User:ThylacineHunter/List of Murray–Darling barges

Name Description Murray Service Owners Boats Fate/Notes
A11 wood hull 1911–c. 1958 Murray River Sawmill: 1911–1957 Adelaide (1) 1911–c. 1958 Built 1911 in Echuca. Towed to Mildura 1958. Eaten by white ants, and sank to the bottom of the Murray River. Refloated 14 March 2023[1]
Achilles 86 ft × 18 ft × 4.25 ft (26.2 m × 5.5 m × 1.3 m)
65 long tons (66.0 t)
E&WS Dept, SA Built by JG Arnold, Morgan
Ada composite hull
108 ft × 23 ft × 7.6 ft (32.9 m × 7.0 m × 2.3 m)
172 long tons (174.8 t)
1899–? Permewan, Wright & Co. Ltd:1899–1919
Murray Shipping Ltd: 1919–?
Built 1899 in Echuca
Ada Bell 79333
wood hull
63.3 ft × 15.6 ft × 5 ft (19.3 m × 4.8 m × 1.5 m)
33 long tons (33.5 t)
1878–1893 Fredk Wm Mitchell Built 1878 by George Linklater, Echuca. Converted to screw steamship Ada Bell in 1893 and used at Port Adelaide
Adam wood hull
64.8 ft × 16.4 ft × 4.3 ft (19.8 m × 5.0 m × 1.3 m)
40 long tons (40.6 t)
c. 1909–? 1}909}–?
Franz O Wallin: 1914–?
Built c. 1897 in Echuca as Excel. Renamed before 1909
Advance wood hull
108 ft × 20 ft × 5 ft (32.9 m × 6.1 m × 1.5 m)
130 long tons (132.1 t)
1871–? Murray, Murrumbidgee & Darling Rivers SB Co.: 1871–c. 1880
W McCulloch & Co. Ltd: c. 1880c. 1884
RS Foley: c. 1884–?
Freetrader 1872
Alert 1879
Alfred 1880–1881
Corrong 1882
Built 1871 in Bama
Agnes 74915
wood hull
82 ft × 16.4 ft × 5.8 ft (25.0 m × 5.0 m × 1.8 m)
c. 1917–? Nagambie S.N. (& Saw Mill) Co. Ltd Converted from paddle boat Agnes c. 1917. Sank in Lake Nagambie
Ajax 86 ft × 18 ft × 4.25 ft (26.2 m × 5.5 m × 1.3 m)
63 long tons (64.0 t)
E&WS Dept, SA Built by JG Arnold, Morgan
Albemarle 89408
iron hull
1884–1931 F Curzon & J Nash: 1884–1889
T Nash: 1889–1891
AD Kerrigan: 1891–1894
G White & Co.: 1894–1895
E Rich: 1895–1899
E Rich & Co. Ltd, Bourke: 1899–1907
Permewan, Wright & Co. Ltd: 1907–c. 1914
Gem Navigation Co.: c. 1914–1919
Murray Shipping Ltd: 1919–1931
Cato 1896–1908
Ellen 1917
Built 1884 by A Graham, Goolwa. Originally iron hull, later sheathed and made composite. Lengthened June 1914. Abandoned 54 miles up stream from lock 5 in 1931. Register closed December 1961
89408
composite hull
79.9 ft × 17.2 ft × 5.2 ft (24.4 m × 5.2 m × 1.6 m)
57 long tons (57.9 t)
?–1914
89408
composite hull
108 ft × 18 ft × 4.9 ft (32.9 m × 5.5 m × 1.5 m)
71 long tons (72.1 t)
1914–1931
Albert 79338
composite hull
41 ft × 11.2 ft × 3.2 ft (12.5 m × 3.4 m × 1.0 m)
11 long tons (11.2 t)
1882–? Thomas Dodd
Mr Grundy, Mundoo
Built 1882 by John Kenzel, Mundoo Island. Broken up. Register closed December 1961
Alice (1) composite hull
75 ft × 14 ft × 6 ft (22.9 m × 4.3 m × 1.8 m)
60 long tons (61.0 t)
1867–? W McCulloch & Co. Ltd Alfred 1869–1872
Freetrader 1878
Built 1867 in Echuca
Alice (2) 79345
composite hull
117.3 ft × 24 ft × 4 ft (35.8 m × 7.3 m × 1.2 m)
88 long tons (89.4 t)
?–? Ebenezer Hartley Randell: 1882–1886
WAL Wolter: 1886–1894
G White Co.: 1894–1895
E Rich & Co. Ltd, Bourke: 1895–1909
AH Landseer Ltd: 1909–c. 1914
Renmark Irrigation Trust: c. 1914c. 1931
AH Landseer Ltd: c. 1931–?
Ariel 1882
Adelaide (1) 1883
Barwon 1910
Corowa 1910
E.R.O. 1917–1925
Built 1882 by W Westerguard, Moama. Sunk at Point Malcolm Lighthouse. Register closed December 1961
79345
composite hull
120 ft × 24 ft × 4 ft (36.6 m × 7.3 m × 1.2 m)
147 long tons (149.4 t)
?–?
Alick 95998
wood hull
88.9 ft × 18.4 ft × 4.9 ft (27.1 m × 5.6 m × 1.5 m)
71 long tons (72.1 t)
1870–? James MacKintosh Saw Mill Co. Ltd Built 1870 by Jas. Mackintosh, Echuca. Register closed 1962
Alison wood hull
82 ft × 15.3 ft × 5 ft (25.0 m × 4.7 m × 1.5 m)
60 long tons (61.0 t)
1907–? Alex. Arbuthnot: 1907–c. 1919
A Arbuthnot & Sons: c. 1919–?
Built 1907 in Koondrook. Abandoned on bank at Echuca, later salvaged and in 1968 presented by F Evans to the Port of Echuca as an exhibit
Annie wood hull
106 long tons (107.7 t)
1884–1901 W Keir: 1884–1892
F Toomer: 1892–1894
TH Freeman & M Bowden: 1894–1900
Davie, Price & Co.: 1900–1926
Bailey Bros: 1926–?
