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Trade Wind Days: A Personal and ship Biography
Alston Kennerley,international guest speaker talks about his experience sailing on Paasat.
5 August 2008
Our Waterborne History: the story of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania
Colin Denny, President of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania and an avid researcher and writer.
5 May 2009
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Another Keeper’s Kid
Don Mitchell, museum volunteer.
Don recounts his personal tales of growing up in many Tasmanian lighthouses including Tasman, Low Head and Maatsuker.
4 November 2008
Preserving the Maritime Past: The Shiplovers' Society of Tasmania 1931-1961
Stefan Petrow, Senior Lecturer in the School of History and Classics at UTAS.
Stefan tells the story of the Shiplovers’ Society, a group of enthusiastic old salts whose private collections became the basis of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania.
7 July 2009
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Stories from the Port
Rex Cox, museum volunteer and ship photographer.
20th century port of Hobart and the vessels who have visited or called these waters home.
2 December 2008
The Gold Rushes and the Transformation of the Tasmania's Shipping Industry
Graeme Broxam, maritime historian and author.
Graeme will explore how the California rushes of the late 1840s, the Victorian Rushes of the 1850s and the New Zealand rushes of the 1860s influenced the Tasmanian shipping industry, including the creation of steam ship companies.
4 August 2009
Historical voyages to Antarctica
Noel Barrett, Antarctic historian, Maritime Museum volunteer and former Antarctic meteorological technician.
Noel will tell the history of Antarctica through the vessels that have travelled through southern waters.
7 April 2009
Maritime Archaeology: More than watered down history
Peta Knott, Maritime Heritage Coordinator
Maritime Museum and Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Come and learn what maritime archaeology is all about. Using examples of underwater sites from around the world, Peta will tell you about the development of maritime archaeology and a include a dummies guide to maritime archaeology.
