South Australia - Maritime Affairs
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Lifeboats and Rockets
See Also:
See Place Names - South East for an essay on Lower South East Ports.
South Australia - Miscellany - Leisure and Allied Matters
- Lighthouses and Lightships
- Marine Board
- Miscellany
- Steamships
Lifeboats and Rockets
The establishment of a coast-guard service is reported in the Register,
17 February 1858, page 3b,
Observer,
20 February 1858, page 7g.
"Our First Lifeboats" is in the Register,
22 December 1924, page 5h.
"Lifeboats for the Australian Coast" is in the Observer,
27 March 1858, page 1e (supp.),
"The Percy Lifeboat" on
29 July 1865, page 1e (supp.).
8 June 1867, page 1e (supp.),
Register,
27 July 1865, page 2e,
9 October 1865, page 2c.
"Lifeboats" is in the Register,
9 and 16 October 1865, pages 2c and 2h.
"Life-Saving Rockets" is in the Observer,
12 September 1874, page 7g.
A photograph of the Adelaide Rocket Crew is in the Chronicle,
18 September 1910, page 29,
of Port Adelaide's life-saving service in the Observer,
6 November 1909, page 32.
"Life Saving Apparatus" is in the Express,
9 September 1875, page 3c,
15 August 1888, page 4f,
7 and 14 January 1889, pages 3e and 3e,
6 March 1889, page 6b.
Register,
5 March 1889, pages 4g-6f.
The trial of a rocket apparatus is reported in the Observer,
8 December 1888, page 29b,
Register,
7 and 14 January 1889, pages 5c and 6e,
17 April 1900, page 3g.
"Life Saving Appliances in South Australia" is in the Advertiser,
6 March 1889, page 6f; also see
Express,
17 March 1903, page 4e.
"Our Lifeboat System" is in the Register,
12 January 1872, page 5a,
"Our Life Saving Service" on
13 November 1905, page 7c.
"Our Lifeboat Service" is in the Register,
28 June 1892, page 4g.
"Lifesaving on the Coast" is in the Observer,
30 July 1892, page 30a.
Information on the police life saving brigade is in the Express,
18 July 1894, page 3e.
"The Life Saving Brigade" is in the Chronicle,
21 July 1894, page 8a,
"Our Lifeboats" on
10 November 1894, page 7f,
Register,
2 November 1894, page 6e,
"The Lifeboat Service" is in the Observer,
22 June 1895, page 14,
23 November 1895, page 15b,
21 March 1896, page 41e,
30 May 1896, page 16e,
"Man the Lifeboat" in the Chronicle,
22 June 1895, pages 5c-8c.
"The Lifeboat Service and a Generous Colonist" is in the Register,
18 June 1895, pages 4e-6d; also see
21 August 1895, page 4g,
2 September 1895, page 5a,
20 November 1895, page 7f,
23 December 1895, page 6f,
10 February 1896, page 6e,
16 and 17 March 1896, pages 5h and 5b-h.
Information on a steam lifeboat in the Advertiser,
17 March 1896, pages 4g-7c,
Express,
16 July 1900, page 2b.
A lifeboat designed by W.H. Cammell is discussed in the Register,
18 November 1898, page 3i.
"Lifeboats - A New Design" is in the Advertiser,
18 November 1898, page 6e,
"Lifeboats" in the Chronicle,
26 November 1898, page 21c.
"The City of Adelaide Lifeboat" is in the Observer,
18 April 1896, page 30a,
Register,
7 February 1908, page 5a,
25 June 1909, page 7d.
"Our Lifesaving Services" on 24 June 1899, page 16.
A trial of life-saving appliances is reported in the Register,
19 May 1899, page 3e.
"Our Lifesaving Service" is in the Register,
17 June 1899, page 10a,
5 August 1902, page 4g,
Observer,
24 June 1899, page 16a,
18 November 1905, page 50a,
29 February 1908, page 51e.
"Lifesaving Apparatus" is in the Register,
17 March 1903, page 4g.
"Our Lifesaving Service - Brief History of the Lifeboat" is in the Register,
13 November 1905, page 7c.
"Lifesaving Service - New Boat for South-East" is in the Register,
20 February 1908, page 7a; also see
12 March 1908, page 6d.
"A South Australian Lifeboat - The Christening Ceremony" is in the Advertiser,
12 March 1908, page 10e,
The "Lifesaving Service" in the Register on
29 July 1909, page 5f,
"Life Saving Society" on
31 January 1910, page 9e.
"Lifesaving Service" is in the Register,
29 July 1909, page 5f.
Information on the Royal Life Saving Society is in the Register,
31 January 1910, page 9e,
"Royal Lifesaving Society" on
17 and 19 December 1910, pages 19d and 6e.
