SS ''Kooroongaba'' was a

vehicle ferry Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, Trailer (vehicle), trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their o ...

built for

Sydney Ferries Limited Sydney Ferries Limited operated ferry services on Sydney Harbour from 1900 until June 1951. The company grew out of the North Shore Steam Ferry Company and took over smaller ferry operators to become the largest ferry operator in Sydney's his ...

. It later operated in

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History

''Kooroongaba'' was built by the Walsh Island Dockyard & Engineering Works,

for

to operate

services from

Circular Quay Circular Quay is a harbour, former working port and now international passenger shipping port, public piazza and tourism precinct, heritage area, and transport node located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the northern edge of the Syd ...

Jeffrey Street ''Jeffrey Street'' or ''Jeffreys Street'' is a street located in Kirribilli, famous for being one of the most popular vantage points for views of the city skyline of Sydney, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. The street is ...

. Made redundant by the opening of the

Sydney Harbour Bridge The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, spanning Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour from the Sydney central business district, central business district (CBD) to the North Shore (Sydney), North Shore. The view of the bridg ...

in 1932, ''Kooroongabba'' was then used as a cargo carrier.SS Kooroongabba
Ferries of SydneyThe Kooroongabba
Bill Bottomley It was then sold to the Department of Main Roads and moved to

to operate as a vehicle ferry between

Kooragang Kooragang () is the northernmost and largest suburb of the city of Newcastle, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. Dominated by Kooragang Island, the eastern part of the suburb is primarily industrial, while the western part of the ...

and Stockton. It remained in service until replaced by the

Stockton Bridge The Stockton Bridge is a road bridge that carries the Nelson Bay Road across the Hunter River, between Kooragang and Stockton in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The bridge and Nelson Bay Road serve as the main transport route ...

in November 1971. It was sold in 1972 to the Philippines but sank off

Crowdy Head Crowdy Head is a headland on the coast of New South Wales, Australia, 7km from Harrington between Forster and Port Macquarie. The head is mostly cleared and was quarried between 1895 and 1901 for the Manning River training wall. Crowdy Head is ...

while under tow."Manila tug to make last bid to free Sydney ferry" ''

Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper i ...

'' 16 January 1972

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kooroongaba Ferries of New South Wales Ferry transport in Sydney Iron and steel steamships of Australia Ships built in New South Wales Shipwrecks of the Mid North Coast Region 1921 ships