Maritime Museums

An exhaustive listing of Australian Maritime Museums, Australian General Museums with Significant Maritime Collections and Australian Maritime Sites and Other Items can be found here.

http://www.maritimemuseums.net/aus-nz.html
to World Wide Maritime Museum Internet Resources

www.anmm.gov.au
Australian National Maritime Museum
A magnificent museum featuring Australia's nautical history,
adjacent to the Sydney Heritage Fleet.

www.maritimebritain.org.uk
Maritime Britain - the online guide to maritime heritage facilities and organisations in the UK.

www.nausicaa.fr
the French National Sea Experience (Centre National de la Mer) is much more than a mere aquarium - it is a unique place where visitors can discover the marine environment. At once entertaining, educational and scientific, the Centre derives its originality from its main focus on the relationship between Man and the sea.
Since 1991, it has been determined to raise public awareness about the importance of managing the oceans and their resources as “Caring for the Blue Planet, you can make a difference”.

wesanders.freeservers.com/GSSHinemoa.index.html
Diary and photographs of seaman William Edward Sanders, entitled 'Cruises of the New Zealand Government Steamer Hinemoa 1906'.

www.nor.com.au/community/museums
Clarence River Historical Society Inc., has photographs, models, artifacts and information on the maritime history of the Clarence Valley.

www.acr.net.au\~kwmuseum
Eden Killer Whale Museum and Historical Society has exhibitions and artifacts on the whaling industry, the maritime history of southern NSW, evolution of the fishing industry, Aboriginal history and local history.

www.ladydenman.asn.au/
Lady Denman Heritage Complex, owners of the ferry Lady Denman, (1911), with numerous other marine artifacts and information.

Newcastle Regional Maritime Museum, featuring Newcastle's maritime history. Housed in Fort Scratchley, Newcastle.

www.nattrust.com.au/pages/default.cfm?page_id=4823&menu=3798
National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
Home of the 1885 iron barque Polly Woodside.

www.sdmaritime.com
San Diego Maritime Museum
Home of the 1863 iron barque Star of India.

www.shf.org.au
The Sydney Heritage Fleet site.
Owners of the 1874 barque James Craig.

Naval Museums

qships.freeservers.com/index.html
Tricia McRae's fabulous new website on the Royal Naval "Q" Ships.

A lot of effort has gone into the research on this project and it is well worth a visit.

www.navyhistory.org.au
The Naval Historical Society.

The society was founded in 1970 on the anniversary of the arrival of the first British ship on the Australian coast. In May of that year about 40 people attended a meeting at Garden Island with the view to forming a Naval Historical Society.

The national headquarters is in Sydney and there are State Chapters in the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Western Australia.

News Service

www.tallshipnewswire.com
Tallship Newswire

Sponsors

www.atlascopco.com
Atlas Copco site.

www.autodesk.com/siteselect.htm
AutoDesk site.

www.boatdiesel.com/ZF-Marine
ZF Marine site.

www.cameronusa.com
This site goes right back to James Craig's roots. Cameron owned James Craig back in the 1800s.

www.imcg.com.au
IMCG develop specialised ColdFusion database driven Internet/Intranet/Extranet applications.
IMCG are proud supporters of the James Craig Restoration.

www.rigbyjones.com.au
Rigby Jones site.

Old Ships in Distress

http://www.zapsaod.com/lady.htm
The Lady Elizabeth is in desperate need of help. This beautiful 1879 iron barque is lying derelict off the coast of the Falkland Islands.
Will somebody recover and restore her?

www.cityofadelaideclipper.org
Help save the clipper ship City of Adelaide from demolition. The City of Adelaide and Cutty Sark are the world's last two surviving composite clippers. The City of Adelaide, built in 1864, made 23 return voyages transporting settlers and goods to South Australia from the United Kingdom, and holds the record for the fastest wool clipper from Australia to the UK. She is the sole survivor of the North American timber trade. An Adelaide based group are working towards bringing this world historic ship back to Australia to preserve and display.

www.cerberus.vze.com
Help save the Cerberus, "A crucial link between the period of timber line-of-battle ships and the more modern battleships"
Australian Heritage Commission
"One of the most historically important naval vessels in existence."
National Trust (Victoria)

www.SaveTheCatalina.org
A group focussed on saving the historically important S.S. Catalina.

