Jack Kenneth Loney (21 October 1925 – 13 February 1995) was an amateur Australian maritime historian who published over one hundred books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He was a schoolteacher and principal until his retirement. He became interested in

maritime history Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant. As an academic subject, it ...

after preparing several general history booklets covering the Otway region of western

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

Personal life

Loney lived throughout his life in

Portarlington, Victoria Portarlington is a historic coastal township located on the Bellarine Peninsula, 28 km from the city of Geelong, in the state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It has a diverse population which includes a wide range of ethnic ba ...

with his wife Padge. He had two children, Peter and Sally.

Jack Loney Award

Loney was an inaugural and long-standing member of the Victorian Government's Historic Shipwrecks Advisory Committee (HSAC); the Victorian government decreed a perpetual memorial award - called the Jack Loney Award - for outstanding contribution to maritime history in recognition of Loney's contribution to the preservation of Australia's shipwreck and maritime heritage. The Award is made only as occasion demands, with the recipient chosen by the Victorian Historic Shipwrecks Advisory Committee to the Heritage Council. Winners have included: * 1998: Peter Stone, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the preservation of Australia's maritime heritage through his community role as a maritime and dive adventure writer, lobbyist, publisher and photographer. * 2000: Terry Arnott, in recognition of his services to Victoria's maritime heritage at the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) and

Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology The Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA) was founded as the Australian Society for Historical Archaeology in 1970 by Judy Birmingham (University of Sydney). Its aims are to promote the study of historical archaeology in Austra ...

(ASHA). * 2004: Peter Ronald, the former Victorian Heritage Council member and Victorian Historic Shipwrecks Advisory Committee Chairman, for long-standing contribution to the protection of Victoria's historic shipwrecks and as an advocate of maritime heritage in the state. * 2009: Dr Leonie Foster, for her groundbreaking research, long-standing committee membership, and mentoring of maritime heritage professionals in Australia. *2010: Peter Taylor, shipwreck diver and maritime historian

Bibliography

Australian shipwrecks series

As an amateur maritime historian he took over the writing and publishing of the most comprehensive reference series of books on maritime disasters in Australia from

Charles Bateson Charles Bateson (4 August 1903 – 5 July 1974) was a maritime historian, journalist and author. Early life Charles Henry Bateson was born in Wellington, New Zealand, son of Charles Bateson, a company manager born Liverpool, England, and moth ...

the Australian Shipwrecks series. * ''Australian shipwrecks Vol. 1 1622–1850'' By Charles Bateson. Sydney. Reed, 1972 910.4530994 BAT *''Australian shipwrecks Vol. 2 1851–1871'' By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON *''Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900'' By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON *''Australian shipwrecks Vol. 4 1901–1986'' By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1987 910.4530994 LON *''Australian shipwrecks Vol. 5 Update 1986'' By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1991 910.4530994 LON Jack Loney Books

Other works

A selection of his many other books and smaller booklets includes: *Admella *Adventures with shipwrecks, an account of wrecks in the

Apollo Bay Apollo Bay is a coastal town in southwestern Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the eastern side of Cape Otway, along the edge of the Barham River and on the Great Ocean Road, in the Colac Otway Shire. The town had a population of 1,790 at ...

Area *An era at Port Phillip Heads: 1830–1900 *Apollo Bay : tourist and fishing guide *The Australia run *Australia's island shipwrecks *Australia's shipwreck coast and other stories *Australian sea mysteries *Australian sea stories *Bay steamers and coastal ferries *Ben Boyd's ships *Clipper Lightning in

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

, 1862-1869 *Early shipping in the Port of Geelong *Falls of Halladale *Famous wrecks *

Great Ocean Road The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage listed stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford. Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and dedicated t ...

, tourist and historical guide *High & dry: visible wrecks and wreckage in Australian waters *The historic Barwon *Jack Loney's maritime Australia, short tales of ships and men *

King Island King Island, Kings Island or King's Island may refer to: Australia * King Island (Queensland) * King Island, at Wellington Point, Queensland * King Island (Tasmania) ** King Island Council, the local government area that contains the Tasmanian is ...

