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The 'Moonta' at Port Adelaide [PRG 1373/37/22] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden ship 'Moonta', 627 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 3 mast ship rig. 655 tons, alt. 1865 - 598. ON43145. 137.0 x 29.0 x 21.4. Built 1847 Newcastle, USA and named 'Seth Sprague'. Acquired Oct. 1864 by Hy. Simpson and renamed 'Moonta'. Owners H Simpson, T Elder and RB Smith, registered Port Adelaide May 1884 Simpson Bros. and Elder and Smith. Broken up and register closed in 1900. Employed in coal trade between Newcastle, NSW, Wallaroo and Port Adelaide for many years. See 'Black Diamond Line' by Parsons]

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.2 cm x 11 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1860

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Moonta (Ship)
Seth Sprague (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

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General notes

From the volume titled 'South Australian owned shipping lines & sailing vessels: vessels owned by Bickers & Bower, vessels owned by Captain John A. Walker, South Australian owned sailing vessels; Port Adelaide views'.

This section comprises South 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

10/07/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,964 x 3,584 pixels (17.8 MP)

Size

53.39 MB

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