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Maritime Museum of Tasmania

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Hobart, Tasmania

Postal Address: GPO Box 1118,

Hobart, Tasmania 7001, AUSTRALIA

Phone: (03) 6234 1427

Fax: (03) 6234 1419

email: [email protected]

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Closing date for our next newsletter is the 16th October, 2009. Please lodge your articles by that date in the box provided at MMT, or email direct to [email protected]

Future closing dates will be on the 16th of months - January, April, July

and October.

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Hobart really came to life last June with 10 days of celebration for Errol Flynn’s

centenary ( born - Queen Alexandra Hospital, Battery Point - 20/6/1909.)

His daughter Rory and grandson Sean, accompanied by his girlfriend Holland,

fl ew in from America for the occasion.

Rory attended many functions held in honour of her father which included, the opening

of a display of Errol Flynn memorabilia at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TV and

radio interviews, Australian and American Association cocktail party,

book signings in both Hobart and Launceston, trips on the Windward

Bound and Peppermint Bay cruise, Guest Speaker at an Elderly Citizens

venue in Claremont and at a Rotary Dinner at the Grand Chancellor, a

cocktail party at Masterpiece @ IXL Art Gallery followed by dinner at

a nearby restaurant with all those who helped with the organization

of the celebrations.(after dinner Lord Mayor, Rob Valentine drove Rory

to the peak of Mt Wellington to see the city lights which she said she

thoroughly enjoyed.)

Finally on her Pop’s birthday Rory unveiled a plaque outside the State

Theatre revealing the ‘Errol Flynn Star’ as the fi rst in Hobart’s new ‘Walk

of Fame’ while the large crowd sang ‘Happy 100th Birthday’ Errol and

then did an encore for the TV. Cameras.

The celebrations concluded that evening with Rory ‘Guest of

Honour’ at the Heart Foundation Ball held at Wrest Point which had a

‘swashbuckling’ theme and with a capacity attendance raised a vast amount of money for

that very worthy charity.

In addition to being a very talented musician, nineteen year old, Sean stars in US children’s

show Zoey 101 shown here on Austar’s Nickelodeon channel. He attended many of these

functions and did his own thing at the Heart Foundation’s ‘Jump for Heart’ event held at the

Holy Rosary Catholic School at Claremont. -The Mercury reported—“ he proved to be a great

jumper and an accomplished performer with children”

Rory showed great endurance with such a busy itinerary set for her but was charming and

gracious at all times. She had expressed a desire to me to visit our Maritime Museum and

in particular to see the model of the Prince Regent after learning that it’s rigging was done

by Captain Creese, the grandfather of her great friend, and former schoolmate of Errol, Ila

Andrews. Despite the fact that her ‘minders’ advised her that there was not suffi cient time

for her to do so, Rory made time by braving the cold, dashing with me down Davey Street

and calling in for a quick visit after speaking at the Rotary Dinner at the Grand Chancellor.

This is the sort of ‘good sport’ she is.

Rory’s visit to our Museum was a sheer delight as after seeing the Prince Regent she chose

to meet all the volunteers rather than spend her limited time browsing through the other

exhibits. They were all impressed by her friendliness and she not only spent time meeting

all those downstairs but popped upstairs to say G’day to Laurie Bahr who was alone in the

library. After signing our visitor’s book ‘love Tassie’ she vowed to return on a private holiday

for a longer period and said one of her fi rst ‘ports of call’ will be a leisurely tour through our

Maritime Museum. Having charmed all our staff she then left to rejoin her ‘minders’ who

were patiently waiting at the door.

Many thanks also to our ‘celebrity cameramen’ Bob Andrewartha and Rex Cox for covering

Rory’s visit to MMT.

Now, 100 years after his birth in Hobart, it is time for him to be honoured by that city by

erecting a statue and/or naming our airport ‘Errol Flynn International.’ (through out the

world it is common practice to name airports after famous people.) Apart from giving him

the honour due to him for his magnifi cent career in fi lms, it would prove a great tourist

attraction for this state. Not everybody knows where Tasmania is on the map, but people

from every country where fi lms are shown know it is ‘where Errol came from’. Hopefully it

would bring visitors to our wonderful state ‘in like Flynn’.

Bob Petrass.

Two lovely models, Rory Flynn and Prince Regent.


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

We are delighted to welcome the following NEW MEMBERS to the

Maritime Museum.

Edward Domeney (Individual)

Thomas Fricke (Interstate)

Barbara Hayes (Volunteer)

John Hutcheon (Volunteer)

Alexander Macnight (Individual)

Kerry Mayfi eld (Concession)

Margaret Muir (Concession)

Ross Rattle (Volunteer)

Louis Rodway (Concession)

Alan Scholten (Individual)

Paul Webb (Concession)

new members

Hi Bob,

I told my daughter in the U.S.that I

was researching the ‘Montevideo Maru’

and she got this info from the Internet

and forwarded it to me. I presume the

photo is the ship in question. Also, it’s

amazing a crew member came forward

after 60 years !

—Bill Nicholson.

Thanks Bill, the information your daugh-ter sent you and the great story you have sent me will be a featured in a coming edition.

Bob,

Hope the attached may meet your

suggestion of excerpt. lt could go under

a query head of ‘what happens to old

sailors’ but think it could have a few

readers.

You know myTassie time holds a

lot memories and truly for a guy with

experience all round the world and in

major cities Tasmania had for me, a lot

going for it.

Starting as editor of the “Northeastern

Advertiser” at Scottsdale. Editor (and sole

editorial staff ) I must add, I got an insight

into country style life that gave me an

appreciation of the people in the state

still regarded by some as “the state not

quite Australia” and the adaptability in

the face of a degree of isolation from the

mainland that has always been evident. . .

When I look back and see places like

Nowhere Else, Paradise, Mathinna and

all the smaller places to which my work

with The Examiner took me, names like

Don VonBibra, Garth Napier, Eric Reege,

Roy Hudson, Joe Fagan ,the O’Connors,

those of all nationalities that I met while

covering the various HEC schemes there

so many with qualities that stood out

that made ‘my Tassie’ something special.

The ‘can do ‘attitude of people

whose effort made a difference to their

communities provided me with the

opportunity ,as a jourmllist, to ‘shake the

tree’ by their stories.

Maybe I never did break any of the big

stories but I did enjoy the opportunity to

sit back and yarn with the miner in the

pit, the farmer in the paddock and the

bushies deep in the backblocks of a vital

state.

If you feel the excerpt I’ve provided is

right for your magazine just use the Wal

Davies Byline.

I have more or less given up the idea

of getting ’Shakin’ the tree’ published

there are no blocks to using the stuff’...

Thanking you for your interest

Regards and best Wishes,

Wal Davies

Thank you Wal, we’ll be publishing the

excerpt from your ‘waiting for a publisher’

book in our next issue.

