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Australasian Steam Navigation Co. 

architect

William Wardell

location

 

date

1883-4

style

Federation Anglo-Dutch (early example)

construction

brick with stone trim

type

Warehouse
 
 
 
 
 
 
Formed in July 1851, the Australasian Steam Navigation Company replaced the Hunter River Steam Navigation Company. Alterations made to the Company meant that it could expand its activities within Australasia, while still servicing the route from Sydney to the Hunter River. Competition from other steamship companies began to arise during the 1850s and continued to grow in the following decades. In 1887 the Australasian Steam Navigation Company was taken over by the newly founded Australasian United Steam Navigation Company.

"The Liverpool and Australian Steam Navigation Company's New Steam-Clipper "Royal Charter"

Wood engraving from "The Illustrated London News", ca 1855. Backside is printed.
Modern hand coloring.

 

Australasion Steam Navigation Company

[Australasian Steam Navigation Co. flag] image by Jonathan Dixon, 5 Aug 2005

According to information obtained from the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. publication The Log, the originating company of the Hunter [or Hunter's] River Steam Navigation Co. liquidated and reformed in 1851 as the Australasian Steam Navigation Co. with a flag diagonally quartered red and blue as confirmed by Liverpool Chamber of Commerce Sheet of 1885, Reed 1891 and Griffin 1895.In 1886 the company was acquired by British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and the following year it was amalgamated with the Queensland Steam Shipping Co. to form the Australasian United Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
Neale Rosanoski, 30 July 2005

 

 

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