and a Junior School Council. The school has four main buildings. All classrooms have air conditioning and interactive screens. Block A houses classrooms, staff areas and the administration offices. Our newest building has classrooms and some small group/office spaces. Block B includes our library, canteen and a multi-purpose room used for indoor physical education, Perceptual Motor Program, drama, visiting performers, and community activities. Block C houses classrooms and specialist rooms. We expect and receive the best from our students in terms of their learning and behaviour. The school’s dedicated and effective staff is strongly committed to helping students achieve personal, behavioural, social and academic success. In terms of learning, the highest priority is placed on the work in English and Mathematics. We also have a range of specialist and extra-curricular programs that we provide. Our specialist teacher-librarian is involved in reading extension programs that support development in literacy. All children are able to develop their artistic abilities through visual arts and music program. Our music program is supported by the Australian Children's Music Foundation. A specialist Physical Education teacher provides lessons for all children as well as the opportunity for students to participate in organised lunch time sporting competitions between the house groups. Auslan is the additional language all students learn at Albion. All children participate in a student wellbeing program that focuses on developing strong connections and a sense of belonging within the school. Our school student leaders participate in programs that help develop their leadership skills. 5140.01 - Albion State School 1987 Adrienne Bird Suzanna 5140.02 - Albion State School 1987 Adrienne Bird 5140.03 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo a 5140.04 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo a Names Timothy Meilak Jason Belinda Sims Joanne Billsborrow 5140.05 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo c 5140.05 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo c Names Twins Dragona Unknown Unknown Unknown Suzanne 5140.06 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo d 5140.07 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo e 5140.07 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo e Names Belinda Sims Joanne Billsborrow Unknown Unknown Unknown Stevie Taleslin 5140.08 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo f 5140.08 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Photo f Names Tony Hilton Tania 5140.09 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Staff 5140.09 - Albion State School 1987 Book Week Staff Names Tania Andrea Murray Jan Laurie Joanne Vicary Adrienne Bird 5140.10 - Albion State School 1987 Community School 5140.10 - Albion State School 1987 Community School Names Back Row L2R Iman Mesto Steve Wrochna Damien Orr Jason Wright Leigh Alderton Michael Thompson Corey Freeman Brett Russell Brett Zahra Second Row L2R Matthew Smith Brian Burns Amanda Walker Daniel Haynes Monica Hauk William Varga Rebecca Goring Joshua McConnell Third Row L2R Kerrie Graham Murray Humphries Shelley Sosnowski Jason Evans Jsminka Mitreska Jensen hjorth Marisa Bonnici Darren Jury Melinda Chugg Fourth Row L2R Matthew Wright Ricky Every Juliette Judge Linda Turner Gillian Fleming Jemma Stark Damien Mckenzie David Filipov Fifth Row L2R Suzi Taleski Belinda Cain Narelle Gunn Kristal Hjorth Jodie Parker Rebecca Walker Sotiria Foundoulis Ella McConnell Nancy Gonzalez Front Row L2R Mark Ly Kenn Pimental Leight Davis Gia Tran Trevor Souter Brendan Chugg Sasha Ivkovic Absent Clinton Ainsley Elenora Fatralis Teachers Miss Joanne Vicary Mr Tony Hilton Miss Andrea Murray Principal Mr A Jones 5140.11 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 1 2T 5140.11 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 1 2T Names Back Row L2R Lance Harland Brendan Franksen Jason Cain Ben Foster Second Row L2R Malcolm Caruana Philip Huynh Dragan Milic Zoran Majkic Nicholas Formosa Bradley Rego Zulal Akbaba Third Row L2R Robert Orr Anthony Kitchen Daniel Canuti Mark Auciello Kemal Mustafa Billy Goodluck Andrew Parker Front Row L2R Sonia Gauci Valentina Risteski Belinda Giblin Jade Clarke Karen Walkeden Meagan Young Ana Marek Absent Jolene King Teacher Mrs B Telford Principal Mr A Jones 5140.12 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 3 4L 5140.12 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 3 4L Names Back Row L2R Kent Giblin Mathew Chatzidimitriou David McKeown Nathan Reid Second Row L2R Crystal Aldridge Tania Cipriani Inca Bull Julie Duncan Kellie Gray Emily Steers Nattalee Drake Third Row L2R Hayden Vandenberg Michael Georgoulis Steven Whitehouse Bernadette Hauk Andrew Pankhurst David Bajada Michael Leonard Front Row L2R Lisa Stork Melissa Young Jodie Jervis Raquel Quarrell Sharon McDonagh Anna Huynh Tina Tasovac Absent Lloyd Duggan Teachers Miss A Danoucaras Miss J Laurie Principal Mr A Jones 5140.13 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 3 4R 5140.13 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 3 4R Names Back Row L2R Tiep Tran Robert Ayala Rohan Franksen Jacob Schuligia Second Row L2R Aaron Wright Kevin Sterling Brett Thomson Daniel King Troy Billsborrow Stuart Cortis Frank Matina Third Row L2R Melanie Farrugia Shonte Rogers Jenny Huynh Bob Milic Ben Hearn Yvette Glazner Kylie Freemantle Karina Rooth Front Row L2R Suzi Murley Michelle East Melai Goring Amy Harland Kylie Laver Bonny Hemming Natalie Adams Teacher Miss Marie Rinaldi Principal Mr A Jones 5140.14 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 5 6B 5140.14 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 5 6B Names Back Row L2R Gregory Formosa Michael Bajada Second Row L2R Tamie Freemantle Bryce Stewart Mark Reid Billei Misto Andrea Glazner Third Row L2R Tony Agius Kristy Marinkovic Cyril White Sonja Madi Ben Sims Delwyn Hicks Robert Nedelkovski Front Row L2R Naomi Farrugia MIchelle Murley Despina Georgoulis Andrew Popovic Danielle Matina Ann Marie Frost Ece Mustaf Absent Steven Cashion Adam Buscombe Teachers Mr T HIlton Miss E Barcyzynski Miss T Chapman Principal Mr A Jones 5140.15 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 5 6F 5140.15 - Albion State School 1987 Grade 5 6F Names Back Row L2R Rainer Koglabauer Michael Orzel Second Row L2R Chris Gowans Christine Barham Simon Zahra Rosetta Scalise Michael Canuti Irene Wajlerski James Gowans Third Row L2R Tony Platten Travers Hemming Shane Rooth Sheena Davis Kylie Freeman Tien Nguyen Kerri Burns Front Row L2R Angela Rowe Debra White Rachel Laver Michelle Billsborrow Tanya Clark Samantha Durham Siobhan Wilson Absent Luke Coman Teachers Mr Tony Hilton Miss Angela Ferrazzola Principal Mr A Jones 5140.16 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep 1 2S 5140.16 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep 1 2S Names Back Row L2R Jeffrey Turner Tony Tevelein Second Row L2R Clinton Aldridge Philip Laver Chris Huynh De Wayne Brizzi Weslay Allender Drew Russell Herve Tran Third Row L2R Sharon Misto Amber Stewart Dean Gunn Stuart Hicks William Wilson Hayley Booth Melissa Minor Front Row L2R Kelly McKenzie Amber Whitlow Hollie Brennan Natasha Loft Lewellyn Skehan Amanda Clarke Maria Pimental Teacher Mrs Sosnowski Principal Mr A Jones 5140.17 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep B I can sing a rainbow 5140.18 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep B 5140.18 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep B Names Back Row L2R Jason Witcombe Joanne Billsborrow Sherrie Skew Jimar Coulson Second Row L2R Kenneth Smith William Huynh Rebbecca Parker Jamie Freemantle Belinda Sims Third Row L2R Dragana Milic Steve Taleski Ben Walkeden Tony Matina Matthew Calvitto Dale Clarke Front Row L2R John Fleming Suzanna Zvizdalo Okan Beyit Kelly Barham Ozan Beyit Kylie Jervis Timothy Meilak On Ground Lauren Cox Teachers Miss Adrianne Bird Miss Debbie Cuffe Principal Mr A Jones 5140.19 - Albion State School 1987 Grade Prep Book Week 5140.20 - Albion State School 1987 Staff 5140.20 - Albion State School 1987 Staff Names Back Row L2R Miss A Murray Mr A Jones Mr A Hilton Miss T Chapman Second Row L2R Miss J Bourke Mrs L Chugg Mrs B Sosnowski Miss A Bird Miss J Vicary Mrs L Stainer Miss E Barczynski Front Row L2R Mrs B Telford Miss M Rinaldi Mrs E James Miss D Cuffe Miss A Ferrazzola Mrs J Celhar Absent Miss J Laurie Mr G Croslingalbion state school, albion primary school, adelaide street, albion -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageDog, 19th century
... The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...This toy dog was part of the cargo from the Fiji and amongst the articles salvaged from the wreck. The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on 22nd May 1891 bound for Melbourne, under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. The ship’s manifest shows that she was loaded with a cargo of 260 cases of dynamite, pig iron, steel goods, spirits (whisky, schnapps, gin, brandy), sailcloth, tobacco, coiled fencing wire, concrete, 400 German pianos (Sweet Hapsburg), concertinas and other musical instruments, artists supplies including brushes, porcelain, furniture, china, and general cargo including candles. There were also toys in anticipation for Christmas, including wooden rocking horses, miniature ships, dolls with china limbs and rubber balls. On September 5th, one hundred days out from Hamburg in squally and boisterous south west winds the Cape Otway light was sighted on a bearing differing from Captain Vickers’ calculation of his position. At about 2:30am, Sunday 6th September 1891 land was reported 4-5 miles off the port bow. The captain tried to put the ship on the other tack, but she would not respond. He then tried to turn her the other way but just as the manoeuvre was being completed the Fiji struck rock only 300 yards (274 metres) from shore. The place is known as Wreck Bay, Moonlight Head. Blue lights were burned and rockets fired whilst an effort was made to lower boats but all capsized or swamped and smashed to pieces. Two of the younger crewmen volunteered to swim for the shore, taking a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Carkland, drowned after he was swept away when the line broke. The other, 17 year old able seaman Julius Gebauhr, a German, reached shore safely on his second attempt but without the line, which he had cut lose with his sheath-knife when it become tangled in kelp. He rested on the beach a while then climbed the steep cliffs in search of help. At about 10am on the Sunday morning a party of land selectors - including F. J. Stansmore, Leslie Dickson (or Dixon) and Mott - found Gebauhr. They were near Ryans Den, on their travels on horseback from Princetown towards Moonlight Head, and about 5km from the wreck. Gebauhr