For more than 200 years Sydeny's Port Jackson, Australia's oldest port, was a magnificent port for the service and support of commercial and naval shipping. During the last decade or two national values have become less important to wealthy Sydneysiders, more interested in owning a harbourside property with the right commercial attributes, and nice views.
To this end, much of the ports infrastructure has been demolished or has moved away from the only city that still had the industrial capacity to support modern shipping and a small but complex navy.
The Watermen series was published in Sydney's Afloat magazine and has been modified and reworded for this work. The author has endeavoured to provide a general history and an overview of some of the small companies and their vessels that made a livelihood afloat in Sydney.
Contents:
Foreword
Introduction
Public Bodies Part 1: The Sydney Harbour Trust - Builder of Port Jackson
Public Bodies Part 2: The Sydney Harbour Trust - Projects and Major Vessels
Public Bodies Part 3: The Maritime Services Board - Projects and Demise
Public Bodies Part 4: The Maritime Services Board - Vessels
The Stannard Family, c1854 onward
Nicholson Bros, c1909-1980
Harbour and Lighterage (Under Various Names), c1899-1992
Daley's 'Ever Readies'
Bailey and Jorgensen, c1897-1974
The Eaton Timber Yard
Lever Bros. - Unlikely Shipowners?
Morrison and Sinclair
A.E. 'Alby' Rawson, c1918-1948
Mackenzie and Petersen Ltd, 1920s-1966
From Smith Bros. to Harbour and Lighterage via Weyerhauser
Tay Lighterage, c1920-early 1950s
Abbotsford Boatshed - Alfred Charles Bailey, c1896
The Port Jackson Explosives Run
Griffin's Yachts
Other Marine Activities
Tiddlers
Acknowledgements and References
