Maritime and Naval Museums: Australia

Ballarat

Golden City Paddle Steamer Museum Society

Lake Wendouree.

Telephone: 061 (0)53 31 3100
WWW: http://www.nma.gov.au/directory/v045.htm

Ballina

Norton Street,
Ballina, NSW.

Telephone: +61 (0)66 863484.

Opening hours: Monday—Friday, 09:00-13:00, 14:00-16:30; Saturday, 10:00-12:00; Sunday, 09:00-15:00.

Museum ships:

Aztlan, balsa raft.
Florrie (1880) river tug.

Devonport

Devonport Maritime Museum

47 Victoria Parade,
Devonport,
Tasmania 7310.

Telephone: +61 (0)04 27 8926

Opening hours: Summer, Tuseday-Sunday 13:00-16:30; Winter, Tuesday-Sunday 13:00-16:00.

Fremantle

Western Australian Maritime Museum

Old Commissariat Building
Cliff Street,
Fremantle WA 6160.

Telephone: +61 (0)9 431 8444
Telefax: +61 (0)9 430 5120,
e-mail: [email protected]
WWW-server: <URL:http://www.mm.wa.gov.au>.

Opening Hours: Maritime Museum

Monday-Thursday 10:30 - 17:00

Friday-Sunday, Anzac & Boxing Days 13:00 - 17:00

Other public holidays 09:30 - 17:00

B Shed Historic Boats Museum

Monday-Friday 10:00 - 15:00

Saturday & Sunday 11:00 - 16:00

Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday

The museum exhibits finds from the wreck of the 17th century Dutch VOC-ship Batavia, which was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos, off the coast of Western Australia in 1629. The museum has the largest water-craft collection in Australia, including the old Fremantle steam pilot boat Lady Forrest.

Hobart

Tasmanian Maritime Museum

Secheron House,
Secheron Road,
Battery Point,

Hobart 7001.

Telephone: +61 (0)2 34 4788

Opening hours: Monday-Friday 13:00-16:30, Saturday 10:00-16:30, Sunday 13:00-16:30.

Kangaroo Island

Penneshaw Maritime and Folk Museum

Howard Drive,
Penneshaw,
Kangaroo Island, SA 5222.

Telephone: +61 (0)848 31067
Telefax: +61 (0)848 31199
WWW: http://www.nma.gov.au/directory/s017.htm

Kingston

Cape Jaffa Lighthouse

Marine Parade.

Telephone: +61 (0)87 672 114
WWW: http://www.nma.gov.au/directory/s038.htm

Low Head

Low Head Maritime Museum

Opening hours: 08:00-20:00.

Melbourne

National Trust of Australia

Tasma Terrace,
Parliament Place

Polly Woodside (1885), three-masted iron barque.

Newcastle

Newcastle Region Maritime Museum

Fort Scratchley,
P.O. Box 148,
Newcastle, NSW 2300.

Telephone: +61 (0)49 29 2588.
Telefax: +61 (0)49 29 5457
WWW: http://www.nma.gov.au/directory/n115.htm

Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday, 12:00-16:00.

Port Adelaide

Falie (1919), two-masted schooner.
One and All (1985), sail training ketch.

Port Adelaide Nautical Museum

135 St Vincent Street,
Port Adelaide, SA 5015.

Telephone: +61 (0)8 47 2428

Opening hours: Wednesday, and Friday 13:00-16:00, Sunday 14:00-16:00.

This museum may have merged with the South Australian Maritime Museum.

South Australian Maritime Museum

126 Lipson Street,
Port Adelaide, SA.

Telephone: +61 (0)8 240 0200
Telefax: +61 (0)8 341 2208
WWW: http://www.nma.gov.au/directory/s108.htm

Annie Watt (1870), trading ketch.
Fearless (1945), steam tug.
Yelta (1948), steam tug.
Nelcebee (1883), steam tug.

Port Albert

Port Albert Maritime Museum

Old Bank of Victoria Building,
Tarraville Road.
Port Albert.

Postal Address:
P.O. Box 1,
Yarram,
Victoria 3971.

Telephone: +61 (0)52 82 5264
WWW: http://www.nma.gov.au/directory/v163.htm

Port Douglas

Ben Cropp's Shipwreck Museum

Port Douglas, QLD 4871.

Telephone: +61 (0)70 98 5325.

Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday 09:00-17:00.

Port MacDonnell

Port MacDonnell and District Maritime Museum

49 Meylin Street,
Port MacDonnell, SA.

Telephone: +61 (0)87 38 7259
Telefax: +61 (0)87 38 7340
WWW: http://www.nma.gov.au/directory/s071.htm

Port Victoria

Port Victoria Maritime Museum

Esplanade,
Port Victoria, SA.

