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VPRS 18306 Tide and Weather Sheets

Public Record Office Victoria
Port of Melbourne Authority
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This series comprises of Tide and Weather logs for Breakwater Pier, Victoria Dockhead, Williamstown and Port Phillip Heads, the Shipping Control Centre and from an unknown location. This series documented the weather related observations.

The information recorded was used to monitor tides for shipping.

Entries were recorded by date, with observations for Breakwater Pier, Victoria Dockhead, the Shipping Control Centre and from an unknown location made on an hourly basis. The records comprise some or all of the following details:

- Tide gauge in feet and inches
- Wind direction and velocity
- Barometer
- Thermometer
- Visibility
- Sea
- State of weather (i.e. cloudy, overcast, fine, showers etc.)

The Tide Predictions from Williamstown and Port Phillip Heads comprise of the following details:

- Tide table
- High water, morning and afternoon observation, time and height
- Low water, morning and afternoon observation, time and height
- Sunrise and sunset
- Phases of the moon

Data time period: [1909 TO 1984]

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ACN 633 798 857