Bay Steamers and Coastal Ferries
Reed
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- MHP008
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Media: BOOK - paperback, 96 pages
Author: J. Loney
Year: 1988
ISBN: 0909191387
Other: b&w photos, maps, appendixes, bibliog, index
Publisher: Reed
In addition to ferries and excursion vessels, many small passenger and cargo ships worked out of Port Phillip Bay along the coast before rail and roads took over.
Written by Jack Loney, one of Australia's most noted maritime historians, this book also includes many photograps and maps.
Contents:
Foreword
Melbourne's First Ferry
Melbourne-Geelong Bay Trade
The Bay Excursion Steamers
Steamers on the West Coast
East to the Gippsland Lakes
Bass Strait Ferries
Other Ferries Then and Now
Across Bass Strait
Appendix A: Williamstown Ferries
Appendix B: Ships in the Melbourne-Geelong Trade
Appendix C: Ships in the Bay Excursion Trade
Appendix D: Ships in the West Coast Trade
Appendix E: Ships in the Gippsland Trade
Appendix F: Bass Strait Ferries
Appendix G: Ferries: Geelong to Point Henry
Appendix H: Ships to King Island
Appendix I: Queenscliff, Portsea and Sorrento Ferries
Appendix J: Other Vessels Mentioned in the Text
Bibliography
Index
