- 01Tuesday January, 1867
PS ‘Avon’
The paddle steamer PS 'Avon' was built in by T Wingate in Glasgow, Scotland in 1867. She was a sleek, graceful, two masted, sea going vessel of 100 ft (30.48 m) in length with an 18 ft (5.5 m) beam. She was shipped to Melbourne in sections where she was assembled by HJ McGee, in that very same year...1867 - 01Wednesday January, 1879
SS ‘Australian’
The 'Australian' was an iron passenger & cargo steamer, built by the Gourlay Bros, in Dundee, Scotland. In her 33 years of service, she assumed five owners. The 'Australian' was powered by a compound, coal-fired engine. Her first few years were spent mainly transporting timber along the northern New South Wales coast. Details once she left this coastline are sketchy...1879 - 01Saturday September, 1883
SS ‘Charlotte Fenwick’
The SS 'Charlotte Fenwick' was a propeller driven screw steamer, built in Sydney by Walter Macfarlane Ford Snr., a legendary boat builder of Berrys Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales; for a Mr John Fenwick, who named the steamer after his wife, Charlotte...1883 - 10Saturday May, 1902
SS ‘Bellinger’
The SS 'Bellinger' was launched on the 10th of May 1902, at Tuncurry, NSW. At the launch ceremony, she was christened 'Bellinger' by Mrs. Josephine Blaiklock (nee Wright), a daughter of the owner and builder - John Wright. Whilst the first SS 'Bellinger' was not formally engaged by the North Coast Steam Navigation Co., it was her replacement that was acquired when the North Coast Steam Navigation Company merged with Allan Taylor & Company, in 1920, noting that the entities continued to operate their fleets under their respective names after the merger...1902 - 11Monday October, 1915
SS ‘Bellinger’
The machinery, which was built by Chapman and Co. of Sydney, consists of engine (twin screw) with compound surfacing condensing cylinders 10 x 20 x 14 inch stroke. The boiler is a marine type, 10 ft long and 11 ft diameter. The shafts are fitted with Gyler's patent sand excluders, steam windlass, and steam steering gear. She is fitted with a McFarlane steam winch. The gear for handling is of the latest type...1915
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