| Code | Author | Title | Publisher | Wherepublished | Year | Edition | ISBN | Website |
| Aam1^### | Australian Assoc for Maritime History | Newsletter | AAMH | http://www.aamh.asn.au/neditors.htm | ||||
| Abb1 | Abbott, J.H.M. | The Newcastle Packets & the Hunter Valley | Currawong Publishing Co | Sydney | 1943 | 1st | ||
| Abs1 | Aberdeen Built Ships | Internet | Aberdeen | 2007 | www.aberdeenships.com | |||
| Adw^## | Shiplovers Soc. Victoria | The Annual Dog Watch | Shiplovers Soc. Victoria | Victoria | ## | |||
| AGW22.1 | Edwards, A.D. | Last Link with Unlucky Lochs. AUST.GEOGRAPHICAL WALKABOUT | Australian National Travel Ass | Melbourne, Aust | 1956 | |||
| Ain1^# | Australian Illustrated News | Australian Illustrated News | David Syme &Co | Melbourne | ||||
| Alr## | Lloyd's Register | American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping | Annual | http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/initiative/ShipRegister.cfm?BibID=237571881 | ||||
| Amb^# | The Australian Motor Boat & Yachting Monthly | # is date | Sydney | |||||
| Amb^### | Australian Motor Boat and Yachting Monthly | Periodical 1925-34 | Sydney, NSW | |||||
| Amd1^## | Australian Maritime Digest | Periodical | Centre for Maritime Studies | ## =date | ||||
| Ana1^# | Royal Institution of Naval Architects | The Australian Naval Architect | # is date of issue | Canberra | 1441-0125 | |||
| And1 | Andrews, Graeme | The Watermen of Sydney | Turton & Armstrong | Wahroonga, NSW | 2004 | 1st | 0 908031 81 5 | |
| Apf1 | Third Asia-Pacific Fishing/Ausmarine East Conference | Baird Publications | Melbourne | 2001 | 1st | 0 9577279 3 3 | ||
| Aps^# | Baird Publications | Asia Pacific Shipping | Periodical ## is month/year | Melbourne | ## | |||
| Arb | Arbon, A.L. | A History of Union Steamship Co of New Zealand.v.2 | Ronald H.Parsons | Lobethal, Sth Aust | 1974 | 1st | ||
| Asa1 | Australian Shipbuilders Assoc. | Shipbuilding in Australia | 1968 | 1st | ||||
| Ass82 | Transport &Construction | Australian Shipping & Shipbuilding | Australian Govt Publ Service | Canberra | 1982 | 35 | 0 642 06753 8 | |
| Ast1 | Australia Story Trust | Displaying Australia | Australia Story Trust | Sydney, NSW | 1948 | 1st | ||
| Aswd | Website | Australian Ship Wreck Database | Aust.Inst.for Marine Archeol. | http://dbase.mm.wa.gov.au/WEBFM/Shipwrecks/Shipsearch.html | ||||
| Atsb# | Australian Transport Safety Bureau | Marine Safety Investigation Report No # | Cmth Dept of Transport &… | Civic Square, ACT | Vary | |||
| Auc1 | Greenop, Frank S. | Australian Chronical. Australia's First 100 Years | Antipodean Publishers Pty Ltd | Artarmon, NSW | nd | 1st | 0 86944 040 3 | |
| Awb1^### | Australian Wooden Boat Festival | # is year | Hobart, Tas | |||||
| Bai1 | Baillieu, Darren | The First of Port Phillip Pilots | In Annual Dog Watch | Victoria | ? | |||
| Bai2 | Bailey, John | The White Divers of Broome | Pan Macmillan Australia PtyLtd | Sydney | 2001 | 1st | 0 7329 1078 1 | |
| Bai3 | Bailey, Janice E. | Westwind | Regal Press | Launceston | 2004 | 1st | 1 876261 31 5 | |
| Bar1 | Bardon, Richard | The Centenary History of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland | W.R.Smith & Paterson Pty Ltd | Brisbane | 1949 | 1st | ||
