Pollywoodside
Located in Southbank, Pollywoodside are offering a virtual tour and fun activities for your classroom. Step lively aboard a real 19th century tall ship and into the lives of the sailors who lived and worked aboard.
General Activities
Virtual Tour
Cost: Free
Outline: Students can explore all three levels of the Polly Woodside, a fine example of a merchant fleet sailing vessel from the late 19th Century.
The Polly Woodside was built in Ireland in Belfast’s shipyards in 1885 and was named after the owner’s wife Marian ‘Polly’ Woodside.
Discover Pollywoodside
Cost: Free
Outline: Find out more Polly Woodside and its history of voyages across the seas that led it from shipbuilding docks in Belfast to reside in Melbourne more than 130 years later.
Learn about the who is who in the crew and what they do. The open-ended activities are designed for students in Upper Primary.