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Australia : QueenslandThe Hunter River Steam Navigation Company of 1839, based in new South Wales, became the
Australasian Steam Navigation Company
in 1850. It sold its
Hunter River fleet to the Newcastle Steamship Company, which later
merged with the New Hunter River Company, a separate company from
the original of 1839 to run services from Sydney to the New South Wales
coast. The Australasian SN company
purchased the Queensland Steam Navigation Company of 1860 in 1868. A new Queensland Steam Ship Company formed in 1881 and in 1887 merged
with the Australasian Company to form the Australasian United Steam
Navigation Company.
Australasian Steam Navigation Co (British-built paddle steamers)
Tamar
(1842-1861) built in 1833 by J McMillan at Greenock. 96.3 ft. Built for
service at Sydney and with the Hunter River Co in 1842. Sold for
further use
Waratah
(1851-1866) built by Wm Denny & Bros of Dumbarton. 167.7 ft :
381 GRT. Engines by Caird & Co. Sold for use in China Yarra Yarra (1851-1874) built by
Wm Denny & Bros of Dumbarton. 166.5 ft. Engines by Caird & Co.
Sold for use as a collier in 1874. Lost in 1877 Ballarat (1851-1864) built by Wm Denny & Bros of Dumbarton, assembled at Pyrmont. 98.1 ft : 98 GRT. Sold for use in New Zealand London (1856-1861) built in 1837 by J Wood & Co of Port Glasgow. 167 ft : 686 GRT. Sold for use in China Illalong
(1854-164) built by Hoby & Co of Renfrew. 175.6 ft : 318 GRT.
Engines : oscillating. Operated to the Hunter River. Sold to owners in
Sydney Telegraph (1854-1867) built by J&G Thomson of Govan. 139.9 ft : 468 GRT. Wrecked in 1867 Sampson / Samson
(1854-1866) built by JG Lawrie of Glasgow. 120 ft : 145 GRT. Engines :
oscillating by T Wingate of Glasgow. Samson from 1862. Sold. Used in
New Zealand *
Brisbane (1855) built by R Steel & Co of Greenock. Engines by
Randolph Elder & Co. Ship lost on delivery voyage off the coast of
South America Brisbane
(1855-1878) built by J&G Thomson of Govan, 136.6 ft : 103 GRT.
Engines : oscillating. Brisbane and then Fitzroy rivers.
Sold to Illawarra SN Co. Scrapped 1891 Bungaree (1861-1862)built
by Barclay, Curle & Co at Glasgow. 121.5 ft ; 163 GRT. Engines :
side lever by A&J Inglis. Tug. Sold for use at Newcastle. Scrapped
in 1933 Coonanbara (1862-1882) built by Thames Ironworks of London. 223.2 ft : 900 GRT. Engines 59 and 59 in x 57 in. Sold to Newcastle Steamship Co Williams
(1862-1872) built 1854 by J Scott & Co of Greenock. 155 ft :
327 GRT. Engines : oscillating by McNab of Greenock. ex-
Hunter River New SN Co. City of Brisbane (1863-1880) built by A&J Inglis of Glasgow. 230.8 ft : 634 GRT. Sold to Newcastle Steamship Co. Renamed Sydney in 1884. Converted to a barge in 1909 Cawarra
(1864-1866) built by A&J Inglis of Glasgow. 210.9 ft : 552 GRT.
Engines : oscillating. Wrecked off Newcastle harbour on 12th July 1866
with all but one person aboard lost Florence Irving
(1867-1877) built in 1864 by C Lungley & Co,
London. 206.8 ft : 453 GRT. ex- Clarence & Richmond River Steam Navigation Co. Wrecked in 1877
ex- Queensland Steam Navigation Co
Queensland (1861-1887) built by Barclay Curle & Co at Glasgow. 186.7 ft : 373 GRY. Engines : oscillating by A&J Inglis. Lady Bowen
(1863-1882) built by A&J Inglis of Glasgow. 210.5 ft : 527 GRT.
Engines : oscillating. Sold to Hunter River New Steam Navigation Co Lady Young (1864-1881) built by A&J Inglis of Glasgow. 210.5 ft : 527 GRT. Engines : oscillating. Emu (1864-1877) built by A&J Inglis of Glasgow. 170.8 ft : 210 GRT. Double-ended. Sold to Port Jackson Steamship Company (later renamed Brightside)
Post-amalgamation
ex-paddle steamer converted earlier to screw in 1874 Ly-ee Moon
(1877-1886) built in 1860 by Thames Ironworks of London. 292 ft : 753
GRT. Built for Hong Komng-Shanghai service. Wrecked in 1886 with
considerable loss of life
Queensland Government
Lucinda
(1884-1923) Built by Wm Denny & Bros at Dumbarton. Length 172.6 ft : 301 GRT. Engine : Compound diagonal 25 and 44 in x 48 in by Denny & Co Originally
planned as a lighthouse tender she was used as a yacht for government
purposes. In 1891 a new constitution for Australia was drafted
aboard. The bar fittings were saved and installed in the Lucinda Bar in the Queensland parliament in Brisbane Sold as a coal barge in 1923 and beached as a breakwater in Moreton Bay in 1937
Above : Lucinda Photo in public domain from the State Library of Victoria - Green collection Freight Paddlers Adonis (1883-1927)
Built in Melbourne in 1883 as Countess of Belmore Based at Tewantin on the Noosa River for loading timber for Brisbane-based merchants Dath, Henderson, Bartholomew & Co Ran aground at the mouth of the Brisbane River in 1927 and lost
