The centre item in this Little Darwin nautical display contains part of the sails from the victorious yacht Australia 11, the subject of the current two-part ABC TV series about how Australia won the America's Cup. Lifebuoys like the Oriana one used to be made by crewmembers on various vessels who sold them to passengers as souvenirs. The painted pearlshell dated Darwin, Christmas 1941 may have been one of the vessels sunk by the Japanese on February 19,1942.
