Maritime Museum of Tasmania

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Maritime Museum of Tasmania
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Established1974 (current building 2000)
LocationHobart, Tasmania, Australia
WebsiteOfficial website

Maritime Museum Tasmania is a privately operated

ship-building, and is located at Carnegie House in Sullivans Cove, Hobart, Tasmania.[1][2]

History

The island state of Tasmania has a long and rich history of association with the sea, going back well before the time of British invasion and settlement on the island.[3] The indigenous Tasmanians were known to have strong affiliations with the sea and surrounding islands.[4] The British arrived by sea, and since the time of their first arrival in 1803, Tasmania has had a continuous history of sailing, maritime trade, fishing and other maritime activities.[5] The museum sets out to chart, document and display materials and artefacts related to that history.[6] Maritime enthusiasts first began to argue that the

Battery Point, and opened in 1973, with an official opening in 1974.[8]

Development

In 1983 the museum relocated into Secheron House (built 1831), a much more appropriate location, and this also allowed the museum to expand. The

Queen Elizabeth II
on 28 March 2000.

Exhibits

A 1.3 m sandstone statue from about 1836 satirising Van Diemen's Land governor George Arthur, believed to have been carved by Daniel Herbert due to the style matching that of his Ross Bridge carvings, was donated in 2023 to the museum. Arthur is standing, holding his penis, as a statue with plumbing arrangements thought to be part of a fountain which would have had Arthur urinating over the people of the colony.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "CAN - Collections Australia Network - Maritime Museum of Tasmania Inc". Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ^ Maritime Museum of Tasmania - Google Books. 2001. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Maritime times of Tasmania - National Library of Australia". Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Federation of Australian Historical Societies - E-Bulletin". Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  5. ^ "ISSUU - Signals, Issue 92 by Australian National Maritime Museum". Issuu. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  6. ISBN 9781877058271
    . Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  7. ISBN 978-0-387-25882-9
    .
  8. ISBN 9780855642419
    . Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Convict boat exhibit pulls crowd - Tasmanian Times". Tasmanian Times. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  10. ^ "A Trek to (Jewish) Tasmania – Forward.com". Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  11. ^ Burke, Kelly (2 February 2024). "Tasmania hails Australia's first colonial statue as a piss-take – and an 'extraordinary political statement'". The Guardian.

External links

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