Historical information
Rocket rescue demonstration at Sorrento on 1May1913
Significance
Life saving method
Physical description
Rocket rescue demonstration at Sorrento, Argus, 3May1913
Inscriptions & markings
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Rocket rescue demonstration at Sorrento on 1May1913
Life saving method
Rocket rescue demonstration at Sorrento, Argus, 3May1913
Reverse - " nil "
Queenscliffe fisherman
William Ferrier portrait
Black & white photograph of William Ferrier.
Reverse - " William Ferrier ".
historical references
shipwrecks at Corsair Rock Victoria
Fishing boat, shipwreck
Black & white photograph of [possibly] The THISTLE lrior to running aground & the newspaper articles about that & the survivor.
Reverse - " possibly 'THISTLE' - lost Point Nepean / see Frank Ferrier for details ".
historical references
tugboat rescue
Tugboat
Black & white photograph of Tugboat SS MINAH hauling the ketch DEFENDER off sandbank near Indented Head-St.Leonards
Reverse - " "Minah" a Govt ship (tugboat) from Swan Island ".
historical references
Cray fisherman's cray crate at dock.
Cray catch & production method.
Black & white photograph of Queenscliffe cray fishermen unloading cray crate at Fishermen's Pier.
Reverse - " NIL ".
historical references
Permitted shelfish take/catch.
Preservation of shellfish in & around Queenscliffe
Black & white photograph of QUEENSCLIFFE lifeboat operator Val Ferrier 1955
Reverse - " 1955 / Queenscliffe / Life Boat / Val Ferrier ".
historical references
Permitted shelfish take/catch.
Preservation of shellfish in & around Queenscliffe
full colour Fisheries Pamphlet re Shellfish take quantities permitted, part 1 - 3
Reverse - " nil ".
historical references
Queenscliffe lifeboat housing option
Option to house the QUEENSCLIFFE
Plan of vacant council depot proposed to house the QUEENSCLIFFE in 2-parts
Reverse - " nil ".
historical references
Queenscliffe life c1936
Map of Queenscliffe in c1936
copy of an L-shaped map of 1936 Queenscliffe foreshore
Reverse - " nil ".
historical references
Queenscliffe life c1863
Life in Queenscliffe in c1863
Prints of an illustrations of etchings, c1863
Reverse - " nil ".
historical references
Lifeboat equipment
Lifeboat equipment user
Sepia photo of Henry Freeman - lifeboat disaster survivor
Reverse - " Gift from Henry Reid 6/11/86 - Artboard AB 57 - Frank Meadow Sutcliffe 1853 - 1941 - Henry Freeman - A portrait of Henry Freeman. Lifeboatman for over forty years & sole survivor of the Whitby lifeboat disaster of 1861 in which twelve men were drowned close by the West pier. Henry Freeman was the only one wearing a newly designed Ministry Life Jacket. - Reproduction by courtesy of the Sutcliffe Gallery, Whitby. - Hand finished photographs printed from Sutcliffe's original negative available from The Sutcliffe Gallery, 1 Flowergate, Whitby, Yorks White. Write for details. (c) Camden Graphics Ltd 1977 43 Camden Passage London N1 01-226 2061 ".
historical references
Cray fishing boats
Cray fishing boat AUDREY MAY
B & W photo of the AUDREY MAY a cray fishing boat
Reverse - " Audrey May - cray fishing vessel owned by Bill Johnson, previously owned by Norman Johnson. Boat came from Hobart Tasmania. Note ratlines & height of mast - now shortened - circa 1940 ".
historical references
Couta fishing boats
Couta fishing boat VALMA
B & W photo of the Couta fishing boat VALMA
Reverse - " Albert Johnson's boat? / at Port Fairy see Murray Johnson at Pt Lonsdale / From Lewis Ferrier / VALMA built by Jones. Melb. c1918 / Owner Cyril Stephens ".
historical references
Couta fishing boats
Couta fishing boat RFD399
B & W photo of the sunken rescue dinghy
Reverse - " L to R / Frank Ferrier, Ron Shapter, Tony Jergens, Tom Warren / sunken 14 ft dinghy used in rescue of wreck of Merlan / This sat on Lonsdale pier for a considerable time (2 years?) prior to rescue. When they put it in to rescue the dinghy commenced filling and rescue were carried out while bailing. ".
historical references
Couta fishing boats
Couta fishing boat RFD399
B & W photo of the registered fishing boat RFD399
Reverse - " Registered Fishing Boat 399 / see Frank Ferrier for details ".
historical references
Wrecked fishing boat
Wrecked fishing boat MERLAN
B & W photo of the wrecked MERLAN on the beach
Reverse - " NIL ".
historical references
Attempted thest of the Queenscliffe wreck bell.
Wreck bell attempted theft
News article clippings about wreck bell attempted theft..
Reverse - " NIL ".
historical references
Lifeboat & rescue crews.
Lifeboat Queenscliffe & crew
Black & white photos of Lifeboat Queenscliffe on practice run.
Reverse - " NIL ".
historical references
Lifeboat & rescue crews.
Lifeboat Queenscliffe crew & sunken dinghy
Black & white photos of [a] 1986-158.1 B & W photo of sunken rescue dinghy and [b] the LB Queenscliffe heading out for practice.
