A lifetime dedicated to Sydney’s maritime heritage

A lifetime dedicated to Sydney’s maritime heritage

Graeme Andrews was a Sydney-based maritime historian,his work was praised as invaluable,without which many memories and visual histories would be lost. He died on September 25,2024,at the age of 86.

  • byGillian Andrews

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Sydney museum director had to be carried from office in his chair

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  • byAngus Dalton
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