was lying in the scrub in a poor state, bleeding and dressed only in singlet, socks and a belt with his sheath-knife, ready for all emergencies. At first they were concerned about his wild and shaggy looking state and what seemed to be gibberish speech, taking him to be an escaped lunatic. They were reassured after he threw his knife away and realised that he was speaking half-English, half-German. They gave him food and brandy and some clothing and were then able to gain information about the wreck. Some of the men took him to Rivernook, a nearby guest house owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Stansmore and Dickson rode off to try and summon help. Others went down to the site of the wreck. Messages for rescuing the rest of the crew were sent both to Port Campbell for the rocket rescue crew and to Warrnambool for the lifeboat. The S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. After travelling the 25 miles to the scene, half of the Port Campbell rocket crew and equipment arrived and set up the rocket tripod on the beach below the cliffs. By this time the crew of the Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours, calling frantically for help. Mr Tregear from the Rocket Crew fired the line. The light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully fired across the ship and made fast. The anxious sailors then attempted to come ashore along the line but, with as many as five at a time, the line sagged considerably and some were washed off. Others, nearly exhausted, had to then make their way through masses of seaweed and were often smothered by waves. Only 14 of the 24 who had remained on the ship made it to shore. Many onlookers on the beach took it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. These rescuers included Bill (William James) Robe, Edwin Vinge, Hugh Cameron, Fenelon Mott, Arthur Wilkinson and Peter Carmody. (Peter Carmody was also involved in the rescue of men from the Newfield.) Arthur Wilkinson, a 29 year old land selector, swam out to the aid of one of the ship’s crewmen, a carpenter named John Plunken. Plunken was attempting to swim from the Fiji to the shore. Two or three times both men almost reached the shore but were washed back to the wreck. A line was thrown to them and they were both hauled aboard. It was thought that Wilkinson struck his head on the anchor before s they were brought up. He remained unconscious. The carpenter survived this ordeal but Wilkinson later died and his body was washed up the next day. It was 26 year old Bill Robe who hauled out the last man, the captain, who had become tangled in the kelp. The wreck of the Fiji was smashed apart within 20 minutes of the captain being brought ashore, and it settled in about 6m of water. Of the 26 men on the Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach and their coffins were made from timbers from the wrecked Fiji. They were buried on the cliff top above the wreck. The survivors were warmed by fires on the beach then taken to Rivernook and cared for over the next few days. Funds were raised by local communities soon after the wreck in aid of the sufferers of the Fiji disaster. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship. His Masters Certificate was suspended for 12 months. At the time there was also a great deal of public criticism at the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. The important canvas ‘breech buoy’ or ‘bucket chair’ and the heavy line from the Rocket Rescue was in the half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue: they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. Communications to Warrnambool were down so the call for help didn’t get through on time and the two or three boats that had been notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Much looting occurred of the cargo that washed up on the shore, with nearly every visitor leaving the beach with bulky pockets. One looter was caught with a small load of red and white rubber balls, which were duly confiscated and he was ‘detained’ for 14 days. Essence of peppermint mysteriously turned up in many settlers homes. Sailcloth was salvaged and used for horse rugs and tent flies. Soon after the wreck “Fiji tobacco” was being advertised around Victoria. A Customs officer, trying to prevent some of the looting, was assaulted by looters and thrown over a steep cliff. He managed to cling to a bush lower down until rescued. In 1894 some coiled fencing wire was salvaged from the wreck. Hundreds of coils are still strewn over the site of the wreck, encrusted and solidified. The hull is broken but the vessel’s iron ribs can be seen along with some of the cargo of concrete and pig iron. Captain Vickers presented Bill Robe with his silver-cased pocket watch, the only possession that he still had, as a token for having saved his life and the lives of some of the crew. (The pocket watch came with 2 winding keys, one to wind it and one to change the hands.) Years later Bill passed the watch to his brother-in-law Gib (Gilbert) Hulands as payment of a debt and it has been passed down the family to Gilbert Hulands’ grandson, John Hulands. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its hand crafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stansmore for caring for him when he came ashore. The knife handle had a personal inscription on it. A marble headstone on the 200m high cliffs overlooking Wreck Beach, west of Moonlight Head, paying tribute to the men who lost their lives when Fiji ran aground. The scene of the wreck is marked by the anchor from the Fiji, erected by Warrnambool skin divers in 1967. Amongst the artefacts salvaged from the Fiji are bisque (or china) toys, (including miniature animals, limbs from small bisque dolls), rubber balls, a slate pencil, a glass bottle, sample of rope from the distress rocket and a candlestick holder. These items are now part of the Fiji collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, along with Captain Vickers’ pocket watch and Julius Gebauhr’s sheath knife.Flagstaff Hill’s Fiji collection is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the wreck Fiji, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR S259. The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular historic shipwreck dive sites with structural features and remains of the cargo evident. It also represents aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes (living with natural processes). The Fiji collection meets the following criteria for assessment: Criterion A: Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria’s cultural history. Criterion B: Possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Victoria’s cultural history Criterion C: Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria’s cultural history.China toy dog salvaged from the wreck of the Fiji. This moulded toy is made of bisque (sometimes described as bisque or porcelain) and is tan in colour. The dog is solid with a pitted surface1891, china, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwrecked artefact, flagstaff hill maritime village, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, porcelain, moonlight head, wreck bay, cargo, bisque, toys -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageTextile - Rope Sample, After September 1891
... The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...The light line or rope used to construct this Turk’s Head knot was part of the line line-throwing apparatus used by the Rocket Rescue Crew. In normal operation a rocket carrying the line was fired over a ship, fastened to the ship, then hauled by the crew to pull a heavier rope from shore, which would have a canvas ‘breaches buoy’ attached to it. A tripod or triangle would be used to keep it free from breakers and rocks. One by one the crew on the wreck would sit in the buoy and be hauled safely back to shore. The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on 22nd May 1891 bound for Melbourne, under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. The ship’s manifest shows that she was loaded with a cargo of 260 cases of dynamite, pig iron, steel goods, spirits (whisky, schnapps, gin, brandy), sailcloth, tobacco, coiled fencing wire, concrete, 400 German pianos (Sweet Hapsburg), concertinas and other musical instruments, artists supplies including brushes, porcelain, furniture, china, and general cargo including candles. There were also toys in anticipation for Christmas, including wooden rocking horses, miniature ships, dolls with china limbs and rubber balls. On September 5th, one hundred days out from Hamburg in squally and boisterous south west winds the Cape Otway light was sighted on a bearing differing from Captain Vickers’ calculation of his position. At about 2:30am, Sunday 6th September 1891 land was reported 4-5 miles off the port bow. The captain tried to put the ship on the other tack, but she would not respond. He then tried to turn her the other way but just as the manoeuvre was being completed the Fiji struck rock only 300 yards (274 metres) from shore. The place is known as Wreck Bay, Moonlight Head. Blue lights were burned and rockets fired whilst an effort was made to lower boats but all capsized or swamped and smashed to pieces. Two of the younger crewmen volunteered to swim for the shore, taking a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Carkland, drowned after he was swept away when the line broke. The other, 17 year old able seaman Julius Gebauhr, a German, reached shore safely on his second attempt but without the line, which he had cut lose with his sheath-knife when it become tangled in kelp. He rested on the beach a while then climbed the steep cliffs in search of help. At about 10am on the Sunday morning a party of land selectors - including F. J. Stansmore, Leslie Dickson (or Dixon) and Mott - found Gebauhr. They were near Ryans Den, on their travels on horseback from Princetown towards Moonlight Head, and about 5km from the wreck. Gebauhr was lying in the scrub in a poor state, bleeding and dressed only in singlet, socks and a belt with his sheath-knife, ready for all emergencies. At first they were concerned about his wild and shaggy looking state and what seemed to be gibberish speech, taking him to be an escaped lunatic. They were reassured after he threw his knife away and realised that he was speaking half-English, half-German. They gave him food and brandy and some clothing and were then able to gain information about the wreck. Some of the men took him to Rivernook, a nearby guest house owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Stansmore and Dickson rode off to try and summon help. Others went down to the site of the wreck. Messages for rescuing the rest of the crew were sent both to Port Campbell for the rocket rescue crew and to Warrnambool for the lifeboat. The S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. After