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Lost in the ‘eye of the needle’
Veronica and Invictus in AB Harbour. Image courtesy of Colac Historical Society
Date of Event: 15 July 1967
Vessel type: Fishing boat
Location: Apollo Bay
Suggested title: Lost in the ‘eye of the…
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Supplying Lighthouses - A Dangerous Business
Date of Event: Saturday 21st March 1896
Vessel type: Supply boat- Oared
Location: Blanket Bay ( Cape Otway) South West Victoria
Suggested title: Supplying Lighthouses - A Dangerous…
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Navy Technicians Use Great Skill After Their Ship Sinks
The motor boat which contained 22 survivors of the…
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Sailors Premonition and Resourcefulness Saves Shipmates After a Sinking
Montagu 27ft whaler being sailed. Imagine the congestion when carrying the Armidale’s whaler 29 souls. (Source HMAS Castlemaine)
Date of Event: NA
Vessel type: Whale boat
Location: Darwin
Suggested…
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Lifeboat rescued by historian!
Marten Syme and Port Fairy lifeboat
Date of Event: 1989
Vessel type: Life boat
Location: Port Fairy
Suggested title: Lifeboat rescued by historian!
In 1989, maritime…
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Janet Iles
Janet Iles with pennants flying Cray Kauffs at rear
Date of Event: 1914
Vessel type: Fishing boat
Location: Port Welshpool, Bass Strait and Corner Inlet
Suggested title: Janet…
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Pioneer Women of the River Country
Date of Event: NA
Vessel type: NA
Location: Lake Alexandrina
Suggested title: Pioneer Women of the River Country
“Life is like a boat on the river. Calm days, windy days, rainy days and storms.…
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Keeping Culture Alive - Moogys Yuki
Image from Moogys Yuki, courtesy of Carl Kuddell and Jennifer Lyons
Date of Event: NA
Vessel type: NA
Location: South Australia
Suggested title: Keeping Culture Alive - Moogys…
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Floody Legends
Glen Davey with dog Amber being rescued by the SES. Picture: Alix Sweeney. Image courtesy of the Townsville Bulletin.
Date of Event: January 2019
Vessel type: Various
Location: Townsville
Suggested…
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My boat, my survival
Date of Event: 1970s
Vessel type: Fishing boat
Location: Vietnam - Australia
Suggested title: My boat, my survival
My wife Lan and I were amongst 40 boat people who arrived in Australia on a flimsy,…
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I held the detonator in my teeth!
Z Force Canoe
Date of Event: NA
Vessel type: Folding Canoe
Location: Brisbane
Suggested title: I held the detonator in my teeth!
The Queensland Maritime Museum is…
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Good house keeping
The Hegarty’s Ferry Emerald Star is still operational and remains a popular charter vessel. Image: Australian Register of Historic Vessels HV000325 (ANMM).
Date of Event: 1949
Vessel type:…
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Going solo
Kay Cottee aboard Blackmores' First Lady. ANMM collection. Photo by Andrew Frollows.
Date of Event: 1987-88
Vessel type: 37ft Yacht
Location:…
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Battling valiantly with a savage sea
Tom Nelson on the "Shirley", Coffs Harbour, 3 January 1960. Image courtesy of Picture Coffs Harbour
Date of Event: 25 August 1950
Vessel type: 30-foot launch, “Shirley”
Location: South Solitary Island, Coffs Harbour…
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Royal Australian Navy Survival Story
27ft Montagu Whaler (Source HMAS Castlemaine)
Date of Event: December 1942
Vessel type: 27ft Montagu Whaler
Location: Timor Sea 400km from Darwin
Suggested title: Royal Australian Navy…
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He's A Very Naughty Boy!
Wilson Paisley Dinghy. Maritime Museum of Tasmania
Date of Event: N/A
Vessel type: Dinghy
Location: Huon Valley
Suggested title: He's A Very Naughty Boy!.
In 1872…
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Row Row Row her boat...
Dinah Wilson rowing her dinghy on her 88th birthday in 1937. Maritime Museum of Tasmania
Date of Event: N/A
Vessel type: Dinghy
Location: Cygnet, Southern Tasmania
Suggested title: Row Row Row…
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Lifeline
The Cheynes II battling conditions in the waters off the treacherous Albany coast. Credit: Albany’s Historic Whaling Station
Date of Event: N/A
Vessel type: Whaling Ship
Location: Albany, Western…
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Fisherwoman
Taking a break - Claire Webber aboard MFV Tacoma taking tissue samples of Tuna caught in the wild to compare with tuna grown commercially in sea pens of Port Lincoln, Eyre Peninsula SA.
Date of Event: February 27th 2015
Vessel type: Wooden…
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By Jimminy, She's A Ripper!
Neville Fletcher Ferguson b.1923 Collie WA. Jimminy Cricket built by Colin Walker (brother-in-law to Neville). Neville drove it. Taken c. late 1940s
Date of Event: 1950s
Vessel type: Speedboat
Location: Mount…
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