Find • 1907 • Results 1,801 to 1,830 of 2,028
'Eunice' wooden schooner
'Eunice' wooden schooner 171 tons [wooden 3 mast topsail schooner, 190 gross tons, 171 net tons. ON102343. 110.4 x 27.5 x 7.2. Built 1902 DM Darroch, Big Omaha, New Zealand in 1915 converted into steamship = 188 gross tons, 129 net tons. Wrecked at the mouth of the Wanganui River, New Zealand. Sept. 26, 1917. Owners:AB Donald, registered Auckland; 1907 Joseph Mandl; 1908 TH Kerr, registered Lyttelton; 1908 JW Brownlee; 1916 Christchurch Meat Co. Ltd]
'Countess of Ranfurly' wooden schooner
'Countess of Ranfurly wooden schooner 198 tons. [wooden three mast aux. schooner. 198 gross, 153 net tons. ON102338. 112.7 x 25.1 x 10.8. Built 1901 Lane and Brown, Whangaroa, NZ. Aux. oil engine. Owners Government of New Zealand, registered Auckland. 1907 GLS Kerr, Island trader, Sydney. 1909 Kerr Bros. Ltd., Sydney. Wrecked at the Isle of Pines, March 31, 1910]
'Eunice' wooden schooner
'Eunice' wooden schooner 171 tons [wooden 3 mast topsail schooner, 190 gross tons, 171 net tons. ON102343. 110.4 x 27.5 x 7.2. Built 1902 DM Darroch, Big Omaha, New Zealand in 1915 converted into steamship = 188 gross tons, 129 net tons. Wrecked at the mouth of the Wanganui River, New Zealand. Sept. 26, 1917. Owners:AB Donald, registered Auckland; 1907 Joseph Mandl; 1908 TH Kerr, registered Lyttelton; 1908 JW Brownlee; 1916 Christchurch Meat Co. Ltd]
River Murray, Mannum and Berri
Records of the Reverend Arthur M. Trengove comprising lantern slides and glass plate negatives of Murray River scenes including paddlesteamers, boating for leisure, picturesque landscape scenes and items documenting flood levels in Berri, Mannum and Morgan. See CONTENTS for more information and details of images.
'Derwent Hunter' wooden barque
'Derwent Hunter' wooden barque 368 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, ON32094. 368 tons, 106.2 x 29.0 x 18.6. Built in 1810 and 1811 at Kensington, Philadelphia, Penn. and named North America. Renamed in 1861. Owners 1861 Alexander McGregor and Charles Bayley, registered Hobart. March 1886 Alex. McGregor. Register closed with 'Burnt at the Domain Slip. Hobart 1907'. There is some mention of this vessel in Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters by Harry O'May (not a particularly reliable source) that says she was hulked in 1884 and scuttled alongside the slip and used as a store]
'Viking' steel 4 masted barque
'Viking' steel 4 masted barque 2952 tons at Gothenberg [steel 4 mast barque, 2952 gross, 2541 net tons. 293.8 x 45.9 x 23.8. Built 1907 (6) Burmeister and Wain, Copenhagen. Danish sail training ship, registered Copenhagen. Still in existence at Gothenburg, used as hostel etc.]
'Viking' steel 4 masted barque
'Viking' steel 4 masted barque 2952 tons [steel 4 mast barque, 2952 gross, 2541 net tons. 293.8 x 45.9 x 23.8. Built 1907 (6) Burmeister and Wain, Copenhagen. Danish sail training ship, registered Copenhagen. Still in existence at Gothenburg, used as hostel etc.]
'Louisa Craig' iron barque
'Louisa Craig' iron barque 683 tons ['Peru' = iron barque, 710 tons, ON75188, 182.4 x 30.1 x 17.8. Built 1876 (8) J Key and Sons, Kinghorn, Owners: JW Robertson, registered Dundee. c.1885 J Stewart and Co., registered Dundee. 1907 sold to J Craig and Co, and renamed 'Louisa Craig' and registered at Auckland. In October 1916 renamed 'Raupo' and became the property of GH Scales (of Wellington). 1923 Canterbury Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. and hulked in 1922-3, and register closed in 1929]
'Viking' steel 4 masted barque
'Viking' steel 4 masted barque 2952 tons [steel 4 mast barque, 2952 gross, 2541 net tons. 293.8 x 45.9 x 23.8. Built 1907 (6) Burmeister and Wain, Copenhagen. Danish sail training ship, registered Copenhagen. Still in existence at Gothenburg, used as hostel etc.]
