Port Adelaide - Ships and Shipping

Ships and Shipping

Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs

"Early Ships at Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
10 July 1905, page 4e,
"Seventy Year's Progress" on
20 November 1906, page 7a,
"Old Ships and Shipwrecks" on
6 January 1917, page 4h.

"Shipping at Port Adelaide - Desertion of Seamen" is in the SA Gazette & Mining Journal,
18 and 25 September 1847, pages 2d and 2e,
16 October 1847, page 2d.

The arrival of the steam tug, Adelaide, is reported in the Register,
10 March 1849, page 2b.

The arrival of the Three Bells, the first iron ship to visit the colony, is reported in the Register,
12 March 1851, page 2e.

"The Rival Tugs" is in the Observer,
15 September 1855, page 1e (supp.),
"Tugs of Today and Yesterday" in The News,
30 June 1936, page 4f.

The first cargo shipped from Port Adelaide is discussed in the Register,
25 May 1923, page 13b.

"Melancholy Death of Captain Matson" is in the Register,
8 January 1859, page 2h.

"Protection from Smallpox" is in the Register,
19 August 1863, page 2d.
Also see South Australia - Health - General Health Matters - Smallpox and Vaccination.

A fatal fire on the Prince Arthur is reported in the Observer,
7 April 1866, page 3d.

Photographs of shipping of the 1870s are in the Observer,
12 May 1928, page 36.

"Steam Engines at the Port" is in the Observer,
19 November 1870, page 7f.

An article headed "Among the Ships" is in the Register,
6 February 1871, page 6d:

...There are very few people who would now have the intrepidity to call it a mudhole... Why, every inch of ground from the railway station to Levi's Wharf was under water not more than 20 years ago and now the space is covered with cedar in logs, spokes, coal, timber and spars and the people of the Port must be uncommonly honest, or such an amount of property could not be suffered to lay about with impunity.

An article entitled "How ["Bully"] Hayes Bolted" is in the Register,
25 April 1871, page 6a; also see
29 and 30 May 1928, pages 12d and 8h.

"The Wheat Fleet at Port Adelaide" is in the Chronicle,
22 February 1873, page 12d,
"The Wheat Fleet" in the Register,
19 February 1873, page 5e.

Information on the Black Diamond Line is in the Observer,
4 March 1871, page 7d,
20 December 1873, page 8a.
Also see Place Names - Black Diamond Corner.

A history of steam ships at the Port is in the Register,
17 and 19 October 1871, pages 6c and 5b.

"The Lumpers at the Port" is in the Observer,
21 September 1872, page 7f,
"A Day With the Stevedores" is in the Register,
18 January 1904, page 8a,
"Stevedoring in the 1840s" by Joseph Stone on Register,
20 July 1906, page 6e.
A complaint about stevedoring being conducted on Sundays is made in the Express,
13 and 21 May 1884, pages 3c and 5d-6c,
24 March 1892, page 3f,
Register,
25 October 1906, page 6f,
"Lumping and the Lumpers" on
11 October 1911, page 8d.
Also see Port Adelaide - Industrial Relations

"The Trade of Port Adelaide" is in the Chronicle,
15 February 1873, page 11f.

"The Latest Dodge [Among Butchers]" is in the Register,
21 February 1873, page 5a.

"Ships Again" is in the Register,
4 April 1873, page 6a.

"Port Adelaide in the Dull Season" is in the Observer,
17 October 1874, page 20c.

"Survey of Port Adelaide" is in the Chronicle,
16 October 1875, page 5a.

A history of "Steam Tugs" is in the Register,
4 September 1872, page 5d,
Observer,
7 September 1872, page 8a.
A trial trip of the steam tug Adelaide is reported in the Register,
17 September 1877, page 6c.

Ships at Port Adelaide are described in the Register,
4 April 1873, page 6a and
8 October 1874, page 5f,
an overcrowding of the Port is reported on
30 January 1878, page 4g and
8 February 1878, page 5a.

