Reference numberLH001008DescriptionStaff outside McIlwraith McEacharn Line Pty Ltd on 21 August 1922. From left: ..Jones; Kathleen Elizabeth Williams; Lloyd Ross; Rhoda Bates; George Leslie Davidson; Thomas H B Hope; Stanley Thompson Edwards; Robert Mills Fulton; Henry Ernest Walkerden; Ronald Gibson; ..Robinson; Walter Bateman; .. Broadhurst; .. Hough; ..Brady; Richard Ribbons; ..Hammer. In 1875 two Scots, Andrew McIlwraith and Malcolm Donald McEacharn, established a shipping company , the Scottish Line. This traded between England and Australia and began to serve WA ports in 1893, carrying passengers, livestock and general cargo. The firm built new premises in Phillimore Street in 1919. The name changed several times: being Associated Steamships, Australian Steamship Company and Union Bulk Ships.Date1922PhotographerNot known Photograph FormatPhotographDigital ItemYes
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McIlwraith McEacharn Line Pty. Ltd. staff (1922). City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 17/06/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/16247
