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National Naval Museum

Refer "A Review of the Museums and Historical Collections of the Royal Australian Navy - 1997".

This was the first published overall general survey concerning historic holdings of the RAN. Its conclusions support the 'in principle' decision of the Navy League's Victoria Division and Federal Council that a National Naval Museum should be established.
The report suggests that a National Naval Museum be multi-campus embracing existing naval museums around Australia, with Sydney as the centre, this latter centralist proposal is not supported by other States in view of the National Maritime Museum's 'Sydney-centric' attitude.
The multi campus suggestion is supported but without the qualification that one State would have an advantage over other States. Sydney already enjoys two major maritime museums, one established by, and receiving ongoing substantial public funding from the Federal Government, the other a local State museum. The proposal is to locate new campus equally in all states to ensure maximum access by the Australian public to the considerable Naval heritage we presently have in store on Spectacle Island.

The project is still awaiting funding and approval by a Federal Government that is supporting Sydney regardless of any other State's claims for a fair distribution of the Naval history assets.