'Louisa Craig' iron barque
'Louisa Craig' iron barque 683 tons ['Peru' = iron barque, 710 tons, ON75188, 182.4 x 30.1 x 17.8. Built 1876 (8) J Key and Sons, Kinghorn, Owners: JW Robertson, registered Dundee. c.1885 J Stewart and Co., registered Dundee. 1907 sold to J Craig and Co, and renamed 'Louisa Craig' and registered at Auckland. In October 1916 renamed 'Raupo' and became the property of GH Scales (of Wellington). 1923 Canterbury Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. and hulked in 1922-3, and register closed in 1929]
'Elizabeth' wooden barque
The wooden barque 'Elizabeth', 263 tons, at Port Adelaide moored on the Birkenhead side of the Port River [wooden 3 mast barque, 263 tons. ON47438. 118.9 x 24.4 x 14.4. Built 1863 (9) W Briggs and Sons, Sunderland. Owners registered London till Feb. 1865, Moss Joshua, registered Melbourne; Aug. 1868 EF Sichel; June 1873 John Bickers and Jno Neill, registered Port Adelaide: Feb. 1894 AE Howard; Feb. 1895 AE Hamilton; Aug 1900 William Hamilton; 1907 HG Darling; March 1922 Patrick SS Co. Ltd. Converted to a hulk for use in Port Adelaide from 1894 and broken up and register closed in December 1922]
'Emma Laurans' steel barque
'Emma Laurans' steel barque 2152 tons [steel 3 mast barque, 2260 gross, 1710 net tons, later 2152 gross, 1907 net tons. 280.1 x 40.3 x 22.6. Built 1902 Forg and Chant. de la Madit., Havre. Owners: Soc. des Voiliers Francais, registered Havre. Sunk by German submarine Dec. 10, 1916]
'Marguerite Mirabaud' steel barque
'Marguerite Mirabaud' steel barque 2293 tons [steel 3 mast barque, 2293 gross, 1732 net tons, 276.4 x 40.4 x 22.6. Built 1900 Atel and Chant de la Loire, Nantes. Owners: Soc. des Voiliers Francais, registered Havre. On a voyage from Hobart towards Tahiti, wrecked Akatore Beach, South Otago, New Zealand Feb. 17, 1907]
Miscellaneous photographs
Miscellenous photographs (75) collected by Minchin family and related families. A selection of these has been digitised. Do a NUMBER search on PRG 119/35/19-48 to see online images. See 'Contents' field for details. The complete set is available for reference.
'Tusitala' ship
Looking aft' ship 'Tusitala' [iron ship, 1747 tons, ON87394, 260.4 x 39.0 x 23.5. Built 1883 (9) R Steele and Co., Greenock, as 'Inveruglas' for J McGregor and Son, registered Greenock, sold and renamed 'Sierra Lucena' by Thompson, Anderson and Co. (Sierra Shipping Co. Ltd.) registered Liverpool c.1907 became the Norwegian 'Sophie' c.1923 became American 'Tusitala'. Broken up in 1938 at New York]
'Viking' 4 masted barque
4 masted barque 'Viking' running before a strond breeze [steel 4 mast barque, 2952 gross, 2541 net tons. 293.8 x 45.9 x 23.8. Built 1907 (6) Burmeister and Wain, Copenhagen. Danish sail training ship, registered Copenhagen. Still in existence at Gothenburg, used as hostel etc.]
'Eden Holme' barque
Men at the wheel; barque 'Eden Holme' [iron 3 mast barque 818 tons. ON62035. 201.8 x 32.2 x 18.5. Built 1875 (1) Bartram, Haswell and Co,. Sunderland. Owners Hine Bros. registered Maryport. Wrecked Hebe Reef, Tamar River, Tasmania Jan. 6th, 1907]
'Great Admiral' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'Great Admiral' wooden ship [wooden ship rigged vessel, 1576 gross, 1402 net tons. ON(US)85007, 214.2 x 40.3 x 25.2. Built 1869. ER Jackson, East Boston, USA. Owners: 1897 ER Sterling, registered New York. Engaged from this time in the Pacific delivering cargoes of timber. Wrecked Dec. 1907 on the West Coast of South America. Much additional material on early career in 'The Downeasters' by Basil Lubbuck, Brown, Son and Ferguson, Glasgow, reprinted 1971]
'Sierra Lucena'
Captain and Mrs Vogt in the saloon of ship 'Sierra Lucena' [iron ship, 1747 tons, ON87394, 260.4 x 39.0 x 23.5. Built 1883 (9) R Steele and Co., Greenock, as 'Inveruglas' for J McGregor and Son, registered Greenock, sold and renamed 'Sierra Lucena' by Thompson, Anderson and Co. (Sierra Shipping Co. Ltd.) registered Liverpool c.1907 became the Norwegian 'Sophie' c.1923 became American 'Tusitala'. Broken up in 1938 at New York]
'Great Admiral' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'Great Admiral' wooden ship [wooden ship rigged vessel, 1576 gross, 1402 net tons. ON(US)85007, 214.2 x 40.3 x 25.2. Built 1869. ER Jackson, East Boston, USA. Owners: 1897 ER Sterling, registered New York. Engaged from this time in the Pacific delivering cargoes of timber. Wrecked Dec. 1907 on the West Coast of South America. Much additional material on early career in 'The Downeasters' by Basil Lubbuck, Brown, Son and Ferguson, Glasgow, reprinted 1971]
Hallum Movius, Salt Creek
Hallam Movius, Salt Creek (also known as Winnininnie Creek), Panaramitee North. Date is given as 8/3/36.
