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The barque 'Donna Francisca' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Donna Francisca', 2277 tons, in an unidentified port.
Wooloomooloo Bay, barque 'Loongana', 4 masted barque 'Ellesmere'
Wooloomooloo Bay, 1892, with the barque 'Loongana' and 4 masted barque 'Ellesmere'.
Newcastle Harbour
View of Newcastle Harbour about 1885.
Railway Pier, Geelong, 'Giants Causeway' and 'City of Melbourne'
Railway pier in Geelong in 1865 with the ships 'Giants Causeway' and 'City of Melbourne'. [Giants Causeway - wooden 3 mast ship, 1231 tons. ON35563, 199.0 x 37.0 x 22.1. Built 1857 New Brunswick. Owners Potter and Co. Registered Glasgow]
The barque 'Pactolus' in an unidentified port
The barque 'Pactolus' in an unidentified port [wooden 3 mast barque, 1674 gross, 1564 net tons, 223.7 x 41.2 x 24.0. Built 1891 J McDonald. Bath, Maine. Owners: California Shipping Co. (WE Mighell) registered San Francisco]
The 'Broughton' sunk at Wallaroo
The wooden ketch 'Broughton', 46 tons, sunk at Wallaroo. [wooden single screw steamship, 66 gross, 30 net, altered to 2 masted schooner in May 1875 when engine removed. Auxiliary diesel engine fitted 1915, 49 gross, 39 net tons. ON64219, 72.2 x 17.5 x 6.0 Built 1873 Port Adelaide. Owners Henry Dale registered Port Adelaide. Nov 1873 William Hamilton, 1882 Hodgeman and Walker, 1904 William Playfair and AG Littlely, 1915 SS Carver etc. Wrecked Port Macdonnell, SA July 15 1947. See Ketches of South Australia, 3rd edition 1978]
Shipping at Newcastle, 4 masted barque 'California'
Shipping at Newcastle, 1906, with the 4 masted barque 'California' ex 'Walter H. Wilson'.
The 'Post Boy' wrecked at Arno Bay
The wooden schooner 'Post Boy', 59 tons, wrecked at Arno Bay [wooden 2 mast schooner, 62 tons, 77.2 x 18.8 x 7.2. Built 1874. John Lowen, Port Adelaide. Owners: John Kuhl and partners, registered Port Adelaide. Foundered in St. Vincent Gulf Dec. 15, 1876. Raised and repaired, reregistered Thomas Watson and JH Bowker. Customs register closed in 1907 with 'totally wrecked'. See 'Ketches of South Australia' 3rd edition 1978]
Darwin jetty
View of Darwin jetty about 1900.
Newcastle Harbour from Stockton
Newcastle Harbour from Stockton about 1905.
The 'Seaflower' at Port Adelaide
The wooden ketch 'Seaflower', 53 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 2 mast schooner, 66 tons, ON93500, 75.2 x 21.4 x 6.5. Built 1886 Alfred Settree junior, Balmain NSW. Owners: Alfred Settree, registered Sydney; later Alfred Langley, registered Sydney. 1899 sold to Alfred le Messurier, registered Port Adelaide: September 1913 sold to Fremantle. Totally lost at Cape Leschinault, WA 19 Sept. 1923, with the loss of four of her crew of five. At the time she was the property of CR Cornish, WA Hancock and EB Stenning. NB: the name is usually written in two words although sometimes shown as one word. See 'Ketches of SA' by Parsons, p.88]
The 'Vale' at Port Adelaide
The wooden schooner 'Vale', 65 tons, at Port Adelaide ['Vale' = wooden 2 mast topsail schooner, 65 tons. ON74888. 76.0 x 18.9 x 7.0. Built 1876 John Burrell and Josiah Quiggen, Crookhaven, NSW. J O'Dwyre and J Berril, rergistered Sydney; 1878/9 Robert Langley; April 1897 SM Nielson, registered Port Adelaide. Wrecked off Cape Borda, SA, Feb. 26, 1900]
Circular Quay, ship 'Sobraon'
Circular Quay in 1871 with the ship 'Sobraon'.
Newcastle
Newcastle in the 1880's.
Newcastle Harbour from Stockton, ship 'Jarlen'
Newcastle Harbour from Stockton about 1905, with the ship 'Jarlen'.
