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Dural, New South Wales, Australia: Rosenberg Publishing, 2007. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 290mm x 210mm x 7mm. 112 Pages with Colour Photos. During the past thirty years cruising has become a popular form of holiday for an increasing number of Australians. The first cruise from Australia was operated by the P&O liner Strathaird, which departed Sydney on 23 December 1932 for five nights to Brisbane and Norfolk Island. Up to 1939 P & O and Orient Line vessels operated occasional cruises between line voyages from Britain, but these ceased in 1939. It was not until the mid-1950s that cruises began operating again, but these were still on a very occasional basis, again on P & O and Orient Line vessels engaged in the regular trade between Britain and Australia. During the 1960s other shipping companies also began operating occasional cruises, but there were no ships assigned to the cruise trade on a regular basis. Things began to change in the early 1970s, when the advent of the… Read More

Elizabeth, South Australia, Australia: Railmac Publications, 2002. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 220mm x 160mm x 5mm. 32 Pages with Black/White Photos. Lady Chelmsford was a wooden screw steamer built by Rock Davis in Blackwall, New South Wales. Launched on the 14th of April 1910 she had a gross weight of 98 tons, and was 110 feet long. She was fitted with her compound engine and boiler at the yards of Morrison and Sinclair in Balmain and then entered service for her owners the Balmain New Ferry Company. The boat was one of the last surviving Lady class ferries in substantially original condition. The Lady Scott is virtually unrecognisable as the Harbour Queen and the other member of the class, Lady Denman, survives as an out-of-water static display. First of five, she was a sister to Lady Denman, Lady Edeline (a wreck on the Parramatta River), Lady Scott and Lady Ferguson all of who followed her in 1914. She was the most recognisable of the Ladies as she sported a much skinnier funnel… Read More

Elizabeth, South Australia, Australia: Railmac Publications, 2015. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 210mm x 150mm x 3mm. 28 Pages with Colour Pictures. Includes information on the ship's specifications, construction materials, voyages between London and South Australia from 1864 to 1887, captains and passengers, the different uses of the ship and, finally, its preservation in recent years.

Elizabeth, South Australia, Australia: Railmac Publications, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 170mm x 240mm x 2mm. 24 Pages with Colour Photos.

Elizabeth, South Australia, Australia: Railmac Publications, 1984. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 220mm x 160mm x 3mm. 24 Pages with Black/White Photos. The development of passenger/cargo shipping services to Yorke Peninsula ports in both Spencer and St. Vincent Gulfs