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After Mull we drove to Irvine, a small city on the South of Glasgow to examine an old clipper ship that was about to be dismantled. The name of that ship was The City of Adelaide, which for 23 years after 1864 brought immigrants to South Australia. According to the Adelaide Advertiser almost half the population of South Australia claims descendency from an early emigrant on this great vessel. My mission was to report to the Government as to options which could be taken to conserve that magnificent clipper ship, which had lately sunk at its moorings on the Fulloford Clide. 

High hopes for tall ship's return
By STUART INNES
21st September 2001
ROYAL intervention has given impetus to a South Australian homecoming for the historic clipper City of Adelaide.

A conference in Glasgow, Scotland – convened by Prince Philip – has given hope to an Adelaide-based preservation group which wants to restore the decrepit hulk.

The meeting accepted suggestions from Prince Philip that:  
DEBTS accrued by the ship, sitting on a private slipway at Irvine outside Glasgow, be paid off by the British Government.
OWNERSHIP of the ship be transferred from the Scottish Maritime Museum, which cannot afford further work on it, to the British Maritime Trust. Prince Philip is chairman of that trust.
PARTIES that want the ship each put their case to the trust, including evidence of ongoing funding for preservation or restoration.

Only Sunderland, on the north-east coast of England where the ship was built in 1864, and the Adelaide-based Save the Clipper Ship City of Adelaide 1864 Action Group, have said they want the vessel. Speaking from Glasgow early yesterday after the conference, the Adelaide group's convener, Peter Christopher, said the conference had made progress.

"Adelaide and Sunderland will need to develop and formalise proposals and establish a case there will be ongoing fundraising," Mr Christopher said. He said Prince Philip had listened with interest to his suggestion that the ship come to Adelaide and restoration be partly funded by people paying to see work in progress.
"He asked some pretty intensive, probing questions," he said.
"My sense is that Adelaide has a stronger case than (does) Sunderland."

Mr Christopher said he was now hoping for State or Federal Government funding to encourage contributions from the corporate sector. Transporting the ship to Adelaide would cost nearly $2 million. Scottish Maritime Museum director Jim Tildesley told The Advertiser there was sadness the historic vessel would have to leave Scotland where people had done much work to save it. A spokeswoman for Premier John Olsen said later yesterday the Government was interested to consider reports from the Glasgow meeting. The federal Environment and Heritage Minister, Robert Hill, could not be contacted.  
 

E2 Newspaper article analysis:    (report rating work).
Working in pairs initially, read the article together, keeping in mind and making notes for the following questions. The questions need to be answered in detail in your own workbooks reflecting your own thoughts and opinions. Year 7 1.5 to 2 pages, year 6 1 to 1.5 pages.
This work can be word processed if you prefer then printed or sent to Mr R_____ll as an email attachment.

1: Why do you think Mr R____ll is getting you to look at this article more closely?
2: Summarise the article in 1 to 2 paragraphs.
3: What point does the writer pick up on about the 2nd verse of ‘Advance Australia Fair’ ?
4: What advice does he give the youth of Australia—attendees of ‘Young Leaders ‘ may also draw parallels with what Matthew Hutchison said. You may dot point this answer.
5: Do you think it is true that other students try to keep other students down so that they 
    themselves don’t look so bad and/or lazy? Explain his view on the matter and give examples from your own experience if possible.
Now choose either question 6 OR 7 to answer.
6: Explain what is meant by the term ‘idolisation of sport’.
7: Write the meaning of 2 to 3 words new to you in the article.
8: What are you going to do now?