Port Victoria Maritime Museum

Port Victoria Maritime Museum
Port Victoria Maritime Museum and Jetty
Port Victoria Maritime Museum is located in South Australia
Port Victoria Maritime Museum
Location within South Australia
LocationPort Victoria, South Australia, Australia
Coordinates34°29′46″S 137°28′56″E / 34.496041°S 137.482357°E / -34.496041; 137.482357
Typemaritime history
Accreditationregistered with History SA
WebsitePort Victoria Maritime Museum

The Port Victoria Maritime Museum is a maritime museum located in South Australia, located on the west coast of the Yorke Peninsula in Port Victoria. It is housed in a cargo shed that was brought out from the United Kingdom in kit form in 1877 and completed in January 1878.[1] Household goods for the early settlers in the town and surrounding farmlands were brought by steamers from Port Adelaide and stored in the cargo shed until the settlers’ homes were completed.[2]

  1. ^ "Maritime Museum". www.portvictoria.org.au. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Port Victoria Maritime Museum – South Australian History Network". Retrieved 27 July 2023.