| Bas2 | Bastock, John | Ships on the Australian Station | Child &Associates Pty Ltd | French's Forest, NSW | 1988 | 1st | 0 86777 348 0 | |
| Bee1 | The Bee of Australia | Newspaper | 1844 | http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14403668.html | ||||
| Bee2 | Beechey, Des | Parappa Newsletter | April 2006 | Tas | 2006 | Periodical | http://www.boatregister.net/Parappa_files/Parappa_newsletter_April_2006_small.pdf | |
| Bee3 | Beechey, Des | Parappa Newsletter | Nov 2006 | Tas | 2006 | Periodical | http://www.boatregister.net/Parappa_files/Parappa_NL_Nov06_small.pdf | |
| Ben1 | Bender | Website | 2006 | http://web.aanet.com.au/bender/index.htm | ||||
| Ben2 | Bennett, Kt | Paddle Steamers of the Murray River | Lothian Books | South Melbourne, Vic | 2004 | 1st | 0 7344 0713 0 | |
| Ble | Blewett, Graham | Ferries &Farms, History of Lugarno | Internet | 2000 | http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/lugcontents.htm | |||
| Bot | Bott, Alan | The Sailing Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Co. 1873-1900 | B.T. Batsford Ltd | London, UK | 1972 | 1st | 0 7134 0467 1 | |
| Bow1 | Bowen, Frank C. | The Flag of the Southern Cross | Shaw Savill? | UK | 1939 | 1st | ||
| Bp^##/## | Blue Peter Magazine | ##/## month/year | ||||||
| Bre1 | Brett, Henry | White Wings | A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd | Wellington | 1984 | 0 589 01517 6 | ||
| Bre2 | Brennan, Frank | The Australian Commonwealth Shipping Line | Roebuck Society Publications | Canberra | 1978 | 1st | 0 909434 11 5 | |
| Bro1 | Brouwer, Norman | International Register of Historic Ships | Anthony Nelson Ltd | Shropshire, England | 1985 | 1st | 0-904614-11-5 | |
| Bro2 | Broomham, Rosemary | Steady Revolutions. The Australian Institute of Marine & Power En | New South Wales University | Kensington, NSW | 1991 | 1st | 0 86840 324 5 | |
| Bro3 | Broxam, Graeme | Those That Survive, Vintage &Veteran Boats of Tasmania | Navarine Publishing | ACT | 1996 | 1st | 0 9586561 2 6 | |
| Bro4 | Brouwer, Norman J. | International Register of Historic Ships | Sea History Press | NY | 1999 | 3rd | 1 86176 101 5 | |
| Bro5 | Brown, Trevor | Working on the Hawkesbury | Deerubbin Press | Berowra Heights | 1997 | 1st | 0 646 32292 3 | |
| Bul2 | Bull, J. C. | Sailing Ships and Paddle Wheels | J. C. Bull | Metung, Victoria | 1974 | 1st | ||
| Cal | Calcutt, Capt. George | Voyage of the Loch Tay | Maritime Historical Pub. | Melbourne | 1966 | 1st | ||
| Cam1 | Cameron, David | Towards the Wage-Earners' Welfare State? | University of Newcastle Thesis | Newcastle, NSW | 1994 | 1st | ||
| Cam2 | Wallace, Campbell | Notes on Volunteer Coastal Patrol | Unpublished | 2004 | ||||
| Cam3 | Wallace, Campbell | Notes on Volunteer Coastal Patrol | Unpublished | 2005 | ||||
| Car3 | Carvel, John L. | Stephen of Linthouse 1850-1950 | Alexander Stephens &Sons Ld | Linthouse, Glasgow | 1950 | 1st | ||
| Cat1 | Cato, Nancy | The Noosa Story | Jacaranda Press | Milton, Qld | 1982 | 2nd | 0 7016 1681 4 | |
| Cba1 | Couta Boat Association | Website | 2007 | http://www.coutaboatclub.com/sa/coutaboat/boatregisterlist.aspx | ||||
