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Shipping, Port Darwin, ships 'Golden fleece', 'Himalaya', and barque 'Antipodes' [PRG 1373/34/47] • Photograph

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Summary

Shipping in Port Darwin about 1872, with the ships 'Golden Fleece' and 'Himalaya' and the barque 'Antipodes'. ['Antipodes' wooden 3 masted barque, 494 tons. ON64363, 125.0 x 30.0 x 19.0. Built 1854 at Lekkerkerk, Holland and named 'Almonde' as 661 of 1868 Rotterdam. Renamed 1869. Owners: John and David Spence, of Hokitika and Melbourne, reg. Melbourne. Condemned as a constructive total loss at Port Adelaide during 1876. Photograph depicts Antipodes with supplies for the Adelaide-Darwin telegraph line.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 39 cm x 13.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1872

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Golden Fleece (Ship)
Himalaya (Ship)
Antipodes (Ship)
Shipping -- Northern Territory -- Port Darwin
Harbors -- Northern Territory -- Port Darwin

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'Shipping Scenes, Victoria, Northern Territory, Queensland'.

This section comprises Shipping Scenes, Northern Territory.

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

9,534 x 3,376 pixels (32.2 MP)

Size

96.58 MB

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