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Crossing the River
SIGN NUMBER 2 – Crossing the River The first ship builder on the Mersey was John Drake who built barges in the 1850s to lighter
Pioneering spirits
SIGN NUMBER 1 – Pioneering spirits The first Church of England services in the area were held at Police Point in the early 1850s at
Ice in the Rigging: Voyage to the Antarctic
Ice in the Rigging: Voyage to the Antarctic is an exhibition touring from the Maritime Museum of Tasmania. Tasmania is a key access point to
Instrumental: Navigating and Communicating on the High Seas
December 2021 — July 2022 The Bass Strait Maritime Centre’s first temporary exhibition since the COVID-19 shutdown was Instrumental: Navigating and Communicating on the High
Chinese Market Gardeners in Devonport
In the early 1900s there were a number of market gardens in Devonport, most of them worked by Chinese migrants. At least eighteen Chinese people
The Burgess Family
The Burgess family is one of Tasmania’s best-known seafaring families. Richard Burgess, a Devonshire seafarer, came to the colonies in the early 1800s and set
