Murray–Darling steamboat people
This is a list of captains and boat owners and others important in the history of the Murray-Darling steamer trade, predominantly between 1850 and 1950.
All entries relate to items on the list of Murray–Darling steamboats.
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edit| JA Acraman | 1864-1877 | Owned barge: Avoca | |||
| GB Air | Moama | 1877- | Built boat: Agnes | ||
| Alex. Arbuthnot | 1907-c1919 | Owned barge: Alison | Owned boat: Arbuthnot | ||
| JG Arnold (River Navigation Co. Ltd.) | Morgan | Built brage: Achilles, Ajax | Owned boat: Cadell | ||
| R Barbour | Cornella Creek | 1877-1880 | Built boat: Bunyip (2) | Owner boat: Bunyip (2) | |
| RW Beer | Koondrook | 1907 | Built boat: Canally (1) | ||
| D Blair | 1872-1891 | Owned boat: Adelaide | |||
| George Blunt | 1882-1883 | Owned boat: Alert | |||
| M Bowden | 1894-1900 | Owned barge: Annie | |||
| Henry Brennen | Morgan | 1910-1926 | Owned boat: Alpha | ||
| Jas. Burkett | Koondrook | 1912 | Built boat: Arbuthnot | ||
| HG Butcher | 1881-1888 | Owned boat: Agnes | |||
| Henry Butler | 1878-'8 April 1915' | Built boat: Charlotte | Owned boat: Charlotte | ||
| Francis Cadell | Goolwa | 1856-c1865 | Owned barge: Barwon, Bogan | Built boat: Albury | |
| Chas. Cantwell | Mildura | 1890-1897 | Built boat: City of Oxford | Owned boat: City of Oxford | |
| NC Collins | 1949-1957 | Owned boat: Avoca | |||
| M Collins, Mildura | c1945- | Owned boat: Canberra | |||
| N Collins | Mildura | c1929-1945+ | Owned barge: Canally (2) | Owned boat: Canberra | |
| Wm. Collins | Morgan | 1910-1926 | Owned boat: Alpha | ||
| WE Collins | 1949-1957 | Owned boat: Avoca | |||
| WG Collins | Renmark | 1912- | Owned boat: Alpha, City of Oxford | ||
| B Colquhoun | Echuca | 1865 | Built boat: Alfred | ||
| David Connors | c1912-c1945 | Owned boat: Canberra | |||
| Ted Cook | 1922 | Engineer of Deckhand | |||
| Wm. Crick | Wentworth | c1873-1877 | Owned boat: Blanche | ||
| F Curzon | 1884-1889 | Owned barge: Albemarle | |||
| GF Curzon | 1883-1890 | Owned boat: Cato | |||
| John Darling Jnr | 1891-1922 | Owned boat: Avoca | |||
| A Dinse | c1892- | Owned boat: Advance | |||
| Thomas Dodd | Owned barge: Albert | ||||
| Wm. Dodd | 1922 | Fireman of Avoca | |||
| E Doecke | Murray Bridge | 1957- | Owned boat: Avoca | ||
| G Doecke | Murray Bridge | 1957- | Owned boat: Avoca | ||
| WL Dyer | Renmark | 1925- | Owned boat Arcadia | ||
| WM Fehon | 1877- | Owned boat: Brewarrina | |||
| Charles W Felshaw | Echuca/Koondrook | 1909-1923 | Owned boat: Alawen | Built boat: Ranger/Barham | |
| RS Foley | c1884- | Owned barge: Advance | |||
| Albert Francis | Morgan | c1899-1910 | Owned boat: Alpha | ||
| TH Freeman | 1879-1920 | Owned barge: Annie, Belubla | Owned boat: Agnes, Alfred, Canally (1) | ||
| E Geyer | 1876-1877 | Owned boat: Blanche | |||
| Wm. Gordon | Goolwa | 1869 | Built barge: Cadell | ||
| Thos. Goode | 1900-1906 | Owned boat: City of Oxford | |||
| A Graham | Goolwa | 1867-1884 | Built barge: Albemarle | Built boat: Ariel, Britannia (1), Cato | |