'Timaru' iron ship
Figurehead, 'Timaru' iron ship [iron 3 mast ship, 1363 gross, 1306 net tons. ON71689, 239.3 x 36.1 x 21.1. Built 1874 (12) Scott and Co. Greenock. Owners: Albion Shipping Co., registered Glasgow, later Shaw Savill and Albion Co. Ltd., c.1899 converted into a freezer-storage hulk in South Africa. (Some reports say she was wrecked under Norwegian ownership Feb. 22, 1907)]
Hallum Movius, Salt Creek
Hallam Movius, Salt Creek (also known as Winnininnie Creek), Panaramitee North. Date is given as 8/3/36.
Glass plate negatives of South Australian scenes
Glass plates negatives of Adelaide, metropolitan and country views, including buildings and interiors, domestic scenes, and portraits and family groups, by William S. Smith. Some of the images relate to interior scenes of the former South Australian Hotel on North Terrace (see note re Advertiser article in 1984). B&W prints are available for reference, housed in 6 ALBOX albums. There are currently no captions.
Copper ore samples and parcels of ore
Box 34 containing copper ore samples and small sealed parcels from the Daly and Stanley Copper Mining Company. These have been photographed as digital images: BRG 64/10/34/1-9. Eleven pieces of copper ore rock; Seven small parcels with red wax seals tied up with string, each with inscription: Dayley (sic) Mining Coy First samples No. 1 - 26° Bismuth 9¾ copper Elphick 28° Bismuth/10 copper No.1 Stanley 5/7/[18]67 Dayley Mining Co No.1 Bismuth, Copper No. 2 P.a Welcome 17/10/1867 Sample of 2nd parcel cupreous bismuth ore smelted by M Oliphant No. 2 Daly 5/7/67 37---- to a pound sample of 2nd parcel cupreous bismuth smelted by M Oliphant, with a small wooden box housing most of these parcels. On side of box is written: H.C. Gleeson Esq. Clark's Buildings Hindley Street Adelaide.
Photographs of river shipping and places
Photographs from Harry Godson's collection which had been given his catalogue numbers but were not included in earlier digitised series 1-4.
T.E. Barr Smith
Portrait of T.E. Barr Smith, President of the Stockowners Association of South Australia for 1907/08 to 1908/09.
Wartime letters to Oswald family
Letters written by George Oswald during active service in Egypt, Gallipoli, France and London, adressed to his mother Alice, sisters Myrtle (b.1889), Hazel (b.1891) and Ivy (b.1894), and brothers Bertie (Herbert, 1904-1940), Norman (b.1907) and Geof (Allan Geoffrey, b.1909). Includes a letter from Les Heylen, (Lance Corporal Leslie Roy Heylen, 10th Reinforcements,10th Battalion, no. 3189), a friend of George, addressed to Alice Oswald and family, October 1915. See transcripts for more details.
Paddle steamer 'Ruby'
The paddle steamer 'Ruby', built in 1907 and currently [ca.1976] based in Wentworth at the Renmark wharf. The structure at the top of the wharf is a building which housed the shipping agents. It replaced a collection of cubicles which had served the same purpose. This photo is part of the Sheahan Collection which consists of 114 views depicting river craft and two steam boat captains, bridges, and locks on the Murray River in South Australia.
Mary Ellis shipwreck
Ruins of the 'Mary Ellis' ketch shipwrecked on Wreck Beach in Lincoln National Park, near Port Lincoln, ca.1911. The ship was wrecked while on a voyage between Port Adelaide and Venus Bay when caught in a gale on 5 April 1907.