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 wireless telegraph operator John Brown dated 1914-1919 (ANMM reference 00001711), series of letters and letter book by George Fawcett dated 1850–1852 (00004383–86), Logbook Commission of HMAS SYDNEY and record of steaming by Frank Jones dated 1913-1917 (00008534), Manuscript Statement of general average by the steamship ORIENT by Herbert Elsdale dated 1895 (00029899), Illustrated log of the whaling barque TERROR dated 1846-1847 (00038301), A Compendium of the Art of Navigation by John Ludlow dated 1819 (00040486), Journal logging proceedings aboard the HMS VICTORY by Robert O Leach dated 1852-1861 (00044627), two engine room manuscripts by William Gray dated 1860- 1870 (00048037, 00048041) (“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as part of its statutory obligation to disseminate information relating to Australian maritime history, to make old unpublished material from its collections available more broadly.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.