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The 'Oaklands' at Port Augusta [PRG 1373/22/4] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'Oaklands', 1013 tons, at Port Augusta [iron 3 mast barque, 1013 gross tons, ON73645, 203.8 x 33.8 x 19.9. Built 1876 (3) Gourlay Bros. and Co. Dundee: Owners: AM Lawrence and Co., registered London. Later: Bank Shipping Co. (W Just and Co.) registered Liverpool. Became Norwegian without change of name and now measures 990 gross tons]. According to a researcher, this is a detail from a larger photograph taken by James Taylor on Sept. 27, 1884. The view is from the north shore near the jetty and looking south. The original mount also identifies the ship to the left as the Duresdeop, and the ketch to the right as the Copella.

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.8 cm x 14.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1885

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Oaklands (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Iron and Steel Barques (II)'.

This image is from the A.D. Edwardes Collection of about 8,000 photographs, mostly of sailing ships from around the world, taken between about 1865 and 1920. Mounted in 91 albums, the photographs are arranged by country of ownership, with some special volumes such as 'Shipping at Port Adelaide' and 'South Australian outports'. Additional information, giving the history of the ships where known, has been provided by maritime historian, Ron Parsons.

Digitisation information

Date

17/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,672 x 2,243 pixels (8.2 MP)

Size

24.73 MB

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