travelling the 25 miles to the scene, half of the Port Campbell rocket crew and equipment arrived and set up the rocket tripod on the beach below the cliffs. By this time the crew of the Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours, calling frantically for help. Mr Tregear from the Rocket Crew fired the line. The light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully fired across the ship and made fast. The anxious sailors then attempted to come ashore along the line but, with as many as five at a time, the line sagged considerably and some were washed off. Others, nearly exhausted, had to then make their way through masses of seaweed and were often smothered by waves. Only 14 of the 24 who had remained on the ship made it to shore. Many onlookers on the beach took it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. These rescuers included Bill (William James) Robe, Edwin Vinge, Hugh Cameron, Fenelon Mott, Arthur Wilkinson and Peter Carmody. (Peter Carmody was also involved in the rescue of men from the Newfield.) Arthur Wilkinson, a 29 year old land selector, swam out to the aid of one of the ship’s crewmen, a carpenter named John Plunken. Plunken was attempting to swim from the Fiji to the shore. Two or three times both men almost reached the shore but were washed back to the wreck. A line was thrown to them and they were both hauled aboard. It was thought that Wilkinson struck his head on the anchor before s they were brought up. He remained unconscious. The carpenter survived this ordeal but Wilkinson later died and his body was washed up the next day. It was 26 year old Bill Robe who hauled out the last man, the captain, who had become tangled in the kelp. The wreck of the Fiji was smashed apart within 20 minutes of the last man being brought ashore, and it settled in about 6m of water. Of the 26 men on the Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach and their coffins were made from timbers from the wrecked Fiji. They were buried on the cliff top above the wreck. The survivors were warmed by fires on the beach then taken to Rivernook and cared for over the next few days. Funds were raised by local communities soon after the wreck in aid of the sufferers of the Fiji disaster. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship. His Masters Certificate was suspended for 12 months. At the time there was also a great deal of public criticism at the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. The important canvas ‘breech buoy’ or ‘bucket chair’ and the heavy line from the Rocket Rescue was in the half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue: they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. Communications to Warrnambool were down so the call for help didn’t get through on time and the two or three boats that had been notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Much looting occurred of the cargo that washed up on the shore, with nearly every visitor leaving the beach with bulky pockets. One looter was caught with a small load of red and white rubber balls, which were duly confiscated and he was ‘detained’ for 14 days. Essence of peppermint mysteriously turned up in many settlers homes. Sailcloth was salvaged and used for horse rugs and tent flies. Soon after the wreck “Fiji tobacco” was being advertised around Victoria. A Customs officer, trying to prevent some of the looting, was assaulted by looters and thrown over a steep cliff. He managed to cling to a bush lower down until rescued. In 1894 some coiled fencing wire was salvaged from the wreck. Hundreds of coils are still strewn over the site of the wreck, encrusted and solidified. The hull is broken but the vessel’s iron ribs can be seen along with some of the cargo of concrete and pig iron. Captain Vickers presented Bill Robe with his silver-cased pocket watch, the only possession that he still had, as a token for having saved his life and the lives of some of the crew. (The pocket watch came with 2 winding keys, one to wind it and one to change the hands.) Years later Bill passed the watch to his brother-in-law Gib (Gilbert) Hulands as payment of a debt and it has been passed down the family to Gilbert Hulands’ grandson, John Hulands. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its hand crafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stansmore for caring for him when he came ashore. The knife handle had a personal inscription on it. A marble headstone on the 200m high cliffs overlooking Wreck Beach, west of Moonlight Head, paying tribute to the men who lost their lives when Fiji ran aground. The scene of the wreck is marked by the anchor from the Fiji, erected by Warrnambool skin divers in 1967.This rope is part of the collection of artefacts from the wreck of the Fiji. Flagstaff Hill’s Fiji collection is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the wreck Fiji, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR S259. The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular historic shipwreck dive sites with structural features and remains of the cargo evident. It also represents aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes (living with natural processes). The Fiji collection meets the following criteria for assessment: Criterion A: Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria’s cultural history. Criterion B: Possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Victoria’s cultural history Criterion C: Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria’s cultural history. Rope salvaged from the distress rocket rope line used in the rescue of the crew of the sailing ship “Fiji”. The light-weight brown rope has been crafted into a decorative 'Monkey fist' or 'Turk’s head' knot using three interwoven strands. 1891, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwrecked artefact, flagstaff hill maritime village, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, rope, moonlight head, wreck bay, distress rocket, line, light line, rocket rescue apparatus, rocket equipment, rocket line -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageCandlestick holder, Made on or before 1891
... The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...This candlestick holder is one of the artefacts salvaged from the wreck of the Fiji. The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on 22nd May 1891 bound for Melbourne, under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. The ship’s manifest shows that she was loaded with a cargo of 260 cases of dynamite, pig iron, steel goods, spirits (whisky, schnapps, gin, brandy), sailcloth, tobacco, coiled fencing wire, concrete, 400 German pianos (Sweet Hapsburg), concertinas and other musical instruments, artists supplies including brushes, porcelain, furniture, china, and general cargo including candles. There were also toys in anticipation for Christmas, including wooden rocking horses, miniature ships, dolls with china limbs and rubber balls. On September 5th, one hundred days out from Hamburg in squally and boisterous south west winds the Cape Otway light was sighted on a bearing differing from Captain Vickers’ calculation of his position. At about 2:30am, Sunday 6th September 1891 land was reported 4-5 miles off the port bow. The captain tried to put the ship on the other tack, but she would not respond. He then tried to turn her the other way but just as the manoeuvre was being completed the Fiji struck rock only 300 yards (274 metres) from shore. The place is known as Wreck Bay, Moonlight Head. Blue lights were burned and rockets fired whilst an effort was made to lower boats but all capsized or swamped and smashed to pieces. Two of the younger crewmen volunteered to swim for the shore, taking a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Carkland, drowned after he was swept away when the line broke. The other, 17 year old able seaman Julius Gebauhr, a German, reached shore safely on his second attempt but without the line, which he had cut lose with his sheath-knife when it become tangled in kelp. He rested on the beach a while then climbed the steep cliffs in search of help. At about 10am on the Sunday morning a party of land selectors - including F. J. Stansmore, Leslie Dickson (or Dixon) and Mott - found Gebauhr. They were near Ryans Den, on their travels on horseback from Princetown towards Moonlight Head, and about 5km from the wreck. Gebauhr was lying in the scrub in a poor state, bleeding and dressed only in singlet, socks and a belt with his sheath-knife, ready for all emergencies. At first they were concerned about his wild and shaggy looking state and what seemed to be gibberish speech, taking him to be an escaped lunatic. They were reassured after he threw his knife away and realised that he was speaking half-English, half-German. They gave him food and brandy and some clothing and were then able to gain information about the wreck. Some of the men took him to Rivernook, a nearby guest house owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Stansmore and Dickson rode off to try and summon help. Others went down to the site of the wreck. Messages for rescuing the rest of the crew were sent both to Port Campbell for the rocket rescue crew and to Warrnambool for the lifeboat. The S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. After travelling the 25 miles to the scene, half of the Port Campbell rocket crew and equipment arrived and set up the rocket tripod on the beach below the cliffs. By this time the crew of the Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours, calling frantically for help. Mr Tregear from the Rocket Crew fired the line. The light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully fired across the ship and made fast. The anxious sailors then attempted to come ashore along the line but, with as many as five at a time, the line sagged considerably and some were washed off. Others, nearly exhausted, had to then make their way through masses of seaweed and were often smothered by waves. Only 14 of the 24 who had remained on the ship made it to shore. Many onlookers on the beach took it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. These rescuers included Bill (William James) Robe, Edwin Vinge, Hugh Cameron, Fenelon Mott, Arthur Wilkinson and Peter Carmody. (Peter Carmody was also involved in the rescue of men from the Newfield.) Arthur Wilkinson, a 29 year old land selector, swam out to the aid of one of the ship’s crewmen, a carpenter named John Plunken. Plunken was attempting to swim from the Fiji to the shore. Two or three times both men almost reached the shore but were washed back to the wreck. A line was thrown to them and they were both hauled aboard. It was thought that Wilkinson struck his head on the anchor before s they were brought up. He remained unconscious. The carpenter survived this ordeal but Wilkinson later died and his body was washed up the next day. It was 26 year old Bill Robe who hauled out the last man, the captain, who had become tangled in the kelp. The wreck of the Fiji was smashed apart within 20 minutes of the last man being brought ashore, and it settled in about 6m of water. Of the 26 men on the Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach and their coffins were made from timbers from the wrecked Fiji. They were buried on the cliff top above the wreck. The survivors were warmed by fires on the beach then taken to Rivernook and cared for over the next few days. Funds were raised by local communities soon after the wreck in aid of the sufferers of the Fiji disaster. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship. His Masters Certificate was suspended for 12 months. At the time there was also a great deal of public criticism at the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. The important canvas ‘breech buoy’ or ‘bucket chair’ and the heavy line from the Rocket Rescue was in the half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue: they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. Communications to Warrnambool were down so the call for help didn’t get through on time and the two or three boats that had been notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Much looting occurred of the cargo that washed up on the shore, with nearly every visitor leaving the beach with bulky pockets. One looter was caught with a small load of red and white rubber balls, which were duly confiscated and he was ‘detained’ for 14 days. Essence of peppermint mysteriously turned up in many settlers homes. Sailcloth was salvaged and used for horse rugs and tent flies. Soon after the wreck “Fiji tobacco” was being advertised around Victoria. A Customs officer, trying to prevent some of the looting, was assaulted by looters and thrown over a steep cliff. He managed to cling to a bush lower down until rescued. In 1894 some coiled fencing wire was salvaged from the wreck. Hundreds of coils are still strewn over the site of the wreck, encrusted and solidified. The hull is broken but the vessel’s iron ribs can be seen along with some of the cargo of concrete and pig iron. Captain Vickers presented Bill Robe with his silver-cased pocket watch, the only possession that he still had, as a token for having saved his life and the lives of some of the crew. (The pocket watch came with 2 winding keys, one to wind it and one to change the hands.) Years later Bill passed the watch to his brother-in-law Gib (Gilbert) Hulands as payment of a debt and it has been passed down the family to Gilbert Hulands’ grandson, John Hulands. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its hand crafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stansmore for caring for him when he came ashore. The knife handle had a personal inscription on it. A marble headstone on the 200m high cliffs overlooking Wreck Beach, west of Moonlight Head, paying tribute to the men who lost their lives when Fiji ran aground. The scene of the wreck is marked by the anchor from the Fiji, erected by Warrnambool skin divers in 1967. Amongst the artefacts salvaged from the Fiji are china miniature animals, limbs from small china dolls, rubber balls, a glass bottle and a sample of rope from the distress rocket. These items are now part of the Fiji collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, along with Captain Vickers’ pocket watch and Julius Gebauhr’s sheath knife.This candlestick holder is Artefact Reg No Fiji/2, part of the Fiji collection. Flagstaff Hill’s Fiji collection is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the wreck Fiji, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR S259. The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular historic shipwreck dive sites with structural features and remains of the cargo evident. It also represents aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes (living with natural processes). The Fiji collection meets the following criteria for assessment: Criterion A: Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria’s cultural history. Criterion B: Possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Victoria’s cultural history Criterion C: Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria’s cultural history. Candlestick holder or Chamber Candle. Made of china, off white in colour with crazed glazing. The round concave dish has the base of a round candle holder in centre (remainder of holder has been broken off). The base of a circular china finger ring is attached to both the rim and the dish, about ¾ of the way towards the centre - the top 2/3rds of the finger ring is broken off. A conical thimble-like spike, placed about a quarter of the way around from the finger ring, is intact. This spike was probably used to hold a candle snuffer of similar but larger size and shape. The candlestick holder was recovered from the wreck of the Fiji.1891, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwrecked artefact, flagstaff hill maritime village, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, fiji, pocket watch, moonlight head, candlestick holder, candle holder, chamber candle -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageDoll's leg, Bisque dolls were being made from the 1860’s
... The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...This doll’s leg was part of the cargo from the Fiji and was part of the articles salvaged from the wreck. The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on 22nd May 1891 bound for Melbourne, under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. The ship’s manifest shows that she was loaded with a cargo of 260 cases of dynamite, pig iron, steel goods, spirits (whisky, schnapps, gin, brandy), sailcloth, tobacco, coiled fencing wire, concrete, 400 German pianos (Sweet Hapsburg), concertinas and other musical instruments, artists supplies including brushes, porcelain, furniture, china, and general cargo including candles. There were also toys in anticipation for Christmas, including wooden rocking horses, miniature ships, dolls with china limbs and rubber balls. On September 5th, one hundred days out from Hamburg in squally and boisterous south west winds the Cape Otway light was sighted on a bearing differing from Captain Vickers’ calculation of his position. At about 2:30am, Sunday 6th September 1891 land was reported 4-5 miles off the port bow. The captain tried to put the ship on the other tack, but she would not respond. He then tried to turn her the other way but just as the manoeuvre was being completed the Fiji struck rock only 300 yards (274 metres) from shore. The place is known as Wreck Bay, Moonlight Head. Blue lights were burned and rockets fired whilst an effort was made to lower boats but all capsized or swamped and smashed to pieces. Two of the younger crewmen volunteered to swim for the shore, taking a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Carkland, drowned after he was swept away when the line broke. The other, 17 year old able seaman Julius Gebauhr, a German, reached shore safely on his second attempt but without the line, which he had cut lose with his sheath-knife when it become tangled in kelp. He rested on the beach a while then climbed the steep cliffs in search of help. At about 10am on the Sunday morning a party of land selectors - including F. J. Stansmore, Leslie Dickson (or Dixon) and Mott - found Gebauhr. They were near Ryans Den, on their travels on horseback from Princetown towards Moonlight Head, and about 5km from the wreck. Gebauhr was lying in the scrub in a poor state, bleeding and dressed only in singlet, socks and a belt with his sheath-knife, ready for all emergencies. At first they were concerned about his wild and shaggy looking state and what seemed to be gibberish speech, taking him to be an escaped lunatic. They were reassured after he threw his knife away and realised that he was speaking half-English, half-German. They gave him food and brandy and some clothing and were then able to gain information about the wreck. Some of the men took him to Rivernook, a nearby guest house owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Stansmore and Dickson rode off to try and summon help. Others went down to the site of the wreck. Messages for rescuing the rest of the crew were sent both to Port Campbell for the rocket rescue crew and to Warrnambool for the lifeboat. The S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. After travelling the 25 miles to the scene, half of the Port Campbell rocket crew and equipment arrived and set up the rocket tripod on the beach below the cliffs. By this time the crew of the Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours, calling frantically for help. Mr Tregear from the Rocket Crew fired the line. The light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully fired across the ship and made fast. The anxious sailors then attempted to come ashore along the line but, with as many as five at a time, the line sagged considerably and some were washed off. Others, nearly exhausted, had to then make their way through masses of seaweed and were often smothered by waves. Only 14 of the 24 who had remained on the ship made it to shore. Many onlookers on the beach took it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. These rescuers included Bill (William James) Robe, Edwin Vinge, Hugh Cameron, Fenelon Mott, Arthur Wilkinson and Peter Carmody. (Peter Carmody was also involved in the rescue of men from the Newfield.) Arthur Wilkinson, a 29 year old land selector, swam out to the aid of one of the ship’s crewmen, a carpenter named John Plunken. Plunken was attempting to swim from the Fiji to the shore. Two or three times both men almost reached the shore but were washed back to the wreck. A line was thrown to them and they were both hauled aboard. It was thought that Wilkinson struck his head on the anchor before s they were brought up. He remained unconscious. The carpenter survived this ordeal but Wilkinson later died and his body was washed up the next day. It was 26 year old Bill Robe who hauled out the last man, the captain, who had become tangled in the kelp. The wreck of the Fiji was smashed apart within 20 minutes of the captain being brought ashore, and it settled in about 6m of water. Of the 26 men on the Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach and their coffins were made from timbers from the wrecked Fiji. They were buried on the cliff top above the wreck. The survivors were warmed by fires on the beach then taken to Rivernook and cared for over the next few days. Funds were raised by local communities soon after the wreck in aid of the sufferers of the Fiji disaster. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship. His Masters Certificate was suspended for 12 months. At the time there was also a great deal of public criticism at the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. The important canvas ‘breech buoy’ or ‘bucket chair’ and the heavy line from the Rocket Rescue was in the half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue: they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. Communications to Warrnambool were down so the call for help didn’t get through on time and the two or three boats that had been notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Much looting occurred of the cargo that washed up on the shore, with nearly every visitor leaving the beach with bulky pockets. One looter was caught with a small load of red and white rubber balls, which were duly confiscated and he was ‘detained’ for 14 days. Essence of peppermint mysteriously turned up in many settlers homes. Sailcloth was salvaged and used for horse rugs and tent flies. Soon after the wreck “Fiji tobacco” was being advertised around Victoria. A Customs officer, trying to prevent some of the looting, was assaulted by looters and thrown over a steep cliff. He managed to cling to a bush lower down until rescued. In 1894 some coiled fencing wire was salvaged from the wreck. Hundreds of coils are still strewn over the site of the wreck, encrusted and solidified. The hull is broken but the vessel’s iron ribs can be seen along with some of the cargo of concrete and pig iron. Captain Vickers presented Bill Robe with his silver-cased pocket watch, the only possession that he still had, as a token for having saved his life and the lives of some of the crew. (The pocket watch came with 2 winding keys, one to wind it and one to change the hands.) Years later Bill passed the watch to his brother-in-law Gib (Gilbert) Hulands as payment of a debt and it has been passed down the family to Gilbert Hulands’ grandson, John Hulands. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its hand crafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stansmore for caring for him when he came ashore. The knife handle had a personal inscription on it. A marble headstone on the 200m high cliffs overlooking Wreck Beach, west of Moonlight Head, paying tribute to the men who lost their lives when Fiji ran aground. The scene of the wreck is marked by the anchor from the Fiji, erected by Warrnambool skin divers in 1967. Amongst the artefacts salvaged from the Fiji are bisque (or china) toys, (including miniature animals, limbs from small bisque dolls), rubber balls, a slate pencil, a glass bottle, sample of rope from the distress rocket and a candlestick holder. These items are now part of the Fiji collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, along with Captain Vickers’ pocket watch and Julius Gebauhr’s sheath knife.Flagstaff Hill’s Fiji collection is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the wreck Fiji, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR S259. The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular historic shipwreck dive sites with structural features and remains of the cargo evident. It also represents aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes (living with natural processes). The Fiji collection meets the following criteria for assessment: Criterion A: Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria’s cultural history. Criterion B: Possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Victoria’s cultural history Criterion C: Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria’s cultural history. Doll’s leg salvaged from the wreck of the Fiji. This moulded leg, made of bisque (sometimes described as china or porcelain) is for a small doll. The leg is solid rather than jointed, and goes from the lower thigh down to the foot, which has a shoe-shaped heel. The white coloured leg is finished with glazed paint and the shoe of the foot is painted black. The leg is discoloured in places with a tan colour. There is a groove around the top of the leg, which would enable the leg to be attached to the cloth body of a doll.1891, china, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwrecked artefact, flagstaff hill maritime village, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, porcelain, doll, moonlight head, wreck bay, cargo, bisque, dolls limb, dolls leg, toys, doll's leg, doll's limb -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageDoll's arm, Bisque dolls were being made from the 1860’s
... The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...This doll’s arm was part of the cargo from the Fiji and was part of the articles salvaged from the wreck. The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on 22nd May 1891 bound for Melbourne, under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. The ship’s manifest shows that she was loaded with a cargo of 260 cases of dynamite, pig iron, steel goods, spirits (whisky, schnapps, gin, brandy), sailcloth, tobacco, coiled fencing wire, concrete, 400 German pianos (Sweet Hapsburg), concertinas and other musical instruments, artists supplies including brushes, porcelain, furniture, china, and general cargo including candles. There were also toys in anticipation for Christmas, including wooden rocking horses, miniature ships, dolls with china limbs and rubber balls. On September 5th, one hundred days out from Hamburg in squally and boisterous south west winds the Cape Otway light was sighted on a bearing differing from Captain Vickers’ calculation of his position. At about 2:30am, Sunday 6th September 1891 land was reported 4-5 miles off the port bow. The captain tried to put the ship on the other tack, but she would not respond. He then tried to turn her the other way but just as the manoeuvre was being completed the Fiji struck rock only 300 yards (274 metres) from shore. The place is known as Wreck Bay, Moonlight Head. Blue lights were burned and rockets fired whilst an effort was made to lower boats but all capsized or swamped and smashed to pieces. Two of the younger crewmen volunteered to swim for the shore, taking a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Carkland, drowned after he was swept away when the line broke. The other, 17 year old able seaman Julius Gebauhr, a German, reached shore safely on his second attempt but without the line, which he had cut lose with his sheath-knife when it become tangled in kelp. He rested on the beach a while then climbed the steep cliffs in search of help. At about 10am on the Sunday morning a party of land selectors - including F. J. Stansmore, Leslie Dickson (or Dixon) and Mott - found Gebauhr. They were near Ryans Den, on their travels on horseback from Princetown towards Moonlight Head, and about 5km from the wreck. Gebauhr was lying in the scrub in a poor state, bleeding and dressed only in singlet, socks and a belt with his sheath-knife, ready for all emergencies. At first they were concerned about his wild and shaggy looking state and what seemed to be gibberish speech, taking him to be an escaped lunatic. They were reassured after he threw his knife away and realised that he was speaking half-English, half-German. They gave him food and brandy and some clothing and were then able to gain information about the wreck. Some of the men took him to Rivernook, a nearby guest house owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Stansmore and Dickson rode off to try and summon help. Others went down to the site of the wreck. Messages for rescuing the rest of the crew were sent both to Port Campbell for the rocket rescue crew and to Warrnambool for the lifeboat. The S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. After travelling the 25 miles to the scene, half of the Port Campbell rocket crew and equipment arrived and set up the rocket tripod on the beach below the cliffs. By this time the crew of the Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours, calling frantically for help. Mr Tregear from the Rocket Crew fired the line. The light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully fired across the ship and made fast. The anxious sailors then attempted to come ashore along the line but, with as many as five at a time, the line sagged considerably and some were washed off. Others, nearly exhausted, had to then make their way through masses of seaweed and were often smothered by waves. Only 14 of the 24 who had remained on the ship made it to shore. Many onlookers on the beach took it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. These rescuers included Bill (William James) Robe, Edwin Vinge, Hugh Cameron, Fenelon Mott, Arthur Wilkinson and Peter Carmody. (Peter Carmody was also involved in the rescue of men from the Newfield.) Arthur Wilkinson, a 29 year old land selector, swam out to the aid of one of the ship’s crewmen, a carpenter named John Plunken. Plunken was attempting to swim from the Fiji to the shore. Two or three times both men almost reached the shore but were washed back to the wreck. A line was thrown to them and they were both hauled aboard. It was thought that Wilkinson struck his head on the anchor before s they were brought up. He remained unconscious. The carpenter survived this ordeal but Wilkinson later died and his body was washed up the next day. It was 26 year old Bill Robe who hauled out the last man, the captain, who had become tangled in the kelp. The wreck of the Fiji was smashed apart within 20 minutes of the captain being brought ashore, and it settled in about 6m of water. Of the 26 men on the Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach and their coffins were made from timbers from the wrecked Fiji. They were buried on the cliff top above the wreck. The survivors were warmed by fires on the beach then taken to Rivernook and cared for over the next few days. Funds were raised by local communities soon after the wreck in aid of the sufferers of the Fiji disaster. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship. His Masters Certificate was suspended for 12 months. At the time there was also a great deal of public criticism at the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. The important canvas ‘breech buoy’ or ‘bucket chair’ and the heavy line from the Rocket Rescue was in the half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue: they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. Communications to Warrnambool were down so the call for help didn’t get through on time and the two or three boats that had been notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Much looting occurred of the cargo that washed up on the shore, with nearly every visitor leaving the beach with bulky pockets. One looter was caught with a small load of red and white rubber balls, which were duly confiscated and he was ‘detained’ for 14 days. Essence of peppermint mysteriously turned up in many settlers homes. Sailcloth was salvaged and used for horse rugs and tent flies. Soon after the wreck “Fiji tobacco” was being advertised around Victoria. A Customs officer, trying to prevent some of the looting, was assaulted by looters and thrown over a steep cliff. He managed to cling to a bush lower down until rescued. In 1894 some coiled fencing wire was salvaged from the wreck. Hundreds of coils are still strewn over the site of the wreck, encrusted and solidified. The hull is broken but the vessel’s iron ribs can be seen along with some of the cargo of concrete and pig iron. Captain Vickers presented Bill Robe with his silver-cased pocket watch, the only possession that he still had, as a token for having saved his life and the lives of some of the crew. (The pocket watch came with 2 winding keys, one to wind it and one to change the hands.) Years later Bill passed the watch to his brother-in-law Gib (Gilbert) Hulands as payment of a debt and it has been passed down the family to Gilbert Hulands’ grandson, John Hulands. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its hand crafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stansmore for caring for him when he came ashore. The knife handle had a personal inscription on it. A marble headstone on the 200m high cliffs overlooking Wreck Beach, west of Moonlight Head, paying tribute to the men who lost their lives when Fiji ran aground. The scene of the wreck is marked by the anchor from the Fiji, erected by Warrnambool skin divers in 1967. Amongst the artefacts salvaged from the Fiji are bisque (or china) toys, (including miniature animals, limbs from small bisque dolls), rubber balls, a slate pencil, a glass bottle, sample of rope from the distress rocket and a candlestick holder. These items are now part of the Fiji collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, along with Captain Vickers’ pocket watch and Julius Gebauhr’s sheath knife. Flagstaff Hill’s Fiji collection is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the wreck Fiji, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR S259. The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular historic shipwreck dive sites with structural features and remains of the cargo evident. It also represents aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes (living with natural processes). The Fiji collection meets the following criteria for assessment: Criterion A: Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria’s cultural history. Criterion B: Possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Victoria’s cultural history Criterion C: Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria’s cultural history. Doll’s arm salvaged from the wreck of the Fiji. This moulded arm, made of bisque (sometimes described as china or porcelain) is for a small doll. Its hand has the fingers touching each other with the thumb tucked into the palm. The white coloured arm is finished with glazed paint. The arm is discoloured in places with a tan colour. The arm is solid rather than jointed and goes from hand to upper arm. There is a groove around the top of the arm, which would enable the arm to be attached to the cloth body of a doll.1891, china, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwrecked artefact, flagstaff hill maritime village, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, porcelain, doll, moonlight head, wreck bay, cargo, bisque, toys, doll's arm, doll's limb -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageDoll's leg, Bisque dolls were being made from the 1860’s
... The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...This doll’s leg was part of the cargo from the Fiji and was part of the articles salvaged from the wreck. The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on 22nd May 1891 bound for Melbourne, under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. The ship’s manifest shows that she was loaded with a cargo of 260 cases of dynamite, pig iron, steel goods, spirits (whisky, schnapps, gin, brandy), sailcloth, tobacco, coiled fencing wire, concrete, 400 German pianos (Sweet Hapsburg), concertinas and other musical instruments, artists supplies including brushes, porcelain, furniture, china, and general cargo including candles. There were also toys in anticipation for Christmas, including wooden rocking horses, miniature ships, dolls with china limbs and rubber balls. On September 5th, one hundred days out from Hamburg in squally and boisterous south west winds the Cape Otway light was sighted on a bearing differing from Captain Vickers’ calculation of his position. At about 2:30am, Sunday 6th September 1891 land was reported 4-5 miles off the port bow. The captain tried to put the ship on the other tack, but she would not respond. He then tried to turn her the other way but just as the manoeuvre was being completed the Fiji struck rock only 300 yards (274 metres) from shore. The place is known as Wreck Bay, Moonlight Head. Blue lights were burned and rockets fired whilst an effort was made to lower boats but all capsized or swamped and smashed to pieces. Two of the younger crewmen volunteered to swim for the shore, taking a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Carkland, drowned after he was swept away when the line broke. The other, 17 year old able seaman Julius Gebauhr, a German, reached shore safely on his second attempt but without the line, which he had cut lose with his sheath-knife when it become tangled in kelp. He rested on the beach a while then climbed the steep cliffs in search of help. At about 10am on the Sunday morning a party of land selectors - including F. J. Stansmore, Leslie Dickson (or Dixon) and Mott - found Gebauhr. They were near Ryans Den, on their travels on horseback from Princetown towards Moonlight Head, and about 5km from the wreck. Gebauhr was lying in the scrub in a poor state, bleeding and dressed only in singlet, socks and a belt with his sheath-knife, ready for all emergencies. At first they were concerned about his wild and shaggy looking state and what seemed to be gibberish speech, taking him to be an escaped lunatic. They were reassured after he threw his knife away and realised that he was speaking half-English, half-German. They gave him food and brandy and some clothing and were then able to gain information about the wreck. Some of the men took him to Rivernook, a nearby guest house owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Stansmore and Dickson rode off to try and summon help. Others went down to the site of the wreck. Messages for rescuing the rest of the crew were sent both to Port Campbell for the rocket rescue crew and to Warrnambool for the lifeboat. The S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. After travelling the 25 miles to the scene, half of the Port Campbell rocket crew and equipment arrived and set up the rocket tripod on the beach below the cliffs. By this time the crew of the Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours, calling frantically for help. Mr Tregear from the Rocket Crew fired the line. The light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully fired across the ship and made fast. The anxious sailors then attempted to come ashore along the line but, with as many as five at a time, the line sagged considerably and some were washed off. Others, nearly exhausted, had to then make their way through masses of seaweed and were often smothered by waves. Only 14 of the 24 who had remained on the ship made it to shore. Many onlookers on the beach took it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. These rescuers included Bill (William James) Robe, Edwin Vinge, Hugh Cameron, Fenelon Mott, Arthur Wilkinson and Peter Carmody. (Peter Carmody was also involved in the rescue of men from the Newfield.) Arthur Wilkinson, a 29 year old land selector, swam out to the aid of one of the ship’s crewmen, a carpenter named John Plunken. Plunken was attempting to swim from the Fiji to the shore. Two or three times both men almost reached the shore but were washed back to the wreck. A line was thrown to them and they were both hauled aboard. It was thought that Wilkinson struck his head on the anchor before s they were brought up. He remained unconscious. The carpenter survived this ordeal but Wilkinson later died and his body was washed up the next day. It was 26 year old Bill Robe who hauled out the last man, the captain, who had become tangled in the kelp. The wreck of the Fiji was smashed apart within 20 minutes of the captain being brought ashore, and it settled in about 6m of water. Of the 26 men on the Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach and their coffins were made from timbers from the wrecked Fiji. They were buried on the cliff top above the wreck. The survivors were warmed by fires on the beach then taken to Rivernook and cared for over the next few days. Funds were raised by local communities soon after the wreck in aid of the sufferers of the Fiji disaster. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship. His Masters Certificate was suspended for 12 months. At the time there was also a great deal of public criticism at the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. The important canvas ‘breech buoy’ or ‘bucket chair’ and the heavy line from the Rocket Rescue was in the half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue: they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. Communications to Warrnambool were down so the call for help didn’t get through on time and the two or three boats that had been notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Much looting occurred of the cargo that washed up on the shore, with nearly every visitor leaving the beach with bulky pockets. One looter was caught with a small load of red and white rubber balls, which were duly confiscated and he was ‘detained’ for 14 days. Essence of peppermint mysteriously turned up in many settlers homes. Sailcloth was salvaged and used for horse rugs and tent flies. Soon after the wreck “Fiji tobacco” was being advertised around Victoria. A Customs officer, trying to prevent some of the looting, was assaulted by looters and thrown over a steep cliff. He managed to cling to a bush lower down until rescued. In 1894 some coiled fencing wire was salvaged from the wreck. Hundreds of coils are still strewn over the site of the wreck, encrusted and solidified. The hull is broken but the vessel’s iron ribs can be seen along with some of the cargo of concrete and pig iron. Captain Vickers presented Bill Robe with his silver-cased pocket watch, the only possession that he still had, as a token for having saved his life and the lives of some of the crew. (The pocket watch came with 2 winding keys, one to wind it and one to change the hands.) Years later Bill passed the watch to his brother-in-law Gib (Gilbert) Hulands as payment of a debt and it has been passed down the family to Gilbert Hulands’ grandson, John Hulands. