Duyfken at Wollongong Harbour.

A significant treasure of Australia's National Heritage.

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Pictorial by Peter Andrews.

October 30, 2006.

The enormous timber knees provide testomony to the structural strength of this little ship. 061030-D2X0873. 061030-D2X0875. A modern gally normally closed off to public display. 061030-D2X0877. 061030-D2X0878. 061030-D2X0879. The ship's tiller beam (top centre) connected to the steering whipstaff (the bottom of the vertical pole in the foreground) which passes up through the deck into the main cabin. 061030-D2X0880. Stern cannons under the ship's tiller. 061030-D2X0890. The whipstaff (the vertical pole) is used to steer the ship. 061030-D2X0892.

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