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25/04/2008: "PRIVATE MARITIME MUSEUM .... Wally Gibbins collection"

Collected after years in the Solomon Islands and elsewhere as a commercial salvage diver. Many stories were brought home and told to friends, family and visitors to the former private museum at Sawtell, near Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.

What became of all these goodies is a bit of a mystery. Wally's typewritten memoirs still exist and await a publisher's interest.

The Yongala bell was sold to a maritime museum in Townsville, we believe.