Enterprise (2) 1884–1889
Clyde 1890
Ferret 1890
Emma 1903, 1906, 1912–1913, 1916, 1918
Excelsior 1909, 1925
Alpha 1918
W. F. B. 1922–1923
Built 1884 in Moama. Sunk 1889. Reported abandoned Bryant's Creek nare Morgan 1939
wood hull
85 ft × 20 ft × 5 ft (25.9 m × 6.1 m × 1.5 m)
90 long tons (91.4 t)
1901–?
Apa iron hull
127.4 ft × 28 ft × 9.7 ft (38.8 m × 8.5 m × 3.0 m)
281 long tons (285.5 t)
1882–? Built 1882 in SA
Argo composite hull
120 ft × 23 ft × 8 ft (36.6 m × 7.0 m × 2.4 m)
E&WS Dept, SA In 1958 permanently moored at Mypolonga with a pump for irrigation. Later privately owned and in mid 1987 was at Swan Hill
Ariel 1868–1876 Hardman & Lester 1876
Herbert Lester 1877
Ariel 1868–1876
Aurora Involved in accident at Lock 5 in 1935
Avoca 40520
iron hull
39.6 ft × 11.3 ft × 4.3 ft (12.1 m × 3.4 m × 1.3 m)
17 long tons (17.3 t)
1858–? River Murray Navigation Co.: 1858–1859
Wm Younghusband: 1859–1864
JA Acraman & G Main: 1864–1877
GS Reid: 1877–?
Built 1858 in Goolwa. Broken up. Register closed 1909
B22 wood hull
[convert: invalid number]
1922–1957 Murray River Sawmill 1922–? Adelaide (1) 1922–1958 Built 1922 in Echuca. Towed to Mildura 1958. Recovered from Mildura to Echuca in 1980. Sank 2010.
Bama Lass wood hull
62 ft × 12.4 ft × 3.5 ft (18.9 m × 3.8 m × 1.1 m)
42 long tons (42.7 t)
1877–? F Rob & Co. Built 1877 in Cornella
Barwon / Barwan 40528
wood hull
101 ft × 13 ft × 6.6 ft (30.8 m × 4.0 m × 2.0 m)
50 long tons (50.8 t)
1859–? F Cadell: 1859–c. 1865
James King: c. 1865c. 1879
G Johnston: c. 1879–?
G Johnston & A Kirkpatrick: ?–c. 1886
GRS Pickhills: c. 1886–?
Built 1859 in Goolwa. Register closed 1910
Belubla/Bilubla wood hull
107.4 ft × 20.9 ft × 7.4 ft (32.7 m × 6.4 m × 2.3 m)
122 long tons (124.0 t)
1875–? E Hillson: 1875–1878
Hodge & Permewan: 1878–1880
Permewan, Wright & Co.: 1880–1885
RK Keir :1885–1886
Wm Keir snr: 1886–1898
TH Freeman: 1898–?
Enterprise (2) 1879–1882, 1887–1889
Invincible 1889
Built 1875 in Echuca. Foundered off Point Macleay, Lake Alexandrina 17 October 1887. Sank in the Murrumbidgee October 1889
Bendigo Adelaide (1) 1871
Benduck composite hull
77 ft × 15.7 ft × 4.9 ft (23.5 m × 4.8 m × 1.5 m)
74 long tons (75.2 t)
c. 1878–? J & J Laing Undaunted 1879
Edwards 1879
Enterprise (2) 1882
Built 1869 in Echuca as Only Son. Renamed c. 1878
Beta composite hull
40 ft × 10.1 ft × 4.5 ft (12.2 m × 3.1 m × 1.4 m)
Struggler Originally cutter, converted by Jack Ledo, and later built cabins on it for fishing parties. Burnt
Blue Bells wood hull
105 ft × 22.3 ft × 7.11 ft (32.0 m × 6.8 m × 2.2 m)
198 long tons (201.2 t)
?–1898 James Laing: 1878–1898
C Hunt:1898–?
Edwards 1878–1883, 1887
Barwon 1890, 1898
Built in Goulburn. Capsized 1881 in the Murrumbidgee with 900 bales of wool. Possibly burnt at Echuca 1892. Destroyed by fire January 1898
Bogan (1) 40529
wood hull
100 ft × 12 ft × 5 ft (30.5 m × 3.7 m × 1.5 m)
55 long tons (55.9 t)
1859–1864, c. 1870–? F Cadell: 1859–1864 Albury 1866
Ariel 1873
Built 1859 in Goolwa. Converted to paddle boat Bogan in 1864
Bogan (2) Albury 1866
Ariel 1873
Border Chief wood hull
196 long tons (199.1 t)
1873–? Blair & McCrowther: 1873–1880
Blair & Chadwick: 1880–1898
G White & Co.: 1898–?
E Rich & Co.: ?–?
Adelaide (1) 1879–1882
Enterprise (2) 1879
Alfred 1881
Ethel Jackson 1881
Burrabogie 1882
Excelsior 1896–1897
Built 1873 in Gunbower
wood hull
104 ft × 21.1 ft × 6.1 ft (31.7 m × 6.4 m × 1.9 m)
85 long tons (86.4 t)
Bourke (1) 74792
iron hull
102.8 ft × 17.7 ft × 5.5 ft (31.3 m × 5.4 m × 1.7 m)
77 long tons (78.2 t)
1876–? S Heseltine & Wm L Reid: 1876–c. 1898
John Whyte: c. 1898c. 1912
C Oliver & Sons: c. 1912–1921
W Bruce & Co. Ltd: 1921–?