"Swimming and Rescue Work" is in the Register,
5 January 1911, page 6h.
"Instruction in Lifesaving" is in the Register,
5 February 1912, page 5d.
"New Motor Lifeboat" is in The News,
1 March 1926, page 7d.
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Lighthouses and Lightships
Also see Port Adelaide - Ships and Shipping - Lights and Lighthouses.
The manufacture of an iron lighthouse at a foundry on North Terrace is reported in the Observer,
23 August 1851, page 5f.
Information on the Sturt Light is in the Observer,
21 August 1852, page 3c.
"The New Lightship" is in the Register,
5 March 1852, page 3e,
"A Visit to the Lightship" on
22 October 1860, page 3d.
"Colonial Lighthouses" is in the Register,
19 December 1856, page 2c.
Coastal lights are discussed in the Express,
27 February 1866, page 2d.
"Our Lighthouses" is in the Chronicle,
5 March 1859, page 4e.
A brief history of "Jetties and Lighthouses" is in the Observer,
2 February 1878, page 18f; also see
13 February 1892, page 33d;
Register,
9, 10 and 13 February 1885, pages 6h, 6a and 6e,
Express,
23 September 1892, page 2d,
Register,
25 December 1915, page 8g;
the lighthouse system is discussed in the Advertiser,
8 May 1882, page 4d.
Information on the Macdonnell and Troubridge lights is in the Observer,
20 August 1859, page 7g,
14 January 1860, page 8a.
"Lighthouses" is in the Observer,
24 September 1859, page 6c,
"Australian Lighthouses" on
10 March 1860, page 1c (supp.).
"Lighthouses and Lightships" is in the Register,
9 August 1865, page 3c.
"Lighthouses" in the Observer,
24 February 1866, page 6h,
Chronicle,
24 February 1866, page 4g,
"Screw-Pile Lighthouses" on
8 December 1866, page 2e.
"Experiments in Oil" is in the Register,
4 March 1872, page 5b.
Information on the "unfortunate keepers" of Flinders Light is in the Register,
2 April 1872, page 5e,
8 June 1872, page 5d.
"The Lightship" in the Observer,
18 January 1873, page 7f,
"Coast Lights" on
22 November 1873, page 13g,
3 January 1874, page 7g,
"Screw Pile Lighthouses" on
12 May 1877, page 12c.
"Change of Harbour Lights" is in the Register,
20 February 1874, pages 5c-6d.
"Lights and Pilots" is in the Chronicle,
21 February 1874, page 8e.
Screw-pile lighthouses are discussed in the Observer,
12 May 1877, page 12c.
"Lighting the Eastern Shoal" in Spencer Gulf is in the Observer,
26 May 1877, page 11a.
"Annual Inspection of Lighthouses" is in the Observer,
22 February 1879, page 22b,
30 April 1887, page 35c,
17 January 1891, page 34,
16 February 1895, page 13a,
9 March 1895, page 43a.
Information on the Corny Point light appears on
21 April 1883, page 29e.
"Lighthousekeepers" is in the Register,
14 August 1885, page 5a.
A map of South Australia showing the location of lighthouses is in the Pictorial Australian in November 1887, page 169.
