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The 'Gulnare' in Roper River, Northern Territory [PRG 1373/31/1] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden schooner 'Gulnare', 64 tons, in Roper River, Northern Territory [wooden 2 mast schooner, 151 tons, ON41724, 103.6 x 24.2 x 10.7. Built 1856. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, formerly owned in London and arrived in Port Adelaide Dec. 1863, having been purchased by Captain Alex McCoy and Mr E Jenkins, registered Port Adelaide as 1/1864. Sold to the South Australian Government 1869 for use in connection with the Overland Telegraph Line, and while conveying supplies to the Roper River working party, was stranded on a reef near the Vernon Islands (about 30 miles from Darwin) and after survey was condemned in October 1871. See 'Ships of the Overland Telegraph, Australasian Shipping Record' Vol.3(5) page 129 Sept. 1972. Port Adelaide Customs Register 1/1864].

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.4 cm x 15.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1879

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Gulnare (Ship)
Schooners
Ships, Wooden

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General notes

From the volume titled 'Australian Owned Sailing Vessels'.

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

17/04/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,988 x 3,882 pixels (19.4 MP)

Size

58.11 MB

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