R

sit back and yarn with the miner in the

pit, the farmer in the paddock and the

To Bob & Rocky and the goldfi sh and Pirate Club

friends.

Just arrived in Ubon and now we are working on my

Grandparents house.

Tomorrow we are going to hit the Seas and Relax , it’s

so hot over here about 40o.

I miss you all and I will see you later.

x x x Love Ben. How’s Rocky?

Postcard from our junior volunteer, Benjamin, in Thailand for the school holidays.

ValeIt is with deep regret that we report the passing of Gerald Atkins a member for

many years and former volunteer.

The Errol Flynn Society of Tasmania

founded 1979

To become a member of our happy

band and enjoy our monthly social

events, just contact:

Genene on (03) 62494700 or

errolfl [email protected]

You will be made most welcome.

MARITIME TIMES AWARD

Goes to Ian Nicholson who has been a regular and very reliable volunteer

since joining in June 2008. Thanks Ian for the excellent work you do, it is appreciated very much and congratulations on the award.


president’s message From the Brig...Not much to report from the eyrie

above the museum this edition as I’ve

had my head down studying.

However, we are planning to

represent the museum, and the May

Queen, at the Clarence Seafarers

Festival at Bellerive Boardwalk on

Sunday 25th October. Details of the

festival can be found on the Clarence

City Council website,

www.ccc.tas.gov.au and we will be

pleased to see as many of our friends

there as possible.

Regulars at the museum will know

that before becoming an aussie, myself

and my partner Mandy lived aboard

a narrowboat on the canals around

Birmingham. I’m often asked about

it and comments are made along the

lines of “I’ve always liked the idea of

that”. We sold our boat, “Starcross”, to a

friend who has established a website

devoted to the comings and goings

of a typical modern English canal

boat. So, if you are interested in the UK

inland waterway system and the trials

and tribulations of the “cut” and have

internet access, type in

www.nbstarcross.com and you can

discover that the two hundred and

fi fty year old canal system in England is

still a lively and fascinating place.

By Mark Hosking, Admin Offi cer

The Maritime Museum in Sullivans Cove has a signifi cant role to play in protecting

Tasmania’s unique maritime heritage. The Cove became the transport hub for

early European arrivals in Van Diemens Land and continues today as the focal

point for Hobart and surrounding areas. The waterfront has evolved and changed

over many years of occupation but it is up to us to help preserve the historic

values of the area.

On the Waterfront, the current exhibition in our temporary gallery, tells wonderful

stories of the Port of Hobart in words and photographic images – make sure you

visit the Museum and see the display for yourself.

In early years innocent seamen arriving in Sullivans Cove were given a diffi cult

time under military rule in the convict settlement. In 1806, food shortages were

so serious that Lieutenant-Governor David Collins had six men from the whaling

ship Ferret fl ogged for not handing over two casks of biscuits and three casks

of fl our. Hobart Town was unsafe. Lloyd Robson wrote in A History of Tasmania

“When night fell the streets were so full of thieves that a pedestrian going along

unawares was almost sure to be attacked.” Almost all the settlement was a virtual

no-go area after sunset for the law-abiding in early Van Diemens Land.

Today we sometimes hear of problems late at night on the waterfront but in days

gone by it was worse. From Hunter Street around to Salamanca Place there were

literally dozens of hotels to satisfy the thirsts of wharf workers and seamen. Fights

were common especially when visiting sailors went off with local girls. On one

occasion harpoons were the weapons of choice.

In our On the Waterfront exhibition curator Rona Hollingsworth tells many

anecdotes including a World War II story of The Dangerous Dunny of Constitution

Dock, “A number of drownings during 1942 and 1943 were blamed on the location

of the Marine Board’s dunny at the edge of Constitution Dock. A strict blackout,

close proximity to many drinking establishments and a dunny which had to be

approached from the wharf side rather than the street created a potent hazard.”

Sullivans Cove has changed over the years. Nevertheless, it is up to us as members

of the maritime community to lobby and ensure that any development is

sympathetic with the Cove’s rich heritage, safeguarding the working port. The

executive of the Maritime Museum is aware of this responsibility and presents the

Museum’s views to relevant authorities whenever opportunities arise.

Colin Denny

DONATIONS

We thank the following members

for their very generous donations

and continued support of the

Maritime Museum –

Sir Max Bingham

David Dilger

Richard Harris

John Sargent

Spencer Tempest-Warman

Alan Whittaker


The visit of the Red GauntletMany people In Hobart, especially our members, are always interested in vessels that have visited Hobart. The splendid schooner yacht Red Gauntlet attracted a great deal of attention from the general public when she visited Hobart in January 1882.

She was a large graceful, fast cruising yacht with an overall length of 101 feet, a waterline length of 91.9 feet, a beam of 19 feet and a draft of 10 feet 4 inches. But the interest of most people was raised by the “Mercury” report that Red Gauntlet had been fi rst owned by Lily Langtry. The report then went on to coyly remark, “whose name has been very prominent of late”. Mrs.Langtry was the notorious “offi cial” mistress of Queen Victoria’s eldest son, the future King Edward VII. He of course was already married to the future Queen Alexandra. One of their children was the future King George V, grandfather of our present Queen. Lily Langtry, known as Jersey Lil, was born in 1853 on the Channel Island of Jersey, where her father the Rev. William Corbet Le Breton was the Anglican Dean. She was 28 years of age before she made her fi rst stage appearance, but she was soon recognised as England’s most beautiful actress. In 1874 she had married Edward Langtry, who had had the Red Gauntlet built by Inmans of Lymington, near Southampton in 1862.

Inmans was one England’s most important boat-building yards. Established by Thomas Inman in 1821 when he moved from Hastings to Lymington. England had not long emerged from the Napoleonic wars and wealthy people were starting to take up recreational boating. Within the fi rst 14 years Inman built about twelve yachts, varying in size up to the 127 ton Lulworth. Inman is also a very distinguished family name in British maritime history. James Inman (1776-1859) was principal of the Portsmouth naval school for many years and Professor of nautical mathematics. In 1821 he published his important “Navigation and Nautical Astronomy for Seamen”. He also published the Nautical Tables used by generations of

seamen to simplify the solving of the mathematical problems based on observations of the Sun, Moon and Stars. These are now replaced by the almost universally by the use of the G.P.S.

In 1881 the Red Gauntlet was brought to NSW under the command of her long-time skipper, Captain Collins, for delivery to a Sydney yacht-owner. She was soon re-sold to Mr Charles G Millar of the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria. He arranged for a complete overhaul and refurbishment of the vessel, under the supervision of a Lloyd’s Surveyor. No expense was spared. New patent steering gear was installed as well as new pumps etc. and the 18 ft by 15 ft saloon was elaborately relined with polished mahogany and satinwood panelling, decorated with gilt and ebonised mouldings, while the ceilings were painted pale blue with ornamental lines of cream, pink and gold. A separate ladies lounge was painted grey, coral and white, with luxury upholstery supplied by Buckley and Nunn !

