Maritime Times No. 54 Autumn 2016

1st Mar 2016

Our Maritime Heritage and the Work to Record and Conserve it: Papers based on presentations presented in Hobart by the Maritime Australian National Maritime Museum and the Maritime Museum of Tasmania in December 2015 — Paul Cullen, General Manager of the Mystate Australian Wooden Boat Festival talked on the importance of making heritage accessible to as wide an audience as possible — Nicole Mays and Colin Grazules explained how the restoration of motor boat Adele enabled him to make connections with people who had known the boat through different stages of its life — Greg Wane tells the story of Hobart river steamer Sea Bird, a vessel which was to influence the design of many Hobart and Launceston vessels