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RFB399 Couta boat
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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 ".
Port Phillip Sea Pilots
Historical newspaper clippings about Port Phillip's Sea Pilots' history.
News articles & notices re Port Phillip's Sea Pilots over the years
Reverse " NIL ".
historical references
Port Phillip Sea Pilots
Historical newspaper clippings about Port Phillip's Sea Pilots' history.
News articles & notices re Port Phillip's Sea Pilots over the years
Reverse " NIL ".
historical references
Shipwreck & rescues, funeral & Japanese squid fishermen.
Empress of the Sea, Capt. Paterson [Pilot] & squid fishers
News articles & notices re Squid fishermen, Pilot's funeral & Empress of the Sea burning
Reverse " NIL ".
historical references
Shipwreck & rescue
SS TIME wreck, Corsair Reef & Queenscliffe Lifeboat.
News articles, photos, map & report re SS TIME wreck at Corsair Reef c1949
Reverse " NIL ".
historical references
Man-overboard and shipwreck rescue problems
HMAS Kembla sailor & Queenscliffe Lifeboat issues.
Lost overboard sailor and siltage preventing lifeboat launching c 1946 & c1979
Reverse " NIL ".
historical references
shipwrecks & rescues
MERLAN wreck c1949
Wreck of the MERLAN & its crew rescue c1949
Reverse " NIL ".
historical references
marine surveyor
coastal waters management
Marine Surveyor J P Larkin information including studio photo, biography, and two news articles
Reverse " NIL ".
historical references
shipwrecks
coastal shipwrecks
news clipping re the BELTANA aground on Corsair Reef, 1963
Reverse " NIL ".
historical references
shipwrecks, painters/artists, funeral notice & photos
coastal inhabitants and shipwrecks
news clipping re Swan Island, car ferry issues, The SUEVIC issues, gas pipeline
Reverse " NIL ".
historical references
shipwrecks, painters/artists, funeral notice & photos
coastal inhabitants and shipwrecks
news clipping re Zanoni painter, H Holt, Wangara & Scammel wrecks
Reverse " NIL ".
historical references
coastal shipwreck survivors
shipwrecks off Warrnambool Victoria and the survivors
Studio photograph of 4 survivors from the wreck of the La Bella in 1905
Reverse " Queenscliff Vic / photo copied June 20th 1986 / Captain Mylius photo not available / Frank B Ferrier 1986".
historical references
coastal shipwrecks
shipwrecks off Warrnambool Victoria
Warrnambool Standard articles re the wreck of the La Bella in 1905
Reverse " NIL ".
historical references
World wars experiences of a ship's Captain
World war shipping
Weekend Herald article re Capt. J E Hughes' experiences
Reverse " NIL ".
historical references
R J Pascoe and RAAF Rescue
Australian coastal & port rescues.
Black & white photograph, sepia portrait, receipt & boatman licence re R J Pascoe
Reverse - boat photo " about 1940 ", nothing on the other items.
historical references
Licenced boatman Richard J Pascoe
Australian coastal rescue operative
QMM data sheet 1990, original boat licence, sepia portrait & RAAF boat photo
Photo Reverse - " About 1940 / Dick Pascoe JR ".
historical references
Lifeboat practice
Australian coastal rescue practice session reports
Monochrome copies of 5 x Lifeboat Practice Reports
Reverse - " NIL ".
historical references
Ship wreck & reporting
Australian coastal rescues.
Black & white photograph lifeboat & a collection of news articles from 1887
Reverse - " NIL ".
historical references
Trading clipper ships
Australian coastal trade
Black & white photograph of the fishing boat ALMA c1931
Reverse - " NIL ".
historical references
Trading clipper ships
Australian coastal trade
Black & white photograph of the fishing boat ALMA c1931
Reverse - " NIL ".
historical references
Trading clipper ships
Australian coastal trade
Typed essay by J McGrath about American built clippers trading around Australia's coast.
Reverse - " NIL ".
historical references
Lifeboats
Extract from POLLY WOODSIDE newsletter
Extract ex WAVE 1981 re QUEENSCLIFFE lifeboat
Reverse - " NIL ".
historical references
Lifeboats
English magazine from 1925 about Lifeboats & associated information.
Pages from the Feb 1925 booklet The Lifeboat
Reverse - " NIL ".
historical references
shipwreck at Barwon Heads
SS ORUNGAL shipwreck
Pencil sketch, post card and B&W photo of SS ORUNGAL aground
Reverse - " NIL ".
historical references
Military launch RAE AM140
Military launch AM140 the RAE
Black & white photograph of the military launch RAE AM140
Reverse - " Military launch "RAE" / travelling between Queenscliffe and Nepean / 1941-45 ".
historical references
Queenscliffe - Blessing of the Fleet 1969
Blessing of the Fleet 1969
Black & white photographs x 2 and newspaper articles of the BoF 1969
Reverse - " ".
historical references
Queenscliffe kelp bed diver
Diver in Port Phillip's kelp beds
Black & white photograph of an aqualung diver x The Age [copyright]
Reverse - " COPYRIGHT / this photograph may not be reproduced without permission in writing from the editor of The Age, 250 Spencer St., Melbourne and 39/41 York St., Sydney ".
historical references
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
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