There was a crew of eight:--a sailing master, a mate. 4 AB’s, a cook and a steward, to take care of seven guests on the voyage from Melbourne to Hobart. Of course electric bells ran from each berth to the steward’s room and pantry. Seven years later, in 1889 she was wrecked; ending a long and colourful career.

There have been other ships bearing the same name, some probably based on Sir Walter Scott’s classic novel Red Gauntlet written in 1824. The nearest to us was a 76ft powered vessel launched at Leith on the Forth River in Northern Tasmania in 1893. The owner-builder, H C Stephens, sold her to a Joseph Bradshaw of Melbourne. She was then acquired by Burns Philp who ran her until 1907, when she was scrapped at Thursday Island. There was a Red Gauntlet dismasted and lost in a whole gale off the New Zealand coast in 1879. But more famous in America was the Union Clipper Red Gauntlet which was on passage from Boston to Hong Kong when she was captured and sunk by the Confederate vessel Florida.

Submitted by Joe Cannon

GET WELL

Wendy McConaghy

David Keyes

Wally Mainbridge

Three of our most popular

members are on the ‘sick list’ and

we wish each of them a speedy

return to good health. There

smiling faces are missed by all of

us at M.M.T.

Sean Flynn grandson of movie legend Errol (Captain Blood) and star of US Children’s TV show Zoey 101, after learning on his fi rst visit to his father’s birthplace, Hobart, that it’s tradition ‘down under’ to have a footy team to support, had an easy choice to make. After being informed that Sydney Swans are known as the ‘Bloods’ and wear his favourite colours, Red and White, he was ‘in like Flynn’.

He is seen here being presented with his Swans gear and inducted as an ‘honorary Blood’ by Swans Life Member, Bob Petrass and staunch ‘Bloods’ supporter, 10 year old Benjamin Denduang of Sandy Bay.


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Masterpiece @ IXL

2/ 19A Hunter Street, Hobart, Tasmania

ph. 03 6231 3144 fax. 03 6231 3143

email. [email protected]

www.masterpiece.com.au

Andrew Thomas Fleury

(c.1861-1947)

“Hobart Footballers” 1886

Mixed Media

119 x 88 cm (sight)

Signed & dated lower right

YOUR JAYCO won’t grow barnacles,

you won’t have to row ashore

and defi nately won’t have to get

up in the middle of the night to

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Peta Knott

On Sunday 3rd May, after many attempts over several months, I fi nally made it to Maatsuyker Island! The wild weather subsided making it only a slightly uncomfortable 4 hour boat ride from Southport. All together there were 12 intrepid explorers who went to investigate the island, discover the maritime heritage and meet the latest caretakers John and Lorraine Walker.

While on the island, I recorded oral histories of several very interesting people. Robyn Gates, returning to the island after initially visiting her lighthouse keeper father in the 1970s. Former Maat Island 2001 caretaker Alan Johnson. Kathy and Chris James, an interstate couple who were

MAATSUYKER ISLAND

ticking off Maatsuyker as their 40th lighthouse visited in 3 years! And the current caretakers. These stories will be a valuable addition to TMAG’s newly formed Oral History Collection.

The little communication with the outside world allows caretakers to navel (naval!) gaze and muse about life. Caretaker Lorraine Walker was inspired by her time on Maatsuyker Island to write a poem and was kind enough to share it with us. The carefully chosen words highlight the beauty of the place and the sadness associated with the neglect of maritime heritage.

It was a four hour whirl wind tour and we visitors got a taste of the daily activities on the island. For such an isolated place, there is much to do. The weather observations take up a large chunk of the day and require skilled training to judge wave heights and identify types of clouds. Another major task is fi re prevention. I left the island with a greater appreciation of just how much grass there is to mow!

The trip was organised by the Friends of Maatsuyker Island under the supervision of Parks and Wildlife. Thanks must also go to Captain Dave for putting up with those who were seasick (sorry!) and to Craig Saunders from Parks and Wildlife for carefully navigating us past the large seals!

Oral History Trip

The FULL MONTY:One of the great hoaxes of World War 11 took place on

May25th, 1944, when Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery,

aka Monty, fl ew to Gibraltar aboard Prime Minister Winston

Churchill’s private aircraft. It was part of an elaborate Allied plan

to convince German spies that the Allies would invade southern

France fi rst. But the offi cer wasn’t Monty at all. The look-alike

was Meyrick Edward Clifton-James, an Australian actor who had

been commissioned in the Royal Army Pay Corps. Clifton-James

later wrote a book called ‘ I was Monty’s Double,’ and he played

the lead role in the fi lm version.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

‘Time wounds all heels’

John Lennon at his press conference after the disgraced Nixon government failed in it’s fi ve year attempt to have

him deported and he became a permanent citizen of the U.S.A.

HE LIGHTHOUSE STANDS ON STEEP, ROCKY CLIFFSON THE ISLANDS SOUTH FACING SHORE.BUFFETED BY THE SOUTH WEST WIND THAT BLOWS BOTH COLD AND RAW.

SEAMAN SAILING THIS WILD, RUGGED COASTDEMANDED A GUIDING LIGHTWHERE WOULD THEY BUILD IN THIS UNTAMED LAND?MAATSUYKER WAS THE CHOSEN SITE.

IT TOOK SPECIAL MEN TO BUILD THE STATION, ON THIS WILD AND, SOLITARY ISLE.THE TYPE OF MEN, WHO BUILT OUR NATION, STRENGTH AND COURAGE WAS THEIR STYLE.

YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE THE STEELY RESOLVE OF THE KEEPERS WHO CALLED MAAT HOMEWITH ALL THE HARDSHIPS EXPERIENCED HERE NO POWER, NO RADIO, NO PHONE

THE STORIES YOU READ OF THIS EARLY TIME OF LIGHTHOUSE AND ISLAND LIFERARELY TELL OF THE DAILY TRIALS OF THE LIGHTKEEPERS STOIC WIFE

NOW THIS GRACIOUS, OLD TOWERNO LONGER STEERS SAILORS AT NIGHTIT IS OLD FASHIONED, OUTDATED, REDUNDANT REPLACED BY A SMALL, SOLAR LIGHT

TECHNOLOGY EXTINGUISHED ITS GUIDING BEAM AND SNUFFED OUT ITS REASON TO BEFOR 100 YEARS IT SERVED ALL WHO SAILED ACROSS THE GREAT SOUTHERN SEA.