"The Port Flagstaff" is in the Register,
3 and 9 June 1874, pages 4f and 5e.

A description of a cruise of SS Glenelg from the Port to Glenelg is in the Register,
7 June 1875, page 6b.

"Improvement of Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
26 October 1875, page 4d.

"Shipping Arrangements at Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
22 January 1876, page 4f; also see
24 January 1876, page 5d.

An article on shipping to and from Melbourne is in the Register,
4 December 1876, page 6b.

An obituary of Captain George W. Brown is in the Register,
2 August 1877, page 5b.

"Among the Ships" is in the Chronicle,
9 December 1876, page 11c,
Advertiser,
23 and 27 January 1879, pages 6c and 7c.

A proposed Shipmasters' Society is discussed in the Chronicle,
1 February 1879, page 8e.

The burning of the barque, Kadina, is reported in the Register,
21, 22 and 26 April 1879, pages 7b, 5b and 5b.

"Ships and Boats at Port Adelaide" is in the Chronicle,
23 August 1879, page 9c.

"Case of Overloading" is in the Register,
23 and 24 November 1882, pages 6e and 5b.

The grounding of the Cape Verde at Snowden's Beach is reported in the Register,
23 January 1884, page 7c.

"Sunday Shipping Work" is in the Register,
13, 19 and 21 May 1884, pages 7c, 4d-7f and 4g-h-6e,
30 October 1908, page 4g,
6 November 1908, page 4f.
Also see South Australia - Religion - Breaking the Sabbath.

"Crimping at Port Adelaide" is in the Express,
15 July 1884, page 2c,
Chronicle,
21 February 1885, page 5d,
Register,
28 January 1885, page 4f,
10, 16, 18, 23 and 26 February 1885, pages 5a, 3h, 5a, 5b and 5c,
6 December 1886, pages 5a-c-7f,
24 January 1907, page 7e,
8 February 1907, page 8c,
The Herald,
9 February 1907, page 7c.

"Our Sailors - Jack in Port" is in the Register,
26 August 1884, page 6d; also see
6 September 1884, page 5h.

The employment of Chinese as seamen is discussed in the Register,
25 and 27 October 1884, pages 5h and 4f.

Information on the hulk Pleiades is in the Register,
5 and 7 January 1885, pages 5b and 5c,
on the hulk Frey Benton on
12 October 1899, page 4h.

A complimentary dinner and presentation to S. Jenkins, shipbuilder, is reported in the Register,
2 and 3 July 1885, pages 5b and 5d.

The explosives hulk and a dynamite scare are described in the Advertiser,
3, 4, 5, 7 and 10 January 1887, pages 4g, 6d, 6b, 6f and 4g.

"The Shipping Difficulties at Port Adelaide" is in the Register, 21 May 1887, page 6a:

A visit to Port Adelaide now sees long stretches of almost bare wharfs with fine berths handed over chiefly to the flotilla of small craft engaged in the firewood trade.

Early colonial correspondence in respect of shipping is reproduced in the Register,
11 June 1887, page 6f; it includes the seizure of the French ship, Ville de Bordeaux.

"The Shipping Trade and Labour at Port Adelaide" is in the Observer,
7 June 1890, page 36c.

Information on the sinking of the Warooka in the Port River is in the Chronicle,
7 May 1892, page 9b.

"A Remarkable Nautical Invention" by Captain Weir is in the Register,
14 November 1892, page 5h.

Biographical details of Captain Bickers are in the Register,
13 January 1894, page 5c.

A visit of the former convict hulk Success is reported in the Register,
25 and 29 May 1894, pages 3e and 7a,
4 June 1894, page 7g and
11 August 1894, page 7e,
30 March 1895, page 4h.
Information on other hulks appears on
23 August 1902, page 4h,
Observer,
30 August 1902, page 33c.
Also see South Australia - Maritime Affairs.