Built 1876 in Echuca. Sunk Mypolonga. Register closed 1961
Bourke (2) 74771
wood hull
107.5 ft × 20.5 ft × 7 ft (32.8 m × 6.2 m × 2.1 m)
124 long tons (126.0 t)
1898–? AH Landseer Decoy 1898 Converted from paddle boat Bourke in 1898. Waterlogged at Pt Macleay and unfit for service. Register closed 1912
Britannia (1) 79349
composite hull
122.4 ft × 24.5 ft × 5.4 ft (37.3 m × 7.5 m × 1.6 m)
125 long tons (127.0 t)
1883–1884 Built 1883 by A Graham, Goolwa. Converted to paddle boat Britannia (1) in 1884
Britannia (2) 117427
wood hull
63 ft × 14.6 ft × 4.3 ft (19.2 m × 4.5 m × 1.3 m)
1902–1907 BM Fuller, Tonkin & Martin Built 1902 by Wm Wilson, Echuca. Converted to paddle boat Britannia (2) in 1907
Burrabogie Snagged and sank at Toganmain 10 November 1880
C24 wood hull 1924–? Murray River Sawmill 1924–1957 Adelaide (1) 1924–?
Oscar W 1956
Built 1924 in Echuca. At the end of her working life, rotted and sank into the bank near the Moama slip. Refloated c. 1973, and rebuilt as passenger vessel Pride of the Murray
Cadell 74775
composite hull
122.3 ft × 20.3 ft × 8 ft (37.3 m × 6.2 m × 2.4 m)
147 long tons (149.4 t)
1876–1878 G Johnston & A Kirkpatrick Built 1876 by Wm Gordon, Goolwa. Converted to paddle boat Cadell in 1878
Canally (1) wood hull
73 ft × 17.6 ft × 5 ft (22.3 m × 5.4 m × 1.5 m)
89 long tons (90.4 t)
?–? James Laing Alert 1880 Built 1874 in Bama as Moulamein. Renamed
Canally (2) 132433
wood hull
90.6 ft × 20.8 ft × 6.11 ft (27.6 m × 6.3 m × 1.9 m)
93 long tons (94.5 t)
c. 1929–? N Collins Converted from paddle boat Canally (1)
Chime Emma 1912
Cobar 79342
composite hull
99.9 ft × 20.1 ft × 7.2 ft (30.4 m × 6.1 m × 2.2 m)
113 long tons (114.8 t)
1882–? A Graham
J Wallace: ?–c. 191
Gem Navigation Co.: c. 1914–1919
Murray Shipping Ltd: 1919–?
Decoy 1918
Ellen 1918
Built 1882 by A Graham, Goolwa. Sunk near lock 2. Register closed 1961
Columbia composite hull
63 ft × 13.6 ft × 4 ft (19.2 m × 4.1 m × 1.2 m)
23 long tons (23.4 t)
1901 DJ Ritchie: 1910–? Era 1903 Built 1901 in Echuca. Vessel of this name used in construction of Blanchetown Bridge in 1962. Sometimes reported as being fitted with twin screws
Confidence wood hull
115 ft × 26 ft × 8.2 ft (35.1 m × 7.9 m × 2.5 m)
266 long tons (270.3 t)
1877–1887 Frederick Payne: 1877–c. 1879
Echuca S.S. Co.: c. 1879c. 1886
W Davies: c. 1886c. 1887
Cramsie, Bowden & Co.: 1887–c. 1897
Permewan, Wright & Co.: c. 1897–1909
Corrong 1888, 1891, 1897
Elizabeth 1893
Alert 1895–1896, 1898
Barwon 1896
Built 1877 in Gunbower. Sank about 1886, salved July 1887. Broken up at Echuca 1909
wood hull
115 ft × 25.7 ft × 7.11 ft (35.1 m × 7.8 m × 2.2 m)
173 long tons (175.8 t)
1887–1909
Cowirra 137230
iron hull
130.9 ft × 26.8 ft × 8.1 ft (39.9 m × 8.2 m × 2.5 m)
220 long tons (223.5 t)
1923–? River Navigation Co. Ltd Built 1923 by JG Arnold, Mannum. Broken up. On bank at Mildura. Register closed December 1961
Croupier 79332
iron hull
87 long tons (88.4 t)
1881–1885 Herbert Bristow Hughes
John Whyte
W & H Dunk: ?–c. 1926
W Tinksc. 1926–?
Decoy 1881, 1884, 1889, 1895, 1899 Built 1881 by Andrew Hygie, Morgan. Sunk in Bryant's Creek nare Morgan. Register closed 1961
79332
iron hull
119.9 ft × 20.1 ft × 3.8 ft (36.5 m × 6.1 m × 1.2 m)
85 long tons (86.4 t)
1885–?
Crowie 122736
composite hull
151.7 ft × 29.9 ft × 7.9 ft (46.2 m × 9.1 m × 2.4 m)
290 long tons (294.7 t)
1911–? Johann George Arnold:1911–1913
Arnold's Line of River Steamers Ltd: 1913–1919
Murray Shipping Ltd: 1919–?
Corowa 1919
Decoy 1924–1925, 1927
Colonel 1928
Built 1911 by David Milne, Goolwa. Claimed to be the largest barge built for the Murray. In 1925 carried a record 2,493 bales of wool. Wrecked at Morgan. Register closed December 1961
Cutty Sark wood hull
73 ft × 17 ft × 5.2 ft (22.3 m × 5.2 m × 1.6 m)
89 long tons (90.4 t)
1873–? Blair & McGrowther: 1873–c. 1880
Blair & Chadwick: c. 1880c. 1882
JH Brown: c. 1882c. 1888
G White & Co.: c. 1888–?
E Rich & Co. Ltd
Florence Annie 1882
Elfie 1896–1897
Built 1873 in Gunbower
D26 wood hull
81.5 ft × 17 ft × 5.3 ft (24.8 m × 5.2 m × 1.6 m)
1926–now Murray River Sawmill 1926–1957 Adelaide (1) 1926–?, ?–now Built 1926 in Echuca. Moored at the Echuca Wharf, sometimes towed by her original boat Adelaide.