"Our Lighthouses" is in the Chronicle,
13 May 1882, page 5d,
Register,
30 April 1885, page 6h,
Observer,
2 May 1885, page 34d,
"Round the Northern Lighthouses" on
20 January 1894, page 14.
"Supplies for Lighthouses" is in the Register,
26 March 1886, page 5a.
"A Plea for Lighthousekeepers" is in the Register,
14 June 1889, page 5b,
Observer,
15 June 1889, page 29b.
Biographical details of William Carter, lighthouse keeper, are in the Register,
26 January 1894, page 5d.
"A Light for Middle Bank" is in the Express,
28 March 1890, page 4a,
14 January 1896, page 2d,
"Lighting Spencer Gulf" in the Chronicle,
17 October 1891, page 22e,
"The South Coast Lighthouses" on
17 February 1894, page 8d,
"A Light for Middle Bank" on
1 June 1895, page 22g.
"The Light Service" is in the Express,
19 March 1897, page 3c,
"Communicating With Light Stations" on
16 June 1899, page 3f,
Register,
16 June 1899, page 4h.
"The Watchers by the Sea - Our Lighthouses and Keepers" is in the Register,
22 July 1899, page 7e,
22 August 1899, page 5i,
2 September 1899, page 4d,
Observer,
29 July 1899, page 34d,
26 August 1899, page 33d,
9 and 16 September 1899, pages 33b and 34a,
24 March 1900, page 28b.
"A Duty Too Long Neglected" is in the Register,
14 March 1900, page 4e,
Observer,
17 March 1900, page 24e.
"The Lighthouse Keepers" is in the Register,
3 May 1901, page 5a.
"The Lighthouses" is in the Chronicle,
15 and 22 November 1902, pages 36b and 33a.
"Around the Lighthouses" is in the Observer,
13 December 1902, page 4a (supp.),
"Communication With Lighthouses" on
6 and 27 February 1904, pages 40c and 3b (supp.),
"Inspection of Lighthouses" on
25 January 1908, page 44e.
"The Last of the Lightships" in the Advertiser,
1 December 1911, page 8f,
"Lighting the Coast" on
20 and 21 November 1912, pages 18g and 10g.
"Our Coast and Its Lights" is in the Advertiser,
10 January 1913, page 8e,
"The Lighthouses - Transferred to the Commonwealth" on
11 February 1916, page 6f,
"The Flashing Sentinels of Our Coast" on
30 May 1931, page 7d.
Photographs are in the Observer,
4 July 1914, page 1 (supp.),
25 March 1922, page 24.
"Unattended Lights" is in the Register,
12 June 1914, page 6i,
Observer,
20 June 1914, page 49a,
4 July 1914 (photos).
Biographical details of J.J.G. Kopp, lighthouse keeper, are in the Register,
26 June 1914, page 10a.
"Lighting the Coast" is in the Register,
25 December 1915, page 8g.
"Lighthouse Keeper's Bravery [J. Jameson]" is in the Observer,
24 August 1918, page 28d.
"Our First Lifeboats" is in the Observer,
3 January 1925, page 44a.
"Provisioning a Lighthouse - Two Sailors Drowned" is in the Chronicle,
4 April 1925, page 45a.
"Lifeboats and Lighthouses - Men Who Look After Them" is in The Mail,
19 September 1925, page 1f.
"Lighthouse Services" is in the Observer,
18 June 1927, page 49e.
Biographical details of H.W. Christie, lighthouse keeper, are in the Register,
27 March 1926, page 10h.
of T.W. Rackett, lighthouse keeper, in the Observer,
26 May 1928, page 34c.
"How They Live at a Lighthouse" is in The News, 14 January 1933, page 4e.
Lighthouses and Lightships - Obituaries
An obituary of George Wells, lighthouse builder, is in the Register,28 October 1887, page 5a,
of F. McRidge, lighthouse-keeper, in the Register, 18 November 1892, page 5b, Observer, 19 November 1892, page 31a; also see 3 December 1892, page 30a.
An obituary of George Fraser, lighthouse-keeper, is in the Observer,
9 January 1897, page 29c,
of George Main, lighthouse keeper, in theRegister, 9 August 1898, page 5a.
An obituary of Captain Kerr, lighthouse keeper, is in the Register,
25 October 1895, page 5c,
of Andrew J. Young, lighthouse keeper, on 9 December 1903, page 4h.
An obituary of Donald McLeod, lighthouse-keeper, in the Observer,
1 August 1903, page 34b,
of Joseph Rogers, lighthouse builder, on 5 September 1903, page 34c,
of Edward Parker on 2 March 1907, page 40c,
of George Templeman, lighthouse keeper, on 6 April 1907, page 38d.
An obituary of John Hendry, lighthouse keeper, is in the Register,
25 October 1904, page 4f,
of George Justice on 16 September 1924, page 8g.
An obituary of F.W. Frank, lighthouse keeper, is in the Observer,
29 February 1908, page 40d,
of John Dagwell, lighthouse keeper, on 19 December 1908, page 34a,
of George Angus, lighthouse keeper, on 14 February 1914, page 41a,
of R.Y. Clark, lighthouse keeper, on 18 April 1925, page 41e,
of H.W. Christie, lighthouse keeper in the Northern Territory, on 5 and 12 March 1927, pages 41d and 18e-37d.
