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The Thistle
John Drake was a Scottish ship’s carpenter who left his ship in Melbourne and prospected in the Victorian goldfields in the 1850s, before being brought
The Band Rotunda
While the building of a band rotunda was initially suggested in 1907, it wasn’t until 1913 that the idea came to fruition. In order to
Lorinna
Lorinna was built at Grangemouth Dockyard, Grangemouth in Scotland in 1937 for the Holyman Line. Before she was built a model of the ship was
Naracoopa
The Naracoopa, built by E.A. Jack in Launceston in 1940, was a 297 ton auxiliary ketch: that is, she combined both sail and engine. This
The S.M.H.T. aka the Annie
Built in Auckland in 1879, the Annie, as she was then known, was a 41 ton ketch with a chequered career. In 1895 the Annie
Piner’s Punts
Piner’s punts are a uniquely Tasmanian small boat, built to get men and equipment into the forests of the south and west coasts of Tasmania.