Tallships

www.americanpride.org
The 1941 schooner American Pride.

www.bataviawerf.nl/gangway.htm
The Batavia replica.

www-mo.enst-bretagne.fr/~duflot/brest96/bateaux/belem/belem_gb.html
The 1896 iron barque Belem.

www.thebounty.com/
The Bounty replica.

www.cuttysark.org.uk
The 1869 clipper Cutty Sark.

www.duyfken.com
The Duyfken replica.

www.tsm-elissa.org/elissa-main.htm
The 1877 iron barque Elissa.

www.barkendeavour.com.au
The Endeavour replica.

www.ernestina.org
The 1894 schooner Ernestina

www.shf.org.au/JCraig/JCraig.html
The 1874 iron barque James Craig.

www.oneandall.org.au
The South Australian brigantine One & All.

www.picton-castle.com
The tallship Picton Castle.

www.nattrust.com.au/pages/default.cfm?page_id=4823&menu=3798
The 1885 iron barque Polly Woodside.

www.sdmaritime.com
The 1863 iron barque Star of India.

www.sorenlarsen.co.nz
The 1949 wooden brigantine Soren Larsen.

www.schoonertimberwind.com
The 1931 pilot schooner Timber Wind.

www.tucker.co.nz
The tallship R Tucker Thompson.

www.windbound.com/index.htm
The brigantine Windeward Bound.

www.youngendeavour.gov.au
Young Endeavour Youth Scheme, which runs youth development programs in the context of sail training on the tall ship Young Endeavour.
                

Links to Sydney Heritage Fleet

Support these sites who link to us - lots of useful information here

www.mayflowersteps.co.uk Visit Plymouth, past and present. You'll find out about some important historical events and see lots of photos of the natural and built attractions in present day Plymouth, Spirit of Discovery (including a plaque commemorating the departure of the first fleet ships Friendship and Charlotte). See the photo tour of Plymouth's seafront - the Barbican and Hoe.

A Guide to Yacht Charters, worldwide, plus a huge number of other nautical links.

Corporate Charters & Skippered Yachting
Eastcoast Sailing offers yacht charters on Sydney Harbour for corporate and pleasure sailing. Romantic overnight escapes, corporate team building programs and regattas available. Catering is available from Sydney's finest Harbourside restaurants.

HotelTravel.com
A very useful travel guide, with lots of information about places of interest all over the world.

http://www.acn.net.au/view/website/1702.htm
The Australian Government's index of Australian Culture and Recreation websites

http://www.maritimeworld.net/sn.asp?PageNumber=61
Australia's Maritime World - the name says it all!

http://www.gg.gov.au/speeches/textonly/speeches/2003/030307.html
Text of the Governor General's Speech to the World Ship Trust Presentation

http://www.actnow.com.au/groups/ausheritage.html
ActNow - a volunteer placement organisation that operates in the area of Sydney and the Central Coast.

http://www.sydney.ieaust.org.au/heritage/heritage_links.htm
The Institution of Engineers Australia - Sydney Division - Engineering Heritage Sydney

http://go.volunteer.com.au/users/org_profile_display.asp?LoginID=1273 Go Volunteer - a volunteer placement agency http://james-craig-barque.wikiverse.org/ Find out about the barque James Craig http://www.rainbowchaser.com.au/newsletter145.html The Rainbow Chaser Diary by Tony Fountain, a person with a keen interest in matters maritime.

http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/browse/0:599:600:842:acenat
EdNA Online is a service that aims to support and promote the benefits of the Internet for learning, education and training in Australia.

http://www.yachtsales.com/museum.html
Don Robertson's Marine Marketplace - MARINE MUSEUMS & HERITAGE SOCIETIES

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~tourism/sydney/museums.html
Sydney-Australia.Biz features information for both tourists and business visitors alike.

http://www.sydney.com.au/museums.htm
Sydney Online will help you plan your holiday by providing information on accommodation, things to do, sights to see, places to eat, for getting around this beautiful harbour city at your own pace, and much more.

http://www.whatsthenumber.com.au/oz/know/museums.htm
What's The Number gives information on many things to see and do in Australia.

http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk/ROADS/cgi-bin/tempbyhand.pl?query=1041951095-7616 Welcome to PORT - A premier portal of high-quality maritime resources on the internet.

http://www.yourmail.com.au/historybuff/links.htm
Historybuff - a site for history enthusiasts.

http://www.bcl.com.au/sydney/wotson/historical.htm
Sydney City Life - things to see and do in Sydney.

http://www.worldshiptrust.org/review.html
The World Ship Trust Review.

http://log.tenseforms.com/renee/entries/1401/
sans sheriff, explained - this is how things are going to work from now on: i write, you read, everyone goes home happy.

http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bbiggar/india7.htm
About the loss of the tall ship India in 1841

http://www.tuttinsieme.it/tutti/tut/oce/australia/nsouthw/art.htm
A travel directory for the world, based in Italy (English Language).

http://www.boatingoz.com.au/boatinglinks.htm
A huge compilation of useful boating links throughout Australia

http://sydney.visitnsw.com/HolidayItem/8329.htm
Feel Free NSW - a travel directory for New South Wales

http://www.oceanviewths.sa.edu.au/Links/links.html
Ocean View College Marine Studies p-12 South Australia

Many thanks to Rae Bailey of Internet Media Consultancy Group, a sponsor of the James Craig Restoration, for the original list of links.

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