Newhaven Fishing History

Newhaven Jetty renewal – take two

Bass Coast Shire Council is getting ready to complete a renewal of the Newhaven Jetty, which has been damaged due to age and wear and tear from wave action.

25 Jan 2022

Newhaven Fishing History

Saltwater in her veins

Saltwater in her veins The ocean is in Jan Daff’s blood. Her family has a long and fascinating history intertwined with the sea. Her house in Newhaven sits in the heart of her family history, which includes a Newhaven shipbuilding industry and...

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11 Aug 2020

Newhaven Fishing History

The first boat

First boat built at Newhaven in 1873 JW Gliddon, in his account of the early years on Phillip Island believed that the first boat to be built on Phillip Island was “The Trusty” in 1873. It was a one hundred tonne ketch and measured 74x18x7.5...

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11 Aug 2020

Newhaven Fishing History

Newhaven Fishing Industry

Phillip Island’s early ship building industry was based at Newhaven, and according to Josua Gliddon, in “Phillip Island in Picture and Story” some of Australia’s most interesting ships were built here in the early 1900s. “Among...

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11 Aug 2020

Newhaven Fishing History

A fishing family

Newhaven – early days of the fishing industry By Jan Daff, a grand daughter of boat builder Harry Crole Walter Henry Crole, known to all as Harry, moved to Newhaven from the Tarwin region, in 1918 just after the end of the First World War. He had...

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11 Aug 2020