Julie Burgess : the story of a Bass Strait fishing ketchThe Julie Burgess was the last of a series of vessels built and sailed by the Burgess family in the waters of Bass Strait and the Tasmanian coasts. She was built and launched at Launceston in Tasmania in 1936 for Harry Burgess, and was designed specifically as a crayfishing ketch, although used on occasion for a range of tasks. The main areas fished were in Bass Strait, as this was not only a r...