Darling (1) 40516
wood hull
118 ft × 14.7 ft × 6.1 ft (36.0 m × 4.5 m × 1.9 m)
84 long tons (85.3 t)
1855–1865 River Murray Navigation Co.: 1855–1865
William Younghusband: 1865–c. 1870
J Acraman & G Main: c. 1870c. 1879
G Maur: c. 1879c. 1888
WR Cave & EE Smith: c. 1888–?
Culgoa 1865–1866 Built 1855 in Goolwa. Taken from the river. Register closed 1909
40516
wood hull
100.3 ft × 14.7 ft × 6.2 ft (30.6 m × 4.5 m × 1.9 m)
63 long tons (64.0 t)
1865–?
Darling (2) wood hull
110 ft × 20.2 ft × 7 ft (33.5 m × 6.2 m × 2.1 m)
204 long tons (207.3 t)
1874–? W McCulloch & Co.: 1874–1887
Shetliff & Shetliff: 1887–?
Alfred 1878–1879, 1881
Agnes 1880
Burrabogie 1880–1881
Built 1874 by McDonald & Linklater (Macintosh Sawmills), Echuca
Dart wood hull
70.9 ft × 13 ft × 4.8 ft (21.6 m × 4.0 m × 1.5 m)
58 long tons (58.9 t)
1875–? T Buzza: 1883–c. 1920
South Australian Government: c. 1920–?
E&WS Dept, SA
Built 1875 in Wyuna. Used as pile driving barge by E&WS Dept, SA. Barge of this name salvaged from the river near Murray Bridge early 1986 and taken to Goolwa for restoration
Diamantina 79334
wood hull
101.8 ft × 21 ft × 5.6 ft (31.0 m × 6.4 m × 1.7 m)
82 long tons (83.3 t)
1882–? Geo. B Johnston & Alfred Kirkpatrick: 1882–1883
AA Scott & Kirkpatrick: 1883–1884
A Kirkpatrick: 1884
Emu (2) 1891
Barwon 1892
Built 1882 in Murray Bridge. Sunk and abandoned at mouth of Culgoa River. Register closed November 1909
Duck 74776
composite hull
63.3 ft × 14.4 ft × 5 ft (19.3 m × 4.4 m × 1.5 m)
37 long tons (37.6 t)
1876–? Thos Dodd: 1876–1897
EH Dodd: 1897–?
Francis & Tinks
Built 1876 in Goolwa. Sunk 23 August 1884, refloated and repaired. Sunk and abandoned near Bourke before 1930
Duke of Edinburgh Sunk near Toorale mid 1875
Eagle wood hull
108 ft × 24.6 ft × 7.6 ft (32.9 m × 7.5 m × 2.3 m)
185 long tons (188.0 t)
1875–? W McCulloch:1875–1887
William Davies & Sons: 1887–1891
Permewan, Wright & Co. Ltd: 1891–1905/6
Ethel Jackson 1878, 1880
Burrabogie 1884
Trafalgar 1890
Corrong 1891
Alert 1892–1894, 1898
Emma 1903
Built 1875 in Cornella. Out of commission 1905/1906
Echuca (1) wood hull
90 ft × 16 ft × 5 ft (27.4 m × 4.9 m × 1.5 m)
109 long tons (110.7 t)
1870–? R Barbour: ?–c. 1880
W McCulloch & Co.: c. 1880–?
Murray Sawmills
Built 1870 in Bama
Echuca (2) composite hull
120 ft × 28 ft × 7.9 ft (36.6 m × 8.5 m × 2.4 m)
178 long tons (180.9 t)
1883–? D Stratton & Co. Ltd
J Maultby
Permewan, Wright & Co. Ltd: ?–1919
Murray Shipping Ltd: 1919-?
Alert 1905
Colonel 1907
Built 1883, Echuca. Abandoned Bryant's Creek, Mrgan. Salvaged and broken up, stem and stern post in Morgan
Eclipse 74766
wood hull
109 ft × 20.9 ft × 5.7 ft (33.2 m × 6.4 m × 1.7 m)
85 long tons (86.4 t)
1872–1925 WR Randell Adelaide (1) 1872–1873
Corowa 1875
Built 1872 in Echuca. Destroyed by fire in 1925. Register closed 1938
Edna wood hull
80.1 ft × 15.5 ft × 4.1 ft (24.4 m × 4.7 m × 1.2 m)
60 long tons (61.0 t)
1908–? A Arbuthnot & Sons Built 1908 in Koondrook
Elfie 74647
wood hull
78.4 ft × 15.8 ft × 5.5 ft (23.9 m × 4.8 m × 1.7 m)
42 long tons (42.7 t)
1864–1886 W McCulloch & Co.: 1864–1875
W & A Sugden: 1875–1876
Dorward & Davies: 1876–1886
Kelpie Built 1864 by R Ley, Echuca. Converted to paddle boat Elfie in 1886
Ellen 7780
composite hull
120 ft × 18.9 ft × 7.5 ft (36.6 m × 5.8 m × 2.3 m)
129 long tons (131.1 t)
1876–1877 Sam Shetliffe snr & jnr & Jos. Shetliffe Built 1876 by Shetliffe & Sons, Goolwa. Converted to paddle boat Ellen in 1877
Elsie 74794
composite hull
94.3 ft × 15.1 ft × 6.1 ft (28.7 m × 4.6 m × 1.9 m)
65 long tons (66.0 t)
1878–? Albert Henry Landseer
L Searles
Built 1878 in Milang. Burnt about 1924 near Mildura. Register closed 1938
Emerald 89447
composite hull
126 ft × 20.7 ft × 5.7 ft (38.4 m × 6.3 m × 1.7 m)
89 long tons (90.4 t)
1899–? Hugh King: 1899–1910
Gem Navigation Co.: 1910–1919
Murray Shipping Co. Ltd: 1919–?
