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'Lady Augusta' and 'Mary Ann' at Swan Hill [B 6852] • Photograph

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Summary

The steamers 'Lady Augusta' (shown with two funnels) and 'Mary Ann' at Swan Hill on the River Murray, September 1853. Originally published as the frontispiece to James Allen, jun., Journal of an experimental trip by the 'Lady Augusta' on the River Murray, Adelaide : C.G.E. Platts, 1853. The Register publishes reports of the voyage by their correspondent; "Friday 16 September. The afternoon was very stormy, and at dusk we moored for the night by the river side, the Mary Anne doing the same a little astern us." Register 10 October 1853, page 3. According to a letter from the Australasian July 29, 1936 the sketch here reproduced was done by J Allen, from an etching by Schram and formed the frontispiece of a pamphlet published by Platts, Adelaide, 1853, called Journal of an Experimental Trip by the Lady Augusta.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.3 cm x 21.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1853

Collection

Part of Swan Hill Collection

Subject

Mary Ann (Paddle steamer)
Lady Augusta (Paddle steamer)
Paddle steamers -- Victoria -- Swan Hill
River steamers -- Victoria -- Swan Hill
Paddle steamers -- Murray River (N.S.W.- S.A.)
River steamers -- Murray River (N.S.W - S.A.)

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Digitisation information

Date

30/09/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,289 x 2,055 pixels (6.8 MP)

Size

6.79 MB

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