Boat From The Past Brings River Town Hope For The Future

IT HAS been almost 100 years since paddle steamers plied the waters of the Snowy River. Now they're back.

Boat From Past Brings River Town Hope For The Future

IT HAS been almost 100 years since paddle steamers plied the waters of the Snowy River. Now they're back.

Historic Rural Property

ROYSETON, a three-lot property with a 1km frontage to a beautiful part of the Williams River, has a special place in Hunter Region history. One of its three lots, a vacant 4ha section, involves land where William the Fourth, Australia's first paddle steamer, was built and launched in 1831. The

Ship Moves To Make Way For Hotel

REPLICA paddle-steamer William the Fourth will leave Newcastle's Merewether St wharf for the last time in a while to-morrow. The ship will move temporarily in front of the A shed before it goes to a new berth at Lee Wharf. It will continue its popular public cruises from both locations. Th

Remember Jack Kemp? Dick Or Joe Will Be Next

SONNY and Cher. Laurel and Hardy. Bobby and Laurie. Richard and Liz. Come back, the lot of you. All is forgiven. This is a wonderful time for double-acts. When last seen, Al and Joe were embracing on a paddle-steamer while George and Dick were heading off to conquer the heartland. Hang on. Al? J

Torch Makes Waves On Border

The Murray River was the star of the Olympic Torch Relay yesterday as thousands lined its banks near Echuca/Moama to watch a paddle-steamer convoy accompany the flame downriver. The flame arrived in Echuca yesterday afternoon after taking in communities along the NSW-Victorian border after an ov

Rugged Riverboat To Ride Again

The "Dreadnought of the Darling", the 1890s paddle- steamer Jandra, will ply the Darling River again as tourism flourishes at Australia's oldest inland port. Outback orchardist Russell Mansell is building a $100,000 replica of the historic vessel as his contribution to a multi- million

134-year Mystery Solved

ONE of NSW's most baffling shipwreck mysteries has been solved with the discovery of 134-year-old remains by a team of State Government archeologists. Questions have surrounded the whereabouts of the cargo-carrying paddle-steamer Rainbow since it smashed into rocks at Sugarloaf Bay, near Seal Roc

Steaming Down The River

Paddle-steamer Cumberoona Location: Murray River, Albury Category: Significant regional attractions IN THE early 1970s, Gough Whitlam dreamt of a truly decentralised Australia where, rather than clinging to the coast, vast numbers of people would decamp to prosperous, culturally exciting i

A Dive Into Oblivion

The death at sea of Pat Bowring, an experienced diver, has baffled those who knew him. Rachel Gibson reports. SOME CALL it the Everest of diving. The Koputai, a paddle steamer wrecked three nautical miles off Bondi beach in the 1920s, is a dangerous deep-sea dive for which few are qualified. P

Some Other Bastard From The Bush?

from John Cotter. ``Beggin' yer pardon" with academia silent, but may Henry Lawson indeed ``have been part of the torching group" of the Darling River paddle steamer Rodney in 1894? (The Age, 22/8 by Sue Neales). Can her sources enlighten us? An opinion is he was here in 1892, same year

Anger Of Long-dead Shearers Still Smoulders On The Darling's Banks

The spirits of shearers past are stalking the banks of the Darling River north of Mildura this week. It is 100 years since the great shearing strike of 1894, and Friday marks the infamous burning of the paddle-steamer, Rodney, by striking shearers near Poonecarie. The Rodney was the

The Day The Shearers Fought With Fire

Passions erupted during the shearers' strike a century ago. Sue Neales reports on the burning of the paddle steamer Rodney. The spirit of shearers past is stalking the steep and ancient banks of the Darling River north of Mildura this week. It is 100 years since the great shearers' strike of 1

Albury Said It With Great Heart

It was like stepping back to an earlier and more innocent Australia when the people of Albury welcomed the Queen with songs and flowers yesterday. The enthusiasm was such that the cancellation of a planned excursion on the paddle steamer Cumberoona because of the low level of water in the

Here Come Dat Ol' Showboat

The Sydney Showboat, a replica of a Mississippi paddle steamer, arrived in Sydney yesterday as deck cargo on the heavy lift carrier MV Project Europa. The replica came from Singapore where it was built for the Sydney-based company Blue Line Cruises. Soon after dawn today cables will

Memories Of The Battle Of Newport

FEBRUARY 14, 1892, and another sun-sprinkled Sunday in Newport. The paddle steamer City of Grafton hove to the wharf and deposited its gaggle of day trippers from Sydney Town. Among the crowd were members of rival "pushes" from The Rocks, Woolloomooloo and Darlinghurst, up for w

All Aboard As Cumberoona Takes A Paddle In The River

With a whistle and a puff of smoke, the Cumberoona has brought the romance of paddle steamers back to the upper Murray River. The Cumberoona, a new boat modelled on a paddle steamer of that name which carried wool and wheat on the river in the 1860s and 70s, is the only vessel built at Al