Name/TitlePhotograph, "Maybell II"

About this object"Maybell II"" owned by Maurice "Bub" Monin.

Henry Maurice "Bub" Monin joined the Royal Australian Navy, as his father before him, and served on HMAS Shropshire in many theatres during WWII. After the war he decided to move permanently to Nelson Bay and become a professional fisherman like his material grandfather, John “Tally” Asquith.

“Bub” worked with his brother-in-law Arthur Asquith and the Tarrant family members on the beaches until 1948 when he bought his first boat “May Bell”. This boat enabled “Bub” to work the wide waters of the Port seine trawling and lobstering until 1962 when the family returned to Sydney for four years.

Returning to Nelson Bay in 1967 “Bub” soon joined Ron McLean in a partnership that lasted many years. Due to hard work and some good fortune, particularly lobstering, “Bub” was able to build a new boat - the “May Bell II”, launched at Stockton in 1971. The stem pole came from a tree "Bub" cut down in the bush around Gan Gan. “Bub” worked her in the Hunter River prawning.

In 1980 “Maybell II” was sold to a Greek fishing family and was last seen sitting in Sydney’s Black Wattle Bay.

Place MadeOceania, Australia, New South Wales, Port Stephens

MakerUnknown

Maker RoleBoat Builder

Date Made1971

PeriodMid 20th century

Formatjpeg

Object TypeFishing Vessel

Subject and Association KeywordsBoat building

Subject and Association KeywordsBoats

Subject and Association KeywordsFishing - commercial

Subject and Association KeywordsPrawning

Subject and Association KeywordsWorld War II

Subject and Association KeywordsNavy

Object numberTMA2021.00166

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