| Gribble | 1879 | Captain of Brewarrina | |||
| Mr Grundy | Mundoo Island | c1935 | Owned barge: Albert | ||
| SA Harris | Wilcannia | 1875-1886 | Owned boat: Albury, Bunyip (2) | ||
| A Herrigan | 1890-1893 | Owned boat Cato | |||
| S Heseltine | 1876-c1898 | Owned barge: Bourke (1) | |||
| E Hillson | 1875-1878 | Owned barge: Belubla | |||
| Hogg | 1942 | Captain of Alexander Arbuthnot | |||
| C Hunt | 1889- | Owned barge: Blue Bells | |||
| Geo. (B) Johnston | 1862-'1926' | Owned boat: Albury, Cadell | Owned barge: Barwon, Cadell | Captain of Captain Sturt | |
| P Johnston | 1893- | Owned boat: Cadell | |||
| Walter L Jones | Mulwala | 1935- | Owned boat: Australien | ||
| RK Keir | 1885-1886 | Owned barge: Belubla | |||
| W Keir | 1884-1892 | Owned barge: Annie | |||
| Wm. Keir Snr | 1885-1898 | Owned barge: Belubla | |||
| John Kenzel | Mundoo Island | 1882 | Built barge: Albert | ||
| AD Kerrigan | 1891-1894 | Owned barge: Albemarle | |||
| Geo. S King | Mulwala | 1935- | Owned boat: Australien | ||
| James King | Goolwa | c1865-c1879 | Owned barge: Barwon | ||
| A Kirkpatrick | 1875-1887 | Owned boat: Albury, Cadell | Owned barge: Barwon, Cadell | ||
| H Laing | 1880-1881 | Owned boat: Agnes | |||
| James Laing | 1878-1898 | Owned barge: Blue Bells, Canally (1) | |||
| AH Landseer | 1876- | Owned boat: Bourke | |||
| LH Landseer | c1925 | Owned boat: Cadell | |||
| Wm. Laurence | Mannum | 1899 | Built boat: Alpha | ||
| Jack Ledo | Owned barge: Beta | ||||
| John Ledo | 1922 | Engineer of Avoca | |||
| HR Lewen | 1891-1899 | Owned boat: Bantam | |||
| HW Lewen | 1882-1891 | Owned boat: Bantam | |||
| LM Lewen | 1899-1903 | Owned boat: Bantam | |||
| George Linklater | Echuca | 1879-1882 | Built barge: Ada Bell | Built boat: Adelaide, Alert | Owned boat: Alert |
| D Loutitt | 1880-1881 | Owned boat: Agnes | |||
| Jos. Lush | 1913-1916 | Owned boat: Alfred | |||
| J McCulloch | Owned boat: Alfred | ||||
| W McCulloch | Owned boat: Alfred | ||||
| AJ McDonald | 1918-1925 | Owned barge: Alfred | |||
| Geo. McGrowther | 1872-1891 | Owned boat: Adelaide | |||
| JM McIntosh | 1886-1887 | Owned boat: Agnes | |||
| P McLaren | Mildura | 1888- | Owned boat: Blanche | ||
| Robert Stirling McLeod | Euston | 1907- | Owned boat: Britannia (2) | ||
| James Mackintosh | Echuca | 1870 | Built barge: Alick | ||
| G Main | 1864-1877 | Owned barge: Avoca | |||
| David Milne | Goolwa | 1912 | Built boat: Canberra | ||
| Fredk. Wm. Mitchell | c1878-1893 | Owned barge: Ada Bell | |||
| C Murphy | 1862-1874 | Owned boat: Albury | |||
| J(os.) Nash | 1883-1890 | Owned barge: Albemarle | Owned boat: Cato | ||
| T Nash | 1889-1891 | Owned barge: Albemarle | |||
| C Norman | 1886- | Owner boat: Bunyip (2) | |||
| Charles Oliver | 1877-1890 | Owned boat: Avoca | |||
| Geo. A Orr | 1980- | Owned boat: Australien | |||
| Jas. S Orr | 1980- | Owned boat: Australien | |||
| Payne | 1926- | Captain of Captain Sturt | |||
| Thomas Permewan | 1883- | Owned boat: Alert | |||
| George RS Pickhills | 1876- | Owned barge: Barwon | Captain of Bourke | ||
| J Purchas | 1880- | Owner boat: Bunyip (2) | |||