LW Mewett
Corowa 1901, 1907, 1921
Federal 1903
Barwon 1912, 1914, 1916, 1920
Excelsior 1916
Alpha 1919
Decoy 1921
Colonel 1923
Built 1899 in Morgan. Sold to LW Mewett for carting wood to the Lake Cullulleraine pumping station, and abandoned nearby. Sunk in Bryants Creek, near Morgan. Register closed December 1961
Emily 89438
composite hull
100 ft × 25.6 ft × 5 ft (30.5 m × 7.8 m × 1.5 m)
170 long tons (172.7 t)
1882–c. 1895 JH Brown
W Dickson: c. 1895–1914
Gem Navigation Co.: 1914–1919
Murray Shipping Co. Ltd: 1919–?
Florence Annie 1885
Barwon 1909, 1913
Corowa 1914
Built 1882 by Air & Westergaard, Echuca. Register closed 1921
89438
composite hull
96.5 ft × 26.6 ft × 4.8 ft (29.4 m × 8.1 m × 1.5 m)
79 long tons (80.3 t)
c. 1895–?
Empress composite hull
80.1 ft × 15.5 ft × 4.1 ft (24.4 m × 4.7 m × 1.2 m)
60 long tons (61.0 t)
1876–? AH Landseer: 1876–1914
Gem Navigation Co.: 1914–1919
Murray Shipping Co. Ltd: 1919–?
Bourke 1877, 1879, 1881–1882, 1887, 1893
Corowa 1907, 1910, 1912
Ellen 1909–1910
Excelsior 1912
Built 1876 in Echuca
Energetic wood hull
95 ft × 20.4 ft × 5.6 ft (29.0 m × 6.2 m × 1.7 m)
115 long tons (116.8 t)
1872–? F Payne, Echuca: 1872–c. 1881
Echuca S.S. Co.:c. 1881–?
Emily Jane (1) 1876
Enterprise (2) 1878–1879
Built 1872 in Bama
Eureka 40517
wood hull
99 ft × 12 ft × 7 ft (30.2 m × 3.7 m × 2.1 m)
62 long tons (63.0 t)
1853–? F. Cadell 1853–1855
River Murray Navigation Co.: 1855
Lady Augusta 1853 Built 1853 by Winsby Bros., Goolwa. First barge built and used on the Murray. Sustained damage in 1856 on trip to Ovens Goldfields. Broken up at Goolwa. Register closed September 1859
Excel wood hull
64.8 ft × 16.4 ft × 4.3 ft (19.8 m × 5.0 m × 1.3 m)
40 long tons (40.6 t)
c. 1897c. 1909 Permewan, Wright & Co. Ltd: c. 1897c. 1909 Built c. 1897 in Echuca. Renamed Adam before 1909
Federal composite hull
88.4 ft × 17 ft × 5.3 ft (26.9 m × 5.2 m × 1.6 m)
75 long tons (76.2 t)
1899–? Franz O Wallin Australien 1920 Built 1899 in Echuca
Federation wood hull
114 ft × 20 ft × 6 ft (34.7 m × 6.1 m × 1.8 m)
213 long tons (216.4 t)
1872–? Murray, Murrumbidgee & Darling River System Boat Co.: 1877–1878
W McCulloch: 1878–1887
C Hunt: 1887–?
Edwards 1876
Corrong 1880–1881
Adelaide (1) 1881
Burrabogie 1881
Built 1872 in Bamah
Flod 122735
composite hull
100.1 ft × 16.8 ft × 4.7 ft (30.5 m × 5.1 m × 1.4 m)
169 long tons (171.7 t)
1911–1918 EE Diener, Morgan Built 1911 by David Milne, Goolwa. Converted to paddle boat Kookaburra in 1918
Florence Annie composite hull
77.5 ft × 25.6 ft × 6.2 ft (23.6 m × 7.8 m × 1.9 m)
1909/10–? 1914}
Gem Navigation Co.: c. 1914–?
Francis & Tinks
Excelsior 1909, 1912
Barwon 1913
Ruby 1928
Converted from paddle boat Florence Annie in 1909/1910. Last reported uses in 1928. Supposedly abandoned above Kulnine Homestead. Reported sunk at Retail Bend in February 1944.
Florist wood hull 1880–? George Piggins Built 1880 in Echuca
Gertrude 64217
composite hull
63.9 ft × 10.7 ft × 5.2 ft (19.5 m × 3.3 m × 1.6 m)
1878–? AH Landseer & Partners: 1878–c. 1919
A McFarlane: c. 1919c. 1931
KD Bowman: c. 1931–?
Converted from paddle boat Gertrude in 1878. Broken up. Register closed 1938
Golconda wood hull
81 ft × 18 ft × 8.3 ft (24.7 m × 5.5 m × 2.5 m)
121 long tons (122.9 t)
1873–1897 F Payne, Echuca: 1873–1877
H Luth: 1877–1881
Ottaway Bros: 1881–1884
W Dickson, J Hay & R Craig: 1884–?
G White & Co.
E Rich & Co. Ltd, Bourke
Brewarrina 1896–1897 Built 1873 in Echuca
wood hull
90 ft × 17 ft × 5.5 ft (27.4 m × 5.2 m × 1.7 m)
40 long tons (40.6 t)
1897–?
Goolwa 40521
iron hull
60 ft × 12.4 ft × 5 ft (18.3 m × 3.8 m × 1.5 m)
21 long tons (21.3 t)
1857–? River Murray Navigation Co.:1857–1859
Geo. Young: 1859–1864
WR Randell: 1864–1876
Lester & Hardman: 1876–?
John Richie, Goolwa: c. 1924–?
Albury 1856
Bogan 1864, 1866
Ariel 1874–1875
Cumberoona (1) 1879
Built 1857 in Goolwa. Register closed 1956
Goulbourne wood hull
101.8 ft × 21.6 ft × 6.6 ft (31.0 m × 6.6 m × 2.0 m)
194 long tons (197.1 t)
1876–? T Buzza: 1876–1882
Chas Roberts & Co.:1882–?