Biographical details of Captain F.B. Richardson are in the Register,
21 October 1896, page 5b,
of Captain Hansford Ward on
28 October 1899, page 11a.

"Sixty Years of Shipping at Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
18 January 1898, page 6b,
Observer,
29 January 1898, page 33d.

"New Tug [Ariel] for Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
7 January 1898, page 5b.

"Nautical Relics - A Study in Figureheads" is in the Register,
22 May 1899, page 6d,
"Passing of the Figureheads" on
28 September 1907, page 7a.

Photographs are in the Chronicle,
30 May 1903, page 44,
3 February 1906, page 29.

"The Coasting Fleet and Port Adelaide" is in the Observer,
4 July 1903, page 3b; also see
18 July 1903, page 3b.

Biographical details of Captain C.W. Poynter are in the Register,
16 June 1904, page 8d.

"A New Tugboat - Arrival of the Wato" is in the Register,
31 October 1904, page 3f,
9 and 14 November 1904, pages 4g and 3i.

"A Year's Shipping - Interesting Notes" is in the Register,
6 January 1905, page 3d,
15 January 1906, page 4g.

Biographical details of R.A.L. Smith, shipping master, are in the Register,
20 May 1905, page 7b,
1 June 1905, page 5b.

Biographical details of Captain Henderson are in the Register,
11 May 1906, page 5a.

The arrival of the fire float Ada is reported in the Register,
12 June 1906, page 3f; also see
14 March 1907, pages 4g-9c.

"Shipping at Port Adelaide - Seventy Years Progress" is in the Register,
20 November 1906, page 7a.

Information on Captain C.C. Dale and his "warlike inventions" is in the Register,
31 January 1907, page 5d. Also see
19 October 1907, page 13h.

The Custom system is explained in the Register,
12 February 1907, page 5d; also see
9 October 1908, page 8e,
5 October 1911, page 9a.

"Port Adelaide Shipping - An Interesting Review" is in the Register,
9 January 1909, page 9f,
"Battle of the Ports - Outer or Inner Harbour" on
9 February 1910, page 9a; also see
11, 12, 15, 17 and 21 February 1910, pages 3d, 15b, 3d-e, 9e and 9b,
"Among the Ships" on
14 July 1910, page 8g.

"A Menace to Shipping [at Cruickshank's Corner]" is in the Register,
16 April 1909, page 7f.

"Steamer [Middlesex] on Fire" is in the Register,
15 November 1915, page 5d.

Biographical details of Captains Daniel and Richard Tapley are in the Register,
12 November 1919, page 9c.

Biographical details of J.L. Young, wharfinger, are in the Register,
22 April 1921, page 6h,
of Captain Patrick Weir on
30 May 1925, page 13d,
of Captain W.F. Baddams on
10 July 1925, page 10c.

Biographical details of Captain P. Weir, harbourmaster, is are in the Observer,
11 July 1925, page 39e,
of Captain W.F. Baddams on
18 July 1925, page 19e.

Photographs of sailing ships are in the Chronicle,
2 April 1927, page 38.

A new fire float is discussed in the Register,
9 June 1926, page 10d; also see
2 October 1926, pages 12h-17b.

"Dog's Devotion - Captain's Life Saved" is in the Register,
23 March 1927, page 11f.

"The LeMessurier Family" is in the Observer,
2 July 1927, page 18d.
An obituary of A. LeMessurier is in the Observer,
25 June 1927, page 19a.

"Port Adelaide Timeball - How it Operates" is in The News,
21 July 1927, page 4g.

"Port Adelaide Ketches" is in The News,
16 May 1929, page 20c; also see
15 January 1930, page 11f.

A photograph of the Mungana aground in the Port river is in the Chronicle,
28 March 1935, page 31.

"Curious Relics in Port Adelaide's Nautical Museum" is in the Advertiser,
16 October 1937, page 11g.

Port Adelaide - Ships & Shipping - Obituaries

An obituary of Captain Mackay is in the Register,
4 October 1876, page 5f.

