Boating on the Murray

[Daddles]

I've been browsing the South Australiana collection of the State Library of SA, boats piccies of course.

You see a lot of early rowboats styled like this one:

http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:1084/search?/.b1116000/.b1116000/1,1,1,B/l856~b1116000&FF=&1,0,,1,0

http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/godson/2/02000/PRG1258_2_1755.jpg

Strange looking beastie at the front end.

A direct link to the South Australiana database is:
http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:1084/screens/opacmenu.html

The Pat McQuire collection (maritime collection) at the State Library is fabulous - heaps and heaps of stuff about boats of all types from the stuff we're playing with to warships of every age :wink:

Richard

[b.o.a.t.]

Shades of a Strahan Piners' punt http://www.maritimetas.org/taswoodenboatguild/piners_punt.htm

Looks a like a small version of the rowing canoe thingy some famous chap took up the Murray in the 1800's. Can't remember his name. There was a bit of hoo-haa about him 10 or so years ago. Someone put together a replica of his boat for a re-enactment I think.

[Boatmik]

Yes AJ, That is what it made me think of too!!!

MIK