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Sydney Heritage Fleet Faces Closure as Rozelle Bay Rezoning Looms
The Last Working Harbour: Why Losing Rozelle Bay Would Sink Sydney’s Maritime Soul There are places in a city you can replace, and places you...
Melbourne’s Heritage Fleet Battles the Bureaucratic Tide
Anchors Aweigh: A City Built on Water, Forgetting Its Own The Docklands Heritage Fleet - Alma Doepel, Enterprize, & Steam Tug Wattle - have received...
19th-Century Ship’s Figurehead of First Nations Woman
Figureheads from the 19th century sailing ships are a fascinating blend of maritime superstition, ship branding, and high-seas sculpture. On Australian-built ships, as with...
Tallships Nave Amerigo Vespucci and Villaggio Italia in Darwin
Historic Visit: Nave Amerigo Vespucci and Villaggio Italia Sail to Darwin For the first time in its 93-year history, the legendary Italian Navy training ship...
The Wreck of the Dunbar: A Sydney Tragedy
The wreck of the Dunbar remains one of Australia's most poignant maritime disasters. On the stormy night of August 20, 1857, the majestic clipper...
Mark Twain & his adventures on SS Warrimoo
In 1895, while facing significant financial challenges, Mark Twain embarked on a journey to Australia aboard the S.S. Warrimoo. Twain's sole means of rescuing his...
Nautical Training Ship NTS Vernon anchors
The Vernon anchors are on public display outside the Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney. The Nautical Training Ship Vernon was completed in...
James Cook journal: 20th – 28th April, 1770 on HMB Endeavour
Lt James Cook's journal entries Friday, 20-28th April 1770, sailing north from Point Hicks to Botany Bay (Kamay) during his First Voyage in H.M...
Lt James Cook aboard HMB Endeavour first sight of Australia
19th April 1770, Lt James Cook aboard His Majesty's Bark Endeavour, made landfall on the east coast of Australia. James Cook's diary records the...