Halvorsen Centenary display

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Boating
Photo showing wooden boats with white paint moored in a line

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This summer marks one hundred years since Lars Halvorsen and his family of boatbuilders and sailors immigrated from Norway to Australia, initiating the love of a boating holiday to non-boating Australians.

Photograph showing a selection of timber and metal boat building tools arranged on a wooden backdrop.

Building our collection

In 2002, the museum received a generous donation of plans, photographs and tools from the Halvorsen boatbuilding family, allowing us to preserve and share this important piece of our history now and into the future. 

black and white photo of a motor cruiser with a white hull and an Australian flag flying off the rear.

From the collection

Australian Register of Historic Vessels

Many Halvorsen designs feature in the Australian Register of Historic Vessels, the definitive online repository for vessels with significance to Australia’s maritime history.

Photograph showing a wooden boat with white hull at the museum wharf, with a navy ship behind it.
Blueprint with white drawing of the outline of a boat.