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'Waratah' wooden barque [PRG 1373/40/71] • Photograph

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Summary

'Waratah' wooden barque 202 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, 203 gross, 202 net tons. ON57525, 123.0 x 25.0 x 11.0. Built 1872 John Lucas, Battery Point, Hobart. Owners: Peter Facy (21) William Fisher (22) and John Fisher (21) registered Hobart. April 1877 Peter Facy and William Fisher; June 1882 River Don Trading Co. Ltd; Feb. 1884 AJ Soutar, registered Sydney and briefly reported as a 3 mast schooner; 1884 Anton Schlink, registered Port Adelaide. Wrecked Jan. 20, 1894 in heavy westerly gale was driven ashore Rocky Islet, Wellesley Islands, Gulf of Carpentaria]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 15 cm x 22.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Waratah (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'Tasmanian Owned Vessels and Tasmanian Shipping Views'.

This section comprises 'Tasmanian 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

26/08/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,471 x 3,678 pixels (20.1 MP)

Size

60.39 MB

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