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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum, Ann Smallpage, 24 Mar 2003
... PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum... Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS... Maritime Museum Photograph Group of 33 colour photographs taken ...Group of 33 colour photographs taken at the Polly Woodside Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS which took place in lieu of the March 2003 meeting of the Society.. This image shows Ann Gibson, a volunteeer at the Polly Woodside and at PMHPSpolly woodside, ann gibson, pmhps, port melbourne historical & preservation society, arts and entertainment - heritage tours -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum, Ann Smallpage, 24 Mar 2003
... PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum... Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS... Maritime Museum Photograph Group of 33 colour photographs taken ...Group of 33 colour photographs taken at the Polly Woodside Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS which took place in lieu of the March 2003 meeting of the Society.. This image shows PMHPS members Don Hossack and Mary Lydenpolly woodside, mary lyden, don hossack, transport - shipping, pmhps, port melbourne historical & preservation society, arts and entertainment - heritage tours -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum, Ann Smallpage, 24 Mar 2003
... PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum... Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS... Maritime Museum Photograph Group of 33 colour photographs taken ...Group of 33 colour photographs taken at the Polly Woodside Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS which took place in lieu of the March 2003 meeting of the Society.. This image shows PMHPS members June WOOD and Norah HOWARDpolly woodside, transport - shipping, pmhps, port melbourne historical & preservation society, arts and entertainment - heritage tours, june wood, norah howard nee mallet -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum, Ann Smallpage, 24 Mar 2003
... PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum... Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS... Maritime Museum Photograph Group of 33 colour photographs taken ...Group of 33 colour photographs taken at the Polly Woodside Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS which took place in lieu of the March 2003 meeting of the Society.. This image shows PMHPS members Glen Stuart and Bob Gardiner polly woodside, glen stuart, bob gardiner, transport - shipping, pmhps, port melbourne historical & preservation society, arts and entertainment - heritage tours -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum, Ann Smallpage, 24 Mar 2003
... PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum... Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS... Maritime Museum Photograph Group of 33 colour photographs taken ...Group of 33 colour photographs taken at the Polly Woodside Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS which took place in lieu of the March 2003 meeting of the Society.. This image shows PMHPS members Glen Cosham, Suzy Milburn and Glen Stuartpolly woodside, glen cosham, suzy milburn, glen stuart, transport - shipping, pmhps, port melbourne historical & preservation society, arts and entertainment - heritage tours -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum, Ann Smallpage, 24 Mar 2003
... PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum... Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS... Maritime Museum Photograph Group of 33 colour photographs taken ...Group of 33 colour photographs taken at the Polly Woodside Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS which took place in lieu of the March 2003 meeting of the Society.. This image shows PMHPS members Ron Stranks, Helen Barry, Rose Barrypolly woodside, ron stranks, helen barry, rose barry, transport - shipping, pmhps, port melbourne historical & preservation society, arts and entertainment - heritage tours -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum, Ann Smallpage, 24 Mar 2003
... PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum... Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS... Maritime Museum Photograph Group of 33 colour photographs taken ...Group of 33 colour photographs taken at the Polly Woodside Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS which took place in lieu of the March 2003 meeting of the Society.. This image shows PMHPS members Glen Stuart, Edwin Whiting and Suzy Milburn polly woodside, glen stuart, edwin whiting, suzy milburn, transport - shipping, pmhps, port melbourne historical & preservation society, arts and entertainment - heritage tours -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum, Ann Smallpage, 24 Mar 2003
