Historical information
Passenger ships
Significance
Passenger ships
Physical description
The ORMUZ swings off Prince's Pier at Melbourne, news clipping & photo.
Inscriptions & markings
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Passenger ships
Passenger ships
The ORMUZ swings off Prince's Pier at Melbourne, news clipping & photo.
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Queenscliffe Maritime Museum history
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Black & white/colour photos of the lifeboat QUEENSCLIFFE installed in the then Queenscliffe Maritime Centre, c1987.
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queenscliffe maritime museum
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum history
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Black & white/colour photos of the east elevation of the then Queenscliffe Maritime Centre, c1987.
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queenscliffe maritime museum
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum history
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Early black & white photos of the east elevation of Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, c1987.
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queenscliffe maritime museum
Commendation to Queenscliff Lifeboat Crew re WANGARA 1961
Queenscliff Lifeboat Crew
Letter ex Borough of Queenscliffe re WANGARA rescue 4 Dec 1961
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lifeboat resue
Commendation to Queenscliff Lifeboat Crew 1961
Queenscliff Lifeboat Crew
Letter ex Borough of Queenscliffe re sea rescue commendation to Queenscliff Lifeboat Crew 4-12-1961
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lifeboat resue
Ports & Harbour notice to Split Pt lighthouse 1963 of Rocket Practice
Rocket based rescue practice, 1963.
Letter of Notice re Rocket Practice 28th April 1920
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rocket practice
DPW congratulations to Queenscliffe lighthouse keeper 1963
QUEENSCLIFF Lifeboat rescues 1963
Congratulation letter by C O'Malley to A Richardson 19 Sept. 1963.
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lifeboat rescues
QUEENSCLIFFE lifeboat, condition, crew & practice.
QUEENSCLIFF Lifeboat
2 x letters re QUEENSCLIFFE lifeboat, condition, crew & practice [incl. transcript]
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Museum display provider's tax incentives
Tax incentives for provision of museum display
Tri-fold ATO pamphlet re Arts Tax Deduction c1980.
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Museum display
Queenscliff Maritime Centre early days c1986
Flyer & newspaper clipping re Queenscliffe Maritime Centre.
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Port of Geelong trade figures
Port of Geelong Trade Statistics
Staple bound, 12 page pamphlet/booklet re Port of Geelong, 1971, Trade Statistics.
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Port Phillip's Ports & Harbour maintenance ship RIP 1.
Ports & Harbour maintenance ship RIP 1
Full clipping ex The Sun Wed April 18, 1984, Pg 34 & 35, re Rip 1 ship, Ports & Harbour
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Port Phillip pilot boat VICTORIA II
Port Phillip pilot boat
28/06/1986 Geelong Advertiser article re VICTORIA II pilot boat launching.
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Port Phillip pilot boat AKUNA III
Port Phillip pilot boat
'84 news article re the new AKUNA III pilot boat Launching.
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Port Phillip pilot boat PROSERPINE
Port Phillip pilot boat
News articles & photo of the PROSERPINE Pilot Boat new into Port Phillip '79.
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Port Phillip pilot boat WYUNA.
Port Phillip pilot.
News articles & photos of the WYUNA's history as a Pilot Ship in Port Phillip.
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Port Phillip pilot boat AKUNA.
Port Phillip pilot.
Extract copy photo re AKUNA from Australian Coastal Shipping, c1997.
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Port Phillip pilot boat history.
Port Phillip pilot.
News articles re HAWK, KOMET renamed AKUNA, pilot boat
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Port Phillip pilot recognition.
Port Phillip pilot.
Card with copy of 1887 news article re Pilot service ceremony.
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Port Phillip channel widening & deepening
Port Phillip channel.
Various newspaper articles re Port Phillip channel deepening.
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Port Phillip shipwrecks.
Various newspaper articles re Port Phillip navigational, wreckage & ship's draft issues & surveys.
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port phillip shipping issues.
Queenscliffe's history.
Queenscliffe history stories.
(1) "Melbourne Sun", 12/09/1986 article re Queenscliffe, (2.1) "Royal Auto" July 1981, pg 1, Bellarine Military & Marine history, (2.2) "Royal Auto" July 1981, pg 2, Bellarine Military & Marine history, (3) "The Age" 28 Dec 1987, short Queenscliffe history, (4) "Geelong Advertiser" 27 Dec 1986 Queenscliffe thrives history. (5.1) "Geelong Advertiser" 7 July 1987, Overview of Queenscliffe, Pg 1 of 2, (5.2) "Geelong Advertiser" 7 July 1987, Overview of Queenscliffe, Pg 2. of 2
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historical stories re queenscliffe
Queenscliffe's centenary celebrations, 1963.
Queenscliff Pilot pages re Centenary Celebrations 1963
Centenary celebrations schedule for Queenscliffe, 1963.
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centenary celebrations
Shipwrecks in Port Phillip.
The Sun news article of 9 March 1935 re MILORA running aground.
B&W photo & article re the MILORA upon Rondella Reef near Pt Lonsdale, 1934.
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shipwrecks
Clipper trader ships
Four masted barque entering Port Phillip in 1935
B&W photo of the MACQUARIE (see notes) under sail. Newspaper clipping of the RMS MALOJA aground off Adelaide at Outer Harbour, March 1933. .
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cargo clipper
Clipper trader ships
Four masted barque entering Port Phillip in 1935
1935 and 1987 newspaper clippings re C B PEDESEN - the last windjammer at Geelong. Newspaper clipping of the RMS MALOJA aground off Adelaide at Outer Harbour, March 1933. .
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cargo clipper
Passenger & Cargo ships
RMS MALOJA aground off Adelaide
RMS MALOJA aground off Adelaide at Outer Harbour, March 1933, newspaper clipping Newspaper clipping of the RMS MALOJA aground off Adelaide at Outer Harbour, March 1933. .
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passenger ship
Clipper trader ship
World's tallest barque, too tall to fit under the Sydney Harbour Bridge
MAGDALENE VINNEN (1921-1936) world's biggest barque, 1'4'1933 newspaper clipping.
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clipper ships
The Queenscliffe lifeboat
Pre-launch of the QUEENSCLIFFE at Queenscliffe c1949
QUEENSCLIFFE lifeboat about to be launched c1949.
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lifeboat 'queenscliffe'
The Queenscliffe lifeboat
Launching the QUEENSCLIFFE at Queenscliffe c1949
Launching of what was probably the QUEENSCLIFFE lifeboat c1949.
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lifeboat 'queenscliffe'
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