SADLY I LOOK AT THE RUSTING RAILS, PEELING PAINT AND LEAKY PANESI NOTE TOO THE SET DIRECTION OF THE RUSTED UP, OLD WEATHER VANE.

THE BRASS IS NO LONGER POLISHED AND THE PRISMS ARE DULL WITH DUSTFOR THE FUTURE OF THIS GRAND OLD LIGHTHOUSE IN GOVERNMENT WE MUST TRUST.

NOW VOLUNTEERS MAN THE STATION THEY KEEP UP A PRESENCE HEREBUT WILL OUR HISTORY BE ABANDONED?THIS IS MY ONE GREAT FEAR! ! !

M A A T S U Y K E R I S L A N D L I G H T H O U S E

By Lorraine Walker, Volunteer Caretaker Programme Maatszyker Island - Feb to June 09


In May 1944 at Wakde®Sanni Biak

operations Shropshire almost became a

casualty of friendly fi re when an American

bomber dropped a bomb between HMAS

Warramunga and the Shropshire forcing

her to return to Australia for repairs.

The Third Battle Tour was for 338 days (7g

days in Sydney and 260 days at sea). It was

during this tour that action was seen at

Leyte Gulf where the actions of Roy Cazaly

Junior who was chief of one of the Pom

Pom stations saw a Japanese Kamikaze

about to attack and without waiting for

the gun layer or anyone else grabbed the

Pom Pom gun and blew the plane out of

the air and saved his ship. For this action

Cazaly was awarded the Distinguished

Service Order.

Further Tours of duty included action at

Tawi Tawi, Labuan, Balikpapan Subic Bay

and Okinawa. Shropshire was present in

Tokyo Bay when the armistice wassigned.

Shropshire remained in service after

the war and paid off to the reserve on

10t” November 1949. Sold as scrap to

Thomas Ward and Company of Sheffi eld

in England she was towed from Sydney to

the Dalmuir yard of the ship breakers

Arnott Young on 20t” January 1955. She

was scrapped in the area from which she

was constructed 26 years before.

By Laurie Bahr

H M A S S H R O P S H I R EIn August 1942 a Japanese force surprised

the Allies at Savo Island, a consequence of

this was that Australia lost the AS Canberra

in the action. One month after her loss

the British Government unconditionally

handed over the S Shropshire to the Royal

Australian Navy.

The Shropshire was built at Dalmuir in

Scotland by William Beardmore and

Company, launched on the 5th July 1928

and commissioned on 24th September

1929 under the command of Captain

R.W.Oldham and served in the First

Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.

In all she served four commissions in the

Mediterranean with the highlight being

when she played a leading part in the

evacuation of refugees from Barcelona in

1936 during the Spanish Civil War.

When war broke out in 1939 Shropshire

was continuously at sea in the South

Atlantic doing long patrols. In 1940 after a

refi t she went to the Indian Ocean for more

patrol work and took part in the British

campaign against Italian Somaliland.

Another refi t was completed in Britain in

March 1942 which was followed by more

patrol and escort work in the Atlantic.

When the British Government decided

to transfer the Shropshire to the Royal

Australian Navy she was recalled from

the South Atlantic and the then Captain,

J.T.Borrett relinquished command at

Chatham on December 23rd 1942 and

fi ve days later Commander D.H.Harries

RAN who supervised the refi t for the

Australian Navy.

While the refi t was being carried out

the crew for what was now the HMAS

Shropshire, were being transported by

troopship from Australia to England. A

friend of mine, Leith Harper, travelled

on the Louis Pasteur, other ships were

the USS Mount Vernon, Dutch Liner

Niew Amsterdam USS Hermitage, Queen

Elizabeth and SS Denbighshire.

Early in 1943 the fi rst draft of the

Shropshire’s new crew arrived on board.

On 7th April 1943 the fi rst captain of the

HMAS Shropshire assumed command and

she was commissioned into the RAN on

20th April 1943 although it wasn’t until

June 25 that she was offi cially handed

over.

The Shropshire was a County Class Cruiser

of the same type as the HMAS Canberra

that she was replacing.

July 1st saw her sailing to Scapa Flow

in the Orkney Island where she was

reviewed by King George VI and Admiral

Bruce Fraser, Commander in Chief of the

Home Fleet.

After trialling and running in at Scapa

Flow Shropshire left for Australia in 13th

August 1943, an auspicious date 2 years

hence when the Enola Gay dropped the

fi rst atom bomb on Hiroshima.

After showing herself to Australia

Shropshire joined Task Force 74 which

was a unit of the United States Seventh

Fleet.

Christmas Eve 1943 the Task Force sailed

for the invasion of New Britain where

Shropshire covered the landings at

Arawa and Cape Gloucester, it was in

this operation that Shropshire made her

name for radar work and the Americans

admitted that the radar on Shropshire

was superior to their own.

In March 1944 she took part in the

operations lead into re-taking of the

Admiralty Islands and the following

month at the Hollandia ® Humboldt Bay

operations.


Shipwrights Arms Hotel(Established 1846)

29 Trumpeter Street, Battery PointPhone: 03 6223 5551

Situated in the heart of historic Battery Point, “Shippies” is lined with a unique collection

of Tasmania’s past, both maritime and historical

A traditional old English corner pub, filled with history, tradition, and pride

including photographs of every ‘Sydney to Hobart’ winner

Owen Humphries (Licensee)


S.S. IndarraA vessel with very much promise was placed in service by the AUSN (Australian United Steam Navigation Co) in 1913. The Indarra was built by Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton in the previous year. Indarra arrived at Fremantle, her Port of Registry on 1 January 1913 and then continued around the coast as far as Brisbane. At each port the liner was opened for public inspection and large crowds streamed aboard to gaze at the magnifi cent interior fi ttings. She was without doubt the most palatial liner ever to serve on the Australian coast. Among other fi ttings she had a marble open air swimming pool, a gymnasium and an electric elevator between decks that impressed the public.

Accommodation was provided for 150 fi rst class, 200 second class and 120 third class passengers. The ship appeared to have a promising career in the coastal market. This was not to be the case however as it soon became apparent that she had some serious problems, the most noticeable being an eight degree list to port that raised questions of stability. 80 tons of stone ballast solved this problem but other problems were not easily overcome. Being longer than previous ships it was found that diffi culties arose when she was being manoeuvred at the company docks in Melbourne and Sydney. At Albany it was impossible to berth her at all if there was a wind blowing. As coaling had to be done from each side, this necessitated the ship being turned when in dock. It soon became clear that her engines had a heavy demand for coal.