... PMHPS visit to Polly Woodside Maritime Museum... Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS... Maritime Museum Photograph Group of 33 colour photographs taken ...Group of 33 colour photographs taken at the Polly Woodside Maritime Museum on the occasion of an official visit by the PMH&PS which took place in lieu of the March 2003 meeting of the Society.. This image shows PMHPS members Terry Keenan, Lorraine Hall, Ken Hall, Graham Bridepolly woodside, terry keenan, lorraine hall, ken hall, graham bride, transport - shipping, pmhps, port melbourne historical & preservation society, arts and entertainment - heritage tours -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Painting - Watercolour, Alfred A Perry, Part of Maritime Museum, Flagstaff Hill. Warrnambool, 22-09-1979
... Part of Maritime Museum, Flagstaff Hill. Warrnambool....flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum...Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village 89 Merri Street ...This watercolour painting depicts a scene at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, showing some of the buildings and one of the vessels in the lake. The artist, Alfred A. Perry, lived in Victoria at the time of creating this painting. This painting is significant for its association with Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. It shows a point in time, September 22nd, 1979, at which time the Ship's Chandler store was on the north of the lake. In 2022 the Ship's Chandler' is on the south of the lake and has been there for many years..Painting behind glass, framed in wood, black outline with watercolour. Depicting a scene of vessel at anchor on water, crane on wharf, buildings on track, valley and hills in background. Location is Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. Artist is Alf Perry, painting dated 22-9-79.Signed "Alf Perry / 22-9-79" Handwritten on reverse "Alfred. A. Perry / 31 Vera St. / Bulleen / 850-3367"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, alf perry, watercolour, alfred perry, alfred a perry, flagstaff hill history, 1979, flagstaff hill village -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - Queenscliffe Maritime Museum (QMM) early construction pictures, colour & black-white, QMM construction photos, Newspapers
... Queenscliffe Maritime Museum (QMM) early construction...Queenscliffe Maritime Museum construction....Queenscliffe Maritime Museum 2 Wharf St Queenscliff geelong ...Queenscliffe Maritime Museum construction.Historical photos of the early days of the QMM construction c1984Colour & Black & White photos of the early phases of the QMM construction, c1984.Reverse " NIL ".historical references -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Maritime Museum, c. 1998
... Photograph - Portland Maritime Museum...Portland Maritime Museum... Maritime Museum Photograph Coloured photograph: MDC inside. Child ...Coloured photograph: MDC inside. Child at the Titanic interactive space in clinker dinghy.Back: 'B2'portland maritime museum, titanic, interactive -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Sign - Shipwreck Museum sign, Flagstaff Hill Historic Park Planning Board, Shipwreck Museum, ca. 1975
... Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village... Maritime Museum and Village for almost 50 years. The Complex...Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village, Merri Street...Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village 89 Merri Street ...This sign is painted on both sides. It was attached to the bluestone wall on the western wing of the Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters, the Assistant Keeper's Quarters, at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village for almost 50 years. The Complex was opened to the public on December 11, 1975, and officially opened by Victorian Premier Sir Rupert Hamer on July 8th, 1977. The sign's reverse side reads "Loch Ard Peacock & Museum". The three rooms had displays behind glass showing various ships' fittings, cargo and personal belongings recovered from significant shipwrecks along the southwest coast of Victoria. There was also a display of information about the mysterious Mahogany Ship or Ancient Wreck. The shipwreck artefacts were recovered by local divers in the 1960s and early 1970s. Also on display was the famous Loch Ard Peacock, created in 1873, survived the shipwreck in 1878, was purchased by Flagstaff Hill in 1975 and announced as being on display in The Standard of September 15, 1975. In about 1984 the other side of the sign was painted "SHIPWRECK MUSEUM" and re-displayed on the building. The Loch Ard Peacock was by that time on display in the Entrance building; plans were underway on August 31st 1984 to build a Hall for its unique display. In February 2023 the sign was removed from the building, which was undergoing restoration and preparation for use as a new Temporary Exhibition space. The Loch Ard Peacock continued