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Murray–Darling steamboat people

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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.

Name Born Died Owned Captained Notes More
Acraman, Main, Lindsay & Co. 1855 1890 Culgoa
Kennedy
Leichardt
Sturt
John Acraman, George Main, John Lindsay (Lindsay left c. 1870)
Adams or Adamson Victoria 1869
Cumberoona 1870
J.H.P. 1870.
Pearl 1872
Adelaide 1872
Cumberoona 1879
George Balfour Air c. 1826 12 May 1903 Rothbury
Success (part)
Success 1877–1895
Rothbury 1891–1899
He was married to Jane (c. 1829 – 9 October 1905)
Daniel Alexander Mayflower 1884–1890 Mayflower 1884, 1890 "Black Alec" Alexander, a hawker who may have been African-American, a man of immense strength (Mudie p. 143)
Made off with the boat after repossession by bank[1]
According to Mudie, acted as cook on Australien; drowned after falling overboard. (Mudie p. 161)
George Henry Alexander 1875 15 December 1939 Corowa 1911–1913, 1919
Marion 1911, 1914
Princess Royal 1912
Ellen 1912
Ruby 1914, 1917, 1921
Colonel 1924
Gem 1924
Born at Menindie, he moved to Morgan around 1880. He worked for James Nutchey and Hughie King before qualifying for Captain's certificate. Worked for Gem Navigation Co. and their successor Murray Shipping Co. He married Mrs. R. Thamm and turned to hotel business 1925.[2]
Charles Anderson c. 1871 1 August 1942 Adelaide 1912–1939 "Swan" "Swannie" Anderson, was fifty years on the Murray, starting as a deckhand on the Kelpie. Anderson
William John Anderson 1 July 1949 Excelsior "Dollar" Anderson worked on the Echuca Wharf.
Robert Anderson c. 1840 13 July 1889 Providence 1866, 1867
Bogan 1868, 1869?
Ariel 1868–1875
Nil Desperandum 1873, 1877
1880
"Bob" Anderson of Mannum, probably no relation to the above, was father of Murray Anderson. He may have skippered Bogan 1868, 1869 (Mudie p. 80) Anderson
(Robert) Murray Anderson c. 1869 15 December 1934 Wilcannia with Hoad?
Rothbury 1911
Wilcannia 1906
Rothbury 1911, 1917
Son of "Bob" Anderson Anderson
Max Anderson 20 May 1903? Rothbury
Rothbury 1940, 1948 (Mudie p. 132) Son of Murray Anderson, owned Mildura slip.
Anderson (unresolved) Ariel 1893, 1894
Alexander Arbuthnot 1853 7 June 1914 Arbuthnot 1912–1913
Murrabit
Born in Bendigo, he worked at Robson's sawmill, Echuca (later owned by D. Munro), around 1875. In 1889 he founded Arbuthnot Sawmills at Koondrook, which became the largest such in Australia.[3] and exists to this day.
Samuel Armfield c. 1860 26 June 1933 Murrumbidgee 1898, 1907, 1908 He lived at Goolwa, drowned while fishing at Murray mouth. A son, Herbert Alexander "Hooky" Armfield was a carpenter and boatbuilder in Goolwa.
(Johann) George Arnold 1863 (Mudie p. 189) 25 May 1949 Golconda −1894
Saddler 1894–
J. G. Arnold
Mundoo
Wilcannia 1911–
Renmark (part)
: 1914–1916
Avoca c. 1920–[4]
Golconda
Saddler 1894, 1901
Tyro 1912
Rothbury 1912
Renmark 1943 (Mudie p. 133)
Born in Sweden, arrived in Adelaide 1889. Worked as boat builder in Mannum; bought Mannum slip after Randell died.
He was partner with Mortimer Charles Crane as M. C. Crane and Co. ( –1902).
Arnold
Laurence Milo "Peter" Arnold 28 October 1910 Murrabit 1948–
Tarella 1953
Golconda
Avoca
Son of George Arnold Arnold
Benjamin William Atkins 27 May 1846 1919 Goolwa 1874
Princess Royal 1875, 1876
Rob Roy 1893,
:1896–1898, 1906
Barwon 1910
Marion 1910
Wm. Davies 1913
"Ben" Atkins served as master on most of Gem Navigation Company's steamers. He married Susan McBeath (1854 – 16 January 1931) in 1875, lived at Goolwa.
Their son Cecil Percy Kintore Atkins was later with the Highways and Local Government Department in charge of River Murray punt maintenance, and possibly their steamboat Oscar W..[5]
Walter Francis Bailey May 1856 8 November 1931 Surprise
"... owned three boats"[6]
Surprise 1892
Clyde 1897
Maggie 1899
Colonel 1905
Resolute 1905, 1906
Rothbury 1906
Barwon 1910
Enterprise 1910
Wm. Davies 1912
Arbuthnot
Goldsbrough 1915
J. G. Arnold 1917, 1918, 1921
Originally a compositor for the Riverine Herald of Hay,[7] Walter Francis "Wild Man", "Never Sleep" Bailey (Mudie p. 183) held record for longest service on the river.[8]
Lived at Echuca until 1917, when he moved to South Australia, but skippered Success one last time 1931. (Mudie p. 187)
Married to Mary (c. 1860 – 27 March 1942), they had three sons: Walter, Burton and Frank and five daughters: inc. Mabel Finlayson and Mary Blatchford.
Walter John Bailey c. 1886 7 June 1946 Eric (became W.F.B.)
Success 1926–
Waikerie 1926–1929
W.F.B. 1922, 1923, 1926, 1931
Success 1928, 1931, 1935
Eldest son of Walter F. Bailey, He may have skippered some of the boats here attributed to his father.
Married to Harriet.
Burton Gordon "Bert" Bailey W. F. B. (part) Second son of W. F. Bailey; served in some capacity on the W.F.B. 1925[9]
Married May Carroll in 1917.
John Bails 22 April 1861 26 April 1952 Pyap 1906–1911 John Bails worked for Charles Oliver on Queen then at A. H. Landseer's store at Milang. He moved from Milang to Claire in 1910 and was mayor of that town 1927–1929; his son Gordon was mayor 1941–1946.[10]
Purchased Success, Waikerie and five barges from W. Tinks in 1926.[11]
John Banks 1833 1876 Beechworth (part)
Jane Eliza (part)
Jane Eliza 1869, 1870, 1872 John Banks owned Beechworth and Jane Eliza with George S. Smith as Smith & Banks. Their store at Wahgunyah was lost in the 1867 floods. Married Isabella
His sister Elizabeth (c. 1835 – 27 August 1871) married George S. Smith around 1865.
William Barber 25 September 1833?
He may have been born as early as 1829.[12]
21 January 1922 Lady Augusta
Providence
Lady Augusta 1862–1866
Ruby 1859
Melbourne 1859
Albury 1860
Murray 1862
Gundagai 1862
Lady Augusta 1862–1866
Queen 1865
Jolly Miller 1866–1869
Providence 1866–1868,
:1870–1872
Culgoa 1872
Vesta 1873
Cumberoona 1873–1875
Lady Daly 1876
Victor 1881
Industry 1885–1905[13]
William Barber of Cockenzie, Scotland, sailed from England to Melbourne on the Lioness with Robert Kay for Francis Cadell, was a member of first Lady Augusta crew, was mate on the Albury, owned the Lady Augusta and Providence, He was in command of Melbourne in 1859 when she broke up crossing the Murray mouth.
He joined the snagging service on the Industry sometime before 1884.[14][15] William Barber married Eliza (or Elizabeth) Hennessy of Goolwa in 1859 (Jim Ritchie married her sister Wenfried).
J. Alexander Barber Ruby 1891
Pearl 1891
Son of William Barber, worked as mate under Miers,[16] later of Berri.
Robert Barbour January 1827 4 August 1895 Wagga Wagga 1879 Sawmill owner and steamboat proprietor, member of N.S.W. Legislative Assembly 1877–1880 and 1882–1894. Main article
John Barclay c. 1826 1 November 1886 Gundagai 1857–1864 Member of Cadell's Lioness crew 1853 Barclay
James Barclay 29 May 1914 Albury 1870, 1871,
:1874, 1875
Maranoa 1870–1875, 1879
Wentworth 1872
"Jimmy" Barclay, perhaps brother of John, lived in Goolwa. Barclay
Edward Barnes 19 October 1885 Cumberoona 1870–1872, 1876
Riverina 1874–1876
Undaunted 1876
Resolute 1877, 1878,
:1882, 1885
Victoria 1879
Rob Roy 1880
Lancashire Lass 1881
Success 1881
Emily Jane 1882
Ned "Black Angel" Barnes married Elizabeth (c. 1831 – 9 April 1897). He drowned in a futile attempt to rescue their 12-year-old son, who had fallen in the river.[17]
Barrenger J.H.P. 1872
Princess Royal 1872, 1873
Perhaps Thomas Barrenger (c. 1831 – 14 January 1919), who married Mary Jane Oliver (c. 1844 – 16 January 1929), sister of Captain Charles Oliver.
Edward Baron c. 1847 4 January 1907 Decoy 1878, 1881, 1885, 1886 Baron lived at Glanville House, Glanville, married Jane Eleanor Gunn (c. 1851 – 22 August 1911) in 1877; died on Governor Musgrave.
Daniel Berger November 1920 Wandering Jew 1893–1899 Wandering Jew 1893–1899 Jewish businessman of Forbes, later bankrupt, returned to Europe.[18]
Bergman or Berghmann Mannum 1912 Perhaps Captain Alex Bergman or Berghmann, hero of the wreck of the Bittern 1885
Charles Berthon 10 May 1880 Enterprise 1875 In charge of snagging party on Murrumbidgee 1872–1880. Married Charlotte Jenkins of Buckingbong ( – 2 March 1880), lived at Narrandera.
Charles hanged himself two months after her death.
Anthony L. Blake Lady Darling 1864
Lady Daly 1864, 1868
Manager of Cobb & Co in 1859 and Victorian Stage Co., Agent for Murray & Jackson, 1861, 1867. It is likely that he, like Jackson, was an American.
Fred Blake Queen 1873
Moolgewanke 1875
Sturt 1877
Excelsior 1879
Fred Blake was captain of Moolgewanke 1875, when her boiler exploded. He later worked as mate on the Lady Daly.