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its hand crafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stansmore for caring for him when he came ashore. The knife handle had a personal inscription on it. A marble headstone on the 200m high cliffs overlooking Wreck Beach, west of Moonlight Head, paying tribute to the men who lost their lives when Fiji ran aground. The scene of the wreck is marked by the anchor from the Fiji, erected by Warrnambool skin divers in 1967. Amongst the artefacts salvaged from the Fiji are bisque (or china) toys, (including miniature animals, limbs from small bisque dolls), rubber balls, a slate pencil, a glass bottle, sample of rope from the distress rocket and a candlestick holder. These items are now part of the Fiji collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, along with Captain Vickers’ pocket watch and Julius Gebauhr’s sheath knife. Flagstaff Hill’s Fiji collection is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the wreck Fiji, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR S259. The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular historic shipwreck dive sites with structural features and remains of the cargo evident. It also represents aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes (living with natural processes). The Fiji collection meets the following criteria for assessment: Criterion A: Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria’s cultural history. Criterion B: Possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Victoria’s cultural history Criterion C: Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria’s cultural history. Doll’s leg salvaged from the wreck of the Fiji. This moulded, shapely leg, made of bisque (sometimes described as china or porcelain) and tan in colour, is for a small doll. It has a shoe shaped foot complete with heel. The leg would have probably been finished with paint and the shoe would also be painted on. However this leg has no paint remaining. The leg is solid rather than jointed and goes from foot to lower thigh. 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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageSlate pencil, Made on or before May 1891
... In work places, slate boards were sometimes bound into slate books The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...In work places, slate boards were sometimes bound into slate books The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. ...Slate pencils were made from a rod of soft slate material and used for writing on thin slate boards. The slate boards were approximately 9cm x 12cm used in schools for writing practice in place of pencil and paper, which were more expensive and less durable. They could be used then easily erased for re-use. In work places, slate boards were sometimes bound into slate books The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on 22nd May 1891 bound for Melbourne, under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. The ship’s manifest shows that she was loaded with a cargo of 260 cases of dynamite, pig iron, steel goods, spirits (whisky, schnapps, gin, brandy), sailcloth, tobacco, coiled fencing wire, concrete, 400 German pianos (Sweet Hapsburg), concertinas and other musical instruments, artists supplies including brushes, porcelain, furniture, china, and general cargo including candles. There were also toys in anticipation for Christmas, including wooden rocking horses, miniature ships, dolls with china limbs and rubber balls. On September 5th, one hundred days out from Hamburg in squally and boisterous south west winds the Cape Otway light was sighted on a bearing differing from Captain Vickers’ calculation of his position. At about 2:30am, Sunday 6th September 1891 land was reported 4-5 miles off the port bow. The captain tried to put the ship on the other tack, but she would not respond. He then tried to turn her the other way but just as the manoeuvre was being completed the Fiji struck rock only 300 yards (274 metres) from shore. The place is known as Wreck Bay, Moonlight Head. Blue lights were burned and rockets fired whilst an effort was made to lower boats but all capsized or swamped and smashed to pieces. Two of the younger crewmen volunteered to swim for the shore, taking a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Carkland, drowned after he was swept away when the line broke. The other, 17 year old able seaman Julius Gebauhr, a German, reached shore safely on his second attempt but without the line, which he had cut lose with his sheath-knife when it become tangled in kelp. He rested on the beach a while then climbed the steep cliffs in search of help. At about 10am on the Sunday morning a party of land selectors - including F. J. Stansmore, Leslie Dickson (or Dixon) and Mott - found Gebauhr. They were near Ryans Den, on their travels on horseback from Princetown towards Moonlight Head, and about 5km from the wreck. Gebauhr was lying in the scrub in a poor state, bleeding and dressed only in singlet, socks and a belt with his sheath-knife, ready for all emergencies. At first they were concerned about his wild and shaggy looking state and what seemed to be gibberish speech, taking him to be an escaped lunatic. They were reassured after he threw his knife away and realised that he was speaking half-English, half-German. They gave him food and brandy and some clothing and were then able to gain information about the wreck. Some of the men took him to Rivernook, a nearby guest house owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Stansmore and Dickson rode off to try and summon help. Others went down to the site of the wreck. Messages for rescuing the rest of the crew were sent both to Port Campbell for the rocket rescue crew and to Warrnambool for the lifeboat. The S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. After travelling the 25 miles to the scene, half of the Port Campbell rocket crew and equipment arrived and set up the rocket tripod on the beach below the cliffs. By this time the crew of the Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours, calling frantically for help. Mr Tregear from the Rocket Crew fired the line. The light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully fired across the ship and made fast. The anxious sailors then attempted to come ashore along the line but, with as many as five at a time, the line sagged considerably and some were washed off. Others, nearly exhausted, had to then make their way through masses of seaweed and were often smothered by waves. Only 14 of the 24 who had remained on the ship made it to shore. Many onlookers on the beach took it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. These rescuers included Bill (William James) Robe, Edwin Vinge, Hugh Cameron, Fenelon Mott, Arthur Wilkinson and Peter Carmody. (Peter Carmody was also involved in the rescue of men from the Newfield.) Arthur Wilkinson, a 29 year old land selector, swam out to the aid of one of the ship’s crewmen, a carpenter named John Plunken. Plunken was attempting to swim from the Fiji to the shore. Two or three times both men almost reached the shore but were washed back to the wreck. A line was thrown to them and they were both hauled aboard. It was thought that Wilkinson struck his head on the anchor before s they were brought up. He remained unconscious. The carpenter survived this ordeal but Wilkinson later died and his body was washed up the next day. It was 26 year old Bill Robe who hauled out the last man, the captain, who had become tangled in the kelp. The wreck of the Fiji was smashed apart within 20 minutes of the captain being brought ashore, and it settled in about 6m of water. Of the 26 men on the Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach and their coffins were made from timbers from the wrecked Fiji. They were buried on the cliff top above the wreck. The survivors were warmed by fires on the beach then taken to Rivernook and cared for over the next few days. Funds were raised by local communities soon after the wreck in aid of the sufferers of the Fiji disaster. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship. His Masters Certificate was suspended for 12 months. At the time there was also a great deal of public criticism at the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. The important canvas ‘breech buoy’ or ‘bucket chair’ and the heavy line from the Rocket Rescue was in the half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue: they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. Communications to Warrnambool were down so the call for help didn’t get through on time and the two or three boats that had been notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Much looting occurred of the cargo that washed up on the shore, with nearly every visitor leaving the beach with bulky pockets. One looter was caught with a small load of red and white rubber balls, which were duly confiscated and he was ‘detained’ for 14 days. Essence of peppermint mysteriously turned up in many settlers homes. Sailcloth was salvaged and used for horse rugs and tent flies. Soon after the wreck “Fiji tobacco” was being advertised around Victoria. A Customs officer, trying to prevent some of the looting, was assaulted by looters and thrown over a steep cliff. He managed to cling to a bush lower down until rescued. In 1894 some coiled fencing wire was salvaged from the wreck. Hundreds of coils are still strewn over the site of the wreck, encrusted and solidified. The hull is broken but the vessel’s iron ribs can be seen along with some of the cargo of concrete and pig iron. Captain Vickers presented Bill Robe with his silver-cased pocket watch, the only possession that he still had, as a token for having saved his life and the lives of some of the crew. (The pocket watch came with 2 winding keys, one to wind it and one to change the hands.) Years later Bill passed the watch to his brother-in-law Gib (Gilbert) Hulands as payment of a debt and it has been passed down the family to Gilbert Hulands’ grandson, John Hulands. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its hand crafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stansmore for caring for him when he came ashore. The knife handle had a personal inscription on it. A marble headstone on the 200m high cliffs overlooking Wreck Beach, west of Moonlight Head, paying tribute to the men who lost their lives when Fiji ran aground. The scene of the wreck is marked by the anchor from the Fiji, erected by Warrnambool skin divers in 1967. Amongst the artefacts salvaged from the Fiji are china miniature animals, limbs from small china dolls, rubber balls, a slate pencil, a glass bottle, sample of rope from the distress rocket and a candlestick holder. These items are now part of the Fiji collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, along with Captain Vickers’ pocket watch and Julius Gebauhr’s sheath knife. Flagstaff Hill’s Fiji collection is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the wreck Fiji, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR S259. The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular historic shipwreck dive sites with structural features and remains of the cargo evident. It also represents aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes (living with natural processes). The Fiji collection meets the following criteria for assessment: Criterion A: Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria’s cultural history. Criterion B: Possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Victoria’s cultural history Criterion C: Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria’s cultural history. Remnants of a black slate pencil salvaged from the wreck of the Fiji. Pencil has no casing and is in three pieces. One piece is broken laterally and has a rounded end. The other two pieces have a longitudinal break and fit together. (The nature of the break indicates a material of natural formation, for example sedimentary rock such as slate.) flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, slate pencil, pencil, slate board, writing, stationery -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageLeisure object - Monkey, ca. 1891
