Steamships in colonial Western Australia / by Ronald Parsons
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AuthorParsons, R. H. (Ronald H.)DescriptionOutline of information on steamships and shipowners in Western Australia up to approximately 1900. Early days -- Foundation of the Inter-colonial run -- Locally owned steamships -- Western Australian Intercolonial run and the overseas mails -- Singapore service -- Adelaide steam ship company -- Later overseas shipowners -- some of the ships advertised for the goldfields -- Notes on the railways in Western Australia -- Details of Australian owned or operated ships -- Details of steamships registered FremantleImprintLobethal, S. Aust. : R. H. Parsons, 1973Collationiv, 82 p. : ports ; 17x21 cm.LanguageEnglishNotesIncludes index p. 80-. "Some of the material in this publication was used to prepare a paper read to the Perth and Busselton branches of The Royal Western Australian Historical Society by the author in 1972 and also delivered to the Albany Historical Society in the same year" - p. ii "A series of articles to mark the centenary of coastal mail steamers on the West Australian coast published in 'Journal' the House Magazine of the State Shipping Service (Vol. 6), was also prepared from the research notes used to write this work" - p. iiISBN0909418039Dewey Class387.2 PARPublication FormatBook
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Parsons, R. H. (Ronald H.), Steamships in colonial Western Australia / by Ronald Parsons. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 24/06/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/24633