R Isherwood: c. 1914–?
Built 1876 in Wyuna
Goulburn (1) iron hull ?–1856 River Murray Navigation Co.: 1855–1856 Melbourne 1856 Sank 29 June 1856 between Cape Jervis and Kangaroo Island while under tow of PS Melbourne, four lives lost
Goulburn (2) 89427
wood hull
103.1 ft × 21.4 ft × 6.3 ft (31.4 m × 6.5 m × 1.9 m)
93 long tons (94.5 t)
1881–? Alexander Andrew Scott
GH Risby, Mildura
Emily Jane (1) 1879–1882 Built 1881 in Echuca. Register closed February 1962
Granite steel hull River Murray Commission Cadell 1923–1924 Used for lock construction
Gunbower wood hull
111.6 ft × 27 ft × 8.9 ft (34.0 m × 8.2 m × 2.7 m)
180 long tons (182.9 t)
1878–? D Stratton & Co. Ltd: 1878–1886
JW Robson: 1886–1914
JG Arnold: 1914–1919
Murray Shipping Ltd: 1919–?
Adelaide (1) 1879
Freetrader 1880
Emily Jane (1) 1881
Enterprise (2) 1882
Corrong 1890
Alert 1897
Colonel 1906
Built 1878 in Gunbower. Reported abandoned at Bryant's Creek near Morgan in 1939
Gwydir composite hull
114.1 ft × 22.1 ft × 8 ft (34.8 m × 6.7 m × 2.4 m)
167 long tons (169.7 t)
1877–c. 1887 W McCulloch & Co. Ltd: 1877–c. 1887 Freetrader 1878–1879, 1882–1886
Burrabogie 1881
Built 1877 in Echuca. Sold to WR Cave & Co., Pt Adelaide and taken off river for work in the gulfs around Pt Adelaide. Foundered near Tipara Lighthouse, Spencer's Gulf 17 June 1901
Halloween Mentioned in Newspaper article
Hartley 79315
wood hull
122 ft × 22.9 ft × 4.7 ft (37.2 m × 7.0 m × 1.4 m)
83 long tons (84.3 t)
1879–? Ebenezer Hartley Randell: 1879–1882
WR Randell: 1882–1914
Gem Navigation Co.: 1914–1919
Murray Shipping Ltd: 1919–?
Ariel 1879–1892
Barwon 1910
Ellen 1910
Decoy 1911
Excelsior 1914
Corowa 1919
Colonel 1924
Built 1879 in Echuca. Sunk in Queen's Reach. Register closed 1961
Heather Bell Adelaide (1) 1878–1882 Mentioned in Newspaper article September 1893
Hilda 43140
wood hull
100 ft × 19.6 ft × 7.6 ft (30.5 m × 6.0 m × 2.3 m)
72 long tons (73.2 t)
1892–? Albert Henry Landseer: 1892–1914
A Ross, Milang: 1914–?
Bourke 1893 Converted from paddle boat Wentworth in 1892. Broken up. Register closed March 1914
Horace composite hull
100 ft × 19 ft × 7 ft (30.5 m × 5.8 m × 2.1 m)
88 long tons (89.4 t)
1878–? Cramsie, Bowden & Co.: 1878–1898
Permewan, Wright & Co. Ltd: 1898–1916
Budarick Bros.:1916–?
Corrong 1882, 1885–1886, 1891
Barwon 1886–1888, 1892, 1897–1898
Alert 1891, 1905
W. F. B. 1931
Built 1878 in Echuca. In 1939 reported abandoned and useless at Bryant's Creek near Morgan
Howlong 71767
wood hull
90.5 ft × 17 ft × 5 ft (27.6 m × 5.2 m × 1.5 m)
53 long tons (53.9 t)
1866–? Fallon & Partners (Albury S.N. Co.)
Wm Whyte & Jas Counsell: c. 1875–1881
J Whyte: 1881–1898
Ed Rich, Bourke: 1898–?
Cumberoona (1) 1868–1874, 1883
Blanche 1876–1877
Excelsior 1883, 1896–1897
Built 1866 in Echuca. Broken up. Register closed 1901
Hume 40530
iron hull
97 ft × 16.4 ft × 6.5 ft (29.6 m × 5.0 m × 2.0 m)
82 long tons (83.3 t)
1858–1888 Leichardt S.N. Co.
J Acraman & G Main: c. 1860c. 1870
G Main: c. 1870–1888
Culgoa 1869, 1871–1872, 1878 Built 1858 by Leichardt S.N. Co., Goolwa. Sold April 1888 to WR Cave & Co., Pt Adelaide and taken off river. Transferred to Fremantle register in April 1907. Register closed 1921
Ibis 40 long tons (40.6 t) Mentioned in Newspaper article 1874
Impulse wood hull
99 ft × 12 ft × 7 ft (30.2 m × 3.7 m × 2.1 m)
62 long tons (63.0 t)
1885–? CJ Wilson: 1885–c. 1888
King & Thornton: c. 1888–?
C Wallin: ?–c. 1919
RJ Evans: c. 1919–?
Edwards 1950 Built 1885 by CJ Wilson, Koondrook. Abandoned at Moama
Industry wood hull
60 ft × 12 ft × 4 ft (18.3 m × 3.7 m × 1.2 m)
39 long tons (39.6 t)
1869–? R Barbour: 1880–1897 Built 1869 in Echuca
Isabell/Isabella wood hull
110 ft × 22.6 ft × 7 ft (33.5 m × 6.9 m × 2.1 m)
130 long tons (132.1 t)
1875–? Dorward & Davies
King & Co.: ?–c. 1914
Gem Navigation Co.: c. 1914–?
