About the Vaughan Evans Digital Library

The Vaughan Evans Library is the research library of the Australian National Maritime Museum. Located in Sydney's Darling Harbour the museum is Australia's prime resource for maritime history.

The museum's mission is to bring maritime heritage to life and preserve it for future generations and in 2004 the library began a digitisation project as part of it's collection preservation plan.

These important items from our collection include ship registers, journals and rare books. Digitisation not only helps us preserve the originals but opens them up to a wider audience of researchers and to new ways of research.

Welcome to our Digital Library

Access the Full Archive from the button below which has all the titles we have added so far.

Alternatively, you can also view resources by category and select individual titles.

• Periodicals & Magazines
• Books
• Registers of Shipping

	Australian Coal Shipping Steel and The Harbour Place of Publication Sydney Publisher Sydney: R. Dey. Date 1920 - 1924
	Australian Motor Boat and Yachting Monthly Place of Publication Sydney Publisher Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales Date 1925 - 1930
	Signals: Quarterly Magazine of The Australian National Maritime Museum Place of Publication Sydney Publisher Australian National Maritime Museum Date 1986 - 2008

	The P&O Pocket Book Illustrations and Maps Author Nissen & Arnold Place of Publication London Publisher Steam Navigation Company Date 1899
	Orient Line Guide Author Sea & Land Place of Publication London Publisher Managers of the Line Date 1884
	Handbook of information for the colonies and India Author British India and Queensland Agency Co. Place of Publication Brisbane Publisher Warwick &Sapsford Date 1899
	The New Zealand Shipping Company’s pocket-book Author New Zealand Shipping Company Place of Publication London Publisher A&C Black Date 1908
	Australasian United Steam Navigation Company Ltd: time tables fares and general information Author Australasian United Steam Navigation Company Ltd Place of Publication [Brisbane] Publisher Australasian United Steam Navigation Company Ltd Date 1914
	Sea Transport of The AIF Author Treagerthen, Greville Place of Publication Melbourne Publisher Naval Transport Board Date 1925
	Around the coasts of Australia & Fiji Author Lees, William Place of Publication Brisbane Publisher Australasian United Steam Navigation Co. Date 1918
	The merchant shipper's and ocean traveller's atlas Author   Place of Publication London Publisher GeorgevPhilip & Son Date 1899
	Handbook of information for western Pacific Islands Author Burns Philp & Co. Place of Publication Sydney Publisher J. Andrew Date 1899
	The Yachtsman's Guide to Sydney Harbour and It's Neighbourhood Author MacLaurin, Charles, 1872 - 1925 Hunt, W.L. Place of Publication Sydney Publisher McLardy Date 1898
	Handbook of information for travellers on the Australian coast Author Beaton, Lachlan. Place of Publication Melbourne Publisher Wm. Howard Smith & Sons Date 1895
	Flags, national and mercantile. Author Griffin, James, fl. 1900. Place of Publication Portsmouth Publisher Griffin & Co. Date 1903

	The Mercantile Navy List Author Great Britain. General Register and Record Office of Shipping and Seamen Place of Publication London Publisher London : W. Mitchell. Date 1862, 1883, 1888, 1889, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1904, 1907, 1911, 1917, 1920
	Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping Author Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping (Firm) Place of Publication London Publisher Lloyds Register Shipping Date 1851; 1861
	The Register of Australian and New Zealand Shipping Place of Publication Melbourne Publisher Marine Underwriters' and Salvage Association of Victoria Ltd. Date 1874 - 1929