| Ebenezer Hartley Randell | 1879-1886 | Owned barge: Alice (2) | Owned boat: Ariel | ||
| J Randall | 1880-1881 | Owned boat: Agnes | |||
| WR Randall | 1858-1883+ | Owned boat: Ariel | Owned boat: Bogan, Bunyip (1) | ||
| GS Reid | 1877- | Owned barge: Avoca | |||
| Wm. Reid | 1876-c1898 | Owned barge: Bourke (1) | |||
| E Rich | 1893-1899 | Owned barge: Albemarle, Alice (2) | Owned boat: Brewarrina, Cato | ||
| GH Risby | 1889-1909 | Owned boat: Alfred | |||
| DJ Ritchie | c1925 | Owned boat: Cadell | |||
| Geo. Ritchie | Goolwa | 1903 | Owned boat: Bantam/Alexandra | ||
| Betty & John Robertson (Glenloth Wines Ltd.) | 1880-1881 | Owned boat: Bejo | |||
| Peter Rohs | 1880- | Owner boat: Bunyip (2) | |||
| George Ross | Milang | 1877 | Built boat: Avoca | ||
| SJ Rossiter | Murray Bridge | 1926- | Owned barge: Alfred | ||
| A Rowe | Paringa | 1959-1960 | Owned boat: Adelaide | ||
| Frank Potts | Milang | 1876 | Built boat: Bourke | ||
| A(A) Scott | 1874-1887 | Owned boat: Albury | |||
| Lewis Searles | Echuca | 1897-1900 | Owned boat: City of Oxford | ||
| Jas. Shackell | 1886-1887 | Owned boat: Agnes | |||
| C Shaumwall | 1886-1891 | Owned boat: Brewarrina | |||
| R Singh | 1906-1912 | Owned boat: City of Oxford | |||
| LA Stoeckel | 1921-1925 | Owned boat Arcadia | |||
| RES Tapp | Murray Bridge | 1926- | Owned barge: Alfred | ||
| John Taylor | 1858-1862 | Owned boat: Bunyip (1) | |||
| S Thomas | Echuca | 1877 | Built boat: Brewarrina | ||
| Alex. Thomson | 1877 | Owned boat: Avoca | |||
| Wm. Tinks | 1920-1924 | Owned boat: Canally (1) | |||
| F Toomer | 1892-1894 | Owned barge: Annie | |||
| DE Treacy | 1924-1949 | Owned boat: Avoca, Barwon | |||
| J Turnbull | 1874-1875 | Owned boat: Albury | |||
| John Wallace | 1877-1891 | Owned boat: Alfred, Avoca | |||
| Diana B Wallin | 1934-1935 | Owned boat: Australien | |||
| Franz O Wallin | 1907-'August 1934' | Owned barge: Adam | Owned boat: Australien | ||
| D Wasley | c1980- | Owned boat: Canally (2) | |||
| W Westergaurd | Moama | 1882 | Built barge: Alice (2) | ||
| G White | 1891-1893 | Owned boat: Brewarrina | |||
| John Whyte | 1883-c1912 | Owned boat: Blanche | Owned barge: Bourke (1) | ||
| Alice A Wilson | 1904-1907 | Owned boat: Australien | |||
| Wm. Wilson | Echuca | 1897-'1904' | Owned boat: Australien | Built barge: Britannia (2) | |
| Richard Wilson | Echuca/Moama | 1874-1897 | Built boat: Australien, Burrabogie | ||
| Wm. Abolph Ludwig Wolter | Goolwa | 1886-c1921 | Owned barge: Alice (2) | Owned boat Arcadia | |
| Wm. Younghusband | 1859-1864 | Owned barge: Avoca |
Companies
edit| Arbuthnot Saw Mills | Owned boat: Alexander Arbuthnot | ||
| Arbuthnot & Sons | Owned barge: Alison | ||
| Bailey Bros. | 1926- | Owned barge: Annie | |
| Barham Saw Mills | -1926 | Owned boat: Braham | |
| Barham Sawmill Co. | c1907-1924 | Owned boat: Alert | |
| Barmah Charcoal Ltd. | Owned boat: Alexander Arbuthnot | ||
| Blair & Chadwick | 1880-1898 | Owned barge: Border Chief | |
| Blair & McCrowther | 1873-1880 | Owned barge: Border Chief | |
