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The 'Kalahome' at Port Adelaide [PRG 1373/37/24] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden barque 'Kalahome', 371 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 3 mast barque, 317 gross, 354 net tons. ON43950 120.4 x 26.6 x 16.5. Built 1861 Sunderland. Formerly owned in London April 1869. Henry Skelton and William Wells. Registered Port Adelaide November 1872. Henry Simpson and Elder and Smith (Black Diamond Line) Wrecked King Island, Bass Strait, Oct. 5, 1882. From at least November 1872 employed as a collier between Newcastle, NSW and South Australia]

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.8 cm x 11 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1860

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Kalahome (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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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

5,129 x 3,604 pixels (18.5 MP)

Size

55.48 MB

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