Intute online takes Maritime World on board.

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An entry supplied by the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich says:

Australia's Maritime World web site contains articles contributed by enthusiasts and academics, including the Manuscripts Curator of the State Library of New South Wales, on the unique nature of Australia's and New Zealand's maritime history and experience.

The website contains information on wooden, sailing ships, on navigation aids and charts, on cruising, yachting and boating, on lighthouses, on maritime museums and much more. Each entry has a short essay, and a picture, presenting information on the topic.

The website presents a great deal of information on this interesting and lively topic - Australia, being the world's largest island/smallest continent has a varied and interesting maritime history, and this website aims to explore that.

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University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
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The University of Manchester
Manchester Metropolitan University
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford

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