Frederick W. Blundell Sapphire 1911–1912 Sapphire 1911, 1912 He was charged with a breach of the Liquor Trading Act in 1912.
Charles Claus Bock c. 1843 4 December 1919 Golconda 1887 Menindie 1875
Ariel 1876–1879, 1892 1896
Kennedy 1883
Pearl c. 1885[19]
Golconda 1887
Waradgery 1893
"Charlie" Bock was born in Glückstadt, Germany, and settled in Mannum in 1869. He married Mary Evelyn Randell (c. 1852 – 29 October 1927), eldest daughter of Thomas George Randell, in 1875.[20]
Was (Violet Sarah) Rose Bock, who married James Percy Randell (22 April 1867 – 4 January 1914) a sister?
John Clark Bowden c. 1845 7 April 1924 Partner, Cramsie, Bowden & Co. C., B. & Co.
David Bower c. 1832 25 May 1901 Riverine (part) 1863–1870
Murrumbidgee (part) 1866–
Riverina 1887
Riverine 1863–1870
Murrumbidgee 1869–1873
Elizabeth 1874–1876
Trafalgar 1877–1886
Nile 1886, 1892, 1893,
1895, 1897–1899
Invincible 1888
Partnership with J. Duncan dissolved 1869[21]
"Davie" Bower purchased the wrecked Riverina 1887, but appears only to have taken her for two trips to the Murrumbigee.
His wife Margaret (born 21 July 1845) was still alive in 1943.[22] They lived at Bowers Bend, Echuca.
William Bowring c. 1852 28 July 1924 Emily Jane
Prince Alfred
Marion
Emily Jane 1894, 1899 W. Bowring & Co. were store owners of Wentworth and Mildura Bowring
F. Boxall Lady of the Lake 1882, 1885 He had a leg amputated 1887 following an injury.[23]
What relation to Marianne Louise Boxall, who married Fred Payne (both of Echuca) in 1862 and Alice Boxall who married Payne in 1874? Fred Payne was owner and occasional skipper of Lady of the Lake.
Thomas Brakenridge c. 1830 11 March 1881 Vesta 1871–1872
Excelsior 1873–1876
Vesta 1871, 1872
Excelsior 1873–1876
He married Mary Inglis (c. 1839 – 3 September 1903); they lived at Port Elliot
Harry Brand Industry 1923–1928, 1930 Born in Port Lincoln, son of William Brand, who (with brothers Jim, Harry and George) built the Overland Corner Hotel c. 1866.[24]
James Murray Brand Queen 1924 Son of Harry Brand (1837– ); cousin of Harry Brand above.
He later lived on the Decoy converted to a houseboat.[25] His sister Martha Brand (c. 1868 – 28 November 1939) married Jim Nutchey.
Harry Brennan Fairy 1892
Wanera 1939
Alpha 1911 Traded along the Murray. With son Laurie and wife Gwen (née Beelitz) lived on houseboat (ex-steamer) Wanera 1939
George William Brown c. 1807 1 August 1877 Grappler 1867–1872 Lived at Port Adelaide
John Humphrey Brown Pioneer 1875–1880
Eureka 1881–
Golconda 1881–1882
Florence Annie c. 1882
Partner with James Ritchie sr. as Brown & Ritchie, boat owners.
Florence Annie was named for his eldest daughter
Herbert J. Brown Nile (part) 1911–1927
Jandra (part) 1906–1911
Pearl (part) 1914–
"Herb" Brown, partner with Walter "Wally" Brown as Brown Brothers of Bourke, owners and operators of trading steamers.
Walter Radcliffe Brown 1862 6 April 1935 Nile 1911–1927
Jandra 1906–1911
Pearl 1914–
"Wally" Brown, with Herbert J. "Herb" Brown trading as Brown Bros. of Bourke owned and operated trading steamers. They retired around 1927.
Wally was organist for the Presbyterian church in Bourke.
"Paddy" Browne Drove Rothbury, Success and Australien for W. Wilson (Mudie, p. 148, 161)
Bruce Duke of Edinburgh 1870–1872
Wilson Horace Budarick Murrabit (part, with brother) Murrabit 1919 Lived at Murray Bridge. His brother Arthur (c. 1882 – 28 September 1935) was killed when his bicycle and a truck collided.
William Bulled c. 24 July 1904 Kingfisher 1879, 1880
Goldsbrough 1880
Wardell 1893
Conducted snagging operations from the Wardell 1893–1899 then the Melbourne.
He died insolvent.
John Charles Burgess c.1839 8 March 1889 Waradgery 1874
Lady Daly 1875
Murrumbidgee 1877–1880
Victoria 1878, 1884
Maggie 1885
Invincible 1888
He married Mary Jane; they lived at Moama, and had at least two daughters. He drowned while crossing the river after an evening in an Echuca hotel.
Joseph M. Burnaby Pioneer 1881, 1882 Married, lived in Echuca −1885
D. Burns Industry 1941
Rev. William John Bussell c. 1855 6 June 1936 Etona (1&2) 1894–1912 Church of England minister[26]
L. F. Butcher Marion 1944
Rev. W(illiam) Corly Butler 15 March 1955 Glad Tidings 1894, 1895 Glad Tidings 1894, 1895 Primitive Methodist pastor, lived in Morgan, moved to W.A. 1897.
Thomas Buzza c. 1833 25 April 1904 Emily Jane 1875 Emily Jane 1877, 1880
Emily Jane (2) 1882–1887
Sawmill owner Buzza
(Wentworth) Victor Byrne c. April 1892 Ellen 1920
Gem 1921, 1923
Decoy 1924
Wm. Davies 1924
Success 1926, 1929, 1931,
:1933–1935
Merle 1953
Born at Wentworth, enlisted May 1916, but discharged as medically unfit for service due to previous ankle injury.
James Manning Byrnes c. 1838 9 October 1924 In charge of snagging party Byrnes
Thomas Bynon 26 December 1858 27 August 1945 Murrumbidgee 1876
Wagga Wagga 1876, 1885
:1903–1905, 1912, 1916
Alert c. 1880[27]
Struggler
Tom Bynon came to Narrandera 1870.[28] He married Selina Broad, lived at Narrandera; they had three sons and three daughters.[29]
Francis Cadell 9 February 1822 1879 Lady Augusta
Share of many more.
Lady Augusta 1853
Sir Henry Young 1854
Gundagai 1856
With his partner William Younghusband, was the first to run a commercial steamer, the Lady Augusta on the Murray in 1853.
Founded River Murray Navigation Company.
Main article
Charles Cantwell c. 1853 30 April 1916 Murrumbidgee 1884
Nile 1887, 1896
Trafalgar 1887–1899
City of Oxford 1890
Ulonga 1913
He was married to Anne (c. 1857 – 26 August 1944) and lived at Echuca. One of their sons was killed at Gallipoli.[30]
Charles Cantwell jr. Wm. Davies 1921
Ellen 1921
Colonel 1924
J. G. Arnold 1925
Pevensey 1930–1932
Success 1941
A son of Charles Cantwell (1853–1916), and may have skippered some of those boats here attributed to him.
He and his wife were aboard Pevensey when she burned 1932.
William Symington Carlyon 18 August 1859 c. 5 September 1936 Invincible 1886
Freetrader 1888[31]
Elizabeth 1893
Barwon 1894, 1896, 1897
Australien 1901
Wanera
"Billy" Carlyon was deckhand on the Kelpie, then captain for Permewan, Wright & Co.
Later ran hotels in Echuca and Moama.
Carlyon
Thomas Symington Carlyon 1866 20 October 1925 He reportedly captained a (unnamed) River Murray steamer.[32] A brother of Captain William Carlyon, he became a wealthy hotelier. Carlyon
Ben Chaffey c. 1876 3 March 1937 Marion 1908 Chaffey, Salmon & Dunne owned Tolarna, Moorara, Garnpang, Tapio stations.
Best known as owner of racehorses Manfred and Whittier.
Main article
John Henry Chaplin c. 26 February 1917 Dispatch Chaplin was grocery and drapery trader on Lower Lakes and river, based at Goolwa.[33]
C. Christie Rob Roy 1880 Perhaps typo for J. F. Christy
John Fray Christy 1844 13 November 1924 Pioneer 1875–1876
Murrumbidgee 1876
Goldsbrough 1877, 1878
Moira 1878
Lancashire Lass 1879–1881
Resolute 1881
Riverina 1883
Rothbury 1883, 1885.
Originally from Hertfordshire, he ran river steamers for ten years before taking over the Travellers Rest Hotel, Boileau (near Echuca) in 1883 then around 1910 turned to farming. He was married to Mary Dorothy; they had five sons and three daughters.[34]
Church Kingfisher 1874
Undaunted 1875–1876
Pearl 1875, 1876
Enterprise 1876
Goldsbrough 1876;
Spencer Clarke Murrumbidgee 1923–1946 Murrumbidgee 1923–1946
Hero 1943–1949
"Spinny" Clarke of Echuca owned Murrumbidgee and barge J. L. Roberts; carried posts and sleepers. Skippered Hero for the Forest Commission.[35]
Their daughter Phyllis married Harry Thomas Pearce in 1942
M. Cole Princess 1877
Enterprise 1882
Goldsbrough 1882, 1883
Corrong 1883, 1884
Agnes 1883, 1884
Lived in Echuca until at least 1887.
A Cole was mate of Goldsbrough 1906.
G. Cole Edwards 1888, 1889 Possibly typo for M. Cole.
John Colebatch Viola 1902
William Grimwade Collins c. 1865 Alpha 1909, 1914
E.R.O. 1923
Queen 1925
Kookaburra 1927
Excelsior
Pyap
Jolly Miller
Fairy 1893, 1894
Jolly Miller 1908, 1909
Alpha 1918–1923
"Old Bill" "Pop" Collins of Renmark, born in Euston, was married to Emmie Louise (c. 1872 – ). Son Morris (Maurice?) and daughter Amy Alpha were experienced riverboat sailors.[36] Daughter Pearl Royal married Neil Dryburgh Wallace (they divorced in 1954, citing Hilary Hogg as co-respondent), and was the first woman in Australia to hold a skipper's ticket.
Two other sons, William (mentioned by Ian Mudie op. cit. p. 89) and Norman, also held captains licences.[37]
Norm. Collins Avoca (part)
Hero (part) 1950
Hero 1950 Partner, Collins Bros. of Mildura.
