Arthur D. Edwardes : SUMMARY RECORD [PRG 1373] • Photograph

'Cutty Sark' loading wool

'Cutty Sark' loading wool

'Cutty Sark' loading wool at Sydney in the 1880's, Circular Quay South, looking north west, [composite ship, 963 gross tons. ON63557. 212.5 x 36.0 x 21.6. Built 1869 (11) Scott and Linton, Dumbarton. Owners John Willis and Son, registered London. (The shipbuilders went bankrupt in the course of constructing the ship and it was completed by Denny Bros) Sold 1895 to Portuguese and renamed Ferreira. Bought in 1922 by Captain Dowman of Falmouth, named and restored and re-rigged to her original sail plan. Presented to the Thames Nautical Training College in 1938. Subsequently installed in a dry dock at Greenwich on permanent display. This vessel has probably had more written about her than any other sailing ship, including 'The Log of the Cutty Sark' by Lubbock, see for full details up to 1938. The name is taken from a poem by Burns - Tam O'Shanter and the best translation appears to be 'short chemise'. Built for the China trades and considered to be among the world's fastest sailing ships. she was transferred to the Australian trades in 1885-6, trading mainly to Sydney, until she made a few voyages to Brisbane in the 1890's prior to being withdrawn and sold foreign. See 'The Log of the cutty Sark', 'Colonial Clippers', 'China Clippers']

General Harbour view of Sydney

General Harbour view of Sydney

General Harbour view of Sydney about 1880 from McMahons/Blue Point.

Shipping at Sydney, 'Loch Fyne'

Shipping at Sydney, 'Loch Fyne'

Shipping at Sydney, 1882, with the ship 'Loch Fyne' which vanished a few months later.

Shipping at Sydney

Shipping at Sydney

Shipping at Sydney, 1885. Argyle Street, The Rocks, looking east across Circular Quay.

Dawes Point, Sydney, barque 'Gladstone' and ship 'Esmerelda'

Dawes Point, Sydney, barque 'Gladstone' and ship 'Esmerelda'

Dawes Point, Sydney, 1887 with the barque 'Gladstone' and ship 'Esmerelda'.

Yachting at Balmain

Yachting at Balmain

Yachting at Balmain, April 1888.

Regatta Day at Sydney

Regatta Day at Sydney

Regatta Day at Sydney, with the ferry 'Swan', about 1888.

Shipping at Sydney

Shipping at Sydney

Shipping at Sydney about 1889.

Mort's Dock, Sydney, S.S. 'Flora' and ship 'Edward O'Brien'

Mort's Dock, Sydney, S.S. 'Flora' and ship 'Edward O'Brien'

Mort's Dock, Sydney, with S.S. 'Flora' and the ship 'Edward O'Brien', 1890.

Shipping at Sydney, 'Wilcannia', 'Rodney', 'Illawarra', Hubbuck', 'Wooloomooloo' and 'Tartar'

Shipping at Sydney, 'Wilcannia', 'Rodney', 'Illawarra', Hubbuck', 'Wooloomooloo' and 'Tartar'

Shipping at Sydney, September 1891, with 'Wilcannia', 'Rodney', 'Illawarra', 'Hubbuck', 'Wooloomooloo' and 'Tartar'.

Exhibition ship 'Success' at Sydney

Exhibition ship 'Success' at Sydney

Exhibition ship (former prison hulk) 'Success' at Sydney in the 1890's.

Sydney wharves, barque 'Ravenscourt', S.S. 'Wallarah'

Sydney wharves, barque 'Ravenscourt', S.S. 'Wallarah'

Sydney wharves in the 1890's with the barque 'Ravenscourt' and the S.S. 'Wallarah' [Ravenscourt = steel 3 mast barque 1462 gross, 1373 net tons, ON99774, 236.0 x 36.0 x 21.7. Built 1892 (3) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: A Stevenson and H Buchanan (JM Campbell and Son, Managers) registered Greenock. c.1911 to Italians without change of name] ['Wallarah' = steel steam ship, 633 gross, 193 net tons. ON115878, 183.2 x 28.0 x 11.0. Built 1900. R Williamson and Sons, Workington. Triple expansion steam engine. Machinery aft. Collier. Three masts. Owners: 1903 Wallarah Coal Co. Ltd., registered Sydney. Wrecked Catherine Hill Bay, NSW, 1914]

Sydney, Troopship S.S. 'Maplemore', barque 'Vortigern'

Sydney, Troopship S.S. 'Maplemore', barque 'Vortigern'

Sydney, 1900, with Troopship S.S. 'Maplemore' leaving for South Africa and 4 masted barque 'Vortigern'.

