The Shipbuilders of Brisbane Water NSW by Gwen Dundon

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent.

The book profiles the lives of all known Brisbane Water shipbuilders and lists all vessels reliably recorded as built in the district from 1829 to the Second World War. Includes 500 named vessels built between 1829 and 1953.

Contents include Entrance to Brisbane Water; Early cargoes for Sydney; Shells for limeburning; James Webb first settler; Explanatory notes about shipping; Vessels built at Brisbane Water 1829-1953; Details of vessels by unknown builders; Named shipbuilders of Brisbane Water; Map of Brisbane Water; Earliest shipbuilders 1829-1844; Piper shipbuilders 1844-1879; Davis brothers shipbuilders 1848-1913; Other builders 1844-1906; Beattie's (the last working shipyard) 1874-1940s; Builder's half model; There she goes! Launching the ship; From the log items from here and there; St Paul's, the shipwrights' church; Life at Gosford in the steamship era; Name index; Ship names index