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McLaren Parade Port Adelaide [PRG 631/2/1132] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Shipping at McLaren Wharf with buildings including the Wharf Hotel (licensee H. Goddard) in the background. This cluster of small sailing ships is probably some of the ketches, known affectionately as the 'Mosquito Fleet' which plied around South Australian coastal waters. The one in the right foreground is named 'Tam O'Shanter. [On back of photograph] 'McLaren Parade and Wharf / Port Adelaide / 1892-98 / The Wharf Hotel is on the west corner of Todd Street'.

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Physical description

Photograph & plate; 15.2 cm x 11.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1892

Photographer

Gall, Ernest

Collection

Part of Port Adelaide Collection

Subject

Shipping -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

06/09/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,294 x 2,373 pixels (7.8 MP)

Size

23.48 MB

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