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The Astral steamboat [PRG 280/1/11/147] • Photograph

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Summary

View of the Astral, a twin screw scow which was launched in Forster, N.S.W. on 18 April 1908 [SMH, p.8] for the N.S.W. coastal trade. After the engines were fitted in Sydney, the steamboat was trialled on 14 August 1908 [SMH 15 Aug 1908, p.14]. She sank carrying coal on 7 April 1924 [Port Macquarie News & Hastings River Advocate 12 April 1924 p.5]. According to a researcher, from the shipping notices in newspapers there is no evidence that it ever came to S.A. Seen here she is waiting at the end of a short jetty which carries a metal rail track, with scaffolding at the right of the jetty indicating that a structure is to be erected. Further searching by members of the Light Railway Research Society of Australia has revealed that this photo appeared in the Sydney Mail 11 June 1913, p.14, captioned "Unloading timber for the buildings at Captain's Point". The adjacent article is "Building the Naval College", that is HMAS Creswell at Jervis Bay. Another researcher adds that the short jetty was the contractor's jetty, and the structure at the right was the powerhouse.

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Physical description

photograph; 13.5 x 20 cm

Dates / Publication details

1910

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Astral (Steamboat)
Steamboats -- New South Wales

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Digitisation information

Date

25/12/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,082 x 2,039 pixels (6.3 MP)

Size

6.29 MB

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