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Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks [B 63241/1-114] • Photograph

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/91

construction of lock 9 on the Murray River

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/91

construction of lock 9 on the Murray River

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/92

construction of lock 9 on the Murray River

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/92

construction of lock 9 on the Murray River

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/93

construction of lock 9 on the Murray River

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/93

construction of lock 9 on the Murray River

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/94

construction of lock 9 on the Murray River

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/94

construction of lock 9 on the Murray River

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/95

Lock number 5, Renmark

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/95

Lock number 5, Renmark

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/96

Car towing a caravan coming off a bridge

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/96

Car towing a caravan coming off a bridge

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/97

Menindie bridge opened to allow high vessels through (this is the only one of this style on the Murray Darling System)

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/97

Menindie bridge opened to allow high vessels through (this is the only one of this style on the Murray Darling System)

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/98

Noske Bros. Flour Mill, Murray River, 1926. Photo by A.J. Gibbons

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/98

Noske Bros. Flour Mill, Murray River, 1926. Photo by A.J. Gibbons

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/99

Five men on a river boat with the words 'licensed hawker' can be seen

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/99

Five men on a river boat with the words 'licensed hawker' can be seen

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/100

Rail bridge over the Murray under construction

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/100

Rail bridge over the Murray under construction

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/101

The 'Bessie' passing through a lock

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/101

The 'Bessie' passing through a lock

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/102

Murray River in flood

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/102

Murray River in flood

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/103

A paddlesteamer under way

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/103

A paddlesteamer under way

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/104

The 'Merle' passing through a lock

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/104

The 'Merle' passing through a lock

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/105

The 'Queen'

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/105

The 'Queen'

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/106

Small motor craft with dinghy in tow

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/106

Small motor craft with dinghy in tow

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/107

Houseboat moored to the river bank

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/107

Houseboat moored to the river bank

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/108

Houseboat moored to the river bank

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/108

Houseboat moored to the river bank

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/109

The 'Adelaide' under way

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/109

The 'Adelaide' under way

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/110

Small paddle steamer under way, possibly Murray Bridge

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/110

Small paddle steamer under way, possibly Murray Bridge

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/111

Small paddle steamer under way, possibly Murray Bridge

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/111

Small paddle steamer under way, possibly Murray Bridge

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/112

Small motor craft on the river

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/112

Small motor craft on the river

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/113

Stern of 'Carapace' from Robe, in dry dock

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/113

Stern of 'Carapace' from Robe, in dry dock

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/114

Bow of 'Carapace' from Robe, in dry dock.

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks — Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900-1970, Photograph, B 63241/114

Bow of 'Carapace' from Robe, in dry dock.

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Summary

The Sheahan Collection consists of 114 views depicting river craft and two steam boat captains, bridges, and locks on the Murray River in South Australia. See 'contents' for details of items.

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Physical description

Negatives (B&W, colour); 35 mm, 120 mm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900-1970

Collections

Part of Album Collection
Part of Sheahan Collection

Subject

Barges -- Murray River (N.S.W.- S.A.)
Paddle steamers -- Murray River (N.S.W.- S.A.)
Bridges -- Murray River (N.S.W.-S.A.)
Ship captains -- Murray River (N.S.W.- S.A.)
Locks (Hydraulic engineering) -- Murray River (N.S.W.- S.A.)