Thomas Connell J. H. P. 1866–1870
John Cornish Kennedy (part) Kennedy 1864–1867
James Counsell c. 1819 5 August 1894 Partner with John Whyte (see below) as Whyte, Counsell, and Co., wholesale grocers and shipowners. (Whyte left the company in 1884; John Counsell jr. and Thomas Smith were admitted and the company went into liquidation 1887).
James Counsell was the father of the architect Frank Counsell.
Charles Cowley Pyap c. 1939 Lancashire Lass 1878
Alert 1879, 1880
Goldsbrough 1880
Golconda 1882
Brewarrina 1893.
Cowley married Elizabeth Ann Cook, stepdaughter of Captain Edward Barnes, in 1875. They rescued Mrs. Lindqvist from drowning 1884 but never found her baby.
In 1890 their house in Echuca East burned down.[38] He later ran the Echuca Railway Refreshment Rooms ( –1917).
He bought Pyap c. 1939 for his own use as a houseboat.[37]
Syd. Cowley Little Wonder 1898 Perhaps a son of Charles.
Cowley (unresolved) Elizabeth 1895
John Cramsie c. 1831 18 February 1910 Partner, Cramsie, Bowden & Co. C., B. & Co.
Mortimer Charles Crane 11 January 1876 10 November 1948 Saddler 1902
Nellie 1906, 1907, 1909,
:1911–1915, 1919–1921
Renmark 1920
"Mort" Crane was a son of Joseph John Crane (14 August 1842 – 1 August 1919), an associate of W. P. Auld.
He was principal of M. C. Crane and Co., which for a time included J. G. Arnold.
He married Florence Gertrude Baseby (1879–1947); lived at Mannum, then Norwood.
He was licensee of the Bridgewater Hotel 1924–1936.
Edward Daniel Cremer c. 1817 c. 5 February 1892 Maranoa 1873
Jupiter 1876
Enterprise 1877
Cremer
Daniel Cremer c. 1835 May 1942 Cato 1896, 1897
Jupiter 1902, 1907, 1908
:1921, 1922, 1928
Florence Annie
Dan was son of Edward Cremer Cremer
Edward (Edwin?) Crowle Kingfisher 1878
Goldsbrough 1880
Riverina 1880–1882
He was later engaged in snagging the river near Wilcannia.
J. Cummins Shannon 1895
Success 1896
George Frederick Curson c. 1822 1 April 1898 Cato (part) 1883– Partner of Joseph Nash Curson
Robert Davey Enterprise 1869
Kelpie 1872
Murrumbidgee 1874
He may have been the Robert Davey who was given two years' jail for the knife attack on John McGowan in June 1874.[39]
William Davidson Lady Augusta 1853
Leichardt 1856, 1857
Sturt 1857
Brought Lady Augusta from Sydney then through Murray mouth 16 August 1853 for Francis Cadell.[40]
William J. Davies c. 1830 15 April 1903 Pride of the Murray 1865–1877
Nile 1885–
Pride of the Murray
Nile 1885–
Kelpie
Trafalgar 1877
Known as "Commodore" or "Bill" Davies Davies
William E. Davies 15 September 1859 23 October 1902 Pride of the Murray 1878–1884
Nile 1887
Trafalgar 1888
Son of William J. Davies. Davies
Davis Bunyip 1885–1886 Stuck in the Darling during the 1885–1886 drought. Around 1889 skippered (perhaps the same) Bunyip (owned by Matthew Johnston) on the Manning River.
John Davis 9 November 1872 Providence 1872 Captain of Providence when shortly after leaving Menindie her boiler exploded, killing him and three crew.
T. J. Davis Emu 1895
Albert De Forest Emma 1886
Barwon 1886
Enterprise 1887
Lancashire Lass 1895
Glimpse 1897
"Bert" De Forest and F. O. Wallin were awarded medals by the Humane Society for rescuing a drowning girl in 1895.
Dean Edwards 1932
Henry Dewing Kelpie 1869
Bunyip 1878 (Mudie p. 90)
Lived at Echuca. His wife died 22 August 1879.
Perhaps the Henry Dewing (c. 1839 – 7 November 1897) of Barwon Downs.
James Dickson c. 1851 29 January 1914 Emily Jane 1878–1880
Pearl 1880–1882
Lancashire Lass 1882–1888
Corrong 1888, 1889
Rodney 1892–1894
"Jimmy" Dickson of Echuca was captain of Rodney 1894 when she was burned by striking shearers.[41]
He died in Fremantle. His daughter Janet Harkes Dickson married T. Charles Goode, grandson of Thomas Goode of Goolwa, in 1898.
William Dickson c. 1855 28 October 1912 Moira Maranoa 1871
Goolwa 1871
Albury 1873
Wentworth 1874–1876
Cadell 1879, 1880, 1883, 1884
Moira 1886, 1889, (Mudie pp. 86,89) 1892–1898.
"Willie" Dickson lived at Goolwa, later Semaphore He was married to Helen (c. 1849 – 25 October 1906).
Report of him being captain of Pearl 1881 probably typographical error.
Possibly not related to "Jimmy" Dickson.
Dickson (unresolved) Wm. Davies 1894
(Ernest) Edward Diener c. 1866 27 December 1923 Eva Millicent 1893–1903
Merle 1903–1917
Kookaburra 1917–1923
Eva Millicent 1893–1903
Merle 1903–1917
Kookaburra 1918–1923
Edward Diener started life on the River as cabin boy for Hugh King, then ran a profitable firewood business on the Darling. He owned and ran a series of trading boats, also the barge Flo.[42]
He married Katherine "Katie" Cooper (c. 1866 – 9 January 1954) in 1897.[43]
J. Dodd Vesta 1872
Telegraph 1872
Perhaps James Dodd of Coorong, who died of alcohol poisoning 28 November 1872.[44]
Eliezer Hainsworth Dodd c. 1829 8 February 1900 Mundoo Mundoo 1878, 1890, 1893, 1896 "Happy" Dodd was involved in the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line.[45] He built Mundoo and with it traded up and down the Murray[46] until at least 1896.[47]
His daughter Alice married a son of George Grundy in 1883.
Elwyn Eliezer Dodd 9 July 1863 18 October 1941 Victoria 1893
Cato 1897, 1898.[48]
Son of "Happy" Dodd, he married Ellen Cave in 1882, she divorced him 1905; he married again, to Bertha Alwina Miegel (1882–1958); they lived at Mannum.
Eliezer Hainsworth Dodd jun. 16 January 1870 10 May 1949 Fairy (part)
Ventura 1909–1911
Sunbeam
Fairy 1898
Ventura 1909–1911
Sunbeam.[49]
Gem 1943[50]
Renmark 1949
"Hain" Dodd, son of "Happy" Dodd, was partner in Johnson & Dodd running Fairy between Morgan and Renmark 1898.
He married Margaret Barbara Tait (daughter of John Tait) in 1890; He divorced her in 1900. He married again, to Bridget G. McGrath; their home was "Ventura" in Goolwa.
He was mayor of Goolwa 1916 and a successful angler.[51]
He died in the cabin of his launch Sunbeam.[52]
Joseph Dorey c. 1841 10 April 1923 Alfred 1877, 1880, 1881
Goldsbrough 1878
Freetrader 1878–1881
Saddler 1879
Princess 1880
Murrumbidgee 1880–1885
Adelaide 1881
Ethel Jackson 1880, 1881
Originally Dore, perhaps Doré, he married Isabella Simpson (c. 1847 – 9 April 1908); they lived at Echuca, then Williamstown
George Roy Dorward c. 1831 9 March 1906 Victoria 1866–1869
Waradgery 1872, 1874
Jane Eliza 1874
Rodney 1875, 1876, 1878–1880.
A Murray pioneer, he was partner with William Davies in the firm Dorward & Davies c. (1875–1884); lived at Moama. Dorward
George Roy Dorward jun. 1853 Kelpie 1877, 1878
Pearl 1879, 1880
Rodney 1878–1884
Alert 1901
Excelsior 1916
Son of George R. Dorward. Dorward
Thomas Dowland c. 1833 27 March 1887 Express 1869–1870 Express 1869, 1870 Carpenter, builder, undertaker and Murray trader. Dowland
Lewis Downs c. 1860 8 February 1943 Alfred (part) Partner in Knox & Downs (1912–) Downs
(William) Henry Drage 30 May 1901 Trix 1950– Wm. Davies 1926
Marion 1928, 1931–1942
Decoy 1928
Wanera 1935
He married Myrtle, lived in Renmark; moved to Mildura in 1941, served as RAAF wireless operator during World War II.
Dubois Mundoo 1914
Renmark 1914
Gem 1915
Queen 1915
Goldsbrough 1915
Tyro 1915
Worked for J. G. Arnold carrying timber for the Blanchetown lock, irrigation pumps.[53]
Duffy Emu 1893, 1894
James Duncan Riverine (part) 1863–1870

Murrumbidgee (part) 1866–
Riverina
Murrumbidgee 1867
Pioneer 1870
Partnership with D. Bower dissolved 1869[21]
May have owned Dora with J. Wrench.
William Peter Dunk 1838 19 August 1924 Jupiter
Milang
Murray
He was a partner in the firm of A. H. Landseer (dissolved 1890). He married Emma (c. 1836 – 9 November 1917); they lived in Milang. Third son Albert Landseer Dunk (c. 1865 – 21 July 1938), worked on Bourke then managed Landseer's office in Morgan.
Abraham Dusting c. 1851 1 June 1908 Golconda 1880, 1881
Pioneer 1881
Edwards 1882
Jane Eliza 1883–1886
Resolute 1889, 1890, 1899
Hero 1891, 1893–1897
Corrong 1896
Rita 1904
Barwon 1908
Invincible
"Abe" Dusting of Echuca, born in Cornwall was stuck at Curranyalpa during 1885–1886 drought.
His certificate was suspended for a month in 1881 for an act of negligence (setting a line across the river without keeping proper watch) which resulted in damage to the Moira.[54] Curiously, Dusting's steamer and Hill's barge were both named Golconda.
Edward Dutton c. 1832 29 January 1887 Express 1879 Dutton was owner of Goolwa Brewing Company and mayor of Goolwa 1875, later of "Ardune", Lucindale.
