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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyBook - The Story of the Excursion Boats of Port Phillip, T K Fitchett, Down the Bay, 1973
... ...ps edina...In 1995 Jim Hillis spotted this book, which was out of print, at South Melbourne Market and obtained Society funds for its purchase. transport - shipping t k fitchett ps kangaroo ps queen ps baldrock ps planet ps wiliamstown ps nepean ps ivanhoe ps comet ps mystery ps williams ps express ps excelsior ps courier ps charlotte fenwick ps reliance ps sorrento ps black eagle ps despatch ps alert ps golden crown ps lonsdale ps coagee ps awaroa ps mourilyan ps weeroona ps hygeia ps gem ps ozone ps edina Page preceding title page: sig "E.M. ...In 1995 Jim Hillis spotted this book, which was out of print, at South Melbourne Market and obtained Society funds for its purchase.Down the Bay - the Story of the Excursion Boats of Port Phillip. Full colour illustration of P.S. Ozone on dust cover; book itself is blue, with title in silver on the spine. Contains a general history, then an illustration and history of each of 31 paddle steamers.Page preceding title page: sig "E.M. Donohue 22/12/75" blue ink.transport - shipping, t k fitchett, ps kangaroo, ps queen, ps baldrock, ps planet, ps wiliamstown, ps nepean, ps ivanhoe, ps comet, ps mystery, ps williams, ps express, ps excelsior, ps courier, ps charlotte fenwick, ps reliance, ps sorrento, ps black eagle, ps despatch, ps alert, ps golden crown, ps lonsdale, ps coagee, ps awaroa, ps mourilyan, ps weeroona, ps hygeia, ps gem, ps ozone, ps edina -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph - Harry Paton (Ship's Carpenter)
... Edina gangways. He was associated with the Paton & Baldwin woollen - spinning company in Tasmania and planned to export sheep from Victoria for the mills. He married Christina McNABB in Sydney, lived in South Melbourne then at 128 Bridge Street, Port Melbourne. He died in Port Melbourne in 1940 aged 86 years, his wife Christina died in Port Melbourne in 1924. Information supplied by Beryl ADAMSON, Nott Street, Port Melbourne. Henry PATON PS ...SHIPS CARPENTER, STATION PIER PORT MELBOURNE Henry PATON arrived in Australia on the maiden voyage of the vessel Weeroona in 1910. He was the ship's captain and employed as the ship's carpenter. He worked on Station Pier from a small tin shed near the railway station with another carpenter. They took turns to keep night watch when the Weeroona and other vessels were moored at the pier. They carried out all the necessary maintenance work to keep the vessels in ship-shape condition. Henry PATON also carried out maintenance work on the Hygiea & Edina gangways. He was associated with the Paton & Baldwin woollen - spinning company in Tasmania and planned to export sheep from Victoria for the mills. He married Christina McNABB in Sydney, lived in South Melbourne then at 128 Bridge Street, Port Melbourne. He died in Port Melbourne in 1940 aged 86 years, his wife Christina died in Port Melbourne in 1924. Information supplied by Beryl ADAMSON, Nott Street, Port Melbourne.Digital copy of a B&W photographhenry paton, ps weeroona, piers and wharves - station pier
