Wreck of the S.S. Collaroy, 1881 / photographer unknown
Wreck of the S.S. Collaroy, 1881 / photographer unknown
About this item
Full title
Date
1881
Call Numbers
SHIPS FILE/1
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photographic print - 19 x 24.2 cm - albumen, on card
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Alternative Titles
Full title
Wreck of the S.S. Collaroy, 1881 / photographer unknown
Notes
General note
Transferred from SHIPS FILE/Collaroy, S.S. (BM), April 2010
Digital order no:a1528938
Wreck of the S.S. Collaroy - http://collections.ncc.nsw.gov.au/keemu/pages/nrm/Display.php?irn=54517&QueryPage=%2Fkeemu%2Fpages%2Fnrm%2Findex.htm...
Signature / Inscriptions
SS Collaroy stranded at Long Reef -- in pencil on the card beneath the photograph
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Col Travers, March 1923
Administrative / Biographical history
A passenger steamer owned by the Australian Steam Navigation Company, built in 1853. It was stranded ashore on Collaroy Beach in 1881 and remained there for 4 years. The steamer was recovered and put back into service plying between Sydney and the Hunter River. Withdrawn in 1886, it was converted to a schooner, sailed to San Francisco and ran ashor...
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SHIPS FILE/1
Record Identifier
93QVkDw1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/93QVkDw1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
891574
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