''Australia'' is a coasting

schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...

located at

Mystic Seaport Mystic Seaport Museum or Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea in Mystic, Connecticut is the largest maritime museum in the United States. It is notable for its collection of sailing ships and boats and for the re-creation of the craf ...

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, United States. ''Australia'' was built in 1862 in

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, New York and was originally named ''Alma''. ''Australia'' was designed to carry freight and to be able to traverse shallow water. ''Australia'' was used as a Confederate blockade runner during the

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until she was captured by

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warships and sold at auction. Mystic Seaport acquired her in 1951 for use as a training vessel. In 1962 ''Australia'' was hauled out for restoration but damage to the hull was deemed too extensive and the vessel was permanently beached. ''Australia'' is now housed in a shed and used as an exhibit on ship construction. Around December 28, 1874 "Henry Evans, sailor of schr Australia, crashed to death between the tug and vessel at Muskegon." in Michigan.

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