Venue: Sirens Restaurant and Bar, Williamstown Bathing Pavilion,
Esplanade, Williamstown
7pm: Drinks
7:30pm: Welcome (Cass Philippou, Heritage Victoria)
7:40pm: Heritage Council Award (Chris Gallagher & Minister for Planning)
8:00pm: Peter Harvey – Iron Steel and Steam Shipwreck Programs in Victoria
8:30pm: John Broadwater – The USS Monitor Project
Session 1: Full steam ahead: whirlwind tour of Iron, Steel & Steam
9.10 am: Mack McCarthy: The SS Xantho project
9.35 am: Peter Taylor, Greg Hodge & Mark Ryan: Southern Ocean Exploration
10.00 am: John Broadwater: the new NOAA Maritime Heritage Program
10.25am: Ray Sutcliff: Iron, Steel and Steam developments in the UK
10.50-11.10: Morning Tea
Session 2: Submarine archaeology
11.10am: Bob Mealings: The submarine Holland I
11.35am: Mack McCarthy: the Submarine Explorer Project
12.00am: J Beringer-Pooley (in absentia): the J-boat study
12.20 – 2.00pm – Lunch (delegates to organise own)
Session 3: Australia steamship research, management and interpretation projects
2.00pm: Ross Anderson: The City of Launceston Project
2.25pm: Cassandra Philippou: Public Access at the City of Launceston
2.50pm: Andy Viduka: SS Yongala, access and management
3.15 – 3.30: afternoon tea
Session 4: History and Archaeology of Australian Navies
3.30pm: John Rogers: the Cerberus Project
3.55pm: Denis Cahill: The Victorian Navy Torpedo Boats
4.20pm: Ted Graham: Search for the HMAS Sydney
4.45pm: Close & drinks (venue TBC)
Friday 30th June: Site Visits
Venue: meet at Marland House 570 Bourke Street 8:20am; travel to
Cerberus at Black Rock & J7 at Sandringham Yacht Club
8:30am: Mini bus departs Marland House for Cerberus
9.30am: Mini bus meets MHU in Trim at Black Rock
9.30 – 10.15am: Tours aboard Trim of Cerberus
10.15 – 10.30: Mini bus travels to Sandringham Yacht Club
10.30 – 11.00: morning tea at Sandringham Yacht Club (provided)
11.00 – 11.30: Tour of J-7 submarine at SYC
11.30: Mini bus departs for Melbourne Airport