ACT
Submarine Institute of Australia Inc $1,800
Australian National Submarine Museum
The Australian National Submarine Museum (ANSM) is a project belonging to the Submarine Institute of Australia Inc. (SIA). The purpose of the ANSM is to bring into the national conversation the significance of submarines in Australia's past, present, and future. It aspires to achieve this through an easily accessible website which includes links to relevant physical displays in Australia and around the World. It is the online presentation of a network of information that shows the role of submarines in Australia’s story. A pilot website has been completed, ansmpilot.org.au, and the next steps are to create a more elaborate version of the website and to create the network with the physical submarine displays around Australia and online connections with international displays. Funding is awarded to engage a consultant researcher to guide the ANSM Team to conduct for a desktop survey of relevant online collections relating to the service of Australians in submarines of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
NSW
Lawrence Historical Society Inc. In-Kind Support
Assessment and preparation of a Vessel Management Report for the Restoration of the 1930's, Gladstone Skiff, 'Ulla Gundah'.
The project is to assess and prepare a vessel management plan for the Clarence River vessel, Gladstone Skiff, the ' Ulla Gundah'. The 'Ulla Gundah' has a significant history on the Clarence, from 1930's onwards. Lawrence man Gerald Commerford rowed the skiff in the late 1930's and early 1940's, winning many championships during this time. He trained on the Clarence, pacing himself with the river steamers. ( Gerald enlisted in the Army during WW2, and died in Borneo. In later years, the skiff was used for training by many students at Maclean High School. It is now owned by the Lawrence Historical Society, who wish to preserve the vessel and include in the Clarence River Maritime display at Lawrence Museum.
In-kind (non-cash) support is awarded for one of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Curatorial and / or Fleet team to conduct an inspection of the vessel and assist in the preparation of a vessel management plan (VMP). This assistance may need to be facilitated remotely if covid-19 restrictions continue to impact on travel approvals.
Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve Land Manager Board $7,273
Book - superbly detailed and presented history of the Norah Head Lighthouse, the workings of the lantern room and details of and the positions of all recorded shipwrecks on the coastline between Barrenjoey and Nobbys Head lighthouses.
Funding is awarded towards the production of the Norah Head Lighthouse Book, including an e-book, which is a detailed history of the Norah Head Lighthouse and Reserve region. The book also contains graphics of the building design, engineering and history of the construction. With particular focus on the engineering involved with the lantern room and "watch" mechanism used to drive the revolving lens, the methods of construction and the source of the raw materials used in the Lighthouse are detailed along with the history and positions of the recorded shipwrecks on the section of NSW coastline between Barrenjoey and Nobbys Head Lighthouses. The Norah Head Lighthouse and its surrounding reserve is an icon of the NSW Central Coast and over its 116 year existence has played a significant role in the protection of the NSW coastline and latterly as a tourist attraction. The book is written and illustrated by a long term volunteer and supporter of the Norah Head Lighthouse.
La Perouse Museum (Randwick City Council) $13,636
The Story of the Lapérouse Anchor at La Perouse Museum – a short film
The Lapérouse Anchor in the La Perouse Museum is one of the most significant, potentially iconic, and yet mysterious, objects in the permanent collection. recovered from the site of the shipwrecks of L’Astrolabe and La Boussole (the two ships of the Comte de Lapérouse's doomed expedition) off Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands, and eventually donated to the site of the French explorer's last known location where the La Perouse Museum is now located. The anchor provides a continuous link from Lapérouse Expedition's launch in August 1785 from Brest, France, to its arrival in Botany Bay in January 1788 and from the expedition's disappearance later that year to its discovery in 1828 and salvage in 1959.
This project aims to produce a short (10 – 15 minute) interpretation film that explores this object on many levels and with many contributors, to reveal to audiences its incredible significance and hidden stories. All aspects of the anchor’s significance will be covered, from newly discovered features of its history and provenance to its technological importance. The project will examine how the anchor is placed within Australia’s and France’s broader maritime history, its educational relevance to schools, the proposed conservation work on it, and also the forensic nature of museum research in the quest for authenticity.
The film will feature input from maritime history specialists, leading conservators, and representatives from the French community, and will be narrated by the Head, La Perouse Museum. The narrative and script will be adapted from the Lapérouse Anchor Report (2020) currently being developed by the La Perouse Museum.
Funding is awarded to engage an external filmmaker to collaboratively create this film for wider audiences on various platforms.
