Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian maritime history
The WikiProject on Australian maritime history is a project to organise and improve of articles on the maritime history of Australia and nearby regions.
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| B | 1 | 3 | 23 | 295 | 322 | ||
| C | 7 | 31 | 417 | 455 | |||
| Start | 2 | 38 | 755 | 795 | |||
| Stub | 6 | 394 | 400 | ||||
| List | 3 | 6 | 47 | 57 | 113 | ||
| Category | 355 | 355 | |||||
| Disambig | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Project | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Redirect | 1 | 16 | 7 | 24 | |||
| Template | 11 | 11 | |||||
| Assessed | 2 | 16 | 110 | 1,940 | 436 | 2,504 | |
| Total | 2 | 16 | 110 | 1,940 | 436 | 2,504 | |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 9,189 | Ω = 4.61 | |||||
Goals
[edit]- To provide guidelines and suggestions for new and existing articles that describe aspects of Australian maritime history.
- To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australian maritime history by creating, expanding, and maintaining articles related to the subject.
- To address POV issues and tentative edits in articles within the scope of the project.
- To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to the maritime history of Australia in Wikipedia.
- To co-operate and collaborate with the Australian history project
Scope
[edit]The project generally considers any article related to the prehistory, and history or maritime affairs of Oceania and Australasia to be within its scope.
As a related project to Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history - to consolidate and link to articles that relate to maritime affairs within Australian history. It would be in tandem in with the Australian history project - but would also co-ordinate the creation of systematic appraisals of coastal shipping, ports, ships and conditions over the Australian history time range.
Geographical boundaries
[edit]The boundaries of the legal limits of the Australian seabed and continental shelf control define one aspect of 'Australian Waters' - however this project also extends to the Indonesian Archipelago, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean and Pacific Ocean - each of these regions/oceans and their conditions have governed Australian maritime history.
Included Australian states and territories
[edit]With the start up of Australian state Wikiprojects - maritime history project relationship is as a related project.
Project development strategy
[edit]- To take consideration of the issues raised at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide
- Establish Project page in correct format
- Determine similar Projects from other countries
- Establish acceptance of the range of articles, and checking Australian articles for tie-ins
- Determine a strategy for categorising or listing existing articles
- Establish a notability criteria for: Voyages, Ships, Ports
Standards and notability
[edit]- Considerable emphasis in this project will be made in referencing and citation usage at the commencement of articles - and hopefully minimal red link usage, to sustain high standards.
- Refer to Wikipedia:WikiProject History for pre-existing standards
- In general the articles (or lists) are for the whole of Australia - where the information is state or region specific - the hierarchy is first state, then region within the state.
- Article assessment is available through - Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Assessment
Notability criteria
[edit]In order to maintain a reasonable level of notability for Australian maritime history articles, the minimum inclusion criteria is proposed as follows:
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Notability requirements
[edit]As part of Wikipedia, our project is required to abide by the notability guideline that apply to all articles. This section does not overrule or
The basic tenent is:
 | In a nutshell: If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article. |
In regards to the notability of people there is an additional criteria (WP:ATHLETE) that states that "people who have competed at the fully professional level of a sport" are "generally notable". However, failure to meet this additional criteria is not conclusive proof that a subject should not be included; conversely, meeting one or more does not guarantee that a subject should be included. Should a person fail to meet this additional criteria, they may still be notable under Wikipedia:Notability.
Article creation
[edit]Articles maintained by this WikiProject are grouped in Category:WikiProject Australian maritime history articles .
They are identfied by using the maritime=yes parameter within the {{WP Australia}} template.
- Usage: {{WP Australia|maritime=yes}}
Images
[edit]A gallery of related images is kept at Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian maritime history/Images. Feel free to expand.