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Formatted content

B 63241/1: Man at wheel of paddlesteamer
B 63241/2: Skipper Arch Conner at the wheel, possibly PS Etona
B 63241/3: River boat 'Amphibious 1875' moored to a jetty
B 63241/4: PS 'Avoca'
B 63241/5: PS 'Avoca'
B 63241/6: River boats 'Granite' and 'Captain Sturt'
B 63241/7: PS 'Coonawarra'
B 63241/8: PS 'Coonawarra'
B 63241/9: PS 'Coonawarra'
B 63241/10: PS 'Coonawarra'
B 63241/11: PS 'Coonawarra'
B 63241/12: PS 'Coonawarra'
B 63241/13: PS 'Decoy'
B 63241/14: PS 'Enterprise'
B 63241/15: The PS 'Enterprise' used as a houseboat at Mannum
B 63241/16: PS 'Gem'
B 63241/17: The 'Gem' and 'Marion' moored side by side at Murray Bridge
B 63241/18: PS 'Industry'
B 63241/19: MV 'Kookaburra'
B 63241/20: MV 'Kookaburra'
B 63241/21: PS 'Lancashire Lass' pulling barge loaded with wheat sacks
B 63241/22: Barge 'Manno'
B 63241/23: PS 'Marion'
B 63241/24: PS 'Marion'
B 63241/25: PS 'Marion'
B 63241/26: PS 'Marion'
B 63241/27: PS 'Marion'
B 63241/28: PS 'Mayflower', built 1884 at Echuca. The owners, Harry and August (Augie) Greager stand by their catch when they used the craft as a fishing boat in the early 1900s
B 63241/29: Paddlesteamer going up the Murray River
B 63241/30: The 'Milang' loading pipes at Murray Bridge
B 63241/31: The ' Murray Explorer' at Renmark
B 63241/32: The ' Murray Explorer' at Renmark
B 63241/33: The 'Murray River Queen' moored at the bank, with another paddle steamer beside it
B 63241/34: 'Murrumbidgee'
B 63241/35: 'Queen' and 'Pyap' moored at the bank
B 63241/36: 'Queen' moored at the bank
B 63241/37: MV 'Rawawi'
B 63241/38: MV 'Rawawi'
B 63241/39: PS 'Ruby' at Mildura
B 63241/40: 'Success' travelling along the river
B 63241/41: 'Tanjiel' in a backwater
B 63241/42: 'Tarella' at Murray Bridge
B 63241/43: Dismantling the 70th boat ar Berrie. 'Tarella', 'Albion' barge, 1939
B 63241/44: The 'Tarella', 'Ajax' and 'Albion' at Jervois
B 63241/45: The 'Tarella', 1940
B 63241/46: PS 'Waikerie', built in 1911 to carry passengers and mail from Morgan to Waikerie
B 63241/47: PS 'Wan..a...'
B 63241/48: large group of a paddlesteamers
B 63241/49: Moored paddle steamer
B 63241/50: 'Roy' being used as a land dwelling
B 63241/51: Fireman on the upper deck of a boat
B 63241/52: Unidentified paddle steamer
B 63241/53: Unidentified paddle steamer
B 63241/54: People standing on the bank of the river near a paddle steamer on a misty morning, possibly at Mannum due to 'Randall's boiler'
B 63241/55: Detail of a paddle wheel
B 63241/56: PS 'Murray Princess'
B 63241/57: 'Webb'
B 63241/58: Unidentified paddle steamer
B 63241/59: Unidentified paddle steamer
B 63241/60: Paddler steamer 'Oscar W'
B 63241/61: Unidentified paddle steamer
B 63241/62: Unidentified paddle steamer
B 63241/63: Unidentified paddle steamer
B 63241/64: The P.S. Ruby (built in 1907 and currently based in Wentworth) at the Renmark wharf. The structure at the top of the wharf is a building which housed the shipping agents. It replaced a collection of cubicles which had served the same purpose
B 63241/65: River punt
B 63241/66: Men and boys in front of a stranded boat
B 63241/67: The 70 foot dismantled at Berri
B 63241/68: Paddle steamer moored to the bank
B 63241/69: Loaded paddle steamer towing an equally loaded barge, possibly PS Pevensey passing through bridge at Hay
B 63241/70: Men working with a pulley on the river bank. According to R. Whitfield, the bridge at Hay on the Murrumbidgee was the only one of this type
B 63241/71: River in flood
B 63241/72: Barge loaded with wool bales
B 63241/73: Barge loaded with wool bales
B 63241/74: Various river craft on the water, possibly at Lock 10 at the start of construction
