Australian Maritime Museums
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Australian National Maritime
Museum |
Darling Harbour,
Sydney.
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Royal
Australian Navy Heritage-Centre
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Garden Island, Sydney.
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Queensland
Maritime Museum |
Located
on the Brisbane River at the southern end of South
Bank Parklands. |
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Featuring Townsville, the star of the
popular TV series Patrol Boat.
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Maritime
Museums of Victoria |
A multi-site portal to
17 Victorian maritime museums.
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Maritime
Museum of Tasmania
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Hobart.
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Bass
Strait Maritime Centre |
Devonport, Tasmania.
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Low Head Pilot
Station Maritime Museum |
Northern Tasmania, at
the mouth of the Tamar River.
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South
Australian Maritime Museum |
Begun in 1872,
possibly the oldest maritime
collection in Australia. |
Whyalla
Maritime Museum |
South Australia.
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Western
Australian Maritime Museum |
Fremantle, on the
shore of the Indian Ocean. |
Newcastle Maritime Centre |
The restored Lee
Wharf building, with 200 years of local maritime
history.
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Yamba
Museum |
Operated by the Port
of Yamba Historical Society. |
Lady Denman
Maritime Museum.
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Featuring the Sydney ferry, Lady Denman, built at Huskisson
in 1911.
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Ferries
of Sydney |
Sydney Harbour's
Ferries, Tugs, Companies, Builders, and the Manly
ferry Baragoola. |
Eden
Killer Whale Museum |
In
operation for over 80
years, on the
site of the Boydtown whaling station, c1840s. |
International Maritime
Museums |
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National Maritime
Museum
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Greenwich, England
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National Maritime
Museum Cornwall
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Falmouth, England.
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National
Museum of the Royal Navy |
Portsmouth, England. |
Musée
national de la Marine |
Branches in Paris,
Brest, Port Louis, Rochefort and Toulon, France. |
Voyager Maritime Museum |
Auckland, New Zealand |
General Resources
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Internet Archive |
A
non-profit digital library, its mission "free
universal access to all knowledge".
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Trove
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National Library of
Australia, an essential research tool.
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Museums
Australia |
The national museum
organisation. |
Collections Australia Network
(CAN) |
The
public portal gateway for Australian collecting
institutions. |
Shoalhaven
City
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Shoalhaven
City Council |
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South
Coast Cooperative Library Service |
Search the catalogue,
with branches from Kiama to Narooma. |
National
Parks and Wildlife Services |
55 Graham Street,
Nowra. [regional office] |
Australian
Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum |
Featuring over twenty
aircraft in a two-storey exhibition centre, Nowra. |
Sydney
Living Museums |
Includes
Meroogal (1885), corner West and Worrigee streets,
Nowra. |
Bundanon |
Historic homestead and
studio of painter Arthur Boyd on the Shoalhaven
River. |
Shoalhaven City Arts
Centre |
Berry Street, Nowra.
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Nowra
Museum
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Home of the Shoalhaven
Historical Society |
Narooma
Lighthouse Museum |
Original light and
optical apparatus from the Montague Island Light
station. |
Oz
History Mine |
An excellent resource
for Family, Local, or Mining history in the
Shoalhaven. |
On,
in, and around the Bay
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Illawarra
Coast Forecast |
Bureau of Meteorology
coastal waters forecast for Port Hacking to
Ulladulla. |
Wreck Bay
Aboriginal Community Council |
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Jervis Bay
Cruising Yacht Club |
Regular race meetings
over summer, from Callala Bay. |
Vincentia
Sailing Club |
Mostly Hobiecats, but all classes of
off-the-beach cats, from Plantation Point, Vincentia.
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Sussex Inlet &
Basin Yacht Club |
A fleet of trailer
sailors and racing from Sussex Inlet. |
Jervis Bay Divers
Club |
PO Box 2 Huskisson, NSW. Australia 2540 |
Jervis Bay and Basin Arts |
Local artist
cooperative. |
Jervis Bay Marine
Rescue
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Local Business
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Hobie Cat
Australia |
Hobie Cat Australasia, 11 Erina Rd Huskisson, NSW
2540 |
Whales and Whaling
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Australian Department of the
Environment |
Australia's whales,
dolphins and porpoises |
Australian
Museum Fact Sheets |
Australian
Museum Online |
New Bedford Whaling Museum |
American museum
devoted to the history of the whaling
industry. |
Accommodation & Local Services |
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Holiday
Haven Tourist Parks
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Twelve
holiday tourist parks located along the
Shoalhaven Coastline. |