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Port Misery
Passengers being landed at Port Misery, 1839. [This is a black and white version of B 1212 from original which was painted be John Michael Skipper.]
The 'Empreza' at Port Adelaide on the slip
The composite barque 'Empreza', 250 tons, on slip at Port Adelaide, 1870 [composite 3 mast barque,250 gross, 235 net tons. ON29939, 123.3 x 25.1 x 11.3. Built 1865 (8) Hedderwick and Co. Goven. Owners: R Singlehurst, registered Liverpool 1874 - D Bower and Jno Jones, registered Port Adelaide; Dec. 1877 D Bower and J Bickers; June 1891 EF Sandeman; June 1894 Aplin Brown and Co (Townsville); Dec. 1896 H Douglas registered Auckland; 1899 JJ Craig and partners; 1910 Union SS Co. of NZ Ltd., converted to a hulk and register closed. Hulk scuttled at the end of her useful life at Port Chalmers, off Taiaroa Heads NZ June 24, 1948]
The 'Jean Pierre' at Port Augusta
The wooden barque 'Jean Pierre', 635 tons, at Port Augusta.
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide in 1867 with the barque 'Pride of the West'.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, August 1876, with the ketch 'Ark' (left) and the barque 'Oaklands' (right).
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide, showing the canal from McLaren Wharf to Black Diamond Corner, 1845. Painting by T. Hosmer Shepher.
Shipping in New Dock
Shipping in New Dock, about 1900, with the ship 'Cloch'.
Coal hulk at Port Adelaide
Coal hulk at Port Adelaide, about 1892.
Fletcher's Slip
Fletcher's Slip in the 1870's.
The 'Orange Grove' at an unidentified port
The iron barque 'Orange Grove', 398 tons, at an unidentified port [iron 3 mast barque, 403 gross, 385 net tons, ON43706, 146.6 x 25.6 x 15.9. Built 1861 (11) Barclay, Curle and Co., Glasgow. Owners: AB Hood, registered Glasgow: 1873 GR Dibbs, registered Sydney: July 1881 A Russell, registered Port Adelaide: June 1883 WL Dickson and others (of Port Adelaide), registered Melbourne: Jan. 1888 JJ Russell and others (of Port Adelaide) Jan. 1898 Adelaide SS Co. Ltd. Made into a hulk no later than 1898 and register closed 1913]
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, about 1900, with bucket-dredge; hulks 'S.S. Dunster Castle'.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, about 1866, with the ship 'Bundaleer'.
The 'Harold' wrecked at Port Victoria
The wooden ketch 'Harold', 98 tons, wrecked at Port Victoria [wooden 2 mast ketch. ON112505, 108 tons, 96.0 x 23.0 x 7.1. Built 1900 Hans C Christensen, Bermagui, NSW. Aux. motor fitted May 1922. Owners: HC Christensen, registered Sydney; c.1914 AL Le Messurier and others (of Port Adelaide) register transferred to Port Adelaide in 1919. 1922 = R Fricker and Co. and partners. Acquired by the Commonwealth Government during WW2 on behalf of USA Small Ships. Fate unknown]
The 'Phillis' at Port Adelaide
The wooden brig 'Phillis', 240 tons, at Port Adelaide, in the 1860's [wooden 2 mast brig. 230 tons, ON35602. 103.5 x 23.5 x 12.9. Built 1859 Miramichi, New Brunswick. Sept. 1861 registered Port Adelaide by Captain John Bickers. March 1895 Edward Lane, registered Sydney. 1896 to George F Mason and no further trace]
The 'Moonta' at Port Adelaide
The wooden ship 'Moonta', 627 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 3 mast ship rig. 655 tons, alt. 1865 - 598. ON43145. 137.0 x 29.0 x 21.4. Built 1847 Newcastle, USA and named 'Seth Sprague'. Acquired Oct. 1864 by Hy. Simpson and renamed 'Moonta'. Owners H Simpson, T Elder and RB Smith, registered Port Adelaide May 1884 Simpson Bros. and Elder and Smith. Broken up and register closed in 1900. Employed in coal trade between Newcastle, NSW, Wallaroo and Port Adelaide for many years. See 'Black Diamond Line' by Parsons]
Port Adelaide River
Port Adelaide river about 1863 with the barque 'Contest' (left) and the tug 'Young Australia.'
