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The 'Kookaburra' paddle steamer [B 62182] • Photograph

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Summary

The 'Kookaburra', a stern wheel paddle steamer constructed about 1918 when the 'Merle' was cut in half and extended. River trader Edward Diener and family used it as a home and store; after his death in 1923 his daughter and son ran it for a further two years before leaving the river. [Frank Tucker advises that it was the barge 'Flo', tender to the 'Merle' SWPS, that was cut in half, extended and built up into the Kookaburra.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 20 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1925

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Kookaburra (Paddle steamer)
Paddle steamers -- Murray River (N.S.W. - S.A.)

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Digitisation information

Date

02/08/1999

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,464 x 1,456 pixels (3.6 MP)

Size

3.63 MB

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