An obituary of Richard Bliss, "the first man who had charge of any steamer leaving Port Adelaide", is in the Register, 1 February 1879, page 5c.

An obituary of Captain Coleman is in the Register,
12 March 1880, page 5a,
of Captain Heath on
12 July 1881, page 5c,
of John Anthony on
28 and 29 November 1881, pages 5d and 5a,
of S. Mocatta on
7 February 1882, page 5b,
of Captain Pepper on
5 September 1882, page 5a; also see
16 October 1882, page 5b,
of W. Taylor on
18 April 1884, page 4h,
of Captain Thomas Allen on
15 September 1885, page 5b,
12 October 1885, page 3g.

Information on Captain Peter Dickson is in the Register, on
11 November 1889, page 5a,
7 April 1894, page 5c .
An obituary of Captain P. Dickson is in the Register,
20 May 1915, page 7c.

An obituary of Captain E. Underwood is in the Register,
25 December 1888, page 5b,
of Captain William Begg on
27 July 1889, page 4g,
of Henry Weman, chandler and sailmaker, on
6 October 1891, page 5c,
of Thomas Michelmore on
3 November 1891, page 5b,
of Captain W.H. Skinner on
23 August 1893, page 5d,
of Captain Brinsden on
11 December 1893, page 5c,
of Captain John Legoe on
25 and 26 March 1895, pages 6e and 5d,
of Captain McCoy on
1 October 1895, page 6f,
of Captain R.P. Ward on
26 March 1898, page 6f,
of Captain T.W. Lockyer on
24 and 26 September 1898, pages 7d and 7d,
of Captain E.J. Fallu on
13 October 1898, page 6e.

An obituary of Captain William Stone is in the Register,
11 May 1900, page 5d,
of Captain J.R.H. Ward on
18 February 1903, page 5c,
of Captain Thomas Swiggs on
25 August 1903, page 4g (also see
The Critic,
20 June 1903 - includes a photograph).

An obituary of Captain Alexander Bruce is in the Observer,
5 September 1891, page 29a,
of Captain F. Snewin on
3 October 1891, page 29d,
of Captain Brinsden on
16 December 1893, page 15d,
of James Rawlings on
1 February 1896, page 34e,
of W.A. Pasqualin on
9 May 1896, page 46b,
of George McKay, mariner, on
18 December 1897, page 27d,
of Captain J. Leask on
29 January 1898, page 29b,
of Captain R.P. Ward on
26 March 1898, page 28d,
of Captain T.W. Lockyer on
1 October 1898, page 16e.

An obituary of Captain E.W. Russell is in the Register,
10 June 1889, page 5b,
of Alexander Disher on
11 March 1890 page 5b,
of Samuel Jenkins on
22 March 1890, page 5a,
of Captain Henry Walker on
4 December 1890, page 4g,
of Captain Adam Johnson on
17 March 1891, page 5b,
of James Rawlings on
29 January 1896, page 5a,
of Captain Rae on
26 July 1897, page 4i,
of Captain Robert Arnold on
8 October 1897, page 4i.

"The Late Captain Scherer" is in the Register,
30 January 1892, page 5a.

An obituary of Captain W. Tulloch is in the Observer,
1 December 1900, page 22b,
of Captain John Yeo on
4 May 1901, page 23a,
of Captain J.F. Hummell on
17 May 1902, page 21d,
of Captain J.R.H. Ward on
21 February 1903, page 34d,
of Captain H.W. Harris on
12 September 1903, page 26c,
of Captain W.B. Walker on
14 November 1903, page 21b,
of Captain Thomas Pickhaver on
20 and 27 February 1904, pages 34e and 34e,
of Captain William Howes on
25 June 1904, page 34b,
of Captain J.H. Johnson on
27 August 1904, page 34c,
of Dan Dineen on
3 September 1904, page 34e,
of Captain J.J. Whiting on
17 December 1904, page 44d,
of Captain John McGorm on
22 April 1905, page 31e.

