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13 MLAANZ Journal 1 (1998)

handle is hein.journals/ausnewma13 and id is 1 raw text is: OPENING OF THE 28TH CONFERENCE OF THE MARITIME LAW ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BY THE HONOURABLE SIR GUY GREEN AC KBE GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA MONDAY 13 OCTOBER 1997 I had the honour of addressing the Association in 1978 and then in 1987. Save for feeling seriously disconcerted by how quickly our decadal reunion has come around again it gives me a great deal of personal satisfaction to be involved once again in a meeting of the Association. With all the modesty which I can muster - which isn't much - I think Hobart can be seen to be a rather appropriate venue for this conference. The Derwent estuary is one of the finest deep water harbours in the world. The port of Hobart is probably unique in that whilst it is very much a working port it is also a popular recreation and tourist area which is only minutes away from the CBD of Hobart The newly established Hobart port authority - the Hobart Ports Corporation - has an extensive area of jurisdiction controlling about two thirds of Tasmania's coastline from Cape Portland in the north to Temma Harbour in the west. The authority has roots going back nearly 140 years but the port is a thoroughly modem, fully equipped port which can offer safe all-weather access to all types of vessels and deep water berths able to accommodate the largest overseas ships. Incidentally it is also the first port authority in Australia to have a website on the internet. A distinctive feature of the city and port of Hobart has been its close involvement for over 160 years in every aspect of maritime activity relating to the Antarctic, the subantarctic and the Southern Ocean. In 1837 the French Captain Dumont d'Urville called in to the

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