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The Scottish Maritime Museum has applied for final approval to demolish the oldest clipper in the world:
Deconstruction Advice - 06-Apr-09
The Sunderland group are also still trying, they have an excellent web site:
http://www.cityofadelaide1864.co.uk/...ews&article=36
GregF
It's made the Advertiser
Not a lot of support among the comments either. Unfortunately, I tend to agree that it's not worth spending our money on, if it was to be saved, it should have been done some time ago. Be different if we all had bottomless purses or if some of the 'luminaries' calling for it's restoration put up some cash.
Richard
I know what you mean Richard and in some ways, I agree, and yes, it does mean a LOT of money for Australians to cough up (South Australians, especially!) the draw that it would provide in an historic maritime precinct in Port Adelaide would be considerable. I mean, a ship built in 1864 is pretty significant now in 2009 but think what a draw it will be in 2050 and beyond. After all, it will take Goodness knows how long to get it restored anyway, so it would be very a gradual process. Look how long the James Craig took, and there were lots of Commonwealth Govt employment schemes etc etc along the way with that "restoration" which had a really positive impact on Sydney.
Actually, I think this is a golden opportunity for South Australia, in many ways; which is NOT a lecture but a way of identifying with SA! My family migrated to Adelaide in 1854, but because SA was in an economic depression in the 1890s the family was forced to move to Broken Hill and after that, to Leeton and then to Sydney, so, in a way, I feel a sense of something lost, and maybe, therefore can see an opportunity! - fanciful perhaps, but, this is a once only opportunity and I think it would be a real tragedy for SA for it to be missed.
I'll get off my soap box now...
GregF