Port Adelaide - Ships and Shipping

Wharfs

"Old Port Adelaide [Bridges and Wharfs]" is in the Register,
26 April 1918, page 5b,
"Early Port Adelaide Wharfs" on
7 June 1920, page 9a.

"New Wharfs at Port Adelaide" is discussed in the Register,
1 June 1839, pages 2d-3a,
7 December 1839, page 5c; also see
3 December 1845, page 2a.

Information on the construction of McLaren Wharf is in the Register,
4 and 15 October 1913, pages 19a and 11a; also see
28 February 1914, page 11e,
13 May 1914, page 12c.

A public meeting called to discuss the construction of the Dwarf Wharf is reported in the Observer,
31 December 1853, page 2a (supp.),
7 and 14 January 1854, pages 5d and 6a; also see
10 February 1855, page 5h.

Fatal accidents are reported in the Express,
12 April 1867, page 2b.

An extension to wharfs is reported in the Observer,
6 March 1869, page 5a.

Under the heading "A Mile of Wharf Frontage" a history of the wharfs is presented - see Register,
22 June 1870, page 5b;
further information on this topic is to be found on
14 February 1874, page 5c,
1 January 1877, page 7c,
10 April 1877, page 5b,
20, 28 and 30 July 1877, pages 7g, 6f and 6c,
4, 16, 20, 23, 24 and 27 August 1877, pages 6e, 7a, 7c, 7c, 5e and 6g.

The opening of the new embankment and wharf is reported in the Register,
24 November 1873, page 6c; also see
Chronicle,
29 November 1873, page 5f.

"Port Adelaide Wharfage" is in the Observer,
21 February 1874, page 10g.

"Port Adelaide and the Slack Season" is in the Express,
8 October 1874, page 3f.

"A Bushman's Visit to the Port" is in the Express,
2 July 1875, page 3d,
"A Stroll Along the Wharfs" is in the Chronicle,
11 September 1875, page 8f; also see
4 November 1876, page 13d.

"Shipping Accommodation" is in the Express,
2 February 1878, page 2b.
"Wharfage Accommodation" in the Register,
25 and 30 March 1878, pages 4d and 5b,
8 and 30 April 1878, pages 5b and 5b.
"Accommodation for Ocean-Going Steamers" is in the Register,
16 September 1879, page 6c.

A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
May 1876,
Frearson's Weekly,
22 February 1879, page 9.

A description of the wharfs is in the Register,
17 January 1876, page 6a.

An extension to the Commercial Company's (Levi's) wharf is referred to in the Register,
26 and 27 October 1876, pages 5d and 5b,
10 April 1877, page 5b.

Harbour accommodation is discussed in the Register,
23 August 1876, pages 3f and 5a.

"Amongst the Ships" including descriptions of the wharfs, is in the Register,
6 February 1871, page 6d,
Express,
2 December 1876, page 3f,
Register,
5 December 1876 (supp.), page 2a.

"New Wharfs at Port Adelaide" is in the Observer,
14 April 1877, page 11e.

"Wharfage Accommodation at Port Adelaide" is in the Observer,
13 April 1878, page 20g,
25 May 1878, page 11f,
24 July 1880, page 149e,
Register,
21 July 1880, pages 4f-5f.

Wharf extensions are discussed in the Register,
28 August 1878, page 5c and
a new dock on
13 January 1879, page 5g. Also see
17 February 1880, page 5f.

Wharfage improvements are discussed in the Observer,
4 January 1879, page 5f.

A meeting of the Port Adelaide Wharf Co. is reported in the Register,
12 December 1879, page 6d.

"Road and Wharf Frontages" is in the Register,
14 July 1881, page 4g.

"A Wharf for Ocean Steamers" is in the Register,
23, 30 and 31 July 1883, pages 4g, 4e and 5a.

A sketch of workers on a wharf is in Frearson's Weekly,
7 July 1883, page 348.

"Fifty Years on Wharfs", the reminiscences of William Thomas, is in The News,
3 December 1926, page 4f.

All wharfs are described in the Register,
21 July 1880, pages 4f-5f; also see
22 July 1902, page 6b.
The lighting of them is discussed on
21 August 1885, page 5a,
5 and 25 September 1885, pages 5a,
28 July 1888, page 6d,
3, 4 and 7 August 1888, pages 6h, 6g and 6d,
13 October 1888, page 4h,
26 November 1897, page 4h,
21 January 1898, page 6d,
18 June 1898, page 4.
"Wharfs Creeping Down" appears on
8 February 1923, page 7c.

"Inner Harbor Accommodation" is in the Chronicle,
22 September 1883, page 7c.

"Accidents at the Port Wharfs" is in the Register,
14 July 1885, page 5b.

"The Mundy Street Wharf" is in the Register,
7 October 1885, page 4h,
"The Steamers' Wharf" on
16 November 1885, page 5c.
Wharfage rates are discussed in the Advertiser,
5 July 1887, page 6d.

The Coalshed Creek wharf is discussed in the Register,
11 February 1886, page 7a,
12 November 1886, page 4f,
Observer,
13 February 1886, page 35a,
Advertiser,
16 and 17 November 1886, pages 6e and 7d,
13 August 1887, page 6b.

"The Port Adelaide Wharfs" is in the Register,
29 June 1887, page 4e.

"Wharfs - An Important Transaction" is in the Express,
8 August 1905, page 3g.

Photographs are in the Chronicle,
16 January 1904, page 43,
of a fire at Dock Company's shed in the Observer,
10 February 1906, page 29.

"Rats at Port Adelaide - Infested Wharfs" is in the Advertiser,
12 May 1909, page 9a.
Also see South Australia- Flora & Fauna - Mice, Snakes and Rats

"First Reinforced Concrete Wharf" is in the Register,
24 July 1909, page 8h.

"Wharfs and Corporation" is in the Register,
27 October 1910, page 6d,
19 and 22 November 1910, pages 12g and 6a.

"Along the Wharfs" is in the Advertiser,
1 November 1910, page 10d.

"Purchase of Wharfs" is in the Register,
23 and 24 November 1911, pages 5a-6c and 8h; also see
27 August 1912, page 6d,
29 November 1912, page 9b,
20 August 1913, page 12g,
28 December 1916, page 4e,
3 January 1917, pages 6e-7b.

"Proposal for Concrete Wharf" is in the Register,
17 September 1919, page 7d,
1 and 3 October 1919, pages 3g and 7f.

"Pillaging at the Port" is in the Register,
20 April 1921, page 9d; also see
18 May 1921, page 7a.

"Tugs and Towage" is in The Mail,
3 September 1927, page 15,
"Work of Port Adelaide Wharfs" on
28 April 1928, page 4a.

"On the Waterfront", by a waterside-worker, is in the Observer,
17 November 1928, page 69d.

"Best-Behaved Horses Work on Port Adelaide's Wharves" is in The News,
3 February 1934, page 5f.

"Fire Fighting Along the Wharves" is in The News,
29 May 1935, page 4f.

"Contrast Between Old Port and Wharves Today" is in The Mail,
2 November 1935, page 8g.

"Romance of Old Port Adelaide in Dock Remodelling" is in The News,
22 February 1936, page 5f.

"Canny Horses on Wharves" is in The News,
17 March 1937, page 6g.

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