| Bowring & Co., Wentworth | -1888 | Owned boat: Blanche | |
| W Bruce & Co. Ltd. | 1921- | Owned barge: Bourke (1) | |
| Burkett & Wilson, Echuca | 1882-1886+ | Built boat: Bantam, Barwon | |
| Cramsie & Bowden | 1886-1888 | Owned boat: Barwon | |
| Davie, Price & Co. | 1900-1926 | Owned barge: Annie | |
| Evans Bros | Owned boat: Alexander Arbuthnot | ||
| E&WS Dept, SA | Owned barge: Achilles, Ajax, Argo | ||
| James Forsyth & Partners (Hay SN Co.) | 1874-1880 | Owned boat: Burrabogie | |
| Francis & Tinks | 1924-1925 | Owned boat: Canally (1) | |
| BM Fuller, Tonkin & Martin | 1883- | Owned boat: Britannia (1) | |
| Gem Navigation Co. | c1914-1919 | Owned barge: Albemarle | Owned boat: Barwon |
| Gordon & Wallace, Goolwa | 1869 | Built boat: Blanche | |
| Hardman & Lester | 1876-1879 | Owned boat: Ariel | |
| T Henley & Sons, Goolwa | 1903 | Built boat: Arcadia | |
| Hodge & Permewan | 1878-1880 | Owned barge: Belubla | |
| Hume Pipe Co. (Aust) Ltd. | 1925 | Owned barge: Alfred | |
| Knox & Downs Ltd. | 1916-1918 | Owned boat: Alfred | |
| J Laing & Partners | 1877-1878 | Owned boat: Agnes | |
| J & J Laing | -1879 | Owned barge: Benduck | |
| Thomas Laing & Co. | 1878-1880 | Owned boat: Agnes | |
| AH Landseer Ltd. | 1908-c1914 | Owned barge: Alice (2) | Owned boat: Barwon |
| McCulloch Carrying Co. | 1926-1959 | Owned boat: Adelaide | |
| W McCulloch & Co. Ltd. | 1880-c1884 | Owned barge: Advance, Alice(1) | Owned boat: Alfred, Burrabogie |
| James Mackintosh Saw Mill Co. Ltd. | Owned barge: Alick | ||
| Murray, Murrumbidgee & Darling Rivers SB Co. | 1871-c1880 | Owned barge: Advance | |
| Murray Shipping Ltd. | 1919- | Owned barge: Ada, Albemarle | Owned boat: Barwon |
| Nagambie SN (& Saw Mill) Co. Ltd. | 1888- | Owned boat: Agnes | |
| C Oliver & Son | c1912-1921 | Owned barge: Bourke (1) | |
| Permewan, Wright & Co. Ltd. | 1880-1926+ | Owned barge: Ada, Adam, Albemarle, Belubla, Cato | Owned boat: Alert, Barham, Barwon, Brewarrina |
| Dept Public Works, NSW | 1925- | Owned boat: Canally (1) | |
| Renmark Irrigation Trust | c1914-c1931 | Owned barge: Alice (2) | |
| E Rich & Co. Ltd., Bourke | 1899-1909 | Owned barge: Albemarle, Alice (2), Border Chief | Owned boat: Brewarrina, Cato |
| River Murray Commission | Owned boat: Captain Sturt | ||
| River Murray Navigation Co. | 1855-1862 | Owned barge: Avoca | Owned boat: Albury |
| River Navigation Co. Ltd | 1922-1928 | Owned boat: Avoca | |
| River Murray Saw Mill | 1872-1926? | Owned barge: A11 | Owned boat: Adelaide |
| F Rod & Co. | c1877 | Owned barge: Bama Lass | |
| AA Scott & Partners | 1882-1893 | Owned boat: Cadell | |
| Smith & Bank | 1865 | Built boat: Beechworth | Owned boat: Beechworth |
| Thompson & Luke | 1879-1884 | Owned boat: Brewarrina | |
| Thompson, Vaughan & Co., Brewarrina | c1878 | Owned boat: Brewarrina | |
| Jeffrey Wallace & Swanell (Lake Alexandra SN Co.) | 1869-c1873 | Owned boat: Blanche | |
| G White & Co. | 1894-1898+ | Owned barge: Albemarle, Alice (2), Border Chief | |
| Whyte & Counsell | 1877-1883 | Owned boat: Blanche | |
| Wright & Fordham | 1884-1886 | Owned boat: Brewarrina |