Circular Quay

Circular Quay

Circular Quay in 1870.

Circular Quay, barques 'Wave of Life' and 'Whitehall'

Circular Quay, barques 'Wave of Life' and 'Whitehall'

Circular Quay in the 1870's with the barques 'Wave of Life' and 'Whitehall' ['Whitehall' = wooden 3 mast barque, ON44331, 875 gross, 845 net tons (originally 937 tons) Built 1861 (8) Richard Hocking, Plymouth. 184.0 x 33.0 x 22.7. Owners: Richard Hocking, registered Plymouth, later sold and remeasured. Owners: W Bowen, junior, registered Swansea]

Circular Quay, ship 'Great Victoria'

Circular Quay, ship 'Great Victoria'

Circular Quay in the 1870's with the ship 'Great Victoria' and possibly the 'Herald'.

Shipping at Circular Quay with 'Nineveh', 'Alexander Duthie', 'Harlaw'

Shipping at Circular Quay with 'Nineveh', 'Alexander Duthie', 'Harlaw'

Shipping at Circular Quay in the 1870's with the ships 'Nineveh', 'Alexander Duthie' and 'Harlaw'.

Shipping at Circular Quay

Shipping at Circular Quay

Shipping at Circular Quay in the 1870's.

Shipping discharging cargo at Circular Quay, 'Damascus'

Shipping discharging cargo at Circular Quay, 'Damascus'

Ships discharging cargo at Circular Quay in the 1870's, 'Damascus' on the right.

Circular Quay

Circular Quay

Circular Quay in the 1870's.

Circular Quay

Circular Quay

Circular Quay in the mid-1890's.

Shipping at Circular Quay

Shipping at Circular Quay

Shipping at Circular Quay in the 1870's.

Circular Quay, ships 'Bengairn', 'Wave of Life', 'Whitehall'

Circular Quay, ships 'Bengairn', 'Wave of Life', 'Whitehall'

Circular Quay in the 1870's with the ships 'Bengairn', 'Wave of Life' and 'Whitehall'.

Shipping at Circular Quay, ships 'Bengairn', 'Wave of Life', 'Whitehall'

Shipping at Circular Quay, ships 'Bengairn', 'Wave of Life', 'Whitehall'

Shipping at Circular Quay in the 1870's with the ships 'Bengairn' (left), 'Wave of Life' (centre) and 'Whitehall' (right).

Circular Quay

Circular Quay

Circular Quay in 1871.

Circular Quay, ship 'Sobraon'

Circular Quay, ship 'Sobraon'

Circular Quay in 1871 with the ship 'Sobraon'.

Panorama of Circular Quay, Sydney

Panorama of Circular Quay, Sydney

Circular Quay, Sydney in 1871 with the ships 'Ellen Stewart', in distance 'Sabroan', 'Hallowe'en' (left panel); 'Dunbar Castle' (centre panel); and 'Dunbar Castle' (continued), 'Abergeldie', 'Border Chief', and 'Duke of Sutherland' (right panel). [Border Chief = iron 3 mast ship, 1055 gross, 1011 net. ON60708/60748?, 212.0 x 35.0 x 20.3. Built 1870 (7) Readhead, Softley and Co. South Shields, Owner Henry Adamson, reg. Aberdeen c. 1881 to owners in Germany. In the 1870's made at least two voyages to New Zealand from England]

Circular Quay, S.S. 'Whampoa'

Circular Quay, S.S. 'Whampoa'

Circular Quay, Sydney in 1875 with S.S. 'Whampoa' [iron single screw steamship, 3855 gross, 2487 net tons, ON68517. 399.5 x 42.2 x 28.4. Built 1873 (10) Palmer's S & I Co. Jarrow upon Tyne. Compound engine, 500hp. Owners: Watts, Milburn and Co., registered London. Certificate to carry 315 passengers. Sold 1881 to Italian owners and renamed 'Manilla'. The first vessel of the 'Colonial Line' of steamers to arrive in Australia. See 'North Star to Southern Cross' Maber. 1967]

Circular Quay, ship 'Arizona' and barque 'Ansdell'

Circular Quay, ship 'Arizona' and barque 'Ansdell'

Circular Quay in 1875 with the ship 'Arizona' and barque 'Ansdell'.

Shipping at Circular Quay

Shipping at Circular Quay

Shipping at Circular Quay in 1875.