'Lady Augusta' and 'Mary Ann' at Swan Hill |
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| Title : | 'Lady Augusta' and 'Mary Ann' at Swan Hill |
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| Date of creation : | 1853 | ||
| Format : | Artwork | ||
| Dimensions : | 133 x 214 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
The steamers Lady Augusta and Mary Ann at Swan Hill on the River Murray. Originally published as the frontispiece to James Allen, jun., Journal of an experimental trip by the 'Lady Augusta' on the River Murray. The Register newspaper published reports of the voyage by their correspondent: 'Friday 16 September. The afternoon was very stormy, and at dusk we moored for the night by the river side, the Mary Anne doing the same a little astern us.' Register, 10 October 1853, page 3. |
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| Related names : | Cadell, Francis, 1822-1879 Randell, W. R. (William Richard), 1824-1911 |
| Period : | 1852-1883 |
| Region : | Riverland and Murraylands |
| Further reading : | Kinloch, Arthur. The Murray River: being a journal of the voyage of the "Lady Augusta" steamer from the Goolwa, in South Australia, to Gannewarra, above Swan Hill, Victoria; a distance from the sea mouth of 1400 miles, Adelaide: W.C. Cox, Printer, 1853 Kinmont, Mabel. Family portrait of William Richard Randell: first steam-navigator of the River Murray and its tributaries, [Adelaide: The Advertiser, 1951] Linn, Rob. The river flows: a history of Mannum on the River Murray,Blackwood, SA: Historical Consultants for Mid Murray Council, 1997 Nicholson, John. The incomparable Captain Cadell, East Melbourne, Victoria : Allen & Unwin, 2004 Tucker, Frank. The Murray river's paddle steamers and bullockies, Melbourne: AE Press, 1985 |
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