PRG 1373 • Find • State Library of South Australia

Wooloomooloo Bay

1892, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/82

Wooloomooloo Bay, 1892.

Shipping at Newcastle

1906, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/104

Shipping at Newcastle in 1906.

Shipping, Melbourne, 'Hope'

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1373/34/13

Shipping in Melbourne in the 1880's with the barque 'Hope'.

Shipping, Melbourne

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/34/19

View of ships in the harbour in Melbourne in the 1890's.

Wrecks of 'Holyhead' and 'Glaneuse'

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 1373/34/21

Wrecks of 'Holyhead' and 'Glaneuse' outside Port Phillip Heads.

Shipping, Geelong, 'Lightning' and 'Lanarkshire'

1868, Photograph, PRG 1373/34/25

Shipping in Geelong in 1868 with the ships 'Lightning' and 'Lanarkshire'. [Lanarkshire = wooden 3 mast ship, 1473 gross, 1422 net tons. ON48190, 211.0 x 39.0 x 23.7. Built 1864 (5) Gingras, Quebec. Owners: Lewis Potter, registered Glasgow, later Edmiston and Mitchell]

Shipping, Geelong

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/34/27

View of ships in the harbour in Geelong in the 1870's.

Yarra Street Pier, 'Alumbagh', 'Colonial Empire' and 'Juliet'

1871, Photograph, PRG 1373/34/29

Yarra Street Pier in 1871 with the ships 'Alumbagh', 'Colonial Empire' and 'Juliet'.

The 'Helen Marquis' at Port Adelaide

1879, Photograph, PRG 1373/35/12

The wooden schooner 'Helen Marquis', 128 tons, at Port Adelaide in 1879 [wooden 2 mast fore and aft schooner, 128 tons, ON71771. 98.1 x 25.5 x 7.5. Built 1875 RD Marquis, Port Adelaide. Owners: RD Marquis, registered Port Adelaide: Jan. 1877 GR Selth: March 1877 Thomas Sinclair; May 1878 TG Fenn: March 1883 RD Marquis. Wrecked at the River Don, Tasmania July 7, 1883]

The 'Duchess of Kent' at Port Adelaide

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1373/35/15

The wooden ketch 'Duchess of Kent', 70 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 2 mast ketch ON57559, 69 tons, 70.2 x 20.2 x 7.0. Built 1875 Franklin, T. Owners: registered Port Adelaide August 1877 by J Wishart. Transferred to Melbourne Dec. 1883, then to Launceston and finally Fremantle. Wrecked August 28, 1895 on Cervantes Island south of Geraldton, West Australia]

The 'Water Lily' and 'Lillie May' at Port Pirie

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1373/35/21

The 'Water Lily', left and the wooden ketch 'Lillie May', 63 tons, at Port Pirie.

The 'Lemael' ashore near Semaphore

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1373/35/35

The wooden schooner 'Lemael', 98 tons, ashore near Semaphore [wooden 2 mast schooner, 98 tons. ON79300, 101.7 x 26.3 x 7.7. Built 1892 James Dyson, Duck River, Tasmania, as a 3 mast fore and aft schooner, altered in 1905. First owner, Joseph Lee, registered Launceston. By 1921 T Holyman. Wrecked at Cape Banks, South Australia, July 21, 1921]

The 'Lurline' in an unidentified harbour

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1373/35/46

The wooden ketch 'Lurline', 47 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON57541, 58 tons. 79.0 x 18.5 x 7.1. Built 1873 Hobart Tasmania. Owners: JG Davies, registered Port Adelaide Jan. 1874 GR Selth, registered Port Adelaide, he is joined later by C Heath and others. Oct. 1882 Port Wakefield Shipping Co. Ltd.; Dec. 1892 R Sinclair; 1903 AG Littlely. Auxiliary engine fitted in 1915. Wrecked Sellicks Beach SA July 23, 1946]

The 'Yatala' in an unidentified harbour

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1373/35/51

The wooden ketch 'Yatala', 77 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON122730, 77 tons, 70.0 x 24.0 x 7.0. Built 1909 A McFarlane and Son, Birkenhead, SA. Auxiliary engine installed 1918. 77 gross tons, 55 net tons. Owners: James Tainsh and Partners, registered Port Adelaide and registration transferred to Melbourne in October 1927, although the vessel remained in South Australian waters. Owners MB Crouch and others. Taken by USA Small Ships Section during WW2 and fate unknown]