Crossing the Great Australian Bight was very uncomfortable as Indarra had a heavy roll which gave rise to rumours that the ship was top heavy. Indarra was left on the coast until requisitioned in October 1917. She was converted

• By Sid Heatley

to a troopship at Sydney and then went to Melbourne to embark a thousand troops. Indarra was later inducted into a convoy of liners to carry troops from Alexandria to Marseilles. After the armistice she was used to repatriate British soldiers from India and other areas and in July of 1918 embarked Australian troops and carried them home. The liner was returned to the AUSN on 24th September but because of the uncertain state of the coastal trade at that time they decided against returning her to her former service.

She was then chartered to the Orient Line but she was proved to be too slow and unreliable. In October of 1923 she was sold by AUSN to Osaka Shasan Kaisha of Japan. Renamed the Horai Maru she was given an extensive refi t during which the upper part of the superstructure was removed resulting in a reduction in draft that made the vessel more stable.

For many years the Horai Maru operated between Kobe and Keelung until the Japanese went to war in 1941 and the vessel was converted into a troop transport. Her war service was to be short as on 1 March 1942 Horai Maru was attacked by a combined force of Allied aircraft and warships in the Sunda Strait and was sunk. In 1947 the wreck was raised by Japanese salvage companies and towed away to be broken up.

Prepared for publication by Laurie Bahr


Notes from the Curator Scallop dredge, propeller patterns, a letter from Amundsen, models and modelling gear These are only some of the diverse and intriguing maritime objects which have been off ered to the Museum in recent weeks. Each comes with a story worth telling and preserving.

Pat Appleton, one of the pioneers of southern Tasmania’s scallop fi shery, made the scallop dredge. Each winter he and his son, Bert, towed it between Ralphs Bay and Sandy Bay from the stern of the Olive May - catching up to 30 bags a day off John Garrow Light.

Bert’s father and later Bert and his brother, sold their catch from a series of vessels and punts in Constitution Dock. Each season they took pride in selling the season’s fi rst scallops, many to be used in the free counter lunches of the day (presumably subsidised by the amber fl uid that washed them down.) The Ship Hotel alone took 18000 scallops a week. Any surplus was sold to H Jones and Co for canning.

The propeller patterns come from Retlas Foundry which has been located at various sites around Hobart’s waterfront for over 100 years. As well as ship’s propellers the foundry has produced winch parts for Muir Engineering, fi sh measures and many other marine castings. Mike Webb and I had a fascinating look around the foundry which must move from its current location. We were both enthusiastic about a plan to develop it as a working exhibit on the waterfront.

The letter was sent by Roald Amundsen from Hadley’s Hotel. Amundsen, who had just returned to civilisation from his epic conquest of the South Pole, was replying to an off er of honorary membership from the Derwent Sailing Squadron. Keep your eyes out for news of the offi cial handover of the letter by the DSS.

Several fi nely built models have also been donated recently along with all the bits and pieces used to construct them. One model is of the Dutch vessel, Half Moon, built by the Dutch East India Company. The company employed Henry Hudson to captain her on a voyage seeking a north eastern route to the Indies and failing that, a north western route. Hudson found neither but did discover the Hudson River which was settled by the Dutch. The Half Moon was of a similar age and style to the Duyfken, which visited Austalia’s northern shores in 1606, becoming the fi rst known vessel to reach the continent.

As well as donations we have received the typescript of a fascinating memoir of an early Hobart captain and one of our new volunteers has brought in an intriguing booklet to copy. Called How to join the Royal Australian Navy it specifi es minimum heights and chest measurements for all recruits. An 18 year old cook had to be at least 5 feet 3 inches while an 18 year old stoker could be 5 feet 2 ½ inches. Both would earn £1 1s per week.

Because of space and management issues we are unable to accept all donations but we are always very grateful to be off ered items for our collections - and I am constantly amazed at what turns up!

By Rona Hollingsworth

Photo above: Trainee stokers – had to be at least 5 feet 2 ½ inches

Right: The Dutch vessel, Half Moon

Far right: Model maker’s gear


On the GrapeVine

Bob d’Boozer,

can we drink it?

Yes we can!

Want to buy a winery? Well there are plenty for

sale at the moment. The latest on the market

is Cockatoo Ridge’s 25,000-tonne winery at

Monash in the Riverland of South Australia,

which reported a $54 million half-year loss

mainly due to the collapse of Great Southern.

It can be yours for a mere 8 million. That’s just

1% of the total value of wine industry assets

currently for sale, which is some $800 million.

Last year was a great year for wine growers but

the problem is in selling their product. The global

fi nancial crisis has meant many cancelled orders

and naturally there is a big drop in overseas

orders at this time. Local sales have also taken

a nosedive which means for those with a bit of

spare cash now is the time to buy good wine at

way below the usual price. Those companies

that send brochures to their customers for them

to order direct are giving free delivery all over

Australia for orders of two or more cases and in

some instances are giving a third case free. The

only problem with stocking up big while the

price is right is to ensure you are not purchasing

wine that has a short cellaring life as is the case

with many wines produced these days in our

‘drink now’ society.

‘Clean skins’ can be a very inexpensive way of

buying wine if you are just looking for something

to drink over the next few months with a ‘barbi’

and in most cases are superior to cask wine but

it is best to ‘try before you buy’ or if tastings are

not available buy just one bottle to check it out.

Always look for clean skins that state the area

where the wine came from and this will give you

some idea of it’s quality. Avoid those labels that

just tell you the name of the distributor or where

the wine was bottled, rather than the area where

the grapes were grown. If you hit on a tasty clean

skin, go for it, but drink it, don’t cellar it.

If you keep a fi ne cellar and have plenty of cash

available now is the time to invest in Australia’s

ultra-fi ne wines such as Penfolds Bin 95 Grange

Shiraz from S.A. or Jasper Hill Georgia’s Paddock

Shiraz from Heathcote, Vic. You lucky dog, you !

Visitor’s BookMelanie Calwell Ocean Grove. Vic. Loved it.Vicki Craig Gladstone. Qld. Interesting, Great.Leckqi Singapore. Awesome.Gace Tan Singapore. Wonderful.Darrell Manton Epping Forest. Tas. A credit to all.D & H Parkinson Geelong. Vic. Great, Thanks.Maria M. Toowoomba. Qld. Fantastic.Rory Flynn. Los Angeles. USA. Love Tassie.Glenorchy Primary School. Tas. Great display.C.Gargans Northern Territory. Really interesting.Angie Clarke Eddington. Vic. Fantastic display.Allan & Dale Smith Glen Forest. W.A. Loved it !Riva Legori Italy. Bellissimo.Nancy Heff er Young. N.S.W. Best I’ve seen.Terry Wylie Glenorchy. Tas. MUST come back.Dean & Elizabeth Abbot Heywood. Vic. Interesting exhibits, helpful volunteers.Gilles Dion Canada. Very,very interesting.A & J Theodore Princetown. Vic. Amazing history.Richard Taylor Christchurch. N.Z. Will be back.Andrew Lee Beaumaris. Vic. Amazing, thanks.Colin Pipe Sydney. N.S.W. A gem among Maritime Museums. Patomporn Thailand. Great place to visit, glad that I came.

