Private Ferry Operators
The Bill Allen Collection comprises a comprehensive collection of photographs of Sydney’s Ferries from the 1800’s to the present.
Private Ferry Operators
This folder contains photos of 11 ferries operated on Sydney Harbour by private operators.
A sample of photos from the collection is shown below.
Anyone interested in investigating the images is invited to contact the SHF Maritime Records and Research Centre, either by phoning 02 9298 3888 or emailing mrrc@shf.org.au.
For costs and availability of obtaining any of these photos without watermark, as an electronic file, as a print from the original negative (where available) or as some other format, contact the Maritime Records and Research Centre’s Curator on 02 9298 3850 or email:mrrc@shf.org.au, quoting the full file name and giving details of format wanted.
Copyright for the majority of these images from the collection is vested in the Sydney Heritage Fleet. For the remaining images every attempt has been made to ensure correct attribution. If any originator of an image notes an error the Sydney Heritage Fleet would welcome any notification and will remove that image or modify its attribution.
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- 001 Private Ferries - La Radar as new
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- 001 Private Ferries - Leura c.1940
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- 001 Private Ferries - Rosman's Royal c.1920 LCHS
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- 003 Private Ferries - Promote nearing Meadowbank 1968
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- 005 Private Ferries - Sunrise Star c.1972
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- 011 Private Ferries - Radar 2 January 1980
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- 011 Private Ferries - Wangi Queen Showboat 2 at Belmont Wharf c.1975
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- 017 Private Ferries - Mulgi 22 Jan.1984