The 'Vivid' in an unidentified harbour

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/35/72

The wooden ketch 'Vivid', 48 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON73510 48 tons, 65.0 x 18.6 x 6.7. Built 1876 john Bradley, Latrobe, Tasmania. Auxiliary engine added 1915. Owners: Edward M Russell (Port Adelaide) registered Launceston, transferred to Port Adelaide in Feb. 1877. 1897 = Wrsen, Deex and Fricker; later Deex and Fricker. Missing. Left Tumby Bay for Port Lincoln April 9, 1932. Not seen again. See 'Port Lincoln Shipping' by Parsons. 1981]

The 'Coringle' in an unidentified harbour

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/35/77

The wooden schooner 'Coringle', 99 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wooden aux. 3 mast schooner ON120761. 96 gross, 76 net tons. 76.4 x 23.8 x 7.0 built 1909 Woodley's Ltd. Berry's Bay North Sydney. Engine 25hp. Lengthened 1918 = 128 gross, 99 net tons. 105.7 x 24.0 x 6.4. Re-engined 1938 now twin screw auxiliary schooner. 132 gross, 95 net tons. Owners Orbost Shipping Co. Ltd. Registered Melbourne. 1918 Rosenfeld Hillas and Co. Pty. Ltd. August 1922 JA Olsen and others, registered Port Adelaide, then Austral Plaster Co. Ltd. requisitioned by government during WW2. Re-registered Port Adelaide in September 1946 by R. Fricker and Co. and others. By 1969 was operating out of Darwin for others.]

The 'Percy' in an unidentified harbour

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/35/89

The wooden ketch 'Percy', 39 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast ketch, 35 tons. ON57572. 63.0 x 18.0 x 5.3. Built 1876 Shipwrights Point, Tas. Lengthened 1891 - 78.1 x 18.0 x 5.2. 39 tons. Owners: Nov. 1876 John Styles, registered Port Adelaide: Sept. 1882 Port Wakefield Shipping Co. Ltd; 1895 A Le Messurier: C McKay and J Yeo. By 1919 R Fricker and WJ Spells: 1921 M & JB Spells: 1922 R&FB Fricker and R Deex. Broken up in 1936]

The 'Camilla' at Port Adelaide

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1373/37/12

The wooden brigantine 'Camilla', 190 tons, at Port Adelaide in the 1880's. [wooden 2 mast brigantine, later 2 mast schooner, 201 tons, 1861 = 190 tons. ON32403 85.9 x 23.6 x 14.5. Built 1834 R Menzies and Son. Leith from 1848, at least, owned by Elder and Son, registered Kirkcaldy, 1851 the executives of Charles Rawlings, registered Hobart Town, June 1851 Charles Hartram, June 1853 Peter Imlay (Twofold Bay NSW), registered Melbourne 1855, George Barclay (Eden NSW), reg Sydney June 1861 John Clinch and Partners registered Hobart Town c.1875 w. Belbin and partners. No trace after 1890 and probably dismantled. From at least 1861 engaged in whaling industry. It is sometimes claimed John Bickers held a share in the vessel in 1849 although there is no evidence that he did - he was master of the vessel when it arrived in Port Adelaide in 1849 with migrants and he also named his home in Semaphore for this ship. For notes on John Bickers see Shipping Record V. 10, p313 1979]

The 'Jane Bell' at Port Adelaide

c. 1860, Photograph, PRG 1373/37/23

The wooden brig 'Jane Bell', 191 tons, at Port Adelaide in the 1860's.

Big Crane Wharf and North Parade, Port Adelaide

1867, Photograph, PRG 1373/37/41

Big Crane Wharf and North Parade, Port Adelaide in 1867 with the 'S.S. Royal Shepherd' at wharf.

Slip at Birkenhead

c. 1883, Photograph, PRG 1373/37/43

The slip at Birkenhead. Information from a researcher: 'The large vessel on the slip at Cruickshank's Slip is the S.S Nelcebee, under construction. This would put the date of the photo between April 1883 when the vessel started construction and June 1883, when the vessel was launched'.