its journey around the Village; it was moved from the Entrance to the Village's newly completed Public Hal in 1986. It also spent a short time in the Stella Maris Tea Rooms. This was likely around 1998, when the Common School had moved from the Chartroom building to what had been the Public Hall. The Loch Ard Peacock was once again moved in around 2001, this time to be the central attraction and meeting place in the Great Circle Gallery, which opened on December 31st 2002. The sign continued to be displayed on the western wing of the Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters until February 2023. This wing has now been restored and re-fitted to become a facility for short-term exhibitions. A section of the original internal wall frame and wallpaper that couldn’t be kept in the building due to preservation issues have been saved and become sort of the Flagstaff Hill Collection. The sign has guided the visitors of Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village to the exhibits of artefacts from historic and significant shipwrecks. It has connected the current generations to the people and objects of the past, leading to a better understanding of our Colonial history.Sign, wooden, rectangular, with a hole through each short side. The front and reverse have different painted text. Cream paint for the background colour, green paint for the lettering, and the reverse has a white painted border. The front has an arrow painted on the right-hand side. The sign was used at Flagstaff Hill since its opening.Text on front "SHIPWRECK MUSEUM >" Text on back "LOCH ARD PEACOCK / & MUSEUM"flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, sign, building sign, shipwreck museum, loch ard peacock & museum, flagstaff hill history, assistant lighthouse keeper's cottage, assistand lighthouse keeper's quarters, public hall, common school -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Card - Binder, Piers Festival, Polly Woodside Maritime Museum, c. 1990
... Maritime Museum (Polly Woodside), and donated to PMHPS by A Gibson...Polly Woodside Maritime Museum... ship cards were used loose by the former Maritime Museum (Polly ...These migrant ship cards were used loose by the former Maritime Museum (Polly Woodside), and donated to PMHPS by A Gibson, National Trust Victoria, bound in January 2013 for use in the PMHPS display on migrant ships in Princes Pier GatehouseOne of three sets of laminated information cards, punched and roughly bound into a book for information display at "Piers festival". (.01) - "Angelina Lauro" to "Esperance Bay" (.02) - "Fairsea" to "Moreton Bay" (.03) - "Northern Star" to "Stathmore"The backs of the cards are pasted with sections of nautical maps.transport - shipping, immigration, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, angelina lauro, arcadia, australis, canberra, captain cook, captain hobson, castel felice, chusan, dominion monarch, ellinis, esperance bay, fairsea, fairstar, fairsky, galileo galilei, suglielmo marconi, himilaya, iberia, johan van olden barnevelt, largs bay, maasdam, mariposa, moreton bay, northern star, orion, oriana, oronsay, ormonde, orsova, otranto, patris, roma, southern cross, stathaird, statheden, stathmore -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Aland Maritime Yearbook, 1994
... 40th Anniversary edition of Aland Maritime Museum Yearbook...Aland Maritime Museum Yearbook, Mariehamn... Maritime Museum Yearbook. Thure Malmberg contributed articles ...40th Anniversary edition of Aland Maritime Museum Yearbook. Thure Malmberg contributed articles of Ole Hillsten. a Finnish merchant seaman interned in Australia during WW 2, also the ports visited by Finnish sailing vessels in Spencer Gulf S.A.Deep blue cardboard coverAlando Nautical Club r.f.Mariehamn 1994. Reference to Ole Hellstens diary.w.w.2 -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - QMM site selection 1984, Colour Photograph
... Queenscliffe Maritime Museum... for the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum... for the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum...Queenscliffe Maritime Museum 2 Wharf St Queenscliff geelong ...Colour photos of the original site selected for the Queenscliffe Maritime MuseumSite selectionColour photos of the original site selected for the Queenscliffe Maritime MuseumReverse - NILcommunity information, queenscliffe maritime museum -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - B&W photos of QMM c1987 x 2, Two B&W QMM photos c1987, c1987
... Queenscliffe Maritime Museum...Queenscliffe Maritime Museum history... of Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, c1987.... of Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, c1987. Reverse " NIL " Queenscliffe ...Queenscliffe Maritime Museum historyQueenscliffe Maritime MuseumEarly black & white photos of the east elevation of Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, c1987.Reverse " NIL "queenscliffe maritime museum -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - Queenscliffe Maritime Museum (QMM) Zanoni shed, QMM Zanoni shed photos, Newspapers