Charles William Dyer c. 1862 28 September 1927 Royal Royal 1908–1917 He married Mary McKeown in 1800; they lived in Renmark.[55]
Charles T. Earnshaw April 1845 8 April 1930 Undaunted 1875 (part)
Eva 1891
Eva 1891 Built engines and was part owner of Undaunted.[56]
Built Eva in 1891. Sold it about 10 years later to James Green[57]
Alfred James Ebery Pioneer 1881
Edwards 1882, 1883
Rothbury 1884, 1885
Riverina 1885
He was mate of the Roma when she caught fire 1886.
John Egge 1830 11 September 1901 Endeavor 1868–1874
Murrumbidgee 1887–
Endeavor 1868–1874
Prince Alfred 1875
Anglophile Chinese who settled in Australia, a successful river hawker. Egge
Edwin David Egge 1869 4 June 1946 Murrumbidgee 1896, 1898, 1899
Lady of the Lake 1896
"Ned" or "Ted" Egge was a son of John Egge; hairdresser and businessman in Renmark.[58] Egge
Charles Elfenbein c. 1825 25 June 1884 Vesta 1871–1873
Queen 1872
Richard James Evans Edwards 1911, 1916 Evans owned the Barmah sawmill, 80 km upstream from Echuca; founded Evans Bros. sawmill, Echuca in 1923.
Mayor of Echuca 1932
Married Margaret (c. 1842 – 21 July 1936) children included Fred, William (died 7 September 1932), Albert
Charles Evans Emily Jane 1881
Edward Evans c. 1833 3 April 1902 Rothbury 1901
P. Evans Edwards 1918
Robert Felgate c. 1851 12 October 1884 Queen 1873, 1874 A publican of Wentworth and Wilcannia, he married Marianna Saunders (c. 1850 – 15 July 1931) in 1873.
George Ferguson Pioneer 1907 Lived at Port Adelaide.
Edward R. Fitzgerald Industry 1887
Richard Stanislaus Foley 21 November 1904 Maggie 1881– R. Stanislaus Foley was an auctioneer of Ballarat.
Fred Foord c. 1840 December 1878 Wahgunyah 1866–1868
Waradgery 1868–1872
Lady Augusta 1870
Jane Eliza 1872
Foord
Fordyce Australien 1905
James Foster Edwards 1939 Jim "Big Did" Foster, a man of immense size (Mudie p.–143), an official guest at the commissioning of the Coonawarra.
Edward Charles Fowler 1847 c. January 1940 Elizabeth 1873–1874
Burrabogie 1874
Emily Jane 1875, 1876
Decoy 1878
Fairy 1881
Ethel Jackson?
Rodney 1886
Hero 1892
Emu 1893
Lived at Echuca, later Morgan. He was declared insolvent in August 1885. He later moved to Western Australia, where he died.[59]
Ian Mudie mentions Sam Fowler, captain of Emily Jane in 1878 (Mudie p. 91).
Albert Francis 16 August 1874 21 September 1913 Alpha 1898–
Waikerie (part)
Alpha 1898– "Bert" Francis built Alpha (which he ran for a few years) then Royal and Waikerie, in partnership with W. Tinks. Francis
John Raglan Frayne c. 1854 12 October 1923 Moolgewanke
Paringa
Nil Desperandum
Princess Royal
Britannia
Victor 1903
Frayne captained boats for Tonkin, Fuller and Martin (especially Victor).[60] He married Jemima Jessie "Jena" Loney (c. 1860 – 10 August 1928) in 1882, lived in Goolwa.
Fredericks Express 1878
Freeherne Emu 1876
Thomas Henry Freeman 31 March 1858 6 April 1939 Agnes
Alfred
Canally 1907–
Emma
Shannon
Success
Riverina 1879
Agnes 1879–1883
Corrong 1884–1886
Emma 1885, 1886
Rothbury 1890–1892
Success 1889, 1891–1893,
:1897, 1902–1909
Shannon 1894–1899,
:1901–1904
Canally 1912–1916, 1918
"Tommy" (also nicknamed "Hooky" "Wingy" and "Blondin" – Mudie p. 165) Freeman married Emma Mansfield Osborn (c. 1859 – 19 April 1949) in 1883, had a large family, lived in Echuca, retired to Heathcote around 1919.[61]
William Thomas Mansfield Freeman Corowa 1923
Ruby 1923
Son of T. H. Freeman, and possibly also skippered some of the boats listed above.
John Jennings Fulford 1853 27 May 1923 Waradgery (part) Waradgery 1889 "Jack" Fulford was captain of Waradgery 12 October 1889 when its barge Willandra sank with the loss of bargehand Robert Johnstone. Fulford was blamed for allowing bales to be stacked too high (and blocking egress from the barge's forecastle), but acquitted by court of inquiry.[62]
Fulford married Alice Glew, daughter of William Glew, mate and engineer of Waradgery. They had ten children.
John Arthur William Fulford c. 1884 c. 5 January 1953 Wanera (Mudie p. 129)[63] "Billy" Fulford was son of Jack Fulford.
Benjamin Grove Fuller 1815 9 June 1902 Paringa Partner in the firm of Tonkin, Fuller & Martin. Fuller
Benjamin Mark Fuller 1846 20 September 1912 Moolgewanke (part) Duke of Edinburgh 1868–1874
Vesta 1870
Moolgewanke 1874–1876
Waradgery 1878
Paringa 1883
Gem 1883
Princess Royal 1891
A son of B. G. Fuller, he was skipper and part owner of Moolgewanke when her boiler burst, killing two men, and held partly responsible. Fuller
J. Fyfe Undaunted 1877
Rob Roy 1878–1880
Goldsbrough 1880
Ferret 1884
James Fyfe ( – 25 May 1899) ran a sawmill at Colinroobie near Narrandera. He married Agnes Keltie (c. 1831 – 13 November 1897) around 1862. But it is not certain this is the same person.
M. Gabb Endeavour 1908 "Well known at Kalangadoo and Penola"[64]
Hedley Gelston 14 October 1879 Shannon (part) Shannon 1880 Hedley and his brother Hastings Atkins Gelston ( – 9 May 1941) owned Shannon. Hedley drowned near Wentworth when he fell from that boat.
Gem Navigation Co. 1909 Barwon 1909–,
Corowa 1909–,
Decoy 1909–,
Ellen 1909–,
Enterprise 1909–,
Gem 1909–,
Mannum 1909–,
Marion 1909–,
Murrumbdgee 1909–,
Princess Royal 1909–,
Rob Roy 1909–,
Ruby 1909–,
Tarella 1909–,
Waradgery 1909–,
Wm. Randell 1909–
Consortium formed by amalgamating assets of Ben Chaffey, Laurie Landseer and Hughie King.
Bought out Permewan Wright in 1910
Benjamin Germein c. 1826 c. July 1893 Corio 1857 "Ben" Germein is remembered as a hero of the Admella and skippered Corio through the Murray mouth a number of times until she foundered. Main article
James T. Gibbs Federal 1905–1908
Goldsbrough 1910, 1911
James Gibbs lived at Murray Bridge.
John Gillon Goolwa 1867–1871
Wentworth 1870–1875
Maranoa 1870, 1872
Queen 1874–1875
Corowa 1881
Shamrock 1886 (Mudie p. 231)
His son Michael drowned 1873 after falling from Queen, where he had been playing.
Arthur Glew 13 December 1888 Ferret (part) 1884–
Waradgery (part) 1886
Waradgery 1887, 1888 Arthur was the oldest son of engineer John A. Glew of Echuca. He ran swimming baths in Echuca 1880. He owned Ferret and Waradgery in partnership with William Wilson; when partnership dissolved he took Waradgery (Mudie p. 157–159)
William Glew "Willy" Glew, perhaps a brother, built Ferret with William Wilson 1883; was mate and engineer on Waradgery 1889. He ran the swimming baths in Echuca 1890 and was later licensee of the Steampacket Hotel, Echuca.
Edward Henry Golding c. 1868 20 October 1940 Victor 1890, 1891, 1894
Kingfisher 1892
Proprietor Gol Gol Hotel 1891–1892
He married Laura, daughter of B. M. Fuller, in 1892, moved to Perth
Thomas Goode 1846 14 July 1921 City of Oxford 1903– "Tom" Goode was partner of Goode & Johnston. Main article
(Thomas) Charles Goode c. 1874 22 June 1947 Florence Annie
Milang 1909–
Murrabit
Renmark (part)
Pioneer 1906
Dispatch 1908
Florence Annie
Milang 1909
Ruby 1911
Mannum 1926
Murrabit 1939
Charles Goode was eldest son of Tom Goode, traded on Lower Murray and Lower Lakes. Main article
John Gribble Julia 1874
Pride of the Murray 1875
Murrumbidgee 1875, 1876
Brewarrina 1877–1880,
1882, 1886
Elfie 1892
One of the few to regularly service Walgett, in Brewarrina, "his bijou boat"[65] (Mudie p. 92)
George Henry Griffin c. 1894 24 July 1945 Merle Merle 1941–1943 "Harry" Griffin of Murray Bridge commissioned M.V. Merle and conducted river cruises between Murray Bridge and Morgan.
Edgar Griffin Merle 1945–1952 Merle 1943 Inherited Merle from brother George, sold her to W. R. Bowhey in 1952.[66]
George Grundy c. 1818 4 July 1902 Bargemaster behind Providence when she blew up 1872.[67] Grundy
Robert Grundy c. 1846 19 May 1919 Menindie 1893
Saddler 1893
Tolarno 1893, 1902, 1906, 1913,
1914, 1916, 1917, 1919
"Bob" Grundy was son of George Grundy, worked for Knox & Downs, died on the Tolarno. Grundy
John Grundy 1858 20 March 1946 Blanche 1877
Bourke 1891–1896
Tarella 1897–1909
Renmark 1913
Kelvin 1920
Milang
Son of George Grundy; worked for the Renmark Irrigation Trust from around 1915.