| Cbs1 | Cameron, Stuart | Clyde Built Ships website | UK | www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/ | ||||
| Cha1 | Champion, George &Shelagh | A Surprise Packet for New South Wales | Unpublished | Sydney | 2004 | |||
| Cha2 | Chapman, Gifford | Wooden Fishing Boats | Gifford Chapman | Kingscote, SA | 1998 | 1st | 0-646-36074-4 | |
| Cha3 | Chambers, Margaret | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | National Archives of Australia | Canberra | 2000 | 1st | 0 642 34418 3 | |
| Cha4 | Chambers, Dawn | New Zealand Historical Data | Website | 2006 | http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~dchamber/ships.htm | |||
| Chs1 | Chuuk Ships | Foreign Ships in Micronesia | Internet | 2006 | www.micsem.org/pubs/articles/historical/forships/chuuk.htm | |||
| Chu1 | Churchouse, Jack | Leonard Robertson, the Whangaroa & La Bella | Millwood Press | Wellington | 1982 | 1st | 0-908582-55-2 | |
| Chu2 | Churchouse, Jack | Sailing Ships of the Tasman Sea | Millwood Press Ltd | Wellington, NZ | 1984 | 1st | 0-908582-62-5 | |
| Cof1 | Colony of Fiji | Attack on the boat's crew of the schooner Saucy Lass by natives.. | Western Pacific High Cmmission | Fiji | 1888 | http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/005.pdf | ||
| Col1 | Colwell, Max | Ships and Seafarers in Australian Waters | Landsdowne Press | Melbourne | 1973 | 1st | 0 7018 0025 9 | |
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| Cox1 | Cox, C.W. | Ships in Tasmanian Waters | Fuller's Bookshop | Hobart, Tas | 1971 | 1st | ||
| Cox2 | Cox, George W. | Bass Strait Crossing | Melanie Publications | Sandy Bay, Tasmania | 1986 | 1st | 0-908415-14-1 | |
| Cro1 | Crowther Library | Regatta programmes | Tasmanian Library | Tas | ||||
| Cro2 | Crofts, Graham | Swan Yacht Club. The first 100 years | Swan Yacht Club Inc | East Fremantle, WA | 2004 | 1st | 0 6464 43873 5 | |
| Cum1 | Cumpston, J.S. | Shipping Arrivals & Departures, Sydney 1788-1825 | Roebuck Society Publications | Canberra | 1977 | 2nd | 0 909434 15 8 | |
| Cvy1^### | Commercial Vessel Yearbook | ### is year | Baird Publications | Southbank, Melbourne, Vic | ||||
| Dar | Darroch, Vin | Barque Polly Woodside | Lowden Publishing Co | Kilmore, Vic | 1978 | 1st | 0 909706 64 6 | |
| Dav1 | Davenport, W. & Mottram, B. | Early Shipping in Moreton Bay 6/1846-12/1959 | Brisbane, Qld | 1998 | 1st | 0-646-36328-X | ||
| Dea1 | Deans, Alan | Ena | Sydney, NSW | 1st | ||||
| Def1 | De Fraga, Christopher | 100 Years of Yachting on Port Phillip Bay | The Hawthorne Press | Melbourne, Victoria | 1976 | 1st | 0 7256 0155 8 | |
| Dic1 | Dickson, Rod | They Kept this State Afloat | Hesperian Press | Carlisle, WA | 1998 | 1st | 0 85905 2 141 | |
| DnV^# | Det Norske Veritas | Register of Vessels | # is year | Norway | www.dnv.com/rovessels.htm | |||
| Dnz1 | Dictionary of New Zealand | Bibligraphy | NZ | http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp | ||||
| Doh1 | Doherty, M.J. | Development of a Class of Rig Supply Anchor Handling &Towing Vssl | Aust.Symposium on Small Ships | Sydney, NSW | 1975 | 1st | 0 9599829-7-3 | |