... Queenscliffe Maritime Museum (QMM) Zanoni shed....Queenscliffe Maritime Museum 2 Wharf St Queenscliff geelong ...Zanoni shed in Princes ParkHistorical photos shed used by Zanoni c1986Colour photos of the shed used by Zanoni, c1986.Reverse " NIL ".historical references -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - Queenscliffe Maritime Museum (QMM) 1984 Before built, QMM before construction 1984, Newspapers
... Queenscliffe Maritime Museum (QMM) 1984 Before built....Queenscliffe Maritime Museum 2 Wharf St Queenscliff geelong ...BoQ Inspectors outside shed in Princess ParkHistorical photos of early days of QMM build, c1981Colour photos of early QMM construction, c1981Reverse " inspection holes for foundations / Mr Col Cairns & Mr Henry Hudson / Outside Queenscliffe 22 Dec 1981 / Gil Allbutt photographer ".historical references -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK WW1, Find AE1 Ltd & Australian National Maritime Museum, HMAS AE1, 2018
... Find AE1 Ltd & Australian National Maritime Museum... Ltd Find AE1 Ltd & Australian National Maritime Museum Pegasus ...Soft cardboard cover. Black, blue & white print on front & spine. Bluish black & white photo of HMAS AE1 in Fitzroy Dock at Cockatoo Island, Sydney on front cover. Sepia photo of HMAS AE1 off Balmain Sydney on back cover. 82 pages, cut, white, plain. Illustrated with black / white & colour photos, maps & diagrams.book, hmas, ae1 submarine -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Australian National Maritime Museum, Vasa: 1628 , Strange Fate of a King's Warship, 2001
... Australian National Maritime Museum... Maritime Museum travelling exhibition developed in conjunction ...Australian National Maritime Museum travelling exhibition developed in conjunction withe the Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden28 pages with colour illustrations, Includes bibliographical references (p. 28)non-fictionAustralian National Maritime Museum travelling exhibition developed in conjunction withe the Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Swedenvasa, warship, sweden, shipwrecks -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book - Facsimile, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, Cookery for Seamen
... National Maritime Museum Greenwich... National Maritime Museum Greenwich ...Originally published in 1894, this facsimile is an illuminating introduction to the difficulties faced by cooks at sea who had restricted equipment and limited or rationed ingredients. Alexander Quinlan and N. E. Mann were at the forefront of cookery training for seamen, which issued three types of certificates, depending on the size of vessel (sculling vessels, cargo steamers, or passenger steamers) and used six chief methods of cookery (roasting, baking, boiling, stewing, frying, and broiling). With 170 recipes--including gruel, beef tea, devilled bones, fruit jelly, pigeon pie, hodge podge, sheep's head broth, satisfaction pudding, bubble and squeak, and more--Cookery for Seamen is delightful nostalgia that highlights the challenges of life for the sea-going cook.78 pages pocket-size book of recipesnon-fictionOriginally published in 1894, this facsimile is an illuminating introduction to the difficulties faced by cooks at sea who had restricted equipment and limited or rationed ingredients. Alexander Quinlan and N. E. Mann were at the forefront of cookery training for seamen, which issued three types of certificates, depending on the size of vessel (sculling vessels, cargo steamers, or passenger steamers) and used six chief methods of cookery (roasting, baking, boiling, stewing, frying, and broiling). With 170 recipes--including gruel, beef tea, devilled bones, fruit jelly, pigeon pie, hodge podge, sheep's head broth, satisfaction pudding, bubble and squeak, and more--Cookery for Seamen is delightful nostalgia that highlights the challenges of life for the sea-going cook.cook, food, cookery, ships, seamen, liverpool, school, health, welfare, roasting, baking, boiling, stewing, frying, broiling, alexander quinlan, n.e. mann -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Arthur E. Woodley et al, Duke’s & Orr’s Dry Dock, Polly Woodside’s Historic Home, 1985
... Melbourne Maritime Museum.... Woodley Robert D. Botterill Melbourne Maritime Museum ...70 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, mapsnon-fictionduke and orr dry dock, polly woodside, national trust, yarra river, south wharf, interest group -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Find AE1 Ltd & Australian National Maritime Museum, "RESEARCH VESSEL PETREL BASELINE SURVEY OF HMAS AE1", 2018
