Notification under regulation 25 of the Copyright Regulations 1969

Use of copyright material for the services of the Commonwealth under section 183 of the Copyright Act 1968

Title/description of copyright work:

Journal of voyage from New York to Melbourne by Henry Long dated 1852-1853 (ANMM ref 00000497), diary by Morgan Hayden entitled Sketch of a sea voyage dated c 1859 (00000498), journal by an unknown author of a voyage from London to Sydney on board Kate July 1853 (00015738), diary by Frederick Geard of a voyage from Gravesend to Melbourne on board Roman Emperor dated 1852 (00015758; 00015759), logbook by Robert Shields of a voyage from Glasgow to Sydney on board Loch Moidart dated 1883 – 1884 (00016964), diary by Katie Binder of a voyage from Australia to England dated 1893 (00018195), journal of Alfred Collett Shoppee of a voyage from London to Sydney on board Woolloomooloo dated 1852 – 1853 (00027222), journal of Allan Witt Edwards of a voyage from Melbourne to Plymouth on board HMAT Shropshire (00029015), watercolour album by Mrs Cherry of a voyage from England to Australia on board SS Ormonde (00029325, 00029326), diary by Mrs Paxton voyage from England to Sydney and return on board Pilot dated 1817 (00045200), logbook by Captain John Henry of a voyage from Boston to Sydney on board Versailles dated 1854 – 1855 (00046730) (“the Journals”).

Use of these Journals by the Commonwealth and the acts to which the notice relates:

The Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Australian National Maritime Museum (“the Museum”) will be publishing, reproducing and communicating the Journals to the public from its website at http://www.anmm.gov.au/ (“the Website”).

The publication of the Journals on the Website is part of an ongoing project by the Museum, as part of its statutory obligation to disseminate information relating to Australian maritime history, to make old unpublished material from its collections available more broadly.

Notification to the copyright owners:

In accordance with section 183(4) of the Copyright Act 1968, the purpose of this notice is to inform the owner of copyright in the Journals of the copyright acts undertaken by the Commonwealth as represented by the Museum.