George Grundy jun. c. 1861 18 April 1940 Brewarrina 1893
Decoy 1900
Murrumbidgee 1902–1904
Industry 1905, 1909, 1912,
1916, 1919, 1920, 1922
Dispatch 1910
Son of George Grundy, he lived at Goolwa. He became, in 1922, South Australia's first lockmaster, at Blanchetown. He was married to Florence Ellen (c. 1864 – 3 July 1922)
Grundy (unresolved) Victoria 1912
Francis Cadell 1892
Menindie
Wilcannia 1911, 1912
William Gunn c. 1826 7 October 1885 Queen Gunn ran the Crown Hotel, Wentworth. He married Sarah (c. 1826 – 29 November 1891)
F. Gurney Emu 1872–1874
Haines Barwon 1912, 1913 See also Haynes
C. Haines Colonel 1933
Ulonga 1935, 1936
Perhaps the same person as C. F. Haynes below?
William Hampson Nellie 1882– Undaunted 1878, 1879, 1881
Invincible 1879–1881
Nellie 1882, 1883.
In 1882 his house, in Echuca, was totally destroyed by fire. Amongst the debris was found the medal presented to him by a grateful William McCulloch in 1879. The fire had proved the "gold" medal was of some base metal with a gold finish.[68]
(Wilhelm Robert) Frederick Hanckel c. 1876 13 November 1947 Ventura 1909
Barwon 1910
Despatch 1911
Wilcannia 1911
"Fred" Hanckel married Daisy Mazzarol (c. 1882 – 28 May 1911) of Mannum in 1909; they lived at Waikerie.
Frederick Christian Hansen 11 July 1897 Golconda (part) 1877– Kingfisher 1875–1878
Golconda 1877–1880
Riverina 1878
Tyro 1880
Agnes 1880
Rob Roy 1880, 1881
Ariel 1881
Emily Jane 1881
Moira 1881–1884
Maggie 1885–1897
"Chris" Hansen emigrated from Copenhagen. He married Frances Alderton McConnell in 1871; they lived at Echuca. He was once sued (unsuccessfully) for slander by Janet, the wife of James Laing.[69] He died after falling from the Echuca wharf to the deck of the barge J. L. Roberts while loading wool.[70]
R. Hanson Lancashire Lass 1881
Harris Rob Roy 1914
Harrold Bros. Wentworth 1865, 1866 Harrold Brothers were best known as marine operators, as for the City of Adelaide
Alfred Hart Princess Royal 1895
Marion 1900–1908
Alf Hart married Jane Anne Johnston of Goolwa on 10 May 1882. Jane's father James was engineer on (unnamed) River Murray steamers. Mentioned by Ian Mudie (op. cit. p. 135)
Harry Hart Excelsior 1913, 1914 Mentioned in article by "The Skipper"[71]
Married Sarah Jane Jefferies (died 1910) in 1878; lived Goolwa then Stepney then Murray Bridge.
J. Hart Victoria 1885, 1886, 1888–1891
S. Hart Rothbury 1911
W. Hart Excelsior Excelsior 1889
Hart (unresolved) Corowa 1895
Ellen 1895, 1896
Ruby 1895, 1896
Nellie 1898, 1899
Lancashire Lass 1905
Wm. R. Randell 1907
Princess Royal 1914
Wm. Davies 1914
Which of these refer to whom?
Hay Steam Navigation Co. 1874 1878 Burrabogie 1874–1878
Corrong1874–1878
Operated between Hay and Echuca
Consortium of wealthy squatters[72] (J. A. Tyson, "McGaw & Others") and James Ritchie sr.[73] Liquidated 1879; McCulloch & Co. purchased the boats and barge Pimpampa.
A. Haynes Wanera 1931
Charles Frederick Haynes Oscar c. 1919, 1925 "Charley" Haynes of Echuca was captain of Oscar in July 1925 when cook J. "Tassy" Russell fell overboard and drowned.
John Haynes Ellen 1923 William Henry "Gus" Haynes, mate of Wm. Davies who fell overboard and drowned 27 August 1925[74] may have been a brother. Early reports had John Haynes as the victim.
Haynes (unresolved) Princess Royal 1912
John Heigh Prince Alfred 1875
J. Hemfield Excelsior 1912
W. Henderson Decoy 1924
Ruby 1924
Colonel 1926
Wanera 1930
Samuel Richard Heseltine c. 1849 19 December 1920 Menindie
Shannon
Prince Alfred 1875
Menindie 1875, 1876, 1879
Shannon 1880–1882, 1886
Partner with W. L. Reid.
A brother, Augustus Frederick "Gus" Heseltine (c. 1854 – 26 April 1879), fell from Menindie and was drowned near Overland Corner
Heseltine
John Heseltine Shannon 1880, 1881, 1885 A brother of Samuel. In charge of Shannon when she was largely destroyed by fire October 1885.
Charles Hill c. September 1907 Murrumbidgee 1869, 1874
Cumberoona 1869
Pioneer 1870
Julia 1871
Melbourne 1872, 1873, 1875,
:1877, 1878, 1882, 1884,
:1887, 1888, 1890
Freetrader 1873
Princess 1874, 1875
Moira 1876, 1881–1883
Elizabeth 1878, 1879
Invincible 1882
Pride of the Murray (Mudie p. 118)
"Stuttering Charley" Hill ran hotels in Quorn, Broken Hill and Mitcham. He was declared insolvent 1872.
He married Margaret (c. 1858 – 11 June 1936); they had five sons and three daughters.[75]
James Hill Melbourne 1872-1892
Captain James Hill was born as James Merton 20 Nov 1831 at Constantine, Cornwall to Oliver Merton and Mary Ann Hill. He emigrated to NSW, Australia in the early 1850s, and worked on the Hunter River based at Morpeth. He married first Mary Doonan at West Maitland 4 Sep 1854 but deserted this marriage in 1862, taking his eldest son with him. He subsequently remarried bigamously as James Merton to Mary Grace Dalling on 21 Aug 1863 at Hotham, Vic. In 1865 his first wife advertised that she assumed he was deceased and planned to remarry. After this, Captain Hill reverted to the use of the name James Merton Hill. After his second wife's death, he remarried for a third time to Frances Maria Bunker, 21 Jun 1889 at Hare Street, Echuca, Vic. Captain Hill moved to Hornsby, NSW after his retirement, and died 20 Oct 1919 at his home "Falmouth", Peats Ferry Road, Hornsby, NSW. Captain Hill had 10 biological children to his three wives, and one adopted child. Of these five survived into adulthood and left descendants.
E. W. P. Hill Wm. Davies 1925 Captain when mate "Gus" Haynes lost overboard[76]
Robert Hilton Express (part) Express 1871, 1872 Part owner of Express with H. Parker.
Probably Capt. Robert Hilton ( – c. 9 June 1891) of Clarendon, who married Sarah Squire in 1856, better known as a blue-water sailor.
Bill Hoff Shamrock Hauled redgum for Gibbons Bros.
Hilary Harding Hogg 18 July 1913 Alexander Arbuthnot 1942
Hero 1942–1944
Murrumbidgee 1947, 1948
North Star 1950
Coonawarra 1950
Success 1956
"Paddy" Hogg engineer. Hogg
Hoskins Adelaide 1881
Herbert Bristow Hughes c. 1821 18 May 1892 Decoy 1878– Hughes owned Kinchega station at Menindee, commissioned construction of the steamer Decoy and barges Reliance and Croupier to carry his sheep, but soon abandoned the idea and sold her. He married Laura White (c. 1829 – 5 January 1909), for whom the town of Laura was named, and whose brothers Samuel and Frederick were prominent in the history of Wirrabara.[77]
Hull Wm. Davies 1925
Hume Bros Milang 1920 Concrete pipe manufacturers
Charles Frederick Hunt 1852 3 April 1941 Invincible 1887– Invincible 1887–1892 "Charley" Hunt purchased Invincible from McCulloch & Co.,(Mudie p. 99) and rebuilt her.
He purchased derelict Freetrader.
Hunt
John Innes c. 1830 18 March 1910 Invincible 1878
Goldsbrough 1878, 1887
Kelpie 1879–1893
Rodney 1887
Corrong 1888
Wm. Davies 1894
Colonel 1896–1899
Nile 1898
"Johnny" Innes was born in Edinburgh and employed by, successively, L. McBean; Cramsie, Bowden and Co.; and Permewan Wright and Co.[78] He married Wilhemina Carlyon (c. 1852 – 26 August 1915), sister of Captain William S. Carlyon.
Robert Isherwood L'Orient 1889
Struggler 1901
"Bob" Isherwood was married to Florence ( – 1 September 1954)
Peleg Whitford Jackson c. 1834 24 April 1912 List (part) Settler 1862, 1863
Lady Daly 1865
Transportation entrepreneur from America Murray & Jackson
Gus Jansen Melbourne 1902 (Mudie p. 234)
Alfred J. Johnson Pride of the Murray (part) 1865–1869
Alfred 1869
In 1869 Alfred Johnson of Sandringham relinquished share in Johnson, Davies and Co. to Davies and Locke.
Charles Johnson Invincible 1881
Riverina 1882
Kingfisher 1884–1886, 1891
Princess 1887
Barwon 1888, 1899
City of Oxford 1890, 1894
Success 1892
Elizabeth 1893
Arbuthnot 1913.
He was seriously burned when Arbuthnot caught fire 1913.
Carl Peter Johnson Glimpse 1885 (Mudie p. 121)
Success 1891, 1892
George Johnson Albury 1881
Peter Johnson Murrabit 1914 or 1915[79]
R. Johnson Cadell 1880
Renmark 1925–1927
Colonel 1930
Wanera 1933, 1936
Oscar 1935
W. Johnson Glimpse 1899
Johnson (unresolved) Enterprise 1882
Corrong 1882, 1883
Kelpie 1888
Adelaide 1891
Sunbeam 1899
Clyde 1899
Success 1903
Alert 1906
Colonel 1910
Which of these refer to whom?
more needed on:
Johnson & (E.H.) Dodd of Morgan owned Fairy 1898
Johnson, Davis & Co. contractors owned Pride of the Murray 1865
George Bain Johnston 28 November 1829 29 May 1882 Gundagai 1856
Albury 1858,[80] 1864, 1865,
1868–1872, 1874
Moolgewanke 1860
Wentworth 1870–1873,
1875, 1876
Maranoa 1869–1872, 1874
Napier 1875, 1876
Queen of the South 1878, 1880
Ellen 1880
Member of Cadell's Lioness crew 1853, made pioneering trips in the Quiz, Lady Augusta and Albury
For the relationships between Johnston and Barclay, see "Barclay" above
Main article
Peter Johnston c. 1859 2 June 1900 Son of G. B. Johnston; a marine engineer, moved to Fremantle.