: tourist and historical guide *Lady Bay, Warrnambool: a graveyard of ships *The

Loch Ard Loch Ard (Scottish Gaelic: Loch na h-Àirde) is a loch, located in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Stirling council area, Scotland. Overview The name of the loch comes from ''àird'', the Scottish Gaelic word for a ''promontory, ...

disaster *The mahogany ship *Mysteries of the Bass Strait triangle *Not enough grass to feed a single bullock: a history of Tarwin Lower, Venus Bay and Waratah *Notes on the Otway *Old days and ways along the South Coast: tales from the surf and shipwreck coasts *Otway 1919-1969 *Otway and its coast in retrospect *Otway memories *

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

Port Campbell Port Campbell () is a coastal town in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Great Ocean Road, west of the Twelve Apostles, in the Shire of Corangamite. At the , Port Campbell had a population of 478. History The port and the town are named ...

Princetown Princetown is a villageDespite its name, Princetown is not classed as a town today – it is not included in the County Council's list of the 29 towns in Devon: located within Dartmoor national park in the English county of Devon. It is the p ...

: tourist, historical and fishing guide *Pioneering days: a collection of short articles prepared by the author, J.K. Loney, during his years at Apollo Bay (1954-1971) *

Port Fairy Port Fairy (historically known as Belfast) is a coastal town in south-western Victoria, Australia. It lies on the Princes Highway in the Shire of Moyne, west of Warrnambool and west of Melbourne, at the point where the Moyne River enters the S ...

, tourist, historical and fishing guide *The price of admiralty: ships of the R.A.N. lost, 1914-1974 *The Queenscliff lifeboat wreck and rescue at Port Phillip Heads *Queenscliff,

Point Lonsdale Point Lonsdale is a coastal township on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia. The town is divided between the Borough of Queenscliffe and the City of Greater Geelong. Point Lonsdale is also one of the headlands which, ...

: tourist and historical guide *Ramblers guide to west coast shipwrecks *Sea adventures and wrecks on the N.S.W. south coast *The Seahorse Inn *Sea war in

Bass Strait Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...

*Ships and seamen off the south coast *Ships and shipwrecks at Port Albert *Ships and shipwrecks at Portarlington *Ships at Port Welshpool and other memories *Ships in

Corio Bay Corio Bay is one of numerous internal bays in the southwest corner of Australia's Port Phillip, and is the bay on which abuts the City of Geelong. The nearby suburb of Corio takes its name from Corio Bay. Etymology When Hamilton Hume and Willi ...

, Geelong 1840-1980 *Shipwreck strait: an illustrated history of major shipwrecks, collisions, fires and strandings in Bass Strait from 1797 *Shipwrecks along the Great Ocean Road *Shipwrecks and sea adventures around Wilsons Promontory *Shipwrecks on

Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, southwest ...

*The Schomberg incident *Some overseas shipping arrivals in Melbourne and Geelong, 1856-1860 *South Coast story:

Torquay Torquay ( ) is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies south of the county town of Exeter and east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton ...

Barwon Heads Barwon Heads (previously known as Point Flinders) is a coastal township on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the west bank of the mouth of the Barwon River below Lake Connewarre, while it is bounded to ...

, Ocean Grove, Point Lonsdale, Queenscliff *Stranding of R.M.S. Australia *Tales from the surf coast, shipwreck coast and their hinterlands *Tall ships and sailormen : a concise survey of Victoria's early maritime history *Twelve decades: a short history of Apollo Bay, 1850-1969 *Victims of the Corsair rock *Victorian shipwrecks; all wrecks in Victorian waters and Bass Strait, including King Island and the Kent group *Victoria's West Coast steamers *

Warrnambool Warrnambool ( Maar: ''Peetoop'' or ''Wheringkernitch'' or ''Warrnambool'') is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Warrnambool had a population of 35,743. Situated on the Princes Highway, Warrnambool (Al ...

the graveyard of ships, wrecks and strandings in and around Lady Bay *Wreck - 1891 and other maritime memories *Wreck and rescue at Port Phillip Heads *Wreck of the Fiji *Wreck of the Ly-e-Moon *Wreck of the ship Eric The Red *Wreck of the S.S. Casino *Wrecks along the

Murray Murray may refer to: Businesses * Murray (bicycle company), an American manufacturer of low-cost bicycles * Murrays, an Australian bus company * Murray International Trust, a Scottish investment trust * D. & W. Murray Limited, an Australian who ...

