Amity, Museum ship in Albany, Australia

Amity is a full-size, land-mounted replica of the 148-ton brig built in 1816 in New Brunswick. Constructed in Albany in 1975 under supervisor Stan Austin and shipwright Pieter van de Brugge, it stands at the Museum of the Great Southern on Princess Royal Drive, positioned to appear floating in Princess Royal Harbour.

The original vessel was built in 1816 in Canada and carried the first European settler group to Western Australia. After years of service to the early colony, the ship sank in 1845 near the Australian coast.

The replica is part of the Museum of the Great Southern in Albany, not Hobart. It was built in 1975 under boat builder Stan Austin and shipwright Pieter van de Brugge for the town's 1976 sesquicentennial. The ship's name lives on in Amity Point and six Brisbane streets.

The best visits happen on mild weather days when the decks are not crowded. Since you are walking on a ship, wear sturdy shoes and watch your step on the narrow passages, especially when wet.

The ship carried not just people but also animals and seeds to establish a settlement in a completely unfamiliar place. This journey was one of the most risky ventures of early European colonization in Australia.