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PS Emmylou
PS ''Emmylou'' is a paddle steamer operated by Murray River Paddlesteamers in Echuca, used for both day and overnight accommodation cruises. History Built in 1980 and named after the country singer Emmylou Harris, the PS ''Emmylou'' has been host to thousands of people, delighting even her namesake during the late 1980s. Alongside the PS ''Pevensey'', the PS ''Emmylou'' starred in the TV series All the Rivers Run, in which she was renamed the PS ''Providence''. Built in an effort to pay tribute to the steam powered vessels of the Murray Murray may refer to: Businesses * Murray (bicycle company), an American manufacturer of low-cost bicycles * Murrays, an Australian bus company * Murray International Trust, a Scottish investment trust * D. & W. Murray Limited, an Australian who ... before her, the Emmylou began life as three lengths of steel in a shed at Barham, in 1980. Designed by naval architect Warwick Hood, and Glenn Davis, the boat's characteristics were loosely base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray River Flag (Combined)
The Murray River Flag is flown from paddle steamers and other vessels in the Australian States of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia that ply the waters of the Murray-Darling river system. Little is known about the flag's early history but it may have originated as far back as 1850 when the formation of the Murray River League was announced. R. W. Beddome, founder of the League, enthused "Up with the Murray flag." No fragments of the original Murray River Flag are known to exist and three variants have passed down to the present day. History The earliest recorded reference to the Murray River Flag was at Goolwa to honour the first paddlesteamer to go into service on the Murray River. The ''Mary Ann'', built by three brothers William, Thomas and Elliot Randell, began her voyage from Mannum downstream to Goolwa on 4 March 1853. The Murray River Flag was hoisted upon their arrival. The flag was described by a reporter of the ''Australian Register'': "The flag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and second smallest state by population. It has a total of 1.8 million people. Its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 33,233. South Australia shares borders with all of the other mainland states, as well as the Northern Territory; it is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria, and to the south by the Great Australian Bight.M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PS Canberra
PS ''Canberra'' is an original paddle steamer operated by Murray River Paddlesteamers in Echuca. History PS ''Canberra'' was commissioned to be built in 1912 by the Conner Family, She was built at the mouth of the Murray in Goolwa, South Australia. Originally used as a single deck fishing steamer by the Connor family at Boundary Bend, she was part of their large fishing fleet which consisted of the '' PS Etona'' and ''PS Ranger''. The ''Canberra'' was sold to the Collins family in ''Mildura'', in 1945. It was here that the second deck was added and she pioneered the tourist trade. Former Murray River steamboat captain Charles Frederick William Payne (Captain of the ''PS Mannum'', ''PS Marion'', and ''PS Gem'') noted the Canberra as being "afloat at Mildura, now an excursion boat" in 1947. In May 1951, Governor of Victoria Sir Dallas Brooks cancelled a trip on the PS Canberra, opting instead to play golf after enjoying his experience at the Red Cliffs RSL Centenary Golf tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PS Pride Of The Murray
PV ''Pride of the Murray'', like many other Australian paddle wheelers, started out life as a timber logging barge. It was built at Echuca on the Murray River in 1924, and relaunched as a tourist vessel in 1977, also at Echuca. In 2022 the vessel was transported overland to Longreach, Queensland, Longreach, Queensland, for use as a tourist attraction on the Thomson River (Queensland), Thompson River. History ''Pride of the Murray'' was built as the timber logging barge ''C24'', at Echuca in 1924. Constructed by C Felshaw for the Murray River Sawmills, ''C24'' took a team of twelve men between three and four months to complete. In 1956, ''C24'' was towed upstream by PS Oscar W, PS ''Oscar W'' for use during the construction of the new Barmah bridge. Following completion of the bridge, the barge was let go to drift downstream with the current (though still handled by two men) for five days to return to Echuca. At the end of its working life it was abandoned and sunk in the Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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