Cadell 1878
Ellen 1906, 1909, 1912
Corowa 1907
Built 1875 by Thomas McDonald, Echuca. Reported covered with sand in 1939 at Morgan
J & M/J and M 64226
iron hull
85.3 ft × 16.2 ft × 4.3 ft (26.0 m × 4.9 m × 1.3 m)
46 long tons (46.7 t)
1867–? Johnston & Murphy
G Johnston: c. 1874c. 1879
G Johnston & A Kirkpatrick: c. 1879–1884
AA Scott: 1884–c. 1885
AA Scott & T Googe: c. 1885–?
Albury 1869, 1874, 1875 Built 1867 by A Graham & Co. Goolwa Ironworks, Goolwa. Possibly converted to paddle boat Ventura pre 1890. Register closed June 1910
J.H.P. 52369
iron hull
1873–? Princess Royal 1873 Converted from paddle boat J.H.P. in 1873
J.L. Roberts composite hull
110.6 ft × 18.5 ft × 7.8 ft (33.7 m × 5.6 m × 2.4 m)
169 long tons (171.7 t)
1894–1951 Permewan, Wright & Co. Ltd: 1894–1919
Murray Shipping Ltd: 1919–?
Charles Felshaw: ?–1951
Alert 1895, 1897–1898, 1905, 1909
Barwon 1898
Colonel 1906, 1910–1912
Australien 1933
Built 1894 in Echuca. Converted to paddle boat Coonawarra in 1951
Jessie composite hull
107 ft × 22.4 ft × 8.4 ft (32.6 m × 6.8 m × 2.6 m)
128 long tons (130.1 t)
1877–? W Davies & Sons: 1877–1887
Cramsie Bowden & Co.: 1887–c. 1898
Permewan, Wright & Co. Ltd: c. 1898–1919
SA Farmers Union Co-op Ltd: 1919–?
Corrong 1883–1884, 1897
Barwon 1887–1889, 1891–1894, 1897
Alert 1889, 1895, 1905, 1910
Colonel 1895, 1906, 1908, 1910–1911
Ulonga 1913
Built 1877 in Echuca. Wrecked 14 mi (22.5 km) upstream from Renmark. In August 1913 snagged and sank in deep water with 1000 bales of wool
John Campbell/John Kendall 95999
wood hull
120.6 ft × 28.3 ft × 7.6 ft (36.8 m × 8.6 m × 2.3 m)
243 long tons (246.9 t)
1877–? James Mackintosh
Jas Mackintosh Saw Mill Co.
Elizabeth 1878, 1885 Built 1877 by James Mackintosh, Echuca. Reported abandoned at Mildura. Register closed 1964
John Hart 79301
composite hull
44.6 ft × 11.1 ft × 4.3 ft (13.6 m × 3.4 m × 1.3 m)
15 long tons (15.2 t)
1878–? Albert Henry Landseer, Milang Built 1878 in Milang. Register closed August 1921
John Holton 1911–? Built 1911 in Echuca
John Robb iron hull
66.3 ft × 18.5 ft × 7.7 ft (20.2 m × 5.6 m × 2.3 m)
64 long tons (65.0 t)
1879–? Built 1879 in Port Adelaide
Jupiter 55590
iron hull
1866–1868 James King Built in Scotland, shipped in sections, re-assembled 1866 by Henry Fletcher, Port Adelaide
Kennedy 40531
iron hull
87 ft × 16.4 ft × 6.3 ft (26.5 m × 5.0 m × 1.9 m)
74 long tons (75.2 t)
1857–1864 Cornish
G Main & Partners: c. 1860–1864
Built 1857 in by Capt. Cornish, Goolwa. Converted to paddle boat Kennedy in 1864
King Parrot wood hull
72.6 ft × 16 ft × 5.7 ft (22.1 m × 4.9 m × 1.7 m)
84 long tons (85.3 t)
1873–? RF Williamson Built 1873 in Cornella. Possibly converted to paddle boat Golconda in 1877
Koondrook composite hull
119.9 ft × 24.2 ft × 8.2 ft (36.5 m × 7.4 m × 2.5 m)
156 long tons (158.5 t)
1912–? Arbuthnot & Sons: 1912–c. 1919
Budarick Bros: c. 1919–1921
JW Tinks & LH Landseer: 1921–?