An obituary of William Ellery, shipping agent, is in the Observer,
30 April 1904, page 34a,
of R.K. Boothby, shipping agent, on
22 October 1904, page 34e.

An obituary of Captain B.N. Anderson is in the Observer,
28 April 1906, page 38c,
of Captain A.J. Hayward on
14 September 1907, page 40c,
of Captain Martin Valentine on
4 January 1908, page 38c,
of Captain Joseph Creer on
12 June 1909, page 40b,
of William Hoffmann on
6 November 1909, page 40b,
of William Walter on
4 June 1910, page 40a.

An obituary of Captain Joseph Creer is in the Register,
10 June 1909, page 5b,
of Captain F. Slater on
22 January 1912, page 6i,
of Captain L. Garnaut on
5 May 1913, page 6g,
of Captain A. Reid on
27 February 1914, page 8b,
of Captain Edwin Dalby on
15 June 1915, page 5a.

An obituary of Captain Magnus Irvine is in the Observer,
6 May 1911, page 41a,
of Joseph Stone on
5 August 1911, page 41a,
of Captain F.P. Robin on
9 December 1911, page 41a,
of Captain W.A. Wills, tugmaster, on
16 March 1912, page 41a,
of George Dean on
30 March 1912, page 39b,
of Captain P. Slater on
27 January 1912, page 41a,
of Captain J.A. Walker on
9 November 1912, page 41a,
of Captain L. Garnaut on
10 May 1913, page 41a,
of Captain A. Reid on
7 March 1914, page 41a,
of Captain E. Dalby on
19 June 1915, page 45b.

An obituary of Captain P. Dickson is in the Register,
20 and 21 May 1915, pages 7c and 4g,
of Captain Arnold Dower on
13 May 1915, page 6f,
of Captain A. Wells on
26 April 1917, page 6f,
of Captain Stephen Rodgers on
8 May 1918, page 6h,
of Captain G. McKay on
19 August 1918, page 4g,
of Captain W.N. Thompson on
22 November 1918, page 6g,
of Captain Frederick Chichester on
1 September 1922, page 6g,
of Captain William P. Lee on
2 September 1925, page 15d.

An obituary of A.J. Bleechmore is in the Observer,
12 August 1916, page 20a,
of Captain J.C. Dixson on
21 April 1917, page 42c,
of Captain R. Glenn on
5 May 1917, page 13c,
of W.L. Wilkinson on
13 October 1917, page 13d,
of Captain Stephen Rodgers on
11 May 1918, page 30e,
of Donald Gunn on
6 July 1918, page 20d,
of Captain G. McKay
24 August 1918, page 19b,
of Captain W.N. Thompson on
30 November 1918, page 20b,
of Captain J.G. Ahier on
11 January 1919, page 31a,
of Captain James Tainsh on
12 April 1919, page 14a.

An obituary of Captain F. Chichester is in the Observer,
9 September 1922, page 52b,
of Captain Marshall-Smith on
21 July 1923, page 24a,
of Captain James Thirsk on
20 September 1924, page 32c,
of Frederick Reynolds on
14 February 1925, page 38b,
of Captain J.W. Walsh on
28 February 1925, page 26e,
of Captain John Webb on
26 June 1926, page 10c,
of A.B. Cornell on
28 August 1926, page 60c,
of Captain T.H. Heritage on
5 November 1927, page 49a,
of Captain James Sawford on
14 July 1928, page 49b,
of Captain T.B. Richardson on
21 July 1928, page 50b.

An obituary of Captain John Webb is in the Register,
22 June 1926, page 9a,
of Captain Beilby H. Evans on
28 June 1926, page 8g,
of Captain Robert Ritch on
13 July 1926, page 8h,
of Captain T.E. Creer on
30 August 1926, page 5f,
of Captain W.H. Langsford on
30 May 1928, page 12g.

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