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DEFIANCE
Defiance is a red Couta Boat which
lives in the harbour at Queenscliff. The adventures of Defiance
have been captured for children by local writers and illustrators. The
books tell gripping tales of drama and rescue in a mix of fantasy and
historically accurate accounts of couta boats and the dangers of the Rip at the
entrance to Port Phillip.
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Defiance Goes to Sea - a delightful rhyming story about a little couta boat, mixing true
history with fiction
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Defiance to the Rescue
- the history of Queenscliff?#8364;™s famous Lifeboat is depicted in a modern
setting of search and rescue with Defiance once again the hero
The Defiance
books are available in the Museum shop
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EDUCATIONAL PROJECT SHEETS
DEFIANCE WORK SHEETS
Work sheets suitable for primary school students have been developed from the
Defiance books. Students can learn about the Queenscliff couta boats
and the drama of the seas at the entrance to Port Phillip.
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum wishes to thank
the authors, Marianne Caddy, Peter Caddy, Andrew Scorgie & Andrew Watson for
making the education worksheets available for teachers and educational projects.
The worksheets
may be downloaded from the links below. Right click on each link to save
the PDF to your system.
COUTA BOAT PLAN
To accompany the Defiance
worksheets a simple plan has been prepared from which students can construct a
paper couta boat. The plan may be downloaded here:
More information about the Couta
Boat is available on the
Boatshed
page, which has some links to other interesting information about boats and
maritime history.
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