c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/7/17
The iron barque (ex ship) 'Kooringa', 1175 tons, at Port Augusta [iron barque, 1206 tons, ON70636, 226.0 x 35.2 x 21.6. Built 1874 (9) John Softley and Co. South Shields, as 'Ravenstondale' and owned by RB Avery, registered London. 1884 acquired by Trinder, Anderson and Co. (When built was rigged as a ship, however either when purchased or just before sale was rigged down to a barque), registered London and renamed 'Kooringa' in 1885/6. Missing: left London 21 Feb. 1894 with general cargo for Brisbane, and was spoken 19 degrees South by 8 degrees West and never seen again].