- 07Sunday May, 1854
SS ‘Edina’ – the Longest Serving Screw Steamer in the World !!!
The SS 'Edina' is one of the most remembered vessels that plied the waters of Port Phillip Bay. Often referred to as the 'Old Lady of Port Phillip', she became the longest serving Screw Steamer in the World. Her active service included the North Sea Trade, 2 wars, Victoria's West Coast Run, New Zealand to Melbourne, Queensland Coastal Trade, and Port Phillip Bay Runs from 1880 to 1938...1854 - 10Thursday October, 1878
Map of Queensland – Maritime Boundary – 1878
This map of 1878 indicates the new Maritime Boundary of Queensland, Australia, as proclaimed by Letters Patent on the 10th October 1878...1878 - 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
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