Rory and our editor were all smiles as she wrote ‘Love Tassie’

MTT ANNUAL DINNEROur fi fth annual dinner, which celebrated 7 years publication of our magazine, was held at Shippie’s on Wednesday 5th August (why would you ever want to go anywhere else?) and a full room (in numbers that is) enjoyed the splendid 3 course dinner provided by ‘mine host’ Gordon Latimer.

Peta Knott gave a very interesting talk about the destruction that very day of a Tasmanian Heritage Vessel, the trading ketch Enterprise, at Bicheno.

(full story in our next issue.) This was the only sad note on what was a great night.

Bob Petrass.


from the galley

Ginger Honey Marinated Lamb

with Quick Ginger EggplantIngredients4 tbls Olive Oil

1 medium brown onion, fi nely chopped

2 tsp curry powder

2 medium eggplants fi nely chopped

3 tbls Buderlm Original Ginger Marmalade

5 tbls water

3 tbls lime Juice

2 tbls coconut milk powder

1 tsp salt

black pepper

For the lamb: 4 lamb backstraps, cut In half

sea salt & black pepper

2 tbls Capllano Honey Ginger Spread/or

Buderlm Glnger Refresher

1 tbls olive oil

300g fresh baby spinach

Method:

For the lamb:

Combine 2 tbls Capilano Honey Ginger

Spread or 2 tbls Buderim Ginger Refresher

with salt, pepper-and olive oil. Place lamb In

marinade and .marinate for at least 1/2 hour.

Heat a medium pot to moderately hot and

add a little oil. Add the onion and curry

powder and saute for 1 minute. Add the

eggplant, stir well and cook for 5 minutes.

or until eggplant has softened, then mix

in marmalade, lime juice,coconut milk and

water. Combine well, reduce the heat and

allow to simmer while you cook the lamb.

Heat a grill plate, place lamb on the hot

grill pan and allow to cook for 3 minutes

each side. Remove from heat and rest for 3

minutes.

Blanch the spinach In boiling salted water,

drain and divide over 4 plates, add a generous

spoonful of eggplant curry and place lamb

backstrap on top.

To accompany this dish:-

GREEN GINGER WINE ( of course )

Often after visiting a great restaurant

or a superb winery one is tempted to

linger on and on, but never have I been

so reluctant to leave an establishment

as was the case on my visit to Buderim

Ginger in Queensland.

After several hours with my bags full of

Ginger Beer, Ginger Marmalade, Ginger

Honey, Mango & Ginger conserve, Sweet

Ginger Sauce, Lemon, Lime & Ginger,

Ginger Refresher, Ginger chips, Ginger

chocolates etc. etc., while enjoying my

ginger ice-cream as I waited in a large

queue at the check-out I spied a very

large dish of crystallized ginger for

sampling so I kept inviting those behind

me to go ahead telling them I was in no

hurry as I gorged myself on more ginger.

This place is ‘Ginger Heaven’ so I decided

to pass on to our readers a recipe they

gave me ( probably to get rid of me ! )

To compliment this dish I have concocted

a dessert, which I have named...

‘ MAN OVERBOARD.’

Place a large scoop of ginger ice cream

in a bowl

Add a plash of rum

Place a Ginger Bread Man on top

Add another splash of rum

Cover with whipped cream

Add another splash of rum

Sprinkle with grated ginger

Top with a rum ball

If you don’t like rum you can replace it

with green ginger wine

If you really love rum you can soak the

ginger breadman in rum fi rst

Le` Yummy!

Bon Appetit’

Lucky Pierre

What was this

UFO?Can you believe that it is 40 years since man fi rst set foot on the MOON!

Like those brave Astronauts, time fl ies.

One incident that occurred on that historic voyage has never been solved.

Apollo11 was followed part of the way to the moon by an unidentifi ed object.

At fi rst they thought it was the third-stage booster only to be advised by NASA that the booster was some 10,000 km away.

To this day the mystery remains as no satisfactory explanation has been forthcoming!

Another story that emerged in later years is that, President Nixon had pre-recorded a message of condolence to go to air immediately if disaster struck these brave men.

Fortunately it was not required and he phoned congratulations to them on their success.

Did you know?

Mazu, the heavenly

queen who lived from

960 to 987 during the

Sung Dynasty in China

is Goddess of the Sea

and protects fi shermen

and sailors.

---- Now can we expect to see

this name on more boats ? ---


- have 2 - 3m of open land along one side of vessel to allow the surveying equipment to be set up

There is no cost to you!

In return for your participation, you will have a 3D digital model of your vessel which can be used to create a standard lines plan. This may be of use to you for restoration or maintenance purposes.

In the next few months I will be travelling around the state surveying the historic vessels mentioned above. All members are welcome to help out with the fi eldwork.If you would like to participate in this project, please contact me at [email protected] or 6234 1427 (Mon-Wed) or 6211 4158 (Thurs-Fri)

the hull. The survey is a non-intrusive process. Standard lines plans can be created and various calculations about seaworthiness and hull stability completed. The digital model information plus the history of the vessel will be placed on the maritime museum website for all interested people to see.

The museum is compiling a list of historic vessels to participate in this project. So far three vessels have been surveyed – Otago, Matilda and Ninie. Other vessels soon to be recorded for posterity are: Arcadia II, Britannia, Enterprize, Fancy, Gypsy, Karina, May Queen, Olive May, Tassie Too, Terra Linna, Terralinna, To be added to this list all you need to do is -

- allow access to your boat when it is out of the water (trailer or slip)

By Peta Knott

The Maritime Museum has just embarked on an exciting new project that will combine preserving Tassie’s maritime heritage with new technology creating the Historic Hull Digital Database. Tasmania has many historic vessels that are in various states of repair. These vessels need to be digitally recorded so that even if the physical boat disappears, the information and history are preserved for posterity.

Vessels in this project are digitally recorded by completing a total station survey of the hull (see photo Peta and Richard surveying Ninie). X, Y, Z coordinates are taken from around the vessel and uploaded to a computer program that then creates a digital 3D model of

KNOTT NEWS

On Saturday afternoon 18th July, Sandy Bay U12’s Football Team represented the Sydney Swans in their Little League match against Carlton played during the half time interval of the main game at Etihad Stadium, in Melbourne.

The Blues were represented by Claremont (W.A.) which had some pretty big boys in their side and posted the fi rst goal. The Tassie boys undeterred by this quickly took control of the game and ran out easy winners 4 – 2 – 26 to 1 – 0 – 6.