George Johnston January 1864 18 September 1925 Captain Sturt 1916, 1919,
1923, 1925
"Gumtree" Johnston, son of G. B. Johnston; married Miriam Ottaway in 1893; lived at Blanchetown. Captained s.s. Cadell in the Spencer Gulf trade. He was partner in Johnston & Murphy.
Died aboard Captain Sturt at Lock 9.
Peter Johnston 1826 2 June 1881 (perhaps) Maranoa 1866 Brother of G. B. Johnston; died of exposure after falling from the steamer Cadell at the Goolwa wharf.
Thomas Johnston c. 1825[81] 13 August 1889 Jolly Miller[82] Lady Augusta 1857 He worked as mate with George B. Johnston, whom Ian Mudie (Mudie p. 145) identifies as a cousin; helped sail Lioness from Liverpool to Melbourne in 1853, Lady Emma from the Clyde to Port Elliot in 1855. He was married to Georgina Johnstone (c. 1824 – 23 December 1883). They had a son Thomas Adam Johnston ( – 13 August 1846); daughter Jane Harkes Johnston married Thomas Goode of Goolwa on 22 March 1872[83] and daughter Alison Ross Johnston married Edward Goode in 1880. much confusion with Thomas Johnstone (below)
Thomas Johnstone Johnstone
Adam Johnstone c. November 1834 25 September 1905 Menindie (Mudie p. 116)
Saddler 1896
Brother of Tom Johnstone Johnstone
George E. Jolly Julia 1878
Victoria 1881
Freetrader 1883
Resolute 1886, 1887
Invincible 1887
For a short time in 1886 he held the publican's licence for the Criterion Hotel, Echuca.
Joy Struggler 1918
Robert Kay Brought out Lioness 1853; Lady Emma (carrying Gundagai and Albury) 1855. Kay
William Keir Enterprise 1873, 1878–1889
Goldsbrough 1882
Glimpse 1884
Emma 1887, 1888.
son of William Keir (1826–1905), sawmiller of Echuca.
He married Agnes Sharp (c. 1859 – 21 June 1942).
Robert Kirkwood Keir c. 1859 13 July 1940 Enterprise 1884–1889 Enterprise 1887–1889
Edwards 1911
Adelaide 1916
He was licensee of the Pastoral Hotel, Echuca 1890–1893. He married Mary Jane Montgomery. Their son Robert Henry Keir (c. December 1889 – ) served in France during World War I as bandsman and stretcher bearer, was awarded a Military Medal and Croix de Guerre.
Hugh Kelly Wanera 1910
Ulonga 1915, 1918
Invincible 1922, 1925, 1932, 1934
Nicknamed "Murrumbidgee Roarer", he lived at Mildura.
Thomas Kelly Australien 1910–1912, 1918,1920 (Mudie p. 163) A brother of Hugh Kelly; nicknamed "Gentleman Tom", retired to Melbourne.
Orlando Kenrick Rodney 1877, 1878
Alfred 1879
Princess 1880–1884
William Kerr Express 1873, 1874
Vesta 1874
John Kerr South Australian 1888, 1891–1894
Decoy 1889, 1898
He was later proprietor of the railway refreshment rooms at Murray Bridge.
F. D. Kerridge Emma 1890–1892
Hugh King 11 January 1840 7 October 1921 Teviot
Ellen
Moira 1865–
Princess Royal
Jane Eliza
Gem
J. H. P. 1872–
Ruby
Ruby 1860
Lady Augusta 1861
Gundagai 1862–1865
Lady Darling 1864
Moira 1865–1869
Teviot 1868, 1870
Moira 1869
Princess Royal 1870–1873
J.H.P. 1872
Jane Eliza 1875, 1878
"Hughie" King married Isabel McKenzie (died 1888) and had four sons. He married again, in 1891, to Frances Judd and retired to Morgan.
Which King had Mannum 1901?
Hugh King Drive, which runs alongside the River Murray at Mildura, may have been named for him, as was King's Row, a block of five houses in Morgan.
King
Hugh William King Gem 1889–1908
Corowa 1897
Ruby 1899
Ellen 1905
Murrumbidgee 1909
Third son of Hughie King; he lived at Nor' West Bend.
Charles King Elizabeth 1879 Possibly a son of Hughie King
James King Francis Cadell
Jupiter −1875
Gundagai 1864
Francis Cadell 1866
Ruby
Jupiter 1869–1874
Possibly a son of Hughie King, he sold Jupiter and fled to New Caledonia to avoid bankruptcy.(Mudie p. 115)
George King Pilot Pilot 1915–1917
M. King Riverina −1887 Proprietor of Globe Hotel, Crossenvale (1 km south of Echuca)
Alfred Kirkpatrick c. 1840 13 April 1919 Albury 1881 Pastoralist of Mount Murchison, Buckanbe, Murweh stations; miner and businessman of Wilcannia: Kirkpatrick & Frew 1874. Married Mary Theresa Quin (July 1849 – 8 July 1941), sister of his partner Edward Quin, in 1869.
William Knight c. 1850 28 November 1911 Australien 1902
Rothbury 1902
Goldsbrough 1905
Maggie 1905
Hero 1906
Resolute 1906
He married Mary McCart ( – c. 13 December 1948) and lived in Echuca; they had two daughters.[84]
George Knight William Randell 1935
Robert George Knox 1868 26 April 1948 Alfred (part) Partner in Donaldson, Coburn & Knox (1899–) then Knox & Downs (1912–) Knox
Kopp Albury 1875
Gertrude 1875, 1876
He had previously commanded the sailing vessel Mosquito on the Lower Lakes.
Perhaps John Kopp who became light keeper on the hulk Harriet Hope in 1878, then Cape Jaffa and Cape Borda.
John Heinrich Krause 13 February 1919 Little Wonder 1879, 1880
Murrumbidgee 1880
Adelaide 1881
Alfred 1881–1883
Era 1903
Married to Mary Jane, lived at Echuca, then Mildura, retired to Nuriootpa. Two daughters died 1887 within a month of each other.
Carl Heindrich Ferdinand Kruse 25 May 1823 27 June 1911 Showboat He captained the sailing boats Ponkaree and Ada and Clara which was motorized and became Renmark's Showboat Kruse
James Laing sen. c. 1819 3 January 1892 Rob Roy
Riverina
Laing was married to Mary.[69]
James Laing jun. c. 1840 poss. 24 September 1913 Edwards Edwards 1875–1879
Undaunted 1879
Rob Roy 1880, 1881
He had his licence suspended for negligence in abandoning a barge loaded with wool and failing to keep an up-to-date log book.
Thomas Laing Agnes (part) 1877–1880 Rob Roy 1876
Agnes 1879
The youngest son of James Laing sen., principal of Thomas Laing & Co. Laing
James T. Laing Undaunted Wagga Wagga 1880 Cousin of James and Thomas Laing[85]
Albert Henry Landseer 10 February 1829 27 August 1906 Bourke (part)
Despatch (part)
Eliza (part)
Gertrude (part)
Industry (part)
Businessman and politician with extensive trading and flour-milling interests.
He established the township of Milang.
W. P. Dunk was for some time a partner
Main article
Laurence Harcourt Landseer 19 September 1876 27 August 1955 "Laurie" Landseer was son of A. H. Landseer; part of Gem consortium 1910–
Laurence Rob Roy 1880
James Lawson Freetrader 1877
Alfred 1878, 1879
Princess 1879, 1880
Ethel Jackson 1880, 1881
Murrumbidgee 1880–1883
He was later engaged on ocean-going vessels.[86]
Adam Leishman c. 1854 2 October 1913 Ruby 1911 Echuca manager of Gem Navigation Co., he acted as skipper during 1911 U.R.U. strike.[87]
(William) Henry Leonard c. 1831 26 March 1873 Waradgery 1869– (part) Shipbuilder of Echuca; partner in Leonard, Symington and Dorward.
Lessee of punt ("Hopwood's") and pontoon bridge linking Echuca and Moama.
Founded Echuca Meat Preserving Company 1869.
Richard George Lewen c. 1824 5 March 1903 Kelpie 1874, 1875
Victoria 1876–1878
Thistle 1879, 1880
Invincible 1880
Lady of the Lake 1880, 1881
Partner in Murray River Fishing Co. with one (perhaps James) Rice.
He was the first to be awarded a Master's certificate at Echuca.[88]
He married Lucy Alison (c. 1826 – 23 November 1893)
Daughter Lucy Ann Lewen, married W. W. Pullar in 1872.
George Alison Lewen 1854 1929 Eldest son of R. G. Lewen. Wilcannia manager for Wm. McCulloch and Co. in 1885. He married Elizabeth Charlotte "Bessie" Hoseason (daughter of Captain Hoseason) in 1885.
Richard Frederick Lewen c. 1856 17 May 1922 Bantam 1883–1901
Alert 1898
Younger son of R. G. Lewen. He married Maria R. Reid ( – 1 July 1935) of Moama in 1880. They later lived in Richmond.
Henry Robert Lewen c. 1825 5 March 1895 Bantam Brother of R. G. Lewen.[89]
Lewen (unresolved) Moira 1868
Julia 1870
Gem 1879
Maggie 1905
Lewis Maggie 1883, 1884
Gustaf Lindqvist c. 1845 10 February 1923 Burrabogie 1877–1884
Resolute 1878, 1879
Corrong 1887, 1888,
:1890–1892,1894 (Mudie p, 139),1896
Rodney 1888–1891
Kingfisher 1892
Kelpie 1895
Maggie 1891, 1898, 1899
Alert 1899
"Gus" Lindqvist, born in Sweden, married Isabella Halbert Carlyon ( – 25 January 1937), a sister of Thomas and William Symington Carlyon, in 1875.
They lived at Echuca; first at Richmond Hill until that house was destroyed by fire.[90] Later that year she fell in the river and was rescued, but her baby drowned.[91] They then bought a cottage in Mitchell Street. They retired to East Melbourne.
John Scott Lindsay c. 1819 29 June 1878 Gemini 1857, 1858 (Mudie p. 70, 199)
Lady Daly 1866, 1867
Kennedy 1869
Grappler 1872–1875
Earlier commanded the brig Europa and Sir James Fergusson's yacht Edith.[92] With Randell reached Brewarrina 1859.