Portals
[edit]Other projects
[edit]Parent projects
[edit]Associated Australian projects and task forces
[edit]Associated projects
[edit]- Wikipedia:WikiProject Shipwrecks
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Lighthouses
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Maritime Trades
Linked project
[edit]Related projects
[edit]- Wikipedia:WikiProject Tasmania
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Victoria
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Australia
Related projects in other countries or locations
[edit]Recently created/updated articles
[edit]The following Australian maritime history related articles have been recently created or updated:
- ADV Cape Schanck – Created 16 June 2024 – Calistemon (talk) 10:38, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- ADV Cape Solander – Created 15 June 2024 – Calistemon (talk) 10:38, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- Updated Australian Paddle Steamer - Added Standalone listing for Murray River Queen, updated formatting and links.Bishop of Ephesus (talk) 03:55, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
- Kangaroo Island SeaLink - Added section about new KI vessels and updated details regarding 2021 contract award Bishop of Ephesus(talk) 09:52, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
- MV Victorian Reliance, MV Tasmanian Achiever and MV Tasmanian Achiever II - created pages. Please improve. DigitalPanda (talk) 00:35, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
- List of Australian shipyards Created page (requested by this group) by adapting and editing other lists. Please improve it. Bogong (talk) 14:41, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
- Whaling in Australia (Histragic (talk) 07:46, 4 May 2018 (UTC))
- Lady Kinnaird (1877) - 3 December 2014 - Cowdy001 (talk) 20:48, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
- BHP Shipping - 30 January 2014 - Danimations (talk) 10:35, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- Whyalla Steelworks includes Whyalla Shipyards & complete list of vessels built - 30 January 2014 - Danimations (talk) 10:35, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- Water Witch (1835) - 2 January 2014 - Cowdy001 (talk) 05:07, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
- Hertford (1920) - 2 November 2013 - Cowdy001 (talk) 00:40, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
- Southern Cross (1891 Melanesian Mission ship) - 20 February 2013 - User:Cowdy001 06:31, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
- HMS Investigator (1798) Anchors - 10 September 2012 - User:Cowdy001 22:41, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
- Nautical Archaeology Association of South Australia - 11 June 2012 - User:Cowdy001 09:11, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
- Society for Underwater Historical Research - 11 June 2012 - User:Cowdy001 09:21, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
- Otter (ship) - 2 August 2010 - AWHS (talk) 11:47, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
- Ocean (convict transport ship) - 21 July 2010 - AWHS (talk) 03:04, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
- Surry (ship) - 28 June 2010 - AWHS (talk) 03:04, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
- MV Perth - 4 November 2009
- Ferret (steamship) - 9 July 2009 - SatuSuro 06:10, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
- Loch Sloy - 18 September 2008 Spy007au (talk) 12:16, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- Concordia (ship 1696) - 12 June 2008 Spy007au (talk) 14:23, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
- Greycliffe - 23 March 2008. --Merbabu (talk) 16:39, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- Loch Vennachar - 21 March 2008. Spy007au (talk) 22:11, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
- Mort's Dock - Euryalus (talk) 00:35, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
- SS Iron Knight - 6 February 2008
- SS Fingal - 3 February 2008
- SS Gothenburg -- Spy007au (talk) 10:33, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
- Francis Joseph Bayldon (1872-1948) January 19, 2008
- Boonah crisis -- 12:56, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
- MV Sorrento 12:12, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
- MV Queenscliff 12:12, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
- Peninsula Princess 12:12, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
- Koombana -- 8 December 2006
- List of Australian ports -- 8 December 2006
- Tryal Rocks -- Hesperian 03:44, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
- 't Wapen van Hoorn-- Hesperian 06:21, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- Vianen (ship) -- Hesperian 12:16, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- Ridderschap van Holland (rewrite) -- Hesperian 00:35, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
- List of 17th century shipwrecks in Australia and Template:17th century shipwrecks in Australia -- Hesperian 00:23, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- City of York (barque) -- —Moondyne 15:03, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
- Koolama -- Grant | Talk 05:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
- Rottnest Island shipwrecks —Moondyne 12:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Participants
[edit]Please add your name if you are interested in participating in this project.
- Bishop of Ephesus (talk · contribs) Qualified near-coastal vessel engineer, current Marine Engineering Student
- Cowdy001 (talk · contribs) interested in the work of the Society for Underwater Historical Research + shipwrecks of South Australia
- Callophylla (talk · contribs)
- Danimations (talk · contribs) interested in South Australian shipbuilding, commercial shipping + shipwrecks
- Euryalus (talk · contribs)
- Geronimo20 (talk · contribs) interested in NZ ships - is that within the scope of this project?
- Ghostieguide (talk · contribs)
- Gnangarra (talk · contribs)
- Golden Wattle (talk · contribs)
- Grant65 (talk · contribs)
- Histragic (talk · contribs) Pacific whaling in the age of sail
- Hossen27 (talk · contribs)
- Kralizec! (talk · contribs) interested in various RAN topics, especially ships and ship classes
- Majormax (talk · contribs)
- Mbruce (talk · contribs)
- Nevanderson (talk · contribs) interest: RAN, ferries, Australian shipwrecks
- nhoj1991 (talk · contribs)
- Nick Dowling (talk · contribs)
- Pustelnik (talk · contribs) interest:ships and people related to discoveries in the Phoenix Islands
- Sarah (talk · contribs)
- SatuSuro (talk · contribs)
- SauliH (talk · contribs)
- Scoreed (talk · contribs)
- Spy007au (talk · contribs)
- Zamphuor (talk · contribs)21:52
In addition, participants may wish to add the AMH userbox to their user page by adding: {{User WPAMH}}
| This user is a member of WikiProject Australian maritime history. |
To-do
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A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
- Use this section to list any ideas for new articles or articles which need expansion or improvement. Talk pages of existing articles should be tagged with {{WP Australia|maritime=yes}}.
Photos and maps needed
[edit]- portrait photo of Francis Joseph Bayldon
- A map of Cockburn Sound needed, showing Parmelia Bank, Owen Anchorage etc.
A Painting of the Salamander (3rd Fleet).
Places
[edit]- Anchorages
- Articles for major Ports and harbours. See Category:Ports and harbours of Australia and List of Australian ports
- Jetties
- Articles for Ceduna Jetty, Busselton Jetty, etc.