B 63241/75: Bullock team pulling a dray loaded with wool bales out of a river crossing, thought by a researcher to be at Wentworth wharf
B 63241/76: Loaded boat being towed behind a larger vessel
B 63241/77: Barge loaded with bales of wool being towed along the river
B 63241/78: 'Echuca wharf, by 1870 it had become the most important river port on the River Murray. Wool was brought down the NSW river system to the railhead at Echuca, then on to Melbourne for the clipper fleet to Europe. This wharf enabled boats to be handled at almost any river height.'
B 63241/79: early steam train
B 63241/80: rail bridge
B 63241/81: cultivation on the river flat with a rail bridge in the distance, possibly Murray Bridge
B 63241/82: Railway bridge across swamp at Murray Bridge
B 63241/83: Underside of a bridge with concrete pylons
B 63241/84: Paringa Bridge
B 63241/85: Lock 4 on the Murray River
B 63241/86: Equipment
B 63241/87: construction of lock 9 on the Murray River
B 63241/88: construction of lock 9 on the Murray River
B 63241/89: construction of lock 9 on the Murray River
B 63241/90: construction of lock 9 on the Murray River
B 63241/91: construction of lock 9 on the Murray River
B 63241/92: construction of lock 9 on the Murray River
B 63241/93: construction of lock 9 on the Murray River
B 63241/94: construction of lock 9 on the Murray River
B 63241/95: Lock number 5, Renmark
B 63241/96: Car towing a caravan coming off a bridge
B 63241/97: Menindie bridge opened to allow high vessels through (this is the only one of this style on the Murray Darling System)
B 63241/98: Noske Bros. Flour Mill, Murray River, 1926. Photo by A.J. Gibbons
B 63241/99: Five men on a river boat with the words 'licensed hawker' can be seen
B 63241/100: Rail bridge over the Murray under construction
B 63241/101: The 'Bessie' passing through a lock
B 63241/102: Murray River in flood
B 63241/103: A paddlesteamer under way
B 63241/104: The 'Merle' passing through a lock
B 63241/105: The 'Queen'
B 63241/106: Small motor craft with dinghy in tow
B 63241/107: Houseboat moored to the river bank
B 63241/108: Houseboat moored to the river bank
B 63241/109: The 'Adelaide' under way
B 63241/110: Small paddle steamer under way, possibly Murray Bridge
B 63241/111: Small paddle steamer under way, possibly Murray Bridge
B 63241/112: Small motor craft on the river
B 63241/113: Stern of 'Carapace' from Robe, in dry dock
B 63241/114: Bow of 'Carapace' from Robe, in dry dock.

Historical information

Cornelius Rex Sheahan 'Captain Rex' was born at Wentworth (NSW) in 1908. His mother was Florence Dorothea Porter, eldest daughter of Captain William Robert Porter. He did his schooling at Broken Hill. He left there when 18 years old and came to Mannum (SA) where he met Captain Charlie Good, master of the paddlesteamer 'Queen' and was given a job as deckhand for 2 pounds, 16 shillings working seven days a week. He worked his way through the ranks from deckhand to bargemaster with the Murray Shipping Ltd and then earned 4 pounds 10 shillings as a mate. Ships he worked on were 'Waikerie', 'Success', 'W.F.B.', 'Murrabit', 'Colonel', 'Ruby', 'Renmark', 'Gem' and 'Decoy'. He left the river in 1930. On 21 December 1967 'Captain Rex' obtained his captain's certificate. He was 59 years of age. He was first mate on the 'Coonawarra' and became captain shortly after. He was captain of the 'Murray River Queen' and for a short time the PS 'Julie Fay' out of Mannum. He was then captain of the 'Proud Mary' at the age of 74 years. He then captained the MV 'Kookaburra' until ill health forced him to give up the river work. He passed away on 14 April 1994 at Murray Bridge. [Information provided by his son, Brian Sheahan.]

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