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The 'Rooganah' and the 'Alcairo' at King's Pier, Hobart [PRG 1373/35/81] • Photograph

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From left to right, the wooden schooner 'Rooganah', 99 tons, and wooden schooner 'Alcairo', 61 tons, at King's Pier, Hobart. [Alcairo - wood. aux. schooner, 72g, 52n tons. ON124547, 80.7 x 22.9 x 6.3, built 1911 Port Cygnet, T. Owners; L Commonwealth Government, reg. Melbourne: c. 1918 GT Bell & Co. reg. Melbourne, c.1920 J & AW Sheridan (of South Australia) Totally lost at Marion Bay SA. October 10, 1923. ] [Rooganah = wooden auxiliary 3 mast schooner, 99 gross, 75 net tons, ON124540, 95.0 x 25.1 x 7.0 built 1909 Port Cygnet, Tasmania. Owners: H Jones and Co., and H Heather, registered Hobart. c. 1911/12 Alvin W Taylor: by 1919 reverts to H Jones and Co. c.1921 Sydney C Loveder (of South Australia) Destroyed by fire about 10 am August 19, 1927 near Whyalla. See 'Ketches of South Australia', 3rd edition, 1978]

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Physical description

Photograph; 16 cm x 11.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1890

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Rooganah (Ship)
Alcairo (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

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General notes

From the volume titled 'South Australian Owned Coasters, Part I'.

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

23/08/2018

Format

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Resolution

6,521 x 4,665 pixels (30.4 MP)

Size

195.86 MB

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