*Wrecks at Hell's Gates *Wrecks at

Robe A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment. Unlike garments described as capes or cloaks, robes usually have sleeves. The English word ''robe'' derives from Middle English ''robe'' ("garment"), borrowed from Old French ''robe'' ("booty, spoils" ...

*Wrecks on

Phillip Island Phillip Island (Boonwurrung: ''Corriong'', ''Worne'' or ''Millowl'') is an Australian island about south-southeast of Melbourne, Victoria. The island is named after Governor Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales, by explorer ...

*Wrecks on South Australia's south-east coast: shipwrecks and strandings from Port Macdonnell to the Murray River *Wrecks on South Australia's southern coastline *Wrecks on the Gippsland coast *Wrecks on the Gippsland coast: a survey of major incidents from Point Nepean to Cape Howe, and nearer islands of Bass Strait; including

Westernport Western Port, (Boonwurrung: ''Warn Marin'') commonly but unofficially known as Western Port Bay, is a large tidal bay in southern Victoria, Australia, opening into Bass Strait. It is the second largest bay in the state. Geographically, it is ...

, Anderson's Inlet, Waratah Bay, Kent Group, Corner Inlet,

Port Albert Port Albert is a coastal town in Victoria, Australia, on the coast of Corner Inlet on the Yarram - Port Albert Road, south-east of Morwell, south-east of Melbourne, in the Shire of Wellington. At the , Port Albert had a population of 293. L ...

, Lakes Entrance, Lake Tyers,

Marlo Marlo is a name which may refer to: People Given name or nickname Notable people with the given name or nickname include: *Marlo Dahl (born 1972), Canadian curler *Marlo Hoogstraten (also known as MaRLo), Dutch DJ * Martin "Marlo" Hyland (1969–2 ...

, Sydenham Inlet,

Mallacoota Mallacoota is a small town in the East Gippsland region in the state of Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Mallacoota had a population of 1,063. At holiday times, particularly Easter and Christmas, the population increases by about 8,000 ...

and

Gabo Island Gabo Island is a island located off the coast of eastern Victoria, Australia, between Mallacoota and Cape Howe on the border with New South Wales. It is separated from the mainland by a wide channel; access is available by arranged flights an ...

*Wrecks on the New South Wales coast *Wrecks on the Queensland coast, 1791-1992: includes Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea,

Torres Strait The Torres Strait (), also known as Zenadh Kes, is a strait between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea. It is wide at its narrowest extent. To the south is Cape York Peninsula, the northernmost extremity of the Australian mai ...

Gulf of Carpentaria The Gulf of Carpentaria (, ) is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the eastern Arafura Sea (the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea). The northern boundary is ...

*Wrecks on the South Australian coast: including Kangaroo Island *Wrecks on Victoria's south west coast; a survey of incidents from the Victorian-South Australian border to Lady Bay, including

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

, Port Fairy, and Warrnambool *Wrecks on the Western Australian coast: and

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...

*Wrecks in Australian waters : an illustrated survey of shipwrecks, fires, collisions and strandings on the Australian coast from 1629 *Wrecks in the

Furneaux Group The Furneaux Group is a group of approximately 100 islands located at the eastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. The islands were named after British navigator Tobias Furneaux, who sighted the eastern side of th ...

(Flinders Island) *Wreckers, smugglers and pirates in South Eastern Australian waters *Wrecks along the

Gippsland Gippsland is a rural region that makes up the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia, mostly comprising the coastal plains to the rainward (southern) side of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It covers ...

coast *Wrecks around Cape Otway: shipwrecks and strandings from Port Campbell to Anglesea *Wrecks at Apollo Bay *Wrecks in

Port Phillip Bay Port Phillip (Kulin: ''Narm-Narm'') or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, narrow channel known as The Rip, and is completel ...

*Wrecks in the Rip *Wrecks on King Island *Yambulla gold : a brief record of the colourful Yambulla goldrush, near Eden

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loney, Jack Australian maritime historians Otway Ranges 1925 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Australian historians