... The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool-based shipping company. ...The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool-based shipping company. ...This toy monkey was part of the cargo from Fiji and amongst the articles salvaged from the wreck. The three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool-based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on 22nd May 1891 bound for Melbourne, under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. The ship’s manifest shows that she was loaded with a cargo of 260 cases of dynamite, pig iron, steel goods, spirits (whisky, schnapps, gin, brandy), sailcloth, tobacco, coiled fencing wire, concrete, 400 German pianos (Sweet Hapsburg), concertinas and other musical instruments, artists supplies including brushes, porcelain, furniture, china, and general cargo including candles. There were also toys in anticipation of Christmas, including wooden rocking horses, miniature ships, dolls with china limbs and rubber balls. On September 5th, one hundred days out from Hamburg in squally and boisterous southwest winds the Cape Otway light was sighted on a bearing differing from Captain Vickers’ calculation of his position. At about 2:30 am, Sunday 6th September 1891 land was reported 4-5 miles off the port bow. The captain tried to put the ship on the other tack, but she would not respond. He then tried to turn her the other way but just as the manoeuvre was being completed Fiji struck rock only 300 yards (274 metres) from shore. The place is known as Wreck Bay, Moonlight Head. Blue lights were burned and rockets fired whilst an effort was made to lower boats but all capsized or swamped and smashed to pieces. Two of the younger crewmen volunteered to swim for the shore, taking a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Carkland, drowned after he was swept away when the line broke. The other, 17-year-old able seaman Julius Gebauhr, a German, reached shore safely on his second attempt but without the line, which he had cut loose with his sheath knife when it became tangled in kelp. He rested on the beach and then climbed the steep cliffs in search of help. At about 10 am on Sunday morning a party of land selectors - including F. J. Stansmore, Leslie Dickson (or Dixon) and Mott - found Gebauhr. They were near Ryans Den, on their travels on horseback from Princetown towards Moonlight Head, and about 5km from the wreck. Gebauhr was lying in the scrub in a poor state, bleeding and dressed only in a singlet, socks and a belt with his sheath knife, ready for all emergencies. At first, they were concerned about his wild and shaggy-looking state and what seemed to be gibberish speech, taking him to be an escaped lunatic. They were reassured after he threw his knife away and realised that he was speaking half-English, half-German. They gave him food and brandy and some clothing and were then able to gain information about the wreck. Some of the men took him to Rivernook, a nearby guest house owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Stansmore and Dickson rode off to try and summon help. Others went down to the site of the wreck. Messages for rescuing the rest of the crew were sent both to Port Campbell for the rocket rescue crew and to Warrnambool for the lifeboat. The S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. After travelling the 25 miles to the scene, half of the Port Campbell rocket crew and equipment arrived and set up the rocket tripod on the beach below the cliffs. By this time the crew of Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours, calling frantically for help. Mr Tregear from the Rocket Crew fired the line. The light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully fired across the ship and made fast. The anxious sailors then attempted to come ashore along the line but, with as many as five at a time, the line sagged considerably and some were washed off. Others, nearly exhausted, had to then make their way through masses of seaweed and were often smothered by waves. Only 14 of the 24 remaining on the ship made it to shore. Many onlookers on the beach took it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. These rescuers included Bill (William James) Robe, Edwin Vinge, Hugh Cameron, Fenelon Mott, Arthur Wilkinson and Peter Carmody. (Peter Carmody was also involved in the rescue of men from the Newfield.) Arthur Wilkinson, a 29-year-old land selector, swam out to the aid of one of the ship’s crewmen, a carpenter named John Plunken. Plunken was attempting to swim from Fiji to the shore. Two or three times both men almost reached the shore but were washed back to the wreck. A line was thrown to them and they were both hauled aboard. It was thought that Wilkinson struck his head on the anchor before s they were brought up. He remained unconscious. The carpenter survived this ordeal but Wilkinson later died and his body was washed up the next day. It was 26-year-old Bill Robe who hauled out the last man, the captain, who had become tangled in the kelp. The wreck of Fiji smashed apart within 20 minutes of the captain being brought ashore, and it settled in about 6m of water. Of the 26 men on Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach and their coffins were made from timbers from wrecked Fiji. They were buried on the cliff top above the wreck. The survivors were warmed by fires on the beach then taken to Rivernook and cared for over the next few days. Funds were raised by local communities soon after the wreck in aid of the sufferers of the Fiji disaster. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship. His Master's Certificate was suspended for 12 months. At the time there was also a great deal of public criticism of the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. The important canvas ‘breech buoy’ or ‘bucket chair’ and the heavy line from the Rocket Rescue were in half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue: they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. Communications to Warrnambool were down so the call for help didn’t get through on time and the two or three boats that had been notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Much looting occurred of the cargo that washed up on the shore, with nearly every visitor leaving the beach with bulky pockets. One looter was caught with a small load of red and white rubber balls, which were duly confiscated and he was ‘detained’ for 14 days. The essence of peppermint mysteriously turned up in many settlers' homes. Sailcloth was salvaged and used for horse rugs and tent flies. Soon after the wreck “Fiji tobacco” was being advertised around Victoria. A Customs officer, trying to prevent some of the lootings, was assaulted by looters and thrown over a steep cliff. He managed to cling to a bush lower down until rescued. In 1894 some coiled fencing wire was salvaged from the wreck. Hundreds of coils are still strewn over the site of the wreck, encrusted and solidified. The hull is broken but the vessel’s iron ribs can be seen along with some of the cargo of concrete and pig iron. Captain Vickers presented Bill Robe with his silver-cased pocket watch, the only possession that he still had, as a token for having saved his life and the lives of some of the crew. (The pocket watch came with 2 winding keys, one to wind it and one to change the hands.) Years later Bill passed the watch to his brother-in-law Gib (Gilbert) Hulands as payment of a debt and it has been passed down the family to Gilbert Hulands’ grandson, John Hulands. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its hand-crafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stansmore for caring for him when he came ashore. The knife handle had a personal inscription on it. A marble headstone on the 200m high cliffs overlooking Wreck Beach, west of Moonlight Head, paying tribute to the men who lost their lives when Fiji ran aground. The scene of the wreck is marked by the anchor from Fiji, erected by Warrnambool skin divers in 1967. Amongst the artefacts salvaged from Fiji are bisque (or china) toys, (including miniature animals, and limbs from small bisque dolls), rubber balls, a slate pencil, a glass bottle, a sample of rope from the distress rocket and a candlestick holder. These items are now part of the Fiji collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, along with Captain Vickers’ pocket watch and Julius Gebauhr’s sheath knife. Flagstaff Hill’s Fiji collection is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the wreck Fiji, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR S259. The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular historic shipwreck dive sites with structural features and remains of the cargo evident. It also represents aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes (living with natural processes). The Fiji collection meets the following criteria for assessment: Criterion A: Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria’s cultural history. Criterion B: Possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Victoria’s cultural history Criterion C: Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria’s cultural history. Toy white China monkey in a seated pose. This solid, moulded toy is made of bisque (sometimes described as bisque or porcelain) and is creamy sand colour with a rust-coloured mark on its face. The surface is slightly pitted. 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