HMCS Victoria and The Rip Diorama
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HMCS Victoria and The Rip diorama, 19th century, showing the Queenscliff light house, fort and pilots shack located at the site of the present day Pilots Station. The Victoria was the first ship of war built to order by a British Colony, she was built at the Limehouse yard of Young Son & Magnay at a cost of 38,000 pounds. She arrived in Pot Phillip on the 31st of May 1856 and was the first Australian Naval vessel to see action participating in the Second Maori War. She was also involved in quelling a convict revolt on board prison hulks off Williamstown, and even sailed to the Northern Territory in search of the ill fated Burke and Wills party. The Rip was a Canadian built pilot vessel which operated at the entrance to Port Phillip (the rip) from 1860 til the late 1890s. In 1873 she was swamped by huge seas off Point Nepean with the loss of four lives however the boat survived and was repaired and returned to service. 43 cm high, 61 cm wide, 14 cm deep
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- Diorama - When used in relation to antiques and collectables, a diorama is a three dimensional display, usually within a domed or rectangular glass case.
As the feathers of birds are more easily damaged than the skin of an animal, most taxidermied birds are displayed within a glazed diorama. The birds will be set in lifelike poses in a naturalistic landscape, usually standing a branch within the diorama. Animals will be displayed set in the landscape they inhabit. The foreground will be set with gravel, rocks and bushes, while the background will be painted.
While most natural history dioramas can be easily picked up and carried by one person, some larger examples were made that were suitable for display at exhibitions.
The other type of diorama commonly seen is a model ship enclosed in a rectangular glass box, the ship depicted floating on the sea.
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