b'81818THE SOMERSETSHIRE marquetry workbox with ship portrait inlaid on the lid, interior fitted with tray and compartments, circa 1870,The Somersetshire was built by Money Wigram & Sons and launched in 1867 and played a significant role in the story of immigration to Australia travelling 16 17 from England to the antipodes especially HMCS VICTORIA and THE RIP diorama,CHARLES LINCOLN English brassMelbourne for over 30 years and was 19th century, showing the Queensclifftelescope on mahogany stand,captained by J.S. Atwood for most of light house, fort and pilots shack locatedcirca 1800, that period.at the site of the present day Pilots174cm high 16cm high, 32cm wide, 25cm deepStation. The Victoria was the first ship of$2,5003,500$2,0003,000war built to order by a British Colony, she was built at the Limehouse yard of Young Son & Magnay at a cost of 38,000. She arrived in Port Phillip on the 31st of May 1856 and was the first Australian Naval vessel to see action participating in the Second Maori War. She was also involved in quelling a convict revolt on board prison hulks off Williamstown, and even sailed to the Northern Territory in search of the ill fated Burke and Wills party.The Rip was a Canadian built pilot vessel which operated at the entrance to Port Phillip (the rip) from 1860 til the late 1890s. In 1873 she was swamped by huge seas off Point Nepean with the loss of four lives however the boat survived and was repaired and returned to service.43cm high, 61cm wide, 14cm deep$600800 20'