Yarra Street Pier, 'Alumbagh', 'Colonial Empire' and 'Juliet'
Yarra Street Pier in 1871 with the ships 'Alumbagh', 'Colonial Empire' and 'Juliet'.
Shipping, Maryborough
Ships in Maryborough Harbour in the 1880's [possibly showing 'Maria Ysasi = iron 3 mast barque, 396 tons, ON69299.133.1 x 27.0 x 15.0. Built 1871 William Watson, Sunderland. In 1873 acquired by SJ Lindsay of Melbourne and chartered to load for Maryborough, Queensland and is here photographed at the town wharves in Maryborough after her arrival which was in April 1874. Registered at Melbourne in 1874. Wrecked in the Philippines July 1876. Reference from 'The Port of Maryborough' by Parsons, May 1976]
The 'Floral Star' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barquentine 'Floral Star', 243 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 3 mast schooner 243 tons. ON58880, 122.0 x 25.3 x 12.7. Built 1868 Peterhead (Aberdeen) owners: William Mitchell, registered Peterhead wrecked April 25 1875 at Yankalilla SA but refloated June 18 and repaired and re-registered Aug. 1875. Wells, Grierson and Cave, registered Port Adelaide: May 1878 WR Cave. Wrecked near Chefoo, the coast of Shantung, China, April 9, 1880]
Panorama of shipping at Newcastle, 'The Hahnemann', 'Templemore'
Panorama of shipping at Newcastle, about July 1906, with (left panel) 'The Hahnemann' and (right panel) 'Templemore'.
Shipping, Geelong
Shipping in Geelong in the 1890's.
The barque 'Matterhorn' in an unidentified port
The 4 masted barque 'Matterhorn' in an unidentified port after being damaged in collision, 17th February 1904 [iron 4 mast barque, 1918 gross tons, ON86196. 266.5 x 40.2 x 23.9. Built 1882 (6) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: CE de Wolf and Co., registered Liverpool. Foundered on April 27, 1909, 70 miles off Umtallia Reef bound Portland to Ipswich]
Shipping, Melbourne
View of ships in dock in Melbourne in the 1860's.
Shipping at Sydney, 'Altcar' in background
Shipping at Sydney, with the barque 'Altcar' in the background. Sydney Town Hall and St. Andrew's Cathedral are visible on the horizon indicating that location is somewhere on the western side of Darling Harbour. [steel 3 mast barque, 1283gross tons ON 50473, 209.5 x 36.0 x 23.6. Built 1864 (8) Jones, Quiggin & Co. Liverpool for owners in Liverpool 1881 - James Ewan, registered Sydney: 1888 Alexander Burns. In 1896 sold to Italian owners without change of name. (Sometimes incorrectly claimed to be the first steel hulled ship. Possibly first LARGE steel hulled vessel.)]
The 'Sailor Prince' at Port Adelaide
The wooden ketch 'Sailor Prince', 34 tons, at Port Adelaide ['Sailor Prince' = wooden 2 mast schooner, ON57497, 40 tons, 63.0 x 17.9 x 5.6 Built 1868 Huon River, Tasmania. Owners in Hobart Oct. 1870 Alexander Reid, registered Port Adelaide; by 1875 M Irvine and Peter Le Messurier, and later Irvine and other partners. Altered to an auxiliary schooner in 1925 = 45 gross, 36 net tons. Last owner was MP Irvine. Wrecked when sunk after a collision with TSMV 'Manunda' in Port Adelaide October 3, 1929]
Melbourne Wharves
Melbourne wharves in the early 1880's.
Circular Quay, ship 'Aviemore'
Circular Quay in the 1880's with the ship 'Aviemore'.
The 'Altcar' in an unidentified port
One of the first steel vessels, the steel barque 'Altcar', 1283 tons, in an unidentified port. [steel 3 mast barque, 1283gross tons ON 50473, 209.5 x 36.0 x 23.6. Built 1864 (8) Jones, Quiggin & Co. Liverpool for owners in Liverpool 1881 - James Ewan, registered Sydney: 1888 Alexander Burns. In 1896 sold to Italian owners without change of name. (Sometimes incorrectly claimed to be the first steel hulled ship. Possibly first LARGE steel hulled vessel.)]
Shipping, Geelong
Shipping in Geelong in the 1890's.
Panorama of shipping at Newcastle
Panorama of shipping at Newcastle in the 1890's.
Yarra Street Pier
Yarra Street Pier in the 1880's.