Collection: Reference

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 of 1939-1945. Includes 500 named vessels built between 1829 and 1953

Intended for genealogists wanting more detail on the type of vessel their immigrant ancestors sailed on, its tonnage, the name of the skipper, port of embarkation, route taken. Largely based on searches of Scottish newspapers of the period...