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Dear friends A vessel owned by James Clark that was not a pearler. Interesting to see that he had such interests: Name: Queensland Type: Speedboat Designer:...
Hi Folks, I see another lugger is up for sale, this time it's RUBY CHARLOTTE, owned by the Hicklings and currently resident in the Whitsundays. If you want a...
Hi Tony, What bad luck ... Still, if it's for a movie they often chop and change and may very well come back to the idea - you can't have a pearlers' camp...
... Hi Dan Sadly, it appears the deal has fallen through, it's unclear why. Ah well, it sounded good for a while there.... Regards Tony ... some photos for...
Oooh Tony, I'm sure your eyes lit up on sight of JC's address...!!! :o) I'd never seen that particular address, although there are about 5 others he used that...
Michael, Mori Here are the details from the entries in the British Register of Ships: WANETTA O/N 106190 Built: 1898 by David Drake at Balmain NSW 2 masted...
Hi Michael Sorry, I should have been clearer, I was referring to TI luggers named VIKING. It was a popular name and I'm not surprised that there were several...
Thanks for that Mori. Now knowing the Register details, I can follow up at NAA to find owners and the final fate unless anyone knows already? For your info,...
Dear Michael I don't have much on Wanetta so far, but what I have is listed below. You can see that she was not registered in 1910 and reregistered in Sydney...
Hi all, Does anyone have the Register info for WANETTA, the Clark & co schooner of "Wanetta Pearling Co" fame? There's a bit of info around on the company (ie:...
Hi Tony, Fantastic news - and very lucky for him. Just for your info, there's been a number of VIKINGS in WA, including one built at Perth in 1903 (#118533)....
Hi folks, some good news. Many of our oldest surviving luggers have led perilous lives in recent years, with more than a few of them making the journey to the ...
Oh dear... I think Yahoo is having a glitch... my query took over a week from when I posted it to when it popped up on the site, and now Tony's reply has...
Hi folks, I'm not sure why Yahoo posted my last message nine times (I only hit the "send" button once, I promise!) but I've deleted the surplus postings. My...
SEDNEY, PAUA and TORRES PEARL are all the same boat, originally built in 1928 at Thursday Island by Tsurumatsu Shiosaki, O/N 153475, and registered (in...
Another query: (well you did say that answering one question opens up another...) 1958-1967: A79 PAUA The only PAUA I have is SEDNEY/PAUA/TORRES PEARL. I have...
Hi all, I've just added a new folder in the Photos section called "Pearling Locations", as a repository for photos that are indicative/distinctive of pearling...
Thanks Mori. The next challenge will be identifying where some of these boats came from originally. Many of them were registered by the Department of Native...
Isn't it great? There's a couple of anomalies that we'll sort out, but it is very useful. I only wish the WA licences were that clearly assigned - instead they...
Dear Tony Well done! This will be really useful identifying those incredibly frustrating photos that you can see the Registration number but for which there is...
Whilst in Brisbane recently I stopped in at the State Archives (briefly)and managed to find some good info on the post-war TI luggers with respect to names and...
Hi Kate Your comment "Don't forget that Captain Gregory rebuilt Mina to some extent in Broome in 1940. She already had the clipper bow of course, but her 1900...
Hi Tony, Re your mail today about Tribal Warrior - well done for getting the lines! Don't forget that Captain Gregory rebuilt Mina to some extent in Broome in...
Hi Luggeristas I've just finished a long and slightly rainy Monday at the slipway in Balmain (Sydney), taking the lines off TRIBAL WARRIOR, which began life in...
Looking at this picture again, the other interesting part is the design of the forward deckhouse. The practice of building a rectangular deckhouse with the...
Hi Michael Interesting picture! I agree with Mori that she has a fair bit of freeboard, but that may just be she is floating light (presumably all those 44's...
Dear Mori et al, I've subsequently found some other pics of her which confirm that she was at TI in 1980, described as "crayfishing boat HUDSON", but nothing...
Dear Michael and others I don't know which boat she might be. However, one thing I notice is that she seems to have lots of freeboard. Many of the pearling...
