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Dear members of LNQ I came across the following paragraph in the book by Ryburn, Wayne called Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum by Kaipara Publications at Henderson,...
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Thanks Tony Yes, we seem to have something of a conflict between the register entry that indicates she was owned by pearlers and Ron Wright's information that...
Also perhaps worth a look is the Northern Territory Archive Services, specifically NTRS 345 Papers and photographs of the work of the Methodist Mission in the...
The British Register entry only adds a few more snippets, but they're interesting. AROETTA, O/N 110468 built 1935 by Norman Wright and first registered in...
Mike Thanks for the email and your thoughts regarding the Aroetta. If the wrecked boat was not the mission lugger Aroetta, then I wonder what happened to her? ...
Hi Mori, It's (yet another) interesting quest... Her appearance in Tony's pic with TORRES HERALD in the same colours, rig detail etc is suggestive that she was...
Dear Tony and Mike I received this email from Bill Wright that seems to indicate she was built as a mission boat. This seems to be confirmed by the NT Library...
Hi Tony, Mori, Tony you have a pic (MHD 331-069b) of her lying at anchor alongside TORRES HERALD, which certainly confirms the dimensions. Actually looking...
Hi Mori That's very interesting. I seem to recall seeing the name somewhere but I don't have anything in my files. I'll certainly have a look in the British...
Dear Luggerites Hope you all have had a Happy New Year! I received the email at the bottom of this posting from Ambrose Palmer. I have given him some...
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Hi Mori That's very interesting. SEPTON was operated by the Army in the Torres Strait region during WW2 (in the military her identification number was AL261)....
Dear all I came across a reference to a fishing vessel Septon that was to be surveyed at Port Macquarie in 1949, owned by Tom Radley &Sons. I wonder whether...
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Hi all, Following on from the earlier discussions re: post-war disposals of luggers and the circumstances surrounding them, below are a selection of pieces...
Hi folks I must be working too hard, because I just realised that I've overlooked a most important anniversary. Yesterday was the 12th of November 2007, so...
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Hi Cate Lovely to hear from you! How's the book going - it must be at the printers by now? Regards Tony ... suddenly ... now - ... I'd ... noted ... out ... ...
Hi all, Yes, as Tony says the naval disposal records are held at national Archives in Melbourne, series number MP138/1. However through Navy contacts I've also...
Thanks Bob I'm sorry to hear that as I'm still keen to go. Don't give up! What's been happening in the FNQ lugger scene? Any word on the lugger allegedly...
Hi Tony, Yes you did stir the chat site along a little. Well done with your find, it is certainly a great piece of information. You constantly amaze me where...
Tony Hmmm! I suspect that the names were given after disposal so the records would not list some of the vessels by name. For example this series have a set of...
Mori There's quite a file on lugger disposals at the end of WW2, held by the National Archives in Melbourne. I've been through most of it and didn't encounter...
Dear Tony Thanks very much for the information on these boats. I wonder whether they were luggers that had previously been taken over by the armed forces and...
Hi Mori Further to your query about both CORMORANT and ALBATROSS, I recently came across a ledger of licenses issued under the Pearlshell and Beche de Mer...
Hi Tony, What a wonderful find - the sort of lost dusty document that suddenly clarifies so many puzzling details. I could never understand how TI boats could...