Married Catherine Reid (c. 1822 – 28 May 1884) and lived at Goolwa. The explorer David Lindsay was a son.
George Linklater 4 February 1829 15 November 1886 Alert 1879 He built steamers Adelaide 1866, Hero 1874, Alert 1879 and barge Heather Bell 1877. He married Sarah Ross in 1865. George jun. was born in 1866.[93]
Lubert Wardell 1909 Snagging operations
Henry Luth c. 1837 c. 18 July 1883 Moira 1875– Sawmiller of Echuca; partner with Samuel Riddell as "Luth & Riddell" Luth
David Luttet c. 1820 1 July 1907 Agnes (part) Businessman of Creswick partner with the Laing brothers and J. Randell, then Randell alone as Thomas Laing and Co.
William Hele Luxon c. 1831 23 February 1873 Sturt 1859–1863
Lady Daly 1862, 1864, 1865
Wentworth 1866–1868
Maranoa 1871
Partnership with George Eaton, as traders, was dissolved 1870.
He married Jane Miller of Goolwa in 1861; they had four children.
John Lyons c. 1856 14 October 1938 Emily Jane 1881
Edwards 1887
City of Oxford 1891[94]
Lived at Echuca
Lachlan McBean 1810 19 January 1894 Goldsbrough
Kelpie
"Locky" McBean was a wool millionaire who owned Woorooma and Windouran stations and others beside, Moulamein and Royal hotels in Moulamein.[95] Described by Mudie (op. cit. p. 160) as "mean and almost illiterate", he died after being thrown from his buggy.
Donald McBeath c. 1819 13 March 1902 Amphibious 1879–1902 Mundoo 1875, 1876
Amphibious
He was earlier captain of sailing ships on Lower Lakes.
John McBeath c. 1861 25 May 1938 Amphibious c. 1890– Son of Donald McBeath; his descendants increasingly chose spelling "McBeth".
David Donald McBeath 1865 12 July 1927 Engineer on several Murray boats; he married a daughter of R. Murray Anderson.
Samuel McBurney c. 1810 18 January 1889 Bunyip 1889 He died in Wollongong hospital after a brick fell on his head while loading at Bulli jetty.
Alexander McCoy c. 1822 29 September 1895 Leichardt 1856–1858
Sturt 1856–1858
He was instrumental in founding the Adelaide Steamship Company.[96] McCoy
William McCulloch 22 October 1832 4 April 1909 (list at McCulloch) Founder Wm.McCulloch and Co., Pty. Ltd. of Melbourne, the largest transport business on the Murray system 1876–1886. Main article
McCulloch
McDonald Milang 1913, 1917
James Mace c. 1895 Gundagai 1856
Albury 1857
Wakool 1860
Lady Daly 1864, 1865
Lady Darling 1865
Cumberoona 1866–1869, 1871 (Mudie op. cit. p. 224)
"Jim" Mace navigated Wakool/Edward 1860. (Mudie p. 75)
His master's certificate was suspended for 12 months after collision with Wahgunyah for which he was found culpable. He was proprietor of Star Hotel, Echuca, 1870–1875. He married Sarah Ann Rouse (c. 1858 – 24 September 1919) around 1857 and deserted her around 1875. He lost two sons by asphyxiation (probably carbon monoxide poisoning) from charcoal embers in a closed cabin on the Lady Daly in 1865.
Rowley McGraw c. 1910 1993 Edwards 1950
Coonawarra 1952
With Hilary Hogg, "Spinny" Clarke, Tom Norris and Barney Binks, one of the last certificated skippers on the Murray.[97]
Mercer M. Mack 6 November 1883 Alfred 1869–1876
Goolwa 1875
Ethel Jackson 1876–1879
He married Margaret "Maggie" Dagmar Dowling (30 April 1853 – 6 September 1880) in 1874. He became publican of the Echuca Hotel, where his young wife died. He killed himself three years later.[98] He had been elected president of the Master Mariners' Association just 6 months previously.
Rev. J. F. K. McKenzie c. 1911 Etona (1) 1892 Church of England minister
James Mackintosh 7 August 1895 Enterprise 1868
Julia 1871–1879
Elizabeth
Proprietor Echuca and Moama Sawmill, employing 500 men.[99]
He purchased Wharparilla station around 1878.
A son, Stanley, was drowned in the Murray in 1879; the barge John Campbell was named for another son.[100]
George Alexander McLean c. 1877 27 October 1912 Corowa 1907
Barwon 1909, 1912
Marion 1909
Ellen 1911
Excelsior 1912
George McLean was one of four brothers who captained Murray River steamers. He married Jane C. Schell (1854 – 3 April 1930); lived Renmark then Morgan.[101]
Hugh McLean Tarella 1911–1912
Wm. Randell 1912
Barwon 1912, 1916
Wm. Davies 1916
Marion 1917
Gem 1917, 1942, 1943
Renmark 1933
Pevensey 1937, 1941–1944
He acted as mate on Marion 1942. He later lived at Glenelg.
Lance J. McLean Ellen 1923
Tolarno 1924, 1925
Colonel 1927
J. G. Arnold 1927–1929
Wm. Davies 1929, 1930
Oscar W. 1930–1934
Wanera c. 1938
Marion 1941, 1942, 1949
Renmark 1942, 1943
Wanera c. 1938
Lance McLean of Morgan, another brother, was skipper of Ellen when she sank in 1923. He was married to Florence Emily (c. 1898 – 6 March 1938)
Norman McLean Wm. Davies 1920 The fourth brother. He and Hugh owned a block at Berri, lived at Pyap.
John McMillan Rob Roy 1879
Golconda 1881, 1882
Florence Annie 1882–1884
Andrew McPherson Kingfisher 1884 He lost his certificate for three months for drunkenness and thereby losing the owner (a Mr. Foley of Ballarat) a valuable contract.
George Makin Marion 1924, 1944
Wanera 1929
Tarella 1938
Gem 1948
Lived at Murray Bridge
Archibald Manning 12 December 1881 Invincible 1881 He was swept overboard and killed when his steamer and barge collided.[102]
Andrew Martin c. 1848 16 October 1897 Charlotte (part)
Britannia
Paringa
Victor
Charlotte Martin, of Callington then Morgan, was partner in Tonkin, Fuller & Martin. (see Tonkin, Fuller). He ran the diminutive Charlotte hawking steamer, which was so profitable that the company invested in more and larger steamers. By the time the Britannia was acquired Martin was the sole owner, as A. Martin & Co., merchants of Renmark and Wentworth. Later boats were the Paringa and Victor. He married Eliza Catharine Fuller, daughter of Benjamin Fuller[103] in 1869.
William Masson Mosquito 1857 Masson (or Mason) made pioneering trip to Balranald in 1857.[104]
W. Mathews Telegraph 1871
Vesta 1872, 1873
Excelsior 1873–1875
Alexander Ferdinand Matulick Shamrock 1890 Ellen 1885 "Fred" Matulick and brother Francis Joseph "Frank" (c. 1859 – 30 August 1939) were boat builders. Matulick
Joseph Touchstone Maultby c. 1833 10 March 1915 Hero 1874–1890 Enterprise 1871–
Hero 1874–1890
Traded up and down river from his store in Wagga Wagga. Maultby
Frederick William Maultby c. 1856 26 September 1932 Pearl 1883 Possibly not related to Joseph T. Maultby. Maultby
Henry Horn Mennie Gundagai 1856 Noted deep water sailor who spent one season on the Murray. Sir Thomas Elder took a trip and wrote about the experience.
G. Merrett Mundoo 1896
Merton Florence Annie 1891
L. D. Mewett J. G. Arnold 1923
Corowa 1923, 1924
Tolarno 1924
Decoy 1924–1927
Monada 1944
Pyap 1944
William E. Miers c. 1854 23 October 1924 Invincible (part) Avoca 1879–1882
Ruby 1886–1890
Ellen 1890, 1891
Pearl 1891–1897
Invincible 1897–1900
"Willy" Miers later ran an orange and poultry farm on Cowra Avenue, Mildura, with son Hugh ( – 11 August 1911). Miers Lane, Mildura may have been named for him. He married Katherine Janet McKenzie (c. 1851 – 30 March 1945). She left him, moving to Queenstown, Tasmania where she kept the Queenstown Hotel from 1909 and the Montagu Hotel from 1918.
Mitchell Shannon 1904
John Reid Montgomery Riverina 1883–1885 Montgomery was prominent Echuca businessman, owner of the Royal Arcade furniture shop. He had Riverina rebuilt after a major fire but was wrecked after striking a snag and, unrepairable, Montgomery was made insolvent, left for Carlton.
James Morris Goolwa 1870
Undaunted 1875, 1876
Riverina 1877
Invincible 1878, 1879
Resolute 1879, 1880
Morrison Marion 1920, 1921
Charles Morton Prince Alfred 1870
Edwards 1886
Morton and Freeman both found culpable after Edwards collision with Emma in July 1886.[105]
Les Muit? Muite? Hero 1950
George Humble Mumby Alfred (when?) Father of G. M. Mumby Mumby
(George) Michael Mumby 13 September 1880 22 February 1944 Rob Roy 1913
Alfred 1917
Captain of Alfred when she sank, killing crewman Charles Thorn. Charged with manslaughter but acquitted. Mumby
Charles Murphy c. 1834 18 July 1874 Murray
Goolwa −1872
Goolwa 1870
Maranoa 1871
Murphy and Johnston (as Johnston & Murphy) purchased the steamer Murray in Scotland, hiring Richard Berry to sail her under canvas to South Australia in 1866. Their Goolwa went to Gippsland Lakes in 1872.[106]
Alexander Sinclair Murray 26 November 1827 26 November 1914 List (part) Settler 1861, 1862 An American, born in Scotland, skippered Tuapeka on the Clutha River, New Zealand,[107] then partner with Peleg Whitford Jackson as Murray & Jackson Murray & Jackson
Murray Shipping Ltd. 1919 1954 List Formed by Murray interests of Permewan Wright, Gem Navigation Co., J. G. Arnold, Knox & Downs and A. H. Landseer Murray Shipping Ltd.
Daniel Charles Myrick 1812 1893 Providence 1866 Providence 1866 An American who lived at Goolwa or Currency Creek from around 1854 and returned to the U.S. around 1867.
David Napier Murray 1861 Skippered the iron hulled screw steamer Murray from Scotland to Goolwa.
Robert D. Napier 1821 May 1885 Moolgewanke (part)
Leichardt (part)
Webb & Napier imported Moolgewanke and barge Unknown in sections 1856, sold to Johnston & Murphy c. 1858.
Operated Leichardt with A. McCoy.[108]
main article
Joseph Nash c. 1838 22 April 1902 Cato (part) Goolwa 1875, 1876, 1879
Bunyip 1882, 1883
Cato 1883–1889
He lived at Goolwa, later ran businesses in North Adelaide, then "Federal Cash Store", Mildura. He owned Cato with George Frederick Curson. He married Eliza ( – 2 August 1892). Eliza's sister Sarah (1827–1901) was the second wife of G. F. Curson.
John Clement Newman c. 1856 12 December 1916 Rob Roy 1876, 1877
Riverina 1882
Edwards 1882
Adelaide 1883
Invincible 1886
Enterprise 1908, 1909
Ruby 1909, 1910
Excelsior 1910
Lived at of Mildura.
Thomas Nolan Rob Roy 1876?[109] Rob Roy 1887, 1888 He was found responsible for the collision with Resolute in October 1887.
James Nutchey sen. 1828 before 1907 Industry −1887 Ship's carpenter, arrived Melbourne 1861 worked on bridges over Yarra; shipwright and sawmiller of Currency Creek in 1866, then with 15y.o. son James on bridge at Murray Bridge.
Married Mary, may have died intestate in Bourke 1896 or 1897.
James Nutchey 1858 12 September 1932 Industry 1880
Corowa 1899, 1907, 1909, 1912
Gem 1903–1915
Ellen 1907
Ruby 1907–1916
Marion 1911
Barwon 1916
Excelsior 1916
E.R.O. 1917–1921
Wilcannia 1923, 1924
Kookaburra 1924–1926
"Jim" Nutchey is reported as "skipper of Gem for 25 years".[110]
Skippered E.R.O. at Renmark during the 1918, 1920 floods
He traded on the Murray from the Kookaburra
James married Martha Hannah Brand (c. 1868 – 28 November 1939) c. 1892[111] Children Alex, Harry, Dave, Esther, John, Olive and Gordon. They lived at Morgan, then Qualco[112]
Edward Nutchey c. 1860 9 November 1896 Son of James Nutchey sen. of Milang; was engineer on Bourke. Married 1894; wife Eliza A. Nutchey.
David Nutchey c. 1865 24 March 1941 Resolute 1891–1899, 1901, 1905
Barwon 1905, 1906
Hero 1906
Lancashire Lass 1908
Oscar 1911, 1914, 1918, 1930
Ulonga 1930–1933
"Dave" Nutchey of Echuca married (1) Ellen Jane Wilson (c. 1868 – June 1906) in 1895; (2) Dinah Flora Bainbridge (c. 1863 – 9 March 1940), a widowed mother. Eldest son David Clarence Nutchey (c. June 1896 – ) was gassed and wounded in France, World War I; daughter Adelaide Ellen (c. 1904 – 9 January 1923), other sons Bervin and Euston.
Ellen Nutchey c. 1869 26 January 1939 "Nellie" Nutchey married Bunting Wilson (c. 1868 – 14 January 1916) in 1906
Alexander Nutchey c. 1872 27 June 1948 Goldsbrough 1890–1899, 1901
Alert 1891, 1896
Wm. Davies 1902, 1904–1906,
:1908
Mascotte 1911
Pevensey 1915, 1916, 1918
"Alex" Nutchey was a son of James Nutchey sen.
Nutchey (unresolved) Wilcannia 1893
Maggie 1904
Murrumbidgee 1907
Mannum 1908, 1909, 1912
Princess Royal 1909
Which of these refer to which brother?
W. John O'Connell 10 April 1903 Moira 1893–1903 "Straight John" O'Connell was mail contractor of Balranald, then Wilcannia, where he owned "Beehive Stores". He was an alderman and owned several racehorses.[113]
Charles Oliver sr. c. 1838 6 March 1923 Warrego (part) 1866–
Prince Alfred (part) –1875
Avoca (part) 1877
Pyap 1897–1908
Warrego
Prince Alfred 1870–1875
Queen 1875–1878, 1890
Pyap 1897–1908
"Charlie" "Mudlark Charlie" part-owned Warrego then Prince Alfred,[114] first with Edward Walker, then alone from 1873, sold her to John Egge. He and Robert Thomson bought Avoca. He lived at Wentworth then Milang.[115] He married Janet Smith Thomson (c. 1854 – 1 October 1887) in 1875. He retired in 1917; his second wife Catherine died 3 February 1924.
Thomas Barrenger married his sister Mary Jane.
Charles Laurence Oliver c. 1879 2 October 1936 Queen (part) –1920 Queen 1911, 1919? With brother Oscar continued running Queen after father retired, selling her in 1920 to R. H. Taylor.[116]
Charles married Olive M. Shemmeld of Angaston in 1909. He purchased the Kimba Hotel in 1936.
Oscar Robert Oliver c. 1878 18 August 1950 Queen (part) –1920 Queen 1911, 1919? Oscar, brother of Charles Oliver above, married Mary Lewis Wooldridge (c. 1882 – 6 March 1939) in 1915.
Olson Clyde 1901, 1902
Olsen Brewarrina 1903?
Success 1918.[117]
It is possible these two refer to the same person.
Ernest "Ern" Orchard Lancashire Lass 1911
Tarella 1911
Excelsior 1912–1914
Corowa 1912, 1921
Ruby 1912
Princess Royal 1913
Ellen 1913
Wm. Davies 1914
Mannum 1914, 1924
Colonel 1923
Decoy 1923
Capt. Sturt 1926
James Barnett Packer c. 1850 26 August 1933 Wentworth 1878, 1887, 1889, 1901 "Jim" Packer helped save Queen of the South when stuck at the Murray mouth.[118](Mudie p. 128)
Joseph Ferdinand Page c. 1837 29 June 1890 Wahgunyah 1869–1877
Saddler 1878–1884
Murrumbidgee 1880
Corrong 1885
Goldsbrough 1888–1890
"Joe" Page was employed by McCulloch & Co. until taken over by Cramsie, Bowden & Co., then Permewan, Wright. He married Catherine Meldrum (c. 1843 – 9 May 1914), lived at "Crossenvale", Echuca.
William Parker Kennedy 1866, 1867, 1871, 1872
Ariel 1869
Culgoa 1870, 1871
In 1871 he assisted Constable Murphy in securing the bushranger Baker.[119]
H. Parker Express (part) Express 1870, 1871 Part owner Express with Robert Hilton, based in Goolwa
Parker (unresolved) J. H. P. 1872 Probably one of the two above, who may be the same person.
John F. Patterson Murrumbidgee 1874, 1875
Little Wonder 1876
Agnes 1877
Riverina 1878, 1884
Julia 1882, 1884
Corrong 1887
Kingfisher 1890.
M. Patterson Wilcannia 1915
Frederick Payne c. 1833 22 February 1911 Resolute −1879
Invincible 1877–1879
Express 1878
Riverina
Undaunted
Lady of the Lake 1880–
Maude
Lady of the Lake 1884, 1887
1896–1898
Auctioneer, commission agent and boat owner in Echuca. Payne
Charles Frederick William Payne 1866[67] Elfie 1896
Pioneer 1897, 1898, 1903
Ellen c. 1910
Marion 1911, 1921–1931
Princess Royal 1911, 1912
Mannum 1920[67]
Ruby 1925, 1931
Tolarno 1926
Renmark
Wilcannia
Tyro
Kelvin 1932
Gem 1936
Merle 1945–1947
"Charlie" Payne, son of Frederick, lived in Renmark; noted for his series of historic Murray photographs. He was on the Gem for 12 years before 1939 and Merle for six.[67] Payne
Henry George Boxall Payne
(perhaps the "W. Payne" in E. Rich & Co. adverts)
1873 Lady of the Lake 1896
Maude 1896–1898
Brewarrina 1904 (Mudie p. 94)
Marion 1912
Tyro 1912
Renmark 1914[120]
Ruby 1924
Pevensey 1937, 1939
Gem 1939
Renmark 1940
"Harry" Payne, son of Frederick was, with Brewarrina in 1904, the last steamboat skipper to venture past Walgett.
He may have been the Capt. Payne on Cato 1908; he acted as Drage's mate on Marion 1938.
His son George Boxall Payne (12 January 1913 – ) was elected to Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame, served in World War II.
Payne
Pearson Ferret 1890
Augustus Baker Peirce
(generally written "Pierce")
7 October 1840 1919 Possibly Victoria
1873–1875.[121]
Corowa 1868, 1869
Jane Eliza 1871
Victoria 1873–1875
Riverina 1876
"Gus Pierce", an American, was a colourful sailor, actor, raconteur and artist.[122][123] Worked on Lady Daly 1864 (Mudie p. 167–176). A. T. Saunders also wrote a thoughtful critique.[124] Main article
Reuben Pendle 14 November 1899 11 October 1929 Tolarno 1926 Pendle was mate on Gem 1923. He lived in Morgan; died aged 29, after two years' illness.
Permewan, Wright & Co. 1863 Originally Permewan, Hunt & Co. (1871), the shipping and forwarding company was founded in Victoria by John Permewan (c. 1837 – 23 December 1904), Thomas Permewan (c. 1843 – 16 November 1899) and John Edward Wright (c. 1845 – 11 January 1886). When Wm. McCulloch & Co. sold their fleet in the 1880s, Permewan, Wright became the dominant company.[125]
Bought out by Gem Navigation Co. in 1910.
Perry c. 25 May 1892 Elfie 1892 Mysteriously drowned 1892, just a month after cabin fire in which deckhand Andrew Salmon was burned to death.
George Rickinson Swan Pickhills c. 1839 13 August 1912 Sturt (part) Queen 1866–1873
Lady Daly 1869–1875
Jupiter 1875
Bourke 1876–1878, 1880
Sturt 1882, 1885–1888, 1890
Mundoo 1895, 1896
Pickhills, son of a Yorkshire lawyer, was stranded at Port