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CurrentlyCurrently containscontains overover 32,00032,000 recordsrecords ListList ofof SydneySydney shipship && boatboat buildersbuilders

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MorfarchMorfarch BuiltBuilt BerryBerry’’ss BayBay inin 19271927 DoDo youyou knowknow thethe builder?builder? MagnitudeMagnitude ofof thethe industryindustry TheThe registerregister hashas recordedrecorded overover 3000+3000+ boatsboats asas beingbeing builtbuilt inin .Sydney. OfOf these,these, thethe builderbuilder hashas beenbeen identifiedidentified forfor aboutabout 20002000 vessels.vessels. SydneySydney——aa majormajor maritimemaritime centrecentre IntercolonialIntercolonial && coastalcoastal shippingshipping Passengers,Passengers, produce,produce, generalgeneral cargo,cargo, coalcoal andand timbertimber HarbourHarbour shippingshipping Ferries,Ferries, dredgers,dredgers, lighters,lighters, tugstugs && bargesbarges DefenceDefence andand governmentgovernment TheThe AustralianAustralian Squadron,Squadron, ColonialColonial Navy,Navy, revenue,revenue, pilots,pilots, police,police, governmentgovernment departmentsdepartments CommerceCommerce

Whaling,Whaling, sealing,sealing, pearling,pearling, sandalwood,sandalwood, cedar,cedar, fishing,fishing, indenturedindentured labourlabour ShipShip andand boatbuildingboatbuilding localitieslocalities

Ryde Woolwich

Drummoyne Berry’s Bay Cockatoo Long Nose Island Goat Point Island Lavender Bay Neutral Bay Balmain Millers Point Sydney Cove Pyrmont

Cockle Woolloomooloo Bay SydneySydney CoveCove

Ryde Woolwich The King’s Dockyard 1789-1926 Drummoyne James BerryUnderwood’s Bay Cockatoo Long Nose Island Goat1800 -1805 Point Island Lavender Bay Neutral Bay Balmain Millers Point Sydney Rozelle Cove Pyrmont

Cockle Woolloomooloo Bay SydneySydney CoveCove

TheThe firstfirst shipyardsshipyards ofof thethe colonycolony werewere establishedestablished onon thethe shoresshores ofof SydneySydney Cove.Cove. EarlyEarly shipsships

TheThe firstfirst shipsships werewere forfor governmentgovernment service.service. TheThe FrancisFrancis && thethe LumpLump RestrictionsRestrictions onon thethe buildingbuilding ofof shipsships toto preventprevent escapeescape fromfrom thethe convictconvict settlement.settlement. UnderwoodUnderwood openedopened thethe firstfirst privateprivate yard.yard. TheThe GovernorGovernor King.King. CockleCockle BayBay andand MillersMillers PointPoint

Korff & Co 1844 Ryde John Robertson 1844 WoolwichLaurence Corcoran 1847-52 John Cuthbert 1855-74 Drummoyne Berry’s Bay Cockatoo WalterLong M. Ford 1870 Nose Island Goat Point Island Lavender Bay Neutral Bay Charles Griffin 1811 Balmain Millers J. & W. Jenkins 1814 Point Sydney Rozelle Cove T.H. Bass 1835 Pyrmont

Cockle Woolloomooloo Bay CuthbertCuthbert’’ss ShipyardShipyard PyrmontPyrmont andand RozelleRozelle BayBay

Ryde Woolwich Young & Fletcher 1892-99 Sydney Harbour Trust 1924 Berry’s Bay Cockatoo Long Jeff Clist 1954-66Nose Island Goat Brown Bros 1976-80Point Island Lavender Bay Neutral Bay Balmain Australasian Steam Navigation Millers Co 1853-84 JohnPoint WilliamSydney Russell 1837-49 Rozelle Cove Pyrmont P.N. Russell 1840-64 Atlas Eng Works1878-86 Cockle Woolloomooloo Bay John Sands 1884 Robert Tearne 1990-2000 AustralasianAustralasian S.N.S.N. CoCo

