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 a voyage from Brisbane to England by W Davies dated 1895 (ANMM ref 00009003), voyage on ship Pestongee Bomangee by Benjamin Riley Reed dated 1838 (00016993), Manuscripts relating to the condemnation of the New Bedford whaler SOUTH CAROLINA by Captain Ninian Alexander dated 1852 (00029094), Voyage from Glasgow to Melbourne on LOCH SHIEL by Richard Beaty dated 1879 (00031061), Voyage from England to Sydney on CITY OF EDINBURGH by Eliz Taylor dated 1834 (00036438), Diary of Private Lance Balfour Penman dated 1915 (00051749), Voyage from Melbourne to London in 1861 on AGINCOURT by unknown author (00018508) and Voyage from Melbourne to London on board GREAT BRITAIN unknown author dated 1865 (00015742).(“the Journals”).

Use of the 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as part of its statutory obligation to disseminate information relating to Australian maritime history, to make old unpublished material from its collections available more broadly.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.