Maritime Interest Groups

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Peninsula Ship Society

Welcome to our latest Maritime Interest Groups:

• Maritime Museum of Victoria
• Seaworks Foundation
• Williamstown Maritime Association

Join us!

If you support our aims, or would like to keep up with local maritime developments, please become a member of the Maritime Heritage Association of Victoria. It costs only $15 a year, but gives you regular newsletters and invitations to maritime talks and events, and will help in preserving our fascinating past for future generations.

Click here for the latest MHAV newsletter

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27 August 2010 - Seaworks Lease is Signed

Since 2003 a derelict site at Williamstown has been transformed by community efforts into Seaworks, a public precinct for maritime events and visiting vessels. The site has the location and history to become a world-class 'working port' centre - a tourist drawcard and economic driver for Victoria. The MHAV aims to facilitate the development and management of a world-class State maritime heritage centre at Seaworks. See the Williamstown vision and site proposal.
Press Release: Parks Victoria and the Seaworks Foundation have signed a 21 year lease. More...
Williamstown Seaworks Site Strategic Development Plan
Williamstown Seaworks Site Masterplan

Background: Since 2003, many hard-working volunteers have contributed their time, money and labour to the Seaworks site. Efforts have included a massive clean-up of the site after it was left derelict for decades, setting up the Williamstown Maritime Association and the Pirates Tavern, painting and repairing sheds, professional plumbing and rewiring, organising community-interest events and heritage boat festivals, hosting James Craig and other historic vessels, plus continual ongoing maintenance.

After the 2004 Heritage Boat Show, Premier Steve Bracks endorsed the idea of a maritime heritage precinct on the site and directed Parks Victoria to work with representative groups. The Seaworks Foundation, consisting of business and community leaders, was established in 2006 to manage the planning and development of the site. Seaworks and Parks Victoria have finally signed a lease for the site in August 2010.

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MHAV Member Organisations

ANARE Club Australian Shipowners Association Baird Publications Bay Steamers Maritime Museum (Wattle) Classic Steamboat Cruises (Grower) Classic Yacht Association of Australia Durham Association Enterprize Ship Trust (Enterprize) Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village Float.a.Boat Friends of the Cerberus Geelong Port Graeme Wylie (Caravelle Notorious) Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (Victorian Division) Maritime Archaeology Association of Victoria Maritime History Preservation Soc of East Victoria Melbourne Seaplanes Melbourne Showboat (Lady Cutler) Melbourne Tramboat Cruises Maritime Museum of Victoria Merchant Navy RSL Sub Branch Melbourne

Naval Association of Australia (Melb.) Naval Historical Society of Australia (Vic.) Navy League of Australia - Victoria Division Oceanic Research Foundation Peninsula Ship Society Polly Woodside Volunteers' Association Port Albert Maritime Museum Port of Echuca Port Welshpool & District Maritime Museum Queenscliffe Maritime Museum Royal Victorian Motor Yacht Club Sail and Adventure Ltd (Alma Doepel) Seaworks Foundation Ship Modelling Society of Victoria Shipping Australia Ltd (Victorian Committee) Star Line Cruises (Victoria Star) Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd Williamstown Historical Society Williamstown Maritime Association Wooden Boat Association of Victoria World Ship Society (Vic. Branch) Yachting Victoria

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Appreciation

MHAV would like to express its appreciation for the support it has received from the Port of Melbourne Corporation, Seaworks Foundation and Williamstown Maritime Association and The Pirates' Tavern for the use of their facilities for meetings. MHAV also receives free community hosting from Web Hosts Australia.