Cundletown and Lower Manning Historical Society (C&LMHS) and Cundletown Museum $7,000
'Saving the Sunlight'
Much discussion between the executive, committee and members occurred about the proposed preservation of the milk/cream boat, ‘Sunlight’, and its value to the public. Being the last of its kind on the Manning River, it was concluded that the vessel, previously chugging along the Manning River and its tributaries collecting milk for the local area and beyond, was unique and a vital part of local history , and should be preserved for posterity. With Cundletown Museum having an emphasis on the preservation of past practises of the dairy Industry, the purchase of the boat by C&LMHSandCM was negotiated, with agreement being reached, and the vessel relocated to the grounds of the museum. Following the award of in-kind support in the previous round of MMAPSS for the development of a Vessel Management Plan (VMP) another application was made for funding to start the work on the restoration. Funding is awarded to assist the Museum to perform conservation work on the vessel “Sunlight”, returning it to its original condition. All work to be undertaken will be overseen by a member of the Ryan family, who originally built the vessel, with a professional shipwright enagged as a consultant.
Lake Macquarie City Council Arts Culture and Tourism $13,636
9 Squadron at Rathmines exhibition and education resources
Lake Macquarie City Council owns and manages Rathmines Park. The park and its WWII era buildings form the state heritage listed former RAAF Rathmines flying boat base. Rathmines Theatre is the base's former Airmen's mess and recreation hall and contains Rathmines Heritage Centre. The Centre hosts two exhibitions annually which interpret the history of the site for schools, special interest groups, residents and other visitors. Rathmines Heritage Centre is a AMMC member. With this project the LMCC proposes an exhibition to be developed in 2021 and exhibited March - November 2022 at the Centre discussing 9 Squadron's time stationed at RAAF Rathmines, their involvement in WWII actions and the loss of HMAS Sydney. The exhibition will be accompanied by education resources and programming for schools. The exhibition and education resources will have an ongoing life on LMCC's Lake Mac History website. Funding is awarded for 2D exhibition design, education resources content development and engaging design for the free education resources pack.
Macleay River Historical Society $2,000
(Publication) Coasters of the Macleay Valley. The Days of Sail and Steam, 1836 - 1959
Funding is awarded towards the publication 'Coasters to the Macleay Valley' which will trace the period from 1836, the first settlement of the Macleay Valley to 1959, the end of coastal shipping to the Macleay River. It will focus on the vessels, their masters and crews, their passengers and the fate of the vessels.
The publication of this book will complement a previous Historical Society booklet, 'Riverboats of the Macleay' and a joint website project, 'Our Rivers, Our History' by Midcoast Museums. (http://www.oroh.com.au ) The latter explores part of the maritime history of the Macleay Valley and the 'Coasters' will add to this history.
To date no specific account has been written on the shipping history of the Macleay Valley even though some books have been published on the North Coast Shipping. The publication will fill a void for teachers, students and the general public.
Bondi Surf Bather Life Saving Club $5,000
BSBLSC Textile Collection Conservation
The BSBLSC archive collection includes a range of textiles pertaining to the Club’s history as the world’s first surf lifesaving club. Central to this collection is a subset of objects of particular significance: 8 swimming and competition costumes dated from 1907-1960 (each with a different design). An embroidered BSBLSC representative cap owned by a Foundation Member (part of the team that won the first Australian Rescue & Resuscitation championship 1914). Club competition representative blazer (1937). Ladies committee jacket (1940’s).Rubber surfoplane (1960’s) These objects are in poor but stable condition. The intent is to have these objects conserved and stored in appropriate housing to ensure they are preserved for generations to come, and publicly displayed in future. Funding is awarded to assist with the cost of the professional conservation intervention that is required to achieve this goal. These items are of broad appeal as an insight to fashions in swimwear and the importance of the beach to the Australian cultural identity. The collection is unique and of national significance given there is no other existing collection of these items which chronicle the evolution of swim apparel and surf craft at the worlds first surf lifesaving club.