... Find AE1 Ltd & Australian National Maritime Museum... AE1" Book BOOK Find AE1 Ltd & Australian National Maritime ..."Research Vessel Petrel - Baseline Survey of HMAS AE1" This book is a report of a comprehensive photographic survey completed on a c.1938 submarine wreck off the coast of PNG.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard with white print on black and dark blue background on front and spine. Illustrated with colour photographs. Front cover - "RV Petrel control room during the survey". Back cover - "AE1 bow torpedo tube". 179 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated in black and white and colour photographs, maps and technical drawings.books, ww2, submarine, png, photographic -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Certificate, Australian Register of Historic Vessels Certificate - Idler, 2012
... Vessels from the Australian National Maritime Museum... National Maritime Museum." "The vessel/ Idler/ has been accepted...Seaworks Maritime Museum 82 Nelson Place Williamstown ...Certificate or registration of the Historic Vessel the 'Idler' which is currently also at the Seaworks Maritime Discovery Centre.This certificate registers the 'Idler' as a surviving vessel of relevance to Australia's maritime heritage.Certificate from the Australian Register of Historic Vessels from the Australian National Maritime Museum. For the vessel, the Idler. Signed on 25th May 2012"Australian/ Register/ of/ Historic Vessels/ Australian National Maritime Museum." "The vessel/ Idler/ has been accepted into the Australian Register of Historic Vessels/ on/ 25 May 2012/ signed/ Kevin Sumption Director/ Australian National Maritime Museum." "The Register records surviving vessels of relevance to Australia's maritime heritage. It is/ building a national picture of boats and their designers, builders and owners from around/ Austrlia, to promote understanding of their connections with their communities past and /present, and to encourage awareness and planning for their preservation and use./ The ARHV is managed by the Australian National Maritime Museum in association with /Sydney Heritage Fleet." -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Photograph
... flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum.... from a negative loaned to me by the San Francisco Maritime.... from a negative loaned to me by the San Francisco Maritime...Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village 89 Merri Street ...Black and White Photograph of a painting of Falls of Clyde Inscription on the reverse side reads "taken from a painting in the office of Associayrd Oil Co in San Francisco. She is shown here as I have described her even showing the smokestack from the pump room with the black A on a white stack. She is shown here passing Point Bonita northern entrance to the Golden Gate. from a negative loaned to me by the San Francisco Maritime Museum.". SH 096 Ships F - H.On the back of the photograph "taken from a painting in the office of Associayrd Oil Co in San Francisco. She is shown here as I have described her even showing the smoke stack from the pump room with the black A on a white stack. She is shown here passing Point Bonita northern entrance to the Golden Gate. from a negative loaned to me by the San Francisco Maritime Museum."flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, falls of clyde, associayrd oil co, point bonita, golden gate, san francisco maritime museum, painting, russell & co. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Craft - Ship in bottle
... flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum... MARITIME MUSEUM / WARRNAMBOOL AUSTRALIA …" Inscribed on Bottom...Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village 89 Merri Street ...Ship model in glass bottle mounted on timber with presentation plaque on front of timber. Ship is 3 masted sailing ship, no sails, towing small boat, flying red flag with blue and white cross. Background includes cliffs and two lighthouses. There is an inscription of the bottom of the model.Plaque on front of timber mount "To / FLAGSTAFF HILL MARITIME MUSEUM / WARRNAMBOOL AUSTRALIA …" Inscribed on Bottom "NORSK HÅKON skib No Filo Nilsen 230" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, model ship, model ship in bottle, norwegian model ship, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - B&W photo, Mr Gander, Mr Beavis & Mr Golightly, outside QMC c1985, Queenscliffe Maritime Centre & Guests c1985, c1985
... Maritime Museums... Maritime Museum), mayor Don Golightly / Copyright The Geelong...Maritime Museums Visiting Professor from Hamburg Maritime ...Maritime MuseumsVisiting Professor from Hamburg Maritime Museum, Professor Dr. Karl Gander, with David Beavis & Don Golightly.B&W photo of Prof K Gander, D Beavis & D Golightly at QMC c1985Reverse " David Beavis, Professor Dr Karl Gander (Hamburg Maritime Museum), mayor Don Golightly / Copyright The Geelong Advertiser 191-197 Ryrie St Geelong 3220 NOT TO BE REPRODUCED OR DISPLAYED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION "history -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Post Office Receiving Pillar, 1885