Swans Auskick coordinator, John Savage, reported that the boys not only gave the large crowd a sample of true Tasmanian football skills but impressed everyone by their exemplary conduct both on and off the fi eld. Well done to our boys and their offi cials led by Steven Hay. The Swans have already invited Sandy Bay to represent them in 2010.

CONGRATULATIONS!


knot so harda series by Frank Charles Brown

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 as in Fig.4

3. Close the loop as in Fig 3leaving a small new loop

1. Start by making a Slipped Overhand Knot as in Fig 1

5. Continue the process till the last loop and pull the End all the way through as in Fig 5. To undo, reverse the process for by taking the End back through the loop and then pulling out the rope and unzipping the plait.

2. Draw up a short length of the Standing Part into the loop created as in Fig 2

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Drummer’s Plait

This plait may be used for either practical

or ornamental purposes. As the name

suggests it is used to adorn military drums,

but has been used for other decorative

purposes in fancy rope work. Its practical

uses are as a method of making up rope

for storage or for shortening a rope to

avoid cutting.

News Item…Following a series of earthquakes New Zealand has moved 30cm closer to Australia.

--Those bloody Kiwis, not content with taking over Bondi they are now moving their entire Islands towards our East Coast.--

Do pets get a NINE YEAR ITCH ?Recently there has been a lot of publicity about a dog called Muff y who disappeared from her home in Brisbane and turned up 9 years later 2000 km away in Melbourne. Fortunately she was micro-chipped and is now back home with her astonished owner Chloe who was only 8 years old at the time and thought she had lost her pet forever. If only dog’s could talk, what a tale Muff y would have to tell!

Was she dog napped, did she hitch a ride, did she walk all the way? We will never know. By an amazing coincidence an English couple have been reunited with their cat Dixie now 15, who also disappeared for 9 years from her home in Birmingham. She was found just 1km from her home and was also saved by her micro-chip implant.

-- The moral to these stories.--Make sure your pet has a micro implant and if it goes missing, just be patient for 9 years. (Look on the bright side, just think how much the owners saved on dog & cat food.)

‘ Little Audrey’ back on top.In Edition 25, Spring 2008, we ran an item on the name ‘Audrey’ and mentioned the story of ‘Little Audrey’ Melbourne’s fi rst animated sign which featured a little girl skipping and sat on top of a building in Abbotsford advertising ‘Skipping Girl Vinegar.’

First erected in 1936 this Melbourne Icon, after many years of falling into disrepair, has been fully restored and is ‘up and skipping’ again much to the delight of young and old.


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‘The Dick’ & ‘The Doc’

Plenty Holmes, the historic moon walk, the

fi ght for the ashes, drugs, murder and...

Anything interesting in the papers Watson?

No, no Watson, I meant were there any stories other than

those about Michael Jackson.

Quik Quiz1. Who named Queensland’s Glasshouse Mountains after glass furnaces in his

Native Yorkshire ?

2. In order what are the three largest countries (by area) in the Commonwealth ?

3. What was the only country to grant women the vote before the start of the 20th century ?

4. In what pre-World War 1 year did the Titanic tragedy occur ?

5. Who wrote the very popular book ‘Matthew Flinder’s Cat’ ?

6. We know what the Spanish ‘adios’ means when used, but what does it mean literally ?

7. Two bits is an American expression for what amount of money ?

8. Off the coast of which continent was the notorious French prison Devil’s Island ?

9. In what country is Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain ?

10. What native animal was last photographed alive in a Zoo in 1936 ?

11. In which country is the town of Nokia ?

12. Which stylish player won the Brownlow Medal in 1970 ?

13. Who reputedly found enlightenment under the bohdi tree in Gaya ?

Who am I?I was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1912. 10 pts.

When I was 2 years old my family moved to Australia, where I later became a journalist. 8 pts.

Living in Europe when World War 11 began, I fought alongside the French resistance. 6 pts.

The Nazis dubbed me ‘The White Mouse’, also the name of my autobiography. 4 pts.

My surname begins with W. 2 pts.

I am Nancy ? 1 pt.

Answers on page 23.

How can they expect to stop Melbourne’s ‘Crime Wave’ when they can’t even stop their `Mexican Wave’ at the cricket’?

Sitting on the side of a highway,

a state patrolman sees a car

puttering along at 30 kms/hr. He

thinks to himself, ”This peron is

just as dangerous as someone

speeding,” so he pulls the driver

over.

Approaching the car, he notices

that there are fi ve old ladies - two

in the front and three in the back

wide-eyed and white as ghosts.

The driver, obviously confused,

says to him, “Offi cer, I don’t

understand, I was doing exactly

the speed limit! What seems to be

the problem?”

“Ma’am,” the offi cer replies; “You

weren’t speeding, but you should

know that driving slower than the

speed limit can also be dangerous

to other drivers’.’

“Slower than the speed limit? No

sir, I was doing the speed-limit

exactly... 30 kms/hr!” the old

woman said proudly.

The patrolman, trying to contain

a chuckle, explains to her that

“30” was a route number, not the

speed limit. A bit embarrassed, the

woman grinned and thanked the

offi cer for pointing out her error.

“But before I let you go, ma’am, I

have to ask, is everyone in this car

okay? These women seem awfully

shaken and they haven’t muttered

a single peep this whole time,” the

offi cer asks. “Oh they’ll be ‘ all right

in a minute offi cer. We just got off

Route 180.”


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Pirate ClubPirate ClubBenjamin’sBenjamin’s

Remembering 1974

Ahoy shipmates and land lubbers,

At last a reader has sent me a pirate joke, a real beauty, here it is.

PIRATE STORYCONTRIBUTED BY BOB PARKES

(To be read with you best sea dog accent)

A young seaman was in the local tavern one day enjoying a few ales when he noticed an old sea dog sitting at the corner table who had a wooden leg, a patch over his right eye and a large metal hook for a right hand.

“Arrrh” he thinks, “this be the first chance I’ve had to find out by what means these old sea dogs come by such appendages”.

So a several ales later he plucks up enough courage to go over and find out, ‘cause the old sea dog’s a fearsome looking gent to say the least and definitely looked to be of the pirating persuation (must have been the cutlass and the blood thirsty look in his left eye).

“Beggin’ your pardon sir” he says, “I was wonderin’ if I might ask ye a couple of questions”.

“That ye may laddie, but make it quick ‘cause I’m settin’ sail in an hour” says the pirate.

Says the laddie “I was wonderin’ how ye came by that wooden leg of yours”.

“Arrrh” says the pirate, “that were a sad occasion. Three days out of Barbados we were when the fiercest storm ye can imagine blew up. An almighty wave hit us broadside and swept me over the side into the boiling sea. Before the lads could haul me aboard, a fiendish shark came up from the deep and took me leg off with his terrible jaws”.