| Don | Donaldson, Capt. A. | Fifty Years too Soon | Whitcombe & Tombs Pty Ltd | Melbourne | 1948 | 1st | ||
| Don2 | Dept of Navigation | List of Steamships &Sailing Vessels | Dept of Navigation | Sydney | 1922 | |||
| Don3 | Dept of Navigation | List of Steamships &Sailing Vessels | Dept of Navigation | Sydney | 1901 | |||
| Don4 | Dept of Navigation | List of Steamships to which Certificates issued | Dept of Navigation | Sydney | 1930 | |||
| Dow1 | Dowson, John | Old Fremantle Photographs 1850-1950 | University of WA Press | Crawley, WA | 2004 | 2nd | 1 920694 26 9 | |
| Dpi1 | NSW Dept of Primary Industries | Listing of Charter Fishing Boats in NSW | NSW | 2006 | http://www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au/recreational/saltwater/saltwater/charter/ports | |||
| Dt^### | Daily Telegraph (Sydney) | ##/##/## day/month/year | ||||||
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| Dun1 | Dunmore, Spencer | Lost Subs | Allen & Unwin | Crows Nest, Sydney, NSW | 2002 | 1st | 1 86508 688 6 | |
| Dun2 | Dundoon, Gwen | The Shipbuilders of Brisbane Water, NSW | Gwen Dundoon | East Gosford | 1987 | 1st | 0 646 28082 | |
| Earl | Earl, Marjorie | Edward Campbell Earl &Cairns Harbour Board | James Cook University | Cairns, Qld | 2000 | 1st | ||
| Eas2 | Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks | Victoria | http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/easw.html | |||||
| Edw1^# | Edwards Collection | Edwards Collection | Held by State Library of SA | |||||
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| Ffi^ | Periodical | Fast Ferry International | Fast Ferry Information Ltd | Winchester, UK | Dated | 0954-3988 | ||
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| Fla1 | Flapan, Mori | Notes on the vessels of the Sydney Harbour Trust & MSB | Unpublished | 1994 | ||||
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| Fur2 | Furniss, Cliff | Servants of the North | A.H. & A.W.Reed | Wellington | 1977 | 1st | 0 589 01031 X | |
| Gab | Gaby, Capt. James | Mate in Sail | Antipodean Publishers Pty Ltd | Artarmon, NSW | 1974 | 1st | 0 86944 008 X | |
| Gee1 | Geeves, M.D., G.C.Griggs, &ors | Sailing On… | Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania | Hobart, Tas | 1980 | 1st | 0 9596214 1 5 | |
| Gil1 | Gillet, Ross | Australia's Colonial Navies | ||||||
| Gil2 | Gillett, Ross & Melliar-Phelps, Michael | A Century of Ships in Sydney Harbour | Rigby | Adelaide | 1980 | 1st | 0 7270 1201 0 | |
| Gle1 | Gleeson, Max | Shipwrecks, Storms &Seaman | Author? | Caringbah, NSW | 1996 | 1st | 0 646 28019 8 | |
| Gle2 | Gleeson, Max | The Vanished Fleet of the Sydney Coastline | Author? | NSW | 1993 | 1st | 0 646 13671 2 | |
| Goo1 | Goodman, Rupert | Hospital Ships | 1992 | |||||
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| Gre3 | Grech M., Horberry T., Humphreys, M. | Paper on Fatigue and Human Error in the Maritime Domain | University of Queensland | Qld | c2003 | |||
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| Hra1^4 | King | Historical Records of Australia Vol I-4 | Commonwealth of Australia | 1915 | ||||
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