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, 1893, with the 'H.M.S. Tauranga' and the barque 'Lintrathen'.
Port Adelaide River
Shipping at Port Adelaide, about 1905, with the 'S.S. Hellenic', the tug 'Eagle' and the 'S.S. Governor Musgrave'.
The 'Wellington' after being damaged
The wooden ketch 'Wellington', 49 tons, after being damaged in collision [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON79266, 50 tons, 70.5 x 18.6 x 6.0. Built 1884. Thomas Lancaster, Table Cape, Tasmania. Aux. engine fitted 1923. Owners: Thomas Lancaster, registered Launceston;Nov. 1885 GM Jackson, registered Melbourne; May 1890 J Catarinich (Port Adelaide), registered Port Adelaide; 1899. 1902 = J & A Tainsh; 1923 CK McFarlane; 1930 = J Tainsh; by 1946 JT Cosh and Partners. Sold to owners in the Solomon Islands and left Australia in January 1966. Subsequently returned and is now acting a replica of Captain Cook's 'Endeavour' at a marine park in Queensland]
The 'Kalahome' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Kalahome', 371 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 3 mast barque, 317 gross, 354 net tons. ON43950 120.4 x 26.6 x 16.5. Built 1861 Sunderland. Formerly owned in London April 1869. Henry Skelton and William Wells. Registered Port Adelaide November 1872. Henry Simpson and Elder and Smith (Black Diamond Line) Wrecked King Island, Bass Strait, Oct. 5, 1882. From at least November 1872 employed as a collier between Newcastle, NSW and South Australia]
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide in the 1890's.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide about 1870, with the schooner 'Flinders'.
Ketches at Port Adelaide
Ketches at Port Adelaide in the 1890's.
The 'Esther' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Esther', 33 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast barge, ON32135, 34 tons, 62.6 x 16.2 x 4.0. Built 1864 Joseph Graves, Southport T. auxiliary engine added 1928. Owners John W. Graves, registered Hobart: Dec. 1889 J Graves; Sept. 1897 Edward B. Goddard (who alters the vessel and lengthens it from the original 51.6 x 16.2 x 5.7) April 1902 Francis Darmody registered Port Adelaide; 1902 SW Secker and SJ Bishop. By 1919 described as a ketch and owned by SW Swiggs; 1922 HR Simpson. Register closed in March 1943 when it was reported the vessel had been broken up]
The 'Hannah Nicholson' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Hannah Nicholson', 252 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 3 mast barque, 252 tons, ON41488, 116.4 x 23.6 x 14.4. Built 1858 L Kennedy and Co. Whitehaven, Cumberland. Owners William Nicholson, registered Melbourne; 1862 George Black; 1872 John Bickers, registered Port Adelaide; May 1894 AE Howard; 1896 R Watt, registered Sydney; 1897 Bernard Byrnes; 1905 Westport Coal Co. Ltd, registered Dundee. Register closed in 1926 when advice received vessel used as a hulk at Timaru]. Buildings behind the ship, include the 'Ship Inn' (John Joyce), Waterman Bros, F.H. Faulding & Co., and the Port Hotel.
Sailors discharging coal at Port Adelaide
Sailors discharging coal at Port Adelaide, 1871, looking across the bridge to Ethelton with the brig 'Phillis' and the barque 'Southern Belle'.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, 1892, with the barques 'Myrtle Holme' and 'Spirit of the Dawn'.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, about 1866, with the 'S.S. Kangaroo' (centre)
The 'County of Ayr' in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'County of Ayr', 499 tons, in an unidentified port. [County of Ayr iron ship, 499 tons, ON45977, 170.0 x 17.3 x 17.3. Built 1863 (6) C. Connell and Co. Glasgow. Owners R&J Craig, registered Glasgow c.1894 sold to Port Adelaide and eventually to JA Walker. By this time rigged down to a barque. Sold in July 1901 to Messrs. Folder, Barker and Ward and Captain William Tulloch and registered at Hobart. Wrecked 23 October 1905 on Danger Reef, Otago NZ. General work before sale to Australia, usually in the coal trade when owned in Port Adelaide, and used for the transport of Tasmanian timbers until wrecked, after sale to Hobart]
First vessel on Fletcher's Dunnikier Slip
First vessel on Fletcher's Dunnikier Slip, 12th March 1867, with the ship 'Edinburgh'.