LocatedLocated onon DarlingDarling Island,Island, PyrmontPyrmont John Lihr 1844 BalmainBalmain George Buddivant 1844 James Entwistle 1852 John Booth 1855-56 Thomas Rountree &Co 1859-85 Ryde G. Thompson 1866 Woolwich J. Milson 1866 T.M. McArthur & Co 1867-74 W. & D. Bates 1868-70 Drummoyne Berry’s Bay Cockatoo Long Morts Dock & Engineering Co Nose Island Goat 1874-58 Point Island DuncanLavender & Sorrie Bay1875-84 H. PerdriauNeutral1877 Bay-81 Balmain George W. Ellis 1879-93 Millers Henry Beattie 1881-89 PointWilliamSydney Golding 1880s-1910 Rozelle EphriamCove Ward 1882-83 Pyrmont Jonathan & Henry Piper 1882-85 Cockle Allen & WardWoolloomooloo 1883-84 Bay Alfred William Settree 1883-97 BalmainBalmain--AA centrecentre ofof boatbuildingboatbuilding

RountreeRountree CooroybaCooroyba

KillaraKillara KelpieKelpie S. Briggs 1883-84 BalmainBalmain (cont)(cont) James Lynch 1884-87 Foster & Minty 1885-97 John Fenwick 1885 J. Beatty 1936 David Drake 1885-1934 Ryde Gordon E. Beattie 1937-38 W.J. Watson 1886 Woolwich Vincent Bros 1945 James Pashley 1886-89 Brown Bros 1946-70s C. Benbow 1888 J. Reynolds 1890 G.W. Bowcock 1960 Berry’s Bay Cockatoo Long James Cox 1895 L.L. Fountain 1967 Nose Island Goat Joseph Conlon 1894 Bill King 1983 Point Island LavenderJames Scott Bay 1896 Morrison & NeutralSinclair Bay 1899-1958 Balmain N. Emerson 1900 Millers Sydney Ferries Ltd 1900 Point SydneyPoole & Steele 1912-54 Rozelle CoveG.A. Washington 1913 Pyrmont John Robinson 1922-37 Cockle Morrow BrosWoolloomooloo 1928-52 Bay William Henry White 1929 MortMort’’ss DockDock && EngineeringEngineering CoCo

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AjaxAjax CockatooCockatoo IslandIsland

Ryde Woolwich NSW Government Dockyard Biloela 1875-1911 Commonwealth Naval Dockyard Drummoyne CommonwealthBerry’s Bay Naval Dockyard Cockatoo Long Nose 1914-18 Island Goat Point Australian Commonwealth Island Lavender Bay Shipbuilding NeutralBoard Bay Balmain 1919-33 CockatooMillers Docks & Eng. Co Ltd Point Sydney1933-84 Rozelle Cove Pyrmont

Cockle Woolloomooloo Bay MorrisonMorrison && SinclairSinclair

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KaringalKaringal OomoobahOomoobah ShipsShips builtbuilt atat CockatooCockatoo LavenderLavender Bay,Bay, McMahonsMcMahons PointPoint && MilsonMilson’’ss PointPoint

Wm.Dunn 1870s Ryde Wm.Dunn 1870s James HalsteadWoolwich 1878-86 T. Peel 1891 Henry Green 1899-1902 Drummoyne Berry’s Bay Cockatoo Long Wm. Holmes 1901-1960sNose Island Goat George Griffin 1928Point-? Island Lavender Bay R.E. Campling 1928 Neutral Bay Neptune Engineering BalmainCo 1939 Fisher Bros 1938 Millers Wm.H. Barnett 1956-73 Point Sydney Rozelle Cove Tony Franov 1965Pyrmont-67 Ron G. Balkwell 1966-1968 Cockle Woolloomooloo Skoljarev & Zdaravko 1967 Bay Bob Gordon 2005 LavenderLavender Bay,Bay, McMahonMcMahon’’ss PointPoint

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IvyIvy Wm. Langford 1866-85 BerryBerry’’ss BayBay Wm.Dunn & family 1872-40 Watty Ford 1870-1930 RydeWalter Reeks 1882-1900 Denis MorelandWoolwich 1884 Sullivan 1884-85 T. Cubitt 1889-90 Drummoyne Berry’s Bay Woodley’s CockatooLtd 1909-72 Long Nose Riddell BrosIsland 1937-73 Goat Point Adams & Co 1941-45 Island Lavender Bay Ralph Andrews 1941 Neutral Bay Lars Halvorsen Sons 1940sBalmain Australian Fishing Ind. 1947 Millers Dreadnought Eng. Co 1947 Point Sydney Bob GordonRozelle 1961 Cove Pyrmont Cove Stannard Bros 1963-81Pyrmont Peter Kenny 1970s Cockle Woolloomooloo Noakes 2001 Bay BerryBerry’’ss BayBay –– BuildersBuilders ofof finefine yachtsyachts

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EnaEna byby FordFord NeutralNeutral Bay,Bay, KirribilliKirribilli,, CareeningCareening CoveCove

Ryde Woolwich

Drummoyne Berry’s Bay Cockatoo Long Robert Millard 1831 Nose Island Goat Wm. Langford 1860s Point Lavender Bay Fanner 1890s Island Neutral Bay James Hayes James Hayes Balmain Pritchard Bros 1909-39 Joyce Bros 1920-1956 Millers Point Stewart Sandeman 1921 Sydney Rozelle Cove Lars Halvorsen 1924Pyrmont-39 Manly & SS Co 1947 Royal Sydney YS 1956-59 Cockle Woolloomooloo Bay RacingRacing sailsail andand motormotor

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Acrospire III WoolwichWoolwich && RydeRyde Lars Halvorsen Sons 1940-76 John Bott 1962-66 Ryde Woolwich

Drummoyne Berry’s Bay Cockatoo Long Nose Atlas Engineering Co 1886 Island Goat PointMort’s Dock & Eng. Co 1889-1950s Island Lavender Bay G.F. Haddock & familyNeutral 1948 Bay-61 Balmain Boatspeed 1989-2004 Millers Point Sydney Rozelle Cove Pyrmont

Cockle Woolloomooloo Bay WoolwichWoolwich andand RydeRyde

WynstayWynstay KanangraKanangra LadyLady BeutronBeutron DrummoyneDrummoyne andand GladesvilleGladesville Charles Larson 1934-48 W. & R. Simpson 1960 Ryde Woolwich George Barnett 1887-94 Drummoyne T.R.Berry Dudley’s Bay 1888-90 Cockatoo Long Nose Henry Curry 1891 Island Goat Point GeorgeIsland ChapmanLavender 1920s Bay A.G. Williams 1923Neutral-67 Bay Balmain Graham 1927 Wm.Millers Griffiths 1928 Point Roderick &Sydney Griffiths 1928 Rozelle Cove Pyrmont J. Lucas 1934 Hegarty 1943 CockleHegarty 1943Woolloomooloo BayWal Skerne 1948 DrummoyneDrummoyne && GladesvilleGladesville GoatGoat IslandIsland

Ryde Woolwich

Drummoyne Berry’s Bay Cockatoo Long Nose Island Goat Point Island Lavender Bay Neutral Bay Balmain Millers Point Sydney HarbourSydneyTrust 1920s Rozelle Cove PyrmontMaritime Services Board of

CockleNSW 1936-85 Woolloomooloo Bay GoatGoat IslandIsland ShipyardShipyard WoolloomoolooWoolloomooloo && GardenGarden IslandIsland

Ryde Woolwich

Drummoyne Daniel Sheehy 1858Berry-’68s Bay Cockatoo Long NoseYates 1860s Island Goat Point Batty & SheehyIsland 1884 Lavender Bay H.C. Press 1910s Neutral Bay Royal AustralianBalmain Navy 1937-62 Australian DefenceMillersIndustries Point 2000-01 Sydney Rozelle Cove Pyrmont

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F. N. Allsopp-Kogarah 1940s-50s Chapman & Sherack-Erskinville 1919-1930s+ Shevill Launch Co- 1930s Vincent Bros-Balmain 1940s William Fisher-La Perouse 1950s Fisher Bros-Sydney 1950s William Goddard-Palm Beach 1920s MSB of NSW-Goat Island 1930s-1980s Thomas Joel- 1930s A. Layton-Peakhurst 1930s F. Morrow-Balmain 1920s SourcesSources ofof informationinformation BooksBooks NewspapersNewspapers MagazinesMagazines LogLog booksbooks PhotographsPhotographs ArtworksArtworks MuseumMuseum collectionscollections WrecksWrecks OwnersOwners pastpast &present&present RegistersRegisters RecollectionsRecollections GettingGetting andand givinggiving informationinformation WebsiteWebsite locatedlocated at:at: www.boatregister.netwww.boatregister.net

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Phone—02 9977 8103 Website—www.boatregister.net Email—[email protected] The author gratefully acknowledges photos from the following sources: Buster Brown State Library of NSW NSW Maritime Google Earth ANMM website Sydney Heritage Fleet Mal Edmonds Afloat magazine Robert Raison Barry Graham