Evans Head Living Museum Inc. $8,000
George Hunt Photograph Collection: Digitisation, storage, museum exhibition(s), on-line public access
The Evans Head Living Museum (TEHLMI) has access to a high quality, black and white photographic collection taken by the late George Hunt from Northern NSW from the 1800's to the 1960's. The photographs cover shipping traffic on the Richmond River including many 'coastal' ships; tall ships and military (including USA warships possibly in Brisbane or Sydney), working boats (sugar cane, cream boats, ferries, tugs, passenger craft, etc.), Aboriginal people from the area, the village of Coraki, water hyacinth infestations, log rafts and pre WWII aircraft. TEHLMI have a goal to digitise and research the collection in conjunction with the ANMM's own collections, develop at least two exhibitions, and make some of the material available externally on-line through their collection management system. Funding and in-kind support is awarded towards this project.
Internships - Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club.
Two Volunteers - Up to $250 each for 1 week at the Australian National Maritime Museum
Internship - Jervis Bay Maritime Museum.
Curator - Up to $2,000 for 1 week at the Australian National Maritime Museum
Internship - Bondi Surf Bather Life Saving Club.
Museum Committee Chair and Archive Officer - Up to $500 for 1 week at the Australian National Maritime Museum
QLD
Woodford Historical Society In-Kind Support
Woodford Flood Boat
This project aims to restore and display a historic boat which was used for rescues during the floods in the Stanley River Region in the late 19th and early 20th century. The boat is a clinker-built boat very similar to whaleboats used in the open oceans. It is about 5 m LOA (length overall) with an approximate beam of 1.6 m. Because it is so like a whaleboat and because of the renowned Sergeant King’s reported prowess with handling this type of boat in flood and rescue situations, the Woodford Historical Society believe this boat is the one that Sergeant King had built in Woodford in the late 19th century, more than a hundred years ago. The boat requires work to restore it to a condition suitable for display. As a first step towards this aim, In-kind (non-cash) support is awarded for one of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Curatorial and / or Fleet team to conduct an inspection of the vessel and assist in the preparation of a vessel management plan (VMP) with the additonal aim of preparing an nomination to register theboat on the Australian Register for Historic Vessels (ARHV). This assistance may need to be facilitated remotely if covid-19 restrictions continue to impact on travel approvals.
Emu Park Historical Museum Society Inc $5,250
Development of Maritime Themes for Emu Park Historical Museum
With assistance from the MMAPSS in 2020 this organisation has developed the outlook they wish to achieve for the museum and are now awarded funding to assist them to implement the changes needed to improve their maritime displays. The presentation of the displays have been established into specific themes: Naval Military involvement, Exploration and Immigration, Model Making and Emu Park's Maritime History. Funding is awarded for six display cabinets.
SA
Historic Ketch Falie Inc In-Kind Support
Vessel Management Plan for century old FALIE (In-kind support request)
FALIE is an auxiliary engine tall ship built 1919 in Holland and used from 1922 in SA's coastal trade. Registered on the Australian Register for Historic Vessels (ARHV: HV000459) FALIE is a ketch in good condition but out of survey since 2007. In-kind (non-cash) support is awarded for one of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Curatorial and / or Fleet team to conduct an inspection of the vessel and assist in the preparation of a vessel management plan (VMP). This assistance may need to be facilitated remotely if covid-19 restrictions continue to impact on travel approvals.
Rural City of Murray Bridge $13,636
The “Union” Restoration
The Rural City of Murray Bridge owns and bought the Union in 1995 for the volunteer group called the Murray Bridge River Boat Rail and Steam Group Inc. The Union was one of four vessels used as "Milk Boats" traversing the River Murray between Mannum and Wellington in South Australia from 1919 to the mid-1946. The small launches were used to collect milk and cream from the dairy farms on the lower Murray and a new style of river boatman evolved, piloting these fast and powerful boats in all weathers. In some cases the launches transported children to and from school. Following the award of in-kind support in the previous round of MMAPSS for the development of a Vessel Management Plan for the milk boat "Union", this project now seeks to progress restoriation of the vessel. The Murray River Boat Rail and Steam Group Inc., with the support of the Murray Bridge Council, will continue to maintain, display and interpret the milk boat Union representing its original construction and use as a milk boat on the Murray River. The Union will be restored to as near as possible to its original condition. It will be on display at the new Murray Bridge Wharf Precinct with the intention to have it surveyed and into working condition to travel and showcase its history. New interpretation signage and other forms of additional interpretation will be implemented where possible. Funding is awarded for the intial stages of restoration, for the expenses of caulking and oakum.