Telephone: +61 (0)8834 2057
WWW: http://www.nma.gov.au/directory/s024.htm

Queenscliffe

Queenscliffe Maritime Center and Museum

Weeroona Parade,

Telephone: +61 (0)3 5258 3440
WWW: http://www.nma.gov.au/directory/v195.htm

Robe

Old Custom House Nautical Museum

Royal Circus,
Robe, SA.

Telephone: +61 (0)87 68 2195
WWW: http://www.nma.gov.au/directory/s020.htm

South Brisbane

Queensland Maritime Museum

P.O. Box 3098,
412 Stanley Street,
Southbank Parklands,
South Brisbane, QLD 4101.

Telephone: +61 (0)7 38445361.
Telefax: +61 (7)38 461945
WWW: http://www.qmma.ecn.net.au

Opening hours: daily, 19:30-17:00; Closed Christmas Day, Easter Friday.

Museum ships:

Forceful (1925), steam tug.
HMAS Diamantina (1944), River class frigate.
Penguin, sailing lugger.

Sydney

Sydney Maritime Museum

Administration/Library
6 Mansfield Street,
Rozelle 2039,
PO Box 431,
Rozelle, NSW 2039.

Telephone: +61 (0)2 810-2299
Telefax: +61 (0)2 810-1756
WWW: http://www.seaheritage.asn.au

Restoration Site,
Wharf 5,
James Craig Road,
Rozelle Bay, NSW 2039.

Telephone: +61 (0)2 818 5388

James Craig (1874), three-masted iron barque.
John Oxley (1927), pilot vessel.
Kanagra (1912), steam harbour ferry.
Lady Hopetoun (1902), VIP launch.
Waratah (1902), steam tug.

Australian National Maritime Museum

2 Murray Street,
Darling Harbour,
PO Box 5131,
Sydney, NSW 2001.

Telephone: +61 (0)2 9552 7777
Telefax: +61 (0)2 9552 2318
E-mail: Jeffrey Mellefont
WWW: http://www.anmm.gov.au

Opening hours: Daily 09:30-17:00; Closed Christmas Day.

Museum vessels:

Bareki (1962), a wooden tug.
Krait, a small coaster of WWII fame.
HMAS Onslow, a submarine.
HMAS Vampire (1959), a Daring-class destroyer.
Lightship (1904).

Wallaroo

Wallaroo Heritage and Nautical Museum

Old Post Office,
Jetty Road and Emu Street,
Wallaroo, SA.

Telephone: +61 (0)8 8823 2366.
WWW: http://www.nma.gov.au/directory/s076.htm

Opening hours: Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday and holidays: 14:00-16:00.

Warrnambool

Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum

Merri Street,
Warrnambool, Vic.

Telephone: +61 (0)3 5564 7841
WWW: http://www.warrnambool.org/visitor/flagstaffhill.html

Opening hours: Daily 09:00 - 17:00; closed Christmas Day.

Whyalla

Whyalla Maritime Museum

Civic Building,
Darling Terrace,
Whyalla, SA 5600.

Telephone: +61 (0)86 45 7900.
Telefax: +61 (0)86 45 3620
WWW: http://www.nma.gov.au/directory/s087.htm

Museum ship: Whyalla (1941), a minesweeper.

Maritime and Naval Museums: New Zealand

Auckland

New Zealand National Maritime Museum

Te Huiteananui-A-Tangaroa,
Viaduct basin,
PO Box 3141,
Auckland,
New Zealand.

Telephone: +64 (0)9 373 0800
Telefax: +64 (0)9 377 6000
WWW: http://www.hmu.com/maritime_museum Email: [email protected]

Opening hours: Summer (Labour Weekend to Easter): Daily, 09:00 - 18:00; Closed Christmas Day; Winter (Easter to Labour Weekend): Daily, 09:00 - 18:00.

Bluff

Bluff Maritime Museum

P.O. Box 9,
Bluff.

Telephone: +64 (0)3-212 7534
Telefax: +64 (0)3-212 7534

Opening hours: Monday - Friday 10:00ďż˝16:30; Saturday - Sunday 13:00-17:00.

Exhibits maritime artefacts from the Bluff and Foveaux Strait region.

Dargaville

Dargaville Maritime Museum

P.O. Box 166,
Dargaville.

Telephone: +64 (0)9 439 7555
Telefax: +64 (0)9 439 7555

Opening hours: Daily 09:00-16:00.

Picton

Edwin Fox Maritime Centre

P.O. Box 89,
Picton.

Telephone: +64 (0)3-573 6868
Telefax: +64 (0)3-573 8414

Opening hours: Winter 08:45-17:00; Summer 08:45-18:00. The fullrigged ship Edwin Fox built of teak in 1853 is planned to be restored.

Wellington

Wellington Maritime Museum

Queens Wharf,
PO Box 893,
Wellington.

E-mail: [email protected]

Opening hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00-16:00; Saturday, 14:00-17:00.

The museum was established in 1972 at the initiative of Jack Churchouse [?]

Updated 2000-11-23 by Lars Bruzelius.

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