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Australian Sea Heritage No. 62
Australian Sea Heritage
Number 62, Autumn 2000
Contents of Issue 62, Autumn 2000:-
  • Sea Mail
  • News From All Ports
  • Australia's Historic Replicas
    An overview of many of the important replica vessels in Australia
  • Performance Assessment of Duyfken
    Seven knots in light conditions is a remakably good speed.
  • Australia's Sea Heritage in Miniature - Models of the Sydney Heritage Fleet
    One of the finest model collections anywhere.
  • Life on a Newcastle Bulk Carrier in 1905
    No doubt the old hands on Wavertree were laying bets on whether their new skipper would make the grade.
  • The Loss of the "Anonymous" Corangamite
    Enveloped by a dense sea fog, the ship simply slid up on the rocky foreshore
  • Ship's Library
  • You Can Still Travel by Sea
    enjoy the delights of travelling by sea without having to be part of a manic mass
  • Museum News
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Contents of Issue 63, Winter 2000:-
  • Sea Mail
  • News From All Ports
  • Top End - Bottom End
    Along the Murray Darling system several old paddlers are being restored.
  • David Finch's Photo Files
  • The Restoration of PS Ruby
    a significant steamer in the history of the Murray River.
  • Like Father Like Sons
    The Connolly seamen made their mark on Port Jackson
  • Ship's Library
  • Preserved Ships and Replicas No 18
    Batavia reaches the east coast of Australia
  • Museum News
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Australian Sea Heritage No. 63
Australian Sea Heritage
Number 63, Winter 2000,
Cover:- HMAS Farncomb and Sail Training Ship Leeuwin

Australian Sea Heritage No 64
Australian Sea Heritage
Number 64, Spring 2000,
Cover:- John Oxley
Contents of Issue 64, Spring 2000:-
  • Sea Mail
  • News From All Ports
  • Background to the Fast Ferry HMAS Jervis Bay
    the first of her type to be used in any naval force
  • Kermandie - The Only Four Master in Australia's Coastal Trade
    by far the largest of many scow type vessels built in Tasmania
  • Carrying Stock and Other Animals at Sea
    It was not too difficult to round up the pigs but the kangaroos were something again.
  • David Finch's Photo Files
  • HMAS K9 "Re-Surfaces" on The NSW Coast
    the rusting hull of a submarine in the surf near Seal Rocks
  • Touring Forceful's Engine Room
    The triple expansion steam engine represents the final development of the marine reciprocating engine.
  • New Life Boats for the Old James Craig
    detailed plans of lifeboats of the era are not readily available
  • Ship's Library
  • Museum News
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