Reverse - " on 158.1 - L to R / Frank Ferrier, Ron Shapter, Tony Jergens, Tom Warren / sunken 14 ft dinghy used in rescue of wreck of Merlan / This sat on Lonsdale pier for a considerable time (2 years?) prior to rescue. When they put it in to rescue the dinghy commenced filling and rescue were carried out while bailing - 158.2 - Queenscliffe heading out for practice / man at stern (late Jack Ferrier) / "AKUNA' pilot vessel in background formerly German raider 'KOMET' ".
historical references
Lifeboat crew
Lifeboat Queenscliffe crew & news
Black & white photos of L Ferrier on LB Queenscliffe + newspaper cutting
Reverse - " on 157.2 - Lewis Ferrier Life Boat 1960 / Neville Bowler "The Age" - 157.3 - L Ferrier on "Queenscliffe" in the forward hatch "Black Hole of Calcutta" c1943 "
historical references
Religious ceremony - Blessing the Fleet
c1949 Blessing of the Fleet at Queenscliffe
Black & white photo of four singers at the Blessing of the Fleet at Queenscliffe c1949
Reverse - " L-R Keith Pridham, John Warren, Norman Ferrier, Lewis Ferrier / Blessing The Fleet mid 1940's / singing - Eternal Father Strong to Save "
historical references, archbishop j j booth, governor sir dallas brooks, blessing the fleet
lifeboat crew
Rescue of crew off SS TIME wreck
Black & white photo of four of the crew off the Lifeboat Queenscliffe c1942
Reverse - " nil "
historical references, ss time wreck
ship wreck, SS TIME, lifeboat Queenscliffe, rescue crew.
Rescue of crew off SS TIME wreck
Black & white photo of some of the crew off the TIME on board the LB Queenscliffe
Reverse - " Lifeboat Queenscliffe taking crew of(f) [wreck] stranded SS TIME. Ran on to Corsair Reefs, steering failed / Port Phillip Heards August 1949 "
historical references, ss time wreck
Zanoni ship paintings, Queenscliffe Fisherman's Shed interior
Zanoni ship paintings
Black & white photo of a ship being painted by Henry A Zanoni inside the Fisherman's Shed Queenscliffe
Reverse - " Henry Augustus Zanoni / for info see Mrs. Liz Lee 26 Beach St "
historical references, zanoni ship paintings
Zanoni ship paintings Echo news article 1988
Zanoni ship paintings
"The old man and his sea gallery" - Echo news - 2 Feb 1988 newspaper clipping
Reverse - " "
historical references, zanoni ship paintings, newspaper article
JAMES WILLIAM fishing boat beached
stranded JAMES WILLIAM
Black & white photo of the fishing boat JAMES WILLIAM stranded & beached at Point Lonsdale
Reverse - " The JAMES WILLIAM stranded approx 1/2 mile west of the Pt Lonsdale lighthouse / owner James 'Dugga' Warren, crewman C Zanoni / For date - see L Ferrier / salvaged by jacking up, putting cradle under, 300-400 people pulled her up under dunes, on planking tracks and rollers / 3 weeks later used the same procedure to launch her into sea. "
historical references, fishing boat, stranded & beached, james william
KARA Couta boat
KARA Couta boat in a gale.
KARA, Jurgens' Couta boat in SE gale in 1953
Reverse - " late Arnold Jurgens fishing boat KARA / She was deliberately beached between the piers to save her from being wrecked like the P & H survey launch FLINDERS [refer 1985-146] / South East gale February 1953 "
historical references, kara, couta boat
Lifeboat QUEENSCLIFFE
Lifeboat QUEENSCLIFFE
Lifeboat QUEENSCLIFFE - tied up to pier post 1935
Reverse - " lifeboat tied up pier to transfer to new location of shed on new pier / L to R sheds in background / Zanoni shed in front, rope & gear shed behind (now at QMC), winch shed [Ports & Harbour] / rear Lifeboat Shed on old Fisherman's Pier (now demolished) / front winch Shed inside of Fisherman's Pier, slipway for winching boats up / far right - Coal Shed / ask Frank Ferrier for details "
historical references, lifeboat, queenscliffe lb
Lifeboat QUEENSCLIFFE crew, Ferrier brothers
Lifeboat QUEENSCLIFFE
Negative - Ferrier brothers raising a sail on QUEENSCLIFFE c1945
Reverse - " NIL "
historical references, lifeboat, queenscliffe lb, the time, ferrier
Lifeboat QUEENSCLIFFE crew rescuing the crew off the ship TIME
Life saving display
Negative film of the QUEENSCLIFFE lifeboat crew rescue of the crew of floundering ship TIME 25/08/1949
Reverse - " NIL "
historical references, lifeboat, queenscliffe lb, the time
Lifeboat QUEENSCLIFFE at mooring in Queenscliffe Harbour c1930
Life saving method
Lifeboat QUEENSCLIFFE at mooring in Queenscliffe Harbour c1930 & both masts stood.
Reverse - " Queenscliffe lifeboat (present) / circa 1930? cabin added c1935 / Shed on [coal jetty] pier stored coal for the 'MARS' an Army pinnace "
historical references, lifeboat, queenscliffe lb
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