Port Adelaide - Ships and Shipping

Lights and Lighthouses

Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs - Lights and Lightships

"A Visit to the Lightship" is in the Register,
22 October 1860, page 3d,
"The Port Adelaide Light" in the Chronicle,
8 August 1874,page 6g,
24 October 1874, page 1c (supp.).

Information on the lighthouse is in the Observer,
29 June 1867, page 2e (supp.),
14 March 1868, page 4a,
31 October 1868, page 6g,
8 June 1872, page 15d,
"The New Lighthouse" in the Chronicle,
27 February 1869, page 13f,
6 March 1869, page 12b,
"The Port Light" in the Advertiser,
3 August 1874, page 3b.
A sketch is in the Illustrated Adelaide Post,
12 July 1870, page 20.

Background information on the lighthouses at Points Marsden and Malcolm is in the Register,
27 October 1868, page 3a.

A report on the Port Adelaide lighthouse appears on
10 November 1868, page 6c; also see
Express,
25 February 1869, page 3c,
Register,
21 October 1874, page 4f,
Observer,
8 June 1872, page 15d,
Register,
21 October 1874, page 4f,
Express,
5 February 1875, page 2d,
Observer,
20 February 1875, page 4g,
Register,
4 February 1875, page 4e,
19 July 1877, page 5a.

A description of the lighthouse at night appears on
7 June 1877, page 5d.
A sketch is in the Australasian Sketcher,
20 March 1875, page 196; also see
Register, 16 June 1899, page 7g,
Express,
16 June 1899, page 4c,
Register,
28 July 1899, page 6f.

"Lights and Pilots" is in the Chronicle,
21 February 1874, page 8e.

Gas beacons in the "Port Stream" are discussed in the Register,
1 September 1880, pages 4f-6e and
electric lighting on
26 January 1897, page 7a,
4 and 9 February 1897, pages 5f and 5a-6f,
28 September 1900, page 5i.

Information on a lighthouse is in the Register,
6 June 1900, page 4e.

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Seamen's Mission

Also see Port Adelaide - Prince Alfred Sailor's Home.

"Seamen and boarding house-keepers" is in the Observer,
17 December 1870, page 8a.

The third anniversary of the Seamen's Mission is reported in the Register,
17 January 1882, page 5b; also see
Express,
13 February 1883, page 3c,
Register,
13 February 1884, page 6f,
3 June 1885, page 7d (history of),
7 January 1888, page 5d,
6 and 7 May 1889, pages 6f and 4e-6d,
13 May 1890, page 6h,
9 February 1893, page 7f,
11 June 1895, page 4g,
19 May 1898, page 6d,
2 August 1900, page 4e,
Express,
10 February 1897, page 4b,
17 December 1900, page 4e,
30 April 1901, page 3e,
4 April 1906, page 2e.

A sketch of the Seamen's Mission Hall in Nile Street is in the Chronicle,
4 May 1901, page 35;
a photograph of the committee is in the Observer,
16 June 1917, page 26.
The opening of the Church of England Missions to Seamen on North Parade is reported in the Register,
27 and 28 March 1908, pages 6f and 6h; also see
3 June 1909, page 6i.
A photograph of the Mission to Seamen's soccer team is in the Observer,
8 October 1927, page 37.

The laying of the foundation stone of a new Mission and its opening is reported in the Register,
17 December 1900, page 3d,
29 and 30 April 1901, pages 6i and 9a; also see
12 December 1904, page 4f,
4 April 1906, page 6h,
13 July 1907, page 13f,
21 April 1909, page 3i.

The opening of a new hall is reported on
22 October 1913, page 8f; also see
4 February 1915, page 4g,
28 and 29 April 1919, pages 4g and 6e,
3 August 1922, page 6c,
28 April 1924, page 8c.

Biographical details of Emanuel Hounslow are in the Register,
4 October 1911, page 6g,
Observer,
23 December 1916, page 30d.

"The Work of the Port Adelaide Seamen's Mission" is in the Advertiser,
30 April 1923, page 11d; also see
Register,
28 April 1924, page 8c,
The News,
11 August 1931, page 11b.

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