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Wind, Winches and Wicker Baskets with Karl Rowbottom

Wind, Winches and Wicker Baskets
A Lighthouse Keeper’s Memoirs

Have you ever wondered about the life of a lighthouse keeper and how they lived and survived in those remote often storm swept locations where lighthouses were built?

Please join us to hear about the life of former Tasman Island lighthouse keeper, Karl Rowbottom. His story, Wind, Winches and Wicker Baskets, details his challenges with nature, the dangers and sometimes heart break that went with the job.

Please join us for this Maritime & History Talk
Tuesday July 9, 7 pm start
Gold Coin Donation; light supper provided.
Bookings preferred
bookings@bassstraitmc.com.au
03 6424 7100

Photo Credit: Karl Rowbottom

Our mission is to be a source of knowledge, ideas, stories and memories. The Bass Strait Maritime Centre’s collection is a repository developed as a resource to inspire and educate the community and visitors. A key focus of the collection is to contribute to the interpretation and preservation of the history and maritime heritage of the Devonport region and its connection with the Bass Strait.

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The Bass Strait Maritime Centre acknowledge and pay respect to the Tasmanian Aboriginal community and the punniler-panner as the traditional and original owners and continuing custodians of this land.

We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.

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