A note in the foreword written by Ron Parsons: In the 1960s I reprinted an item that was originally published in the 'Daily Commercial News and Shipping List' for December 1947, that was titled A History of the Australian Steam Navigation Company and the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company Limited.
The article apparently was a condensation of an unpublished manuscript by Emerson Curtis prepared for the A.U.S.N. in 1946. He had called the work 'They Spread White Wings' but he was a nautical person, nor had he some very much research on the subject being content to accept what he could find from Company documents and/or secondary sources.
While some of the material in this book comes from Emerson's manuscript, most is from original research carried out by the author.
Contents:
Introduction of Steamships to New South Wales
Hunter River's Steam Navigation Company
Australasian Steam Navigation Company
New Opposition and Further Expansion
Farewell to the Hunter
Fateful Years
The New Company
Fleet List of Hunter River's S.N. Co.
Fleet List of the Australasian S.N. Co.
Index