Arbuthnot 1913 Built 1912 in Koondrook. Abandoned on bank south of Goolwa Slip
Kooringa 55606
wood hull
69.5 ft × 18.3 ft × 5 ft (21.2 m × 5.6 m × 1.5 m)
56 long tons (56.9 t)
1869–? William Rodda, Goolwa Built 1869 in Lindsay Island. Register closed October 1912


Moulamein wood hull
73 ft × 17.6 ft × 5 ft (22.3 m × 5.4 m × 1.5 m)
89 long tons (90.4 t)
1874–? E Whiteley Alert 1880 Built 1874 in Bama. Renamed Canally (1)
Only Son composite hull
77 ft × 15.7 ft × 4.9 ft (23.5 m × 4.8 m × 1.5 m)
74 long tons (75.2 t)
1869–c. 1878 J & J Laing Built 1869 in Echuca. Renamed Benduck c. 1878

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Name Description Murray Service Owners Boats Fate/Notes
Mitta Mitta iron 1857, 1859–1860, 1874 River Murray Navigation Co. 1857–1858 Albury 1857, 1859–1860, 1874
Murrumbidgee wood 1855 River Murray Navigation Co. 1855 Albury 1855
Wakool wood 1855–1860 River Murray Navigation Co. 1855–1858 Albury 1855–1860
Name Description Murray Service Owners Boats Fate/Notes
Mallara 1910–1911, 1917, 1927 Barwon 1910
Decoy 1910–1911, 1927
Excelsior 1917
Maori 1883–1891, 1893, 1895–1899, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1907–1908, 1913 Alert 1883–1891
Barwon 1889, 1893, 1896, 1901, 1907–1908
Enterprise (2) 1890
Colonel 1895–1899, 1903, 1905
Excelsior 1913
Mary 1908 Barwon 1908
Mary Ann 1884 Corowa 1884
McIntyre 1894 Bourke 1894
Menindie 1869 Albury 1869
Miriam 1870–1875, 1879–1881 Albury 1870–1875, 1879–1881
Moama 1869–1870 Adelaide (1) 1869
Enterprise (1) 1870
Moira 1870, 1873–1874 Corrong 1870, 1874
Adelaide (1) 1873
Monarch 1879–1881, 1886–1887 Cadell 1879–1881, 1886–1887
Moorabin 1921, 1923, 1928–1929 Decoy 1921, 1923
Colonel 1928–1929
Moorara 1909, 1913–1914, 1917 Alert 1909
Barwon 1913
Excelsior 1913–1914, 1917
Corowa 1914
Morning Star 1874–1876 Blanche 1874–1876
Cumberoona (1) 1876
Excelsior 1876
Murchison 1911 Decoy 1911
Myee 1910 Corowa 1910
Namoi 1877–1881, 1883, 1889–1890, 1892–1894, 1896–1898, 1905, 1908, 1912 Ethel Jackson 1877–1880
Burrabogie 1881, 1883
Corrong 1881, 1889–1890
Alert 1892–1894, 1896–1898, 1905
Colonel 1908, 1912
Freetrader
Native Companion 1879, 1883 Agnes 1879
Emily Jane (1) 1883
Nelson 1886, 1888–1892, 1894, 1896, 1898–1899 Corrong 1886
Barwon 1888–1892, 1894, 1898
Alert 1889, 1892, 1896, 1899
Nonpareil 1907–1909, 1911 Corowa 1907–1908
Barwon 1909
Decoy 1911
Ormond 1907 Barwon 1907
Paika 1871, 1881, 1899, 1912, 1917 Corowa 1871, 1912
Excelsior 1881
Emily Jane (2) 1899
Ellen 1917
Paragon 1883–1896, 1903, 1905–1906 Bantam 1883–1896, 1903
Corowa 1905
Ellen 1905–1906
Paroo 1879, 1885, 1888, 1890–1891, 1893–1894, 1897–1898 Alfred 1879
Freetrader 1879
Burrabogie 1885
Corrong 1888, 1891
Alert 1890–1891
Barwon 1893–1894, 1897–1898
Pearl 1902, 1906–1907 Federal 1902
Ellen 1906
Corowa 1907
Pelican 1878–1879, 1881 Alfred 1878, 1881
Corrong 1879
Freetrader 1879
Adelaide (1) 1881
Pimpampa 1874–1876, 1878–1879, 1881–1882, 1901 Burrabogie 1874–1875, 1882
Corrong 1875–1876, 1878–1879
Alfred 1881
Freetrader 1881
Barwon 1901
Pocahontas 1878 Alfred 1878
Premier 1886 Elizabeth 1886
Queen 1910 Ellen 1910
Rabbie Burns 1875–1881 Edwards 1875–1877
Agnes 1878–1881
Radia 1912 Corowa 1912
Redgum 1869 Adelaide (1) 1869
Reliance 1879–1881, 1883, 1890–1893, 1897, 1902 Decoy 1879–1881, 1883, 1890–1893, 1897, 1902
Enterprise (2) 1879
Result 1884, 1886 Ferret 1884, 1886
Retreat Advance
Viola (1)
Rosa 1896 Ariel 1896
Sarah Francis 1886 Emma 1886
Sarah Jane 1900–1901 Colonel 1900
Barwon 1901
Scottish Chief 1876, 1878–1883 Elizabeth 1876, 1878–1879
Agnes 1880–1883
Shamrock 1879–1882 Adelaide (1) 1879–1881
Corrong 1882
Sprite 1883–1884, 1886–1890, 1892 Fairy 1883–1884
Barwon 1886–1890, 1892
Stanley 1876, 1881 Cumberoona (1) 1876, 1881
Susan 1907, 1917 Corowa 1907
Ellen 1917
Swallow 1874, 1878–1881, 1884 Freetrader 1874, 1879
Ethel Jackson 1878–1880
Alfred 1879, 1884
Corrong 1879–1881
Adelaide (1) 1881
T.F. 1918, 1920 Canally 1918, 1920
T.P. 1901 Colonel 1901
Tongo 1878, 1879–1880, 1895 Elizabeth 1878
Burrabogie 1879–1880
Alert 1895
Trader 1898, 1908 Cato 1898
Brewarrina 1908
Ukee 1912–1914, 1917, 1919, 1925 Decoy 1912
Excelsior 1913–1914
Ellen 1917
Corowa 1919
Colonel 1925
Undaunted 1904 City of Oxford 1904
Union 1898–1899 City of Oxford 1898
Emma 1899
Unknown 1866 Albury 1866
Uranus 1890, 1896, 1916–1917, 1920, 1922 Decoy 1890, 1896
Alfred1916–1917
Colonel 1920
Corowa 1922
Vega 1911, 1918, 1932 Australien 1911, 1918, 1932
Colonel 1918
Victory 1886–1887, 1894 Barwon 1886, 1894
Corrong 1886–1887
Walgett 1877–1878, 1885, 1887, 1896–1897 Brewarrina 1877–1878, 1885, 1887, 1896–1897
Wangaratta 1866 Beechworth 1866
Whaler 1921 Edwards 1921
Willandra 1875–1879, 1882 Burrabogie 1875–1879, 1882
Corrong 1875
Alert 1879
Alfred 1879
Wollara 1921 Corowa 1921
Woorooma 1889, 1891–1892, 1896 Alert 1889
Barwon 1891–1892, 1896
Colonel 1896
Wyuna 1878–1882, 1886–1887 Emily Jane (1) 1878–1882, 1886–1887
Emily Jane (2) 1887
Zulu 1890, 1895, 1906, 1918, 1920 Clyde 1890, 1895
Australien 1906, 1918, 1920


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