... flagstaff hill maritime museum... into cylinder. Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum – Port of Warrnambool...Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village 89 Merri Street ...This Post Office Receiving Pillar was restored in 1980 and is now a fully operational Australia Post mailbox. In early August 1980 Prime Minister Mr. Fraser posted Warrnambool’s first commemorative envelope into this restored Post Office Receiving Pillar at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The special limited edition envelopes are numbered 1 – 7000. When posted, the envelopes would have the Flagstaff Hill Logo and Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s own postmark of a ship’s steering wheel surrounding a lighthouse and a sailing ship, and were dated August 3 on the First Day Cover. Amongst Flagstaff Hill’s collection is that very first letter posted by Prime Minister Fraser. HISTORY OF POST OFFICE RECEIVING PILLARS In 1851 ‘pillar boxes’ were installed at roadside locations in the island of Jersey, England; they had already been successful in several European countries. The use of new prepaid, adhesive postage stamps as well as the roadside pillar boxes meant there was no need for the public to take a trip to the Post Office just to post a letter. By 1855 London had installed its first six Pillar Boxes. In 1856 the pillar boxes were first introduced in Sydney. These were circular with a crown on the dome, supported by leaves. Early Victoria Mail was originally collected by ‘letter carriers’, first appointed in Melbourne in 1841, equipped with leather bag and hand bell. He wore a red coat with brass buttons and a black top hat! In 1844 two wooden receiving boxes were erected in Melbourne. The first cast iron boxes were installed in South Melbourne (Emerald Hill) and were still in service until 1967. They were a fluted circular design and made in England. In the early 1860’s the ‘low door round’ design posting box was introduced, being circular and surrounded by a crown, with two broad embossed bands around its circumference. The clearance door was in front of the box and low down. These were made in Australia. In the early 1870’s square boxes with a tapering top were being used. These too were made in Australia by different manufacturers with slight variations on style such as the orientation and number of slots. Next came the circular boxes again, similar to the ‘low door round’ but with the clearance door extending to just below the posting slot, often referred to as ‘high door round’. These boxes did not have embossed bands. In 1887 small cast iron boxes were introduced, attached to posts and poles and called ‘lamp post receivers’. Around 1930 a ‘London’ model was used in Victoria. It was copied from the flat-domed type in London but made in Tasmania. [References: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village records, The Warrnambool Standard, August 1st, 1980, “Stamps.Au” http://www.stampsau.com, 4th April 2011 (Extracted from “Australian Street Posting Boxes” by Ken Sparks – out of print)] Post Office Receiving Pillar, or letterbox.1885 “High Door Round” design. Tall cast iron cylinder with decorative dome cap with crown on top. Side has a slot and a hinged door with handle shaped as a fist. Painted red with gold trim. “POST OFFICE / RECEIVING PILLAR” lettering cast into cylinder. Restored in 1980 and once again operating as an Australia Post mailbox. Commemorative plague on pillar.“POST OFFICE / RECEIVING PILLAR” lettering cast into cylinder. Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum – Port of Warrnambool. This letter receiver was officially commissioned on 3rd August 1980 by the Prime Minister of Australia, the Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser M.P. on completion of 25 years’ service as the Federal Minister for Wannon.”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, post office receiving pillar, letterbox, mailbox, australia post -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Maritime Discovery Centre Portland Victoria, c. 1998
... Coloured photograph inside Portland Maritime Museum, image... inside Portland Maritime Museum, image similar to 10299 and 10307 ...Coloured photograph inside Portland Maritime Museum, image similar to 10299 and 10307.Back: 'C27' -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - QMM Interior photos c1987, B&W/Colour photos of QMM interiors c1987, c1987
... Queenscliffe Maritime Museum...Queenscliffe Maritime Museum history... Centre, c1987. Reverse " NIL " Queenscliffe Maritime Museum ...Queenscliffe Maritime Museum historyQueenscliffe Maritime MuseumBlack & white/colour photos of the lifeboat QUEENSCLIFFE installed in the then Queenscliffe Maritime Centre, c1987.Reverse " NIL "queenscliffe maritime museum