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The 'Alexander Newton' in an unidentified harbour [PRG 1373/31/7] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden barque 'Alexander Newton', 309 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wood 3 mast barque, 309 tons, ON73360, 151.8 x 25.5 x 12.0, built 1876 Manning River, NSW. Owners: Alexander Newton, reg. Sydney. c.1885 Alexander Newton jnr 1893 William Johnson. Wrecked near Portland Island NZ June 18 1894. ].

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.5 cm x 10.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1879

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Alexander Newton (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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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

5,574 x 3,840 pixels (21.4 MP)

Size

64.24 MB

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