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WALLAGARAUGH in 1960.
Wallagarugh
WALLAGARAUGH in 1960.
WALLAGARAUGH in 1960.
Private Collection

Wallagarugh

Vessel numberHV000425
Vessel Registration NumberEC69
Previous owner
Previous owner
Date1913
DimensionsVessel Dimensions: 9.45 m x 9.45 m x 2.9 m x 0.76 m, 5.08 tonnes (31 ft x 31 ft x 9.5 ft x 2.5 ft, 5 tons)
DescriptionWALLAGARUGH was built at Savage's yard in Williamstown and the first recorded owner was the Symes family, who were associated with the Melbourne Age newspaper. The next known owner was the Lakes Entrance Fishing Company. WALLAGARUGH is now with another business on the lake, where it is their workboat and rescue boat for their cruiser hire fleet. In its time it has carried cargo, towed barges, and has been used as a fishing boat or for the occasional recreational adventure.

The 9.45 m long hull is planked in Huon pine on blackwood frames. The cabin house it carries today is evident in a 1960s image; however the windscreen and cabin top over the cockpit are more recent additions.

Between 2003 and 2008 it was extensively overhauled. WALLAGARUGH remains in good condition in 2010, and is close to marking its centenary year of operation.
SignificanceWALLAGARUGH is a launch and workboat designed and built in 1913 by JJ Savage that has a long association with the Victorian Gippsland Lakes region, where it is still operating in 2010. WALLAGARUGH has been a work boat, rescue boat, fishing boat and recreational launch from the early days of the Gippsland Lakes area. It also represents one of many types of craft from JJ Savage whose family have been boatbuilders on Port Phillip in Victoria for over 100 years.
AVIAN on Port Phillip, May 2010
J J Savage
1938
SERIFA at its club in Williamstown 2019
J J Savage
1961
NAUTILUS at Goolwa in 2009
J J Savage
1946
MISTRAL IV has an elegant low sheer and long overhangs and is quite different from the cruising…
J J Savage
1932
ENDEAVOUR in the Milang to Goolwa yacht race
J J Savage
1947
RUTHEAN on Sydney Harbour in a good nor-east breeze, date unknown.
J Jones
1952
Kodama
J J Savage
1962
ALTAIR in 2011
J J Savage
1947
UTEKIAH II in 2012 soon after re-launching folloing many years of rebuilding and restoration
Savage and Lyons
1911
KRAIT restored for the 75th Anniversary event on 26th September 2018 at the ANMM wharves.
c 1934
BOTTERILL in 2018
J Botterill & Sons
1963
PATSY on display at Museum Victoria
JB Jones
c1920