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Shipping in Roper River, 'S.S. Omeo', barque 'Bengal' [PRG 1373/34/50] • Photograph

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Summary

Shipping in Roper River, Darwin with the 'S.S. Omeo' and the barque 'Bengal'.[Bengal is a 3 masted barque, 322 gross, 306 net tons. ON55594, 136.5 x 27.4 x 11.9. Built 1864 Gefle. Purchased from owners in Gefle in 1868 by Thomas Grierson, William Taylor and Robert Woolnough, registered Port Adelaide May 1873. William Taylor and partners. 1883 R. Green registered Rockhampton. Wrecked August 6, 1886 on the Great Barrier Reef east of Hayman Island when on a voyage from Townsville North Queensland towards Wanganui in New Zealand. All saved.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 19.5 cm x 13.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1890

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Omeo (Ship)
Bengal (Ship)
Shipping -- Northern Territory -- Darwin
Roper River (N.T.)

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

5,663 x 4,070 pixels (23.0 MP)

Size

69.17 MB

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