“That be an awful thing to happen” says the laddie, “but I was also wonderin’ how ye came by the hook where yer right hand should be”.

“Arrrh that, I don’t mind telling, ye was a memorable occasion” says the pirate. “Me

and the lads got into an almighty fight with no other than Blackbeard himself. I takes me eyes off him for a wee moment and swish, down comes his cutlass and takes me hand clean off”.

“I’d like to have seen that fight” says the laddie, “but how did ye get that eye patch”?

“Now I don’t like talkin’ about this so much” says the pirate, “but I’ll tell ye just the same”. “I was gazin’ aloft one day checkin’ the set of the mizzen tops when a seagull which was sittin’ on the tops’l yard let go an almighty poop which landed fair and square in me eye”.

“You’re sayin’ a lump of seagull poop was what took out yer eye”? says the laddie.

Says the pirate “No laddie, it were’nt that, it were the first day I was wearin’ me hook.

Thank you very much to volunteer, Mr Bob Parkes for that funny story.

That’s it me hearties, Pirate Ben.

• In the Sydney to Hobart Yachting Classic Ondine 111 (USA) took Line Honours --- Love & War (NSW) recorded Fastest Time.

• Patti Hearst, daughter of William Randolph Hearst, was recognized as an armed accomplice in a bank raid by the Symbionese Liberation Army, the gang that had kidnapped her.

• USA President, Richard Nixon resigns over the Watergate aff air.

• In sport.- There was a huge brawl as Essendon and Richmond players, offi cials and spectators joined in the melee in what became known as the ‘Battle of Windy Hill’.

• Keith Greig won his second Brownlow Medal and his team mate, Doug Wade topped the goalkicking with 103goals. Kevin Murray and John Nicholls both retired.

• In the Grand Final, Richmond defeated North Melbourne by a comfortable 41 points.

• Leilani won the Caulfi eld Cup in a canter and Harry White wanted to get off Think Big to ride that mare in the Melbourne Cup. Bart Cummings refused to let him swap mounts and, as they say, the rest is history with Think Big defeating his stablemate Leilani in the big one and giving Bart another quinella in the race.

• By far the biggest news of the year occurred in Darwin on Christmas Day when that city was devastated by ‘Cyclone Tracey’ which killed 44 and injured many more. 90% of the buildings were destroyed leaving 25,000 of the city’s 32,000 population homeless. Australians rallied to the cause & did our nation proud with their response to this tragedy.

COME ON’ all you PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, etc. JOIN UP your CHILDREN in our PIRATE CLUB for JUST $5 —to foster their love for all things connected with the sea and help insure the future of our wonderful Maritime Museum of Tasmania in this Island state. —Ed.

1933 – 2006

Alby Kuff er was supplying these articles to MTT at the time of his death and unfortunately this is the last of them. Alby was a larger than life character who lit up a room when he entered with his cheeky grin and the ability to make everyone laugh.

He is sadly missed by his friends, of which he had many. ‘May he rest in peace.’

…a series by the lateAlby Kuffer


The Man in Black ( a tribute to Johnny Cash )

The man in black ain't coming back anymore

Johnny Cash has sung his very last encore

But friends, please don't feel blue

We'll always have "a boy called Sue"

"I walk the line," “Folsom Prison" and much more.


But then again he never really went away

Like Elvis, Frank and Bing

He did his very own thing

And his music in our hearts will always stay


But when we play his songs,our hearts will surely soar

"Don't take your gun to town",

"The Night they drove old Dixie down",

"Ring of Fire", "Rock Island Line" and many more.


But he is now, a part of our folk lore

So we thank him for his songs

As we bid him sad "So longs"

Johnny Cash your name will live forever more.

Poet’s C O R N E R

By Bob Petrass

More, Did you know ?Galley slaves sometimes had to row at fast speed for up to 24 hours and if they slowed they were whipped by Bosuns using long, dried stretched bull’s penis’.

---- sounds like a lot of bull ----

Famous Australian soprano, Dame Nellie Melba, achieved fame in Europe with cult following and had a farewell tour which lasted 4 years. (thus the saying `more comebacks than Melba) She died of an infection contracted during a `facelift’. The treatment had been developed to help soldiers injured in WWI and was a risky operation carried out without antibiotics.Born Helen Mitchell in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond she changed her name to honour that city.

---- Wot no Botox ! ----

During the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 16 lives were lost, the last on the day before the bridge was offi cially opened in 1932. Also here are 6 million rivets in the bridge.

Now available at our book

shop

Many thanks to the team at Ricoh especially our graphic designer, Rebecca Kurczok for another excellent publication. (Ed.)


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Indulge yourselves in a Belgian style breakfast in a chocolate factory, morning and a ernoon tea in the old gardens listening to the native birds, a fine Tasmanian lunch near a cosy wood heater, stocking up on Tasmania’s finest chocolates or just browsing through the chocolate antique display. There is ample car and bus parking on site.

Also catering for the quick quality business lunch and corporate presentations in our own private room.

The “House of Anvers” is a real chocolate taste sensation. It is located on the Bass Highway between Devonport and Latrobe and is open 7am - 7pm, 7 days a week. Phone: (03) 6426 2958 for bookings

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SUPPLIERS OF

MARINE EQUIPMENT

AND SAILMAKERS TO

HOBART

SINCE 1964

Answers to Quick Quiz.

1. Captain James Cook.2. Canada, Australia, India.3. New Zealand.4. 1912.5. Bryce Courtenay.6. ‘to God.’7. 25 cents.8. South America (French Guiana)9. Tanzania.10. Tasmanian Tiger.11. Finland.12. Peter Bedford (South Melbourne) 13. Buddha.

Who am I ? Nancy Wake.

America

A bear with a sweet tooth broke into a Californian home and gobbled up a box of chocolates from the fridg . The animal then pushed aside some vegetables and was trying to open a bottle of Champagne when the tenants arrived home and scared him off .

--Bear’s tastes have certainly gone up-market since Goldilock’s day’.--

Germany.

Offi cials rescued 1500 parakeets from a fl at in Berlin. The premises was littered with feces, feathers and leftover food and it took over 7 hours to catch the birds with nets.

--bet they caused ‘quiet a fl utter’--

The Southern Tasmanian Model and Collectors GroupAre you a collector, do you build models of any kind. We may be the group for you. We talk about our collections and models as well as just general chat. Would you like to learn some tips on modelling or do you have question that we may be able to answer. Please feel free to come along to our nights where we meet. We meet on the First Thursday of each month Except January. Each meeting starts at 7:30pm at the Windjammer Restaurant. 105 Main Road Moonah.

For further information please feel free to contact the secretary (Mykel Salter) on 0417162311 or email me at [email protected].

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