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Marine Board
"The Treasurer and the Marine Board" is in the Register,
20 October 1866, page 2c.
"Maritime History - An Informed Review" is in the Register,
25 December 1915, page 8g,
Observer,
1 January 1916, page 52a.
"Bird & Co. and the Marine Board" is in the Register,
23 November 1869, page 3a.
Information on the board is in the Observer,
6 April 1872, page 15a.
A testimonial to G.E. DeMole is reported in the Register,
24 August 1874, page 6d.
The new Marine Board offices are described in the Register,
14 June 1879, page 5e,
"The Marine Board Bill" on
14 July 1879, page 4d,
2, 3, 6 and 9 August 1881, pages 4d, 4f-5a, 6e and 6d.
"The Marine Board Acts" is in the Register,
26 May 1880, page 4e.
A history of the Marine Board is in the Advertiser,
3 December 1880, page 1a (supp.).
Register,
25 July 1881, page 6b; also see
27 July 1881, page 4e,
11 and 14 November 1925, pages 11d and 9c.
Its abolition is reported in the Observer,
1 September 1888, page 26a,
Register,
5, 6 and 11 August 1891, pages 6d, 4e and 6f.
"The Old Marine Board and the New" is in the Chronicle,
29 July 1882, page 5a;
Observer,
29 July 1882, page 7e,
23 April 1887, page 24d,
Register,
26 August 1882, page 4e,
19 May 1883, page 5a;
its abolition is discussed in the Chronicle,
1 September 1888, page 23b.
"Marine Board Operations" is in the Register,
25 March 1882, page 4e; also see
26 January 1883, page 4e.
"The Ministry and the Marine Board" is in the Register,
3 November 1883, page 5a.
"Abolishing the Marine Board" is in the Register,
9 October 1884, page 5g,
"Threatened resignation of the Marine Board" on
5 June 1885, page 5c.
"The Marine Board Election" is in the Register,
15 September 1885, page 5c.
"Marine Administration" is in the Register,
30 October 1886, page 4g.
"The Marine Board and Foreign Vessels" is in the Register,
13 January 1888, page 7f.
"Our Marine Administration - A Retrospect" is in the Register,
3, 4 and 11 September 1888, pages 6d, 7a and 7a.
"Function of the Marine Board" is in the Observer,
15 September 1888, page 34d.
Biographical details of J.F. Sanderson are in the Register,
18 July 1889, page 4h,
of H.C.E. Muecke on
30 March 1891, pages 4h,
1 April 1891, page 5b,
of W. Berry on
5 October 1893, page 5c,
of T.N. Stephens on
16 October 1899, page 5a.
"The Marine Board" is in the Register,
5 October 1889, page 4f,
23 May 1890, page 5h,
5, 6 and 11 August 1891, pages 6d, 4e and 6f.
"The Marine Board and the Treasurer" is in the Register,
16 February 1894, page 4g.
The storage of explosives is discussed by the Marine Board in the Express,
18 January 1901, page 2c.
Also see Place Names - North Arm.
Information on a tide-predicting machine is in the Register,
23 December 1897, page 7g.
Biographical details of John Harris are in the Register,
17 July 1908, page 5a.
Work of the Marine Board is discussed in the Register,
28 September 1908, page 7c and
its history on
11 and 14 November 1925, pages 11d and 9c; also see
1 and 4 January 1926, pages 8d and 10a,
Observer,
16 January 1926, page 19c,
3 April 1926, page 43a.
Marine Board - Obituaries
An obituary of Captain R.H. Ferguson is in the Register,13 October 1886, page 5g,
of Warden George Hobbs in the Observer,
28 September 1895, page 42d,
of Captain McCoy on 5 October 1895, page 43a, of John Formby on 6 October 1906, page 38d.
An obituary of George Hobbs, board member, is in the Register,
24 September 1895, page 5f,
of John Campbell, an engineer at the Marine Board, in the Observer,
5 July 1902, page 20e,
of J. Longstaff on 27 June 1908, page 40d,
of John Harris on 5 October 1912, page 41a,
of William Berry on 3 November 1928, page 21c.
The death of Captain R.H. Ferguson is reported in the Chronicle,
16 October 1886, page 6c,
an obituary of Captain Richard Jagoe is in the Observer,
18 March 1899, page 41a,
of George Justice on 20 September 1924, page 32b.
An obituary of John Harris, engineer surveyor, is in the Register,
28 September 1912, page 15c,
of Captain G.W. Justice on 27 September 1924, page 9f.
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