- Lighthouses (see Lighthouses and lightvessels in Australia
- Geographic/bathymetric places of maritime/navigational importance; e.g. Parmelia Bank, Diamantina Deep
People
[edit]- Ship captains - Edward Back
- Ship crew
- Ship builders
- Maritime explorers - need to link with Australian history/Exploration
Ships and boats
[edit]- Verification (citations) for BHP Shipping fleet
- Coastal traders e.g. Georgette, Champion
- Convict transports. See redlinks at {{Convict ships to Western Australia}}
- Colonial passenger ships e.g. Parmelia (barque)
- Explorers ships e.g. Challenger, Naturaliste
- Disambiguation article on the numerous incarnations of HMS Success (similar to HMS Challenger)
- Troop ships
- Pilot Boats
Events and incidents
[edit]- Exploration and charting -- linked with Australian history/Exploration
- Mapping and surveying
- Pre 1788
- Post 1788 - 1901
- 1901
- Mapping and surveying
- Disasters
- Shipwrecks (see List of shipwrecks)
- Shipwreck resource page at WP Australian history/Shipwreck disasters
- expand Shipwrecks of Western Australia
- Storms
- Environmental
- Rescues
- e.g. Tony Bullimore
- Naval disasters
- Shipwrecks (see List of shipwrecks)
- Quarantine breaches/incidents
- e.g. Boonah
- Escapes e.g. Catalpa rescue
- Mutinies?
War time operations
[edit]Need careful checking with Military history project Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Australian military history task force
- World War I
- Operations
- Troop transport
- World War II
- Operations
- Foreign shipping based in Australia
- Fremantle Submarine Base See: [3][4]
Voyages and routes
[edit]- Voyages
- Either expand Matthew Flinders or separate article on the voyage of the HMS Investigator (1798)
- Shipping routes
- Pacific Ocean
- Southern Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Consider merge of Clipper route and Roaring Forties
Commercial operations
[edit]- Fishing
- Bases/Home Ports
- Fleets
- Whaling
- Create entries for whaling in each state (see: Whaling in Western Australia)
- Cheynes Beach Whaling Station
- Foreign operators/ships
- Local operators/ships
- Stations/Factories
- Ship manufacturing
- List of Australian shipyards
- Shipyard articles
- Coastal shipping
- W.A.'s Stateships (formerly "State Shipping Service", and "State Steamships Service")
- Adelaide Steamship Company
- Australian National Lines (formerly Australian Coastal Shipping Commission)
- Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company
Laws and regulation
[edit]- Customs and excise
- Illegal fishing activity
- Industrial issues
- e.g. 1919 Dimboola (ship) crisis [5]
- Freight Equalisation Scheme agreements between Tas Govt and Fed Govt
- Acquisitions - signing over authority of lands/waters previously under sovereign UK power
- 1998 Australian waterfront dispute
- Services
- Weather services
Research
[edit]- Archaeology - ANCODS
- Land with maritime component
Museums
[edit]- Heritage New South Wales
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
- Museum of Tropical Queensland
- Queensland Maritime Museum
- South Australian Maritime Museum
- Maritime Museum of Tasmania
- Heritage Victoria
Antarctica
[edit]- Services
- Ships
- Voyages
Reference materials
[edit]- Theoretical underpinning of imperial expansions in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans 1600's - 1900's:
- Headrick, Daniel R. The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century New York OUP 1981 ISBN 0-19-512832-5 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: checksum
- Curtin University (and UWA?) co-sponsored conferences in the 1980's (?) - International Indian Ocean Conferences and also a newsletter - which explored all aspects of Indian Ocean issues.
Australian National Shipwreck Database
[edit]http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/shipwrecks/database.html
Western Australian Shipwreck Database
[edit]http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/collections/databases/maritime/Shipwrecks/shipwreck.asp
{{Western Australian Shipwrecks Database | name = Hadda | id = 1269}}
Images
[edit]- Fremantle Port Authority (plenty of pre-1955 images)
Books
[edit]- Lubbock, Basil (1921) The colonial clippers, J. Brown & son (Glasgow) ltd, Glasgow.
- Broeze, F. J. A. & Henderson, G. (1986) Western Australians & the sea : our maritime heritage Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Museum. ISBN 0730912442
- Broeze, F. J. A. (1988) Island nation : a history of Australians and the sea St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1864484241
- Heath, Byron (2005) Discovering the Great South Land Dural, N.S.W. ISBN 1-877-58-31-9
- McHugh, Evan (2006) 1606: an epic adventure Sydney, N.S.W. University of New South Wa;les Press Ltd. ISBN 0-86840-866-2
Naval
[edit]Other websites
[edit]- http://aapma.org.au/members.php3 Ports list
- http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/marit.htm
- http://ils.unc.edu/maritime/home.shtml
- http://www.maritimehistory.org/
- http://www.maritimehistory.info/
- Australian Association for Maritime History
- Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology
Wikipedia categories
[edit]The main category is Category:Maritime history of Australia
The category tree is as follows:
- See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian maritime history/Categories for a discussion on possible restructure of the category tree.