Links:

Build a model tall ship (templates and all instructions included)

Cargoes (explains why transport by sea continues to expand)

Dutch East India Company (trade in the 1600s)

Great ocean liners (individual ship histories 1830s to 1960s, maritime trivia, facts and figures)

Life onboard a cargo ship (an internet sampler on this topic)

Lost liners (a tour of greatest lost liners, with a teacher resource section)

Lost liners - honouring the golden age of ocean travel (extensive collection detailing many ships including Queen Mary and Titanic)

Marine Institute (choose from 24 topics designed for teachers and students)

May Queen (Tasmanian trading ketch built at Franklin)

Monsters of the sea (features the great ocean liners; includes a large photo archive)

Print a map (from National Geographic - choose the world or just part to use with your class)

Shipping list for Hobart (current)

Spices and the Spice Islands (trade in 1600s)

Tasmanian images (search State Library for ‘ports’, ‘ships’ etc.)

Trade and empire (Britain 1750-1900 inc. teachers' notes, online and downloadable activities)

Voyaging through strange seas (from the National Library of Australia – compares the experiences and voyages of four women who travelled in the Pacific between 1768 to 1851).