Cobdogla Steam Friends Society Inc. $3,500
Ps Roy Restoration Project
The long term aim of the ps Roy Restoration Project is to retore the vessel to a fully working, on water example of an early 1900’s professional fisherman’s paddlesteamer. The vessel was built in 1908 at Mildura, rebuilt at Euston in 1936, and rebuilt again at Gurra-Gurra in 1977. It was donated to the Cobdogla Steam Friends in 2003 and has been stored on dry land since then at the Cobdogla Steam & Irrigation Museum. One of the smaller of the “mosquito” fleet of Murray Darling paddle steamers,the Roy is one of the remaining examples of a fishing steamer in community ownership. The opportunity exists to restore and operate the ps Roy as an example of an early 20th century fishing steamer. Funding is awarded to commence this project for the purchase of Red Gum and Oregon timber.
Port MacDonnell and District Maritime Museum Inc $5,000
Audio Visual Display 2021
Funding is awarded towards the upgrade of the Musuem's Audio visual displays. The Port MacDonnell and District Maritime Museum have acquired footage of a dive over the two ship wrecks, the Admella & the Corio, both laying on the bottom of the ocean only about 100 metres apart just off the coast near the Cape Banks Lighthouse. The Museum are also working on a new display of the migratory birds that nest along their coast line. Port MacDonnell also has the largest Rock Lobster fishing fleet in the Southern hemisphere the Museum is keen to share video of this industry with their visitors.
Internship - Historic Ketch Falie Inc.
Volunteer - Up to $3,000 for 1 week at the Australian National Maritime Museum
TAS
Friends of Maatsuyker Island In-Kind Support
Maatsuyker Island Light Station historic objects catalogue upgrade
In-kind (non cash) support is awarded for one of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Collections and Access team to provide general recommendations and guidance about suitable hardware to make the Friends of Maatsuyker Island historic objects catalogue easy to maintain and publicly available and about how best to develop systems for digital storage of other historical information..
VIC
Sail & Adventure Limited, trading as Alma Doepel Museum $6,420
Conservation and presentation to museum display standards of plans and builders half model of 1903 Topsail Schooner ALMA DOEPEL
Topsail Schooner ALMA DOEPEL was built on the banks of the Bellinger River on the North Coast of NSW in 1903 by trader, boat builder and shipping entrepreneur Frederik Doepel using local timber. Although the ship's history is well documented, no plans for the building of the ship were found until 2019 when the great-great-grandson of Frederik Doepel, Paul Webb, discovered, while sorting through family papers for his grandmother, the original build plans and later versions, as well as a builders half model of the ship. Professionally conserved and presented, the plans and half model will be the centrepiece of the recently created Alma Doepel Museum in Docklands, Melbourne. Funding is awarded for the professional conservation of the original build plans of ALMA DOEPEL (circa 1900), a second set of plans created by Paul Webb's grandfather (circa 1950) and a third set from the 1980s prepared for the first refit of the ship after cease of active trading. The original plans will be framed for museum display and the other sets conserved and housed. The builders half model will be conserved and mounted for museum display in a display case/frame system.
Seaworks Foundation $7,273
Restoration, interpretive signage and an interactive panoramic overlay for the Gellibrand Pile Light
The Gellibrand Lighthouse stood at the head of Melbourne Channel from 1906, lying off Williamstown’s Point Gellibrand. On the foggy morning of 21 June 1976, the pile light was hit by the Melbourne Trader. The force of the collision snapped the piles at waterline. Due to safety reasons the structure was destroyed. Of all the iconic structures that Williamstown's History has produced, the Gellibrand Light must be the most cherished and best known. Not only by seafarers, for whom it had a special significance, but by the thousands of residents and tourists. In 2019 the Gellibrand Pile Light was gifted to Seaworks from the National Trust Victoria and returned to the people of Williamstown. Seaworks, with the assistance of Hobsons Bay City Council are about to commence restoration works including rust inhibiting, repainting, and reglazing the Lighthouse. To assisting in storytelling, funding is awarded for interpretive signage which incorporates an interactive panoramic overlay that will be activated by a QR code. The QR code will launch a webpage with an interactive 360 degree panoramic photograph of Port Phillip Bay. Within the panorama will be an overlay of a historic image depicting the Gellibrand Lighthouse in its original location. The user will be ableto interact with the panorama by moving their phone, creating an impression of the original scale and location of the Lighthouse. It will provide the user with a unique understanding of how the Lighthouse looked in its original surrounding. Interpretive text will also be made available to the user, helping to supplement the information available on the interpretive board.
Offshore Specialist Ships Australia Ltd $10,196
The Aurora Australis Tank Test Model Restoration
The iconic Aurora Australis ship was the first ice breaking ship to be built in Australia and has only recently completed her final Charter with the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) and left Australian shores after 30 years of service.
It is the end of era for this remarkable ship which embarked on yearly missions to supply Australia's crucial research stations in the Antarctic, and has captivated visitors while docked in Hobart each winter.
Prior to construction, extensive tank testing was undertaken with a timber model of the vessel to ensure the Wärtsilä design could withstand the harsh conditions of the Southern Ocean and the ice of the Antarctic.
Offshore & Specialist Ships Australia (OSSA) have acquired this important Tank Testing Model of the Aurora Australis, which has not been touched since 1989 and requires considerable conservation.
OSSA's vision is to conserve the model and make it available for display as part of a future maritime exhibition in Melbourne on the Ships & Seafarers of Australian Antarctic exploration and science.
Funding is awarded for the specialist conservation works, transport of the model to and from the workshop, and construction of a display stand. Following restoration the model will be displayed at the Seaworks Foundation.
Port of Echuca Discovery Centre $4,860
Conservation and Repair of Archives in the collection
In 2019 the Port of Echuca Discovery Centre with MMAPSS grant funding engaged professional services to undertake a Preservation/ Needs Assessment (PNA) of the collection. The PNA identified many projects that the Discovery Centre would need to undertake. With subsequent MMAPSS funding the Discovery centre has been working through the assessment and completing projects with a high priority rating. Funding is awarded for the next step to clean and house original photographs in the collection and restore a selection of photos listed as high priority with a specific conservation treatment. This grant will enable the POEDC to enagage two conservators to visit onsite for two days to work with their volunteers on this project.
Lake Boga Flying Boat Museum $14,520
Lake Boga Flying Boat Museum collection significance assessment and interpretation framework
The aim of this project is to develop this community-run museum into a more modern and engaging space, one that effectively displays its collection to tell the unique stories of our history as a World War II flying boat repair depot. The Museum expects this project will provide the with themes for interpretation, a plan for interpreting their collection (with a focus on creating consistent and engaging interpretive signage), and a staged plan for implementation. Funding is awarded to engage museum professionals to undertake a collection significance assessment and to create an interpretation framework and action plan.
WA
Albany's Historic Whaling Station $8,665
Solar Interpretive Audio Posts
The current project addresses the need to enhance the interpretative content of the site following the cessation of public guided tours at Albany's Historic Whaling Station (AHWS). Tours ceased following a business review and restructuring during the site's 100 day COVID-19 shutdown in 2020. The project includes an interactive component for visitors as well as the application of authentic stories and historical information obtained from the past whalers' oral histories.
The use of solar powered audio posts positioned in three key locations through the site will enable relevant and comprehensive content to be provided for visitors. Each post has two audio buttons for visitors to choose, and each button activates up to eight minutes of audio playback. The specific audio content to be included will ensure that vital information formerly conveyed by tour guide staff will once again be available to visitors. In addition, visitors will have access to a unique and dynamic narrative by utilising retired whalers' personal accounts conveyed directly by the past whalers' themselves. This authentic interpretative approach will continue to bring Albany's history to life within the unique industrial setting.
MMAPSS funding is awarded for for three (3) solar interpretative audio posts.
Irwin Districts Historical Society Incorporated $6,809
Museum of Fishing and the Sea, Packout Room Pop Up Museum - Design and Fitout
The Packout Room is a temporary museum to precede a permanent Museum of Fishing and the Sea (MOFAS). The Project will engage a leading signage, interpretation and exhibition design studio, to design the overall concept and interior lay out of the pop-up museum, and provide two curator kits to display interpretive text and images associated with key objects in our collections. These will convey five or six key storylines interpreting the histories of the cray (rock lobster) fishing industry and Port Denison and its maritime environs. Creative Spaces will also develop the designs for exterior signage of the Packout Room. The Packout Room is one space within the Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative (GFC) former live rock lobster handling facility on the Port Denison foreshore. The GFC is making the Room available for the pop-up museum use, and will make available half of the overall building available for a permanent museum as a standing sponsorship. The Packout Room is a ‘taster’ of the permanent MOFAS, with opportunities to test exhibition themes and engage audiences. Funding is awarded towards the creation of the two curator kits.