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Shipping, Port Augusta, 27th September 1884 [PRG 1373/39/15/1/44-45] • Photograph

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Summary

Shipping, Port Augusta 27th September 1884. Left panel: 'Thunderbolt', 'Jacobus Johannes', 'Duisdeer', 'Capella', 'Peri', 'Oaklands'. Right panel: 'Phillis'. 'Joliba', SS 'Investigator', SS 'Bengal', 'Prospero', 'Auckland', 'Beltana', 'City of Adelaide', 'Postboy'. [City of Adelaide = composite ship (later barque) 791 tons. ON50036, 176.8 x 33.2 x 18.8. Built 1864 (5). W. Pile and Co. Sunderland. Owners: Devitt and Moore, registered London. Usually employed in the South Australian trades and often loaded wool at Port Augusta. Became a Royal Naval hospital hulk, later an accommodation ship and was renamed Carrick from at least 1925. Given by the Royal Navy for use as a club ship by RNR and berthed in Scotland. See Ships of the Royal Navy, Vol. 1 JJ Colledge, David and Charles, 1969.]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 14.6 cm x 41 cm

Dates / Publication details

1884

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

City of Adelaide (Ship)
Carrick (Ship)
Thunderbolt (Ship)
Jacobus Johannes (Ship)
Duisdeer (Ship)
Capella (Ship)
Peri (Ship)
Oaklands (Ship)
Phillis (Ship)
Joliba (Ship)
Investigator (Ship)
Bengal (Ship)
Prospero (Ship)
Auckland (Ship)
Beltana (Ship)
City of Adelaide (Ship)
Postboy (Ship)

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General notes

From a volume titled 'Shipping scenes at outports, South Australia'.

This section comprises 'Shipping scenes, Port Augusta 1884-1894'.

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

01/02/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,176 x 3,076 pixels (12.8 MP)

Size

38.57 MB

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