22 November, 2011
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The Westland
click on the boat to see Joanne in Mary-Ann's cottage being interviewed by Nick Hand!
Exhibition Dates 2010 & 2011
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Scotland
- Images of Brough and Dunnet Head in the 1930's from life with the Royal Naval Shore Signal Service through the eyes of a young girl
- Caithness artist Julian Smith - St John's Pool bird and wildlife blog
- Village of the Captains - Brough Caithness
- Caithness - Castletown Heritage Society
- Caithness Family History Society
- Caithness - Dunbeath Heritage Centre
- Caithness - Lyth Arts Centre
- Caithness - Seadrift visitors centre next to Dunnet Beach
- Caithness - Wick Heritage Museum
- Caithness archaeological trust
- Caithness Arts
- Caithness community website
- Caithness Horizons
- CraftScotland
- Hi-Arts - Arts news & what's on in the Highland and Islands
- Life peatlands project
- live interactive map of shipping movements around the UK coast
Diary from maiden voyage of the Westland Jonathan Moscrop 1879 published in the Northern Echo
The Westland ship
- New Immigration Barracks were built at Caversham in 1873.
- 1883 Westland voyage reports
- Captains of the Westland
- White Wings: Fifty years of sail in the New Zealand Trade
- White Wings book view on-line
- Go to page 5 on this site Otago Witness, Issue 1431, 26 April 1879, Page 5
- Otago Daily times - report arrival of Westland 1879
- RootsWeb extract journal of John Hillary, Emigrant to New Zealand, 1879
- feature about the Westland from the Ships modelers association
- The ships list
- Shaw Savill Ships - picture of the Westland
- Maiden voyage - Westland passenger list
- 2nd Westland voyage passenger lists reported in the Otago Daily Times
- Dumbreck family voyage on Westands maiden voyage
- Era of the clipper ships
- Clyde Built data base
New Zealand
- New Immigration Barracks were built at Caversham in 1873.
- New Zealand Flax - traditional uses
- Dunedin - Hocken collections (history and culture of the area) at University of Otago library
- Dunedin - info on town nearest to Port Chalmers
- Dunedin - Sailsbury House Gallery - contemporary New Zealand Art established and emerging collectable art - owned and run by Lynn Taylor & Peter Booth
- New Zealand printmakers council
- New Zealand Yesteryears - ships lists and more.
- Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- Archives New Zealand
- Archives New Zealand PDF
Nautical info
- San Diego Maritime Museum - lots of info and images about life on emigrant ships for crew and passengers
- Sailor sea Shanties
- crossing the line ceremony
- Origins of different measurements - including nautical info
- Jersey Maritime Heritage - lots of info about daily life as a member of the crew
- 19th Century fish shaped log-chip - Science Museum London
- log-boards
- The Walkers Log
- log books again!
- more about log books
- video clip about chip logs
- New Zealand National Maritime Museum
- Maritime History Archive documents relating to the history of sea based activities in the north Atlantic region.
- Ships's Biscuits The Royal Naval Museum
- Ships biscuits National Maritime Musem
other stuff
- International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA)
- Twisted digits - projects and collaborates with artists who work as a team to turn great ideas into great work. Using a range of digital, traditional media and arts skills including film making, puppetry, illustration, animation and design she works with different audiences to provide positive and creative experiences of media and the arts.
- Semi Precious - Hello! This is the artists make blog for the Semi Precious project with Rachel Clarke, Emma Boor and Steve Dales. We are researching industrial migration stories from Weardale and making a show, film and exhibition for 2009. We will be posting as we make so to speak. Join us as we go on our adventure to explore the unknown .....
- old farm tools
- rope making from plants
- Tim Johnson - artist maker of string and baskets
- Bridport Museum
Books
- Simmans ,sookans and strawbacked chairs
- The Sailmakers Apprentice - ditty bags
- The History of Seafaring Navigating the World's Oceans by Donald S Johnson and Juha Nurminen
- 'Go Listen to The Crofters'- the Napier Commission and Crofting A Century Ago by A.D Cameron An Acaird Ltd publication 1986
- Shepherd's Progress' Central Otago New Zealand by Janet Thomson for Ngaio Press.2008 The book includes chapters on the family background in Scotland, leading up to the decision to emigrate.
- Over the Mountains of the Sea - Lfe on the Migrant Ships by David Hastings an Aukland University Press publication 2006
- 'Westland' The Journal of John Hillary Emigrant to New Zealand 1879 by J. Haddon Hillary published by Janus 1997
- Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast by Charlie ConnellyAbacus publication New edition (5 May 2005)
- Journeys and Journals: Five Centuries of Travel Writing by Farid Abdelouahab published by RvR Kubik 2005
- Papermaking and Bookbinding: Coastal Inspirations by Joanne B Kaar - a Guild of Master Craftsman Publication 2003
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- Paper boat fundraiser!!
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- 1 hour left to bid for a boat!!
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- Robert Dick (3)
- rope making machine in Mary-Ann's (6)
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- Taiwan (2)
- the anchorage gallery (2)
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- Tom (2)
- Ullapool (2)
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- Wallpaper (7)
- water (1)
- weaving (2)
- weddings (4)
- Westland accordion fold book (16)
- whalers (1)
- Whaling station (1)
- whisky (4)
- William Young - Mary-Ann's father (31)
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Make me a paper boat! A fundraiser for Mary-Ann's cottage.
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