| Main Title: |
The Bass Strait Ferry "City of Melbourne" : pioneer Australian screw steamship / Graeme Broxam. |
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| Author: |
Broxam, Graeme
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| Imprint: |
Hobart, Tas. : Navarine Publishing, c2008. |
| Collation: |
vi, 54 p. : ill., portraits, maps, notes, bib., index, pbk ; 21 cm. |
| Summary: |
History of early steam ferry services on Bass Strait.
In 1851 the ship "City of Melbourne" became both the first screw steamship built in Australia and the first purpose-built steamer on the ferry run across Bass Strait between melbourne and Launceston. |
| Subject: |
Ferries
Steamships
Ships and shipping
Bass Strait (Vic. & Tas.)
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| ISBN: |
9780975133132 (pbk.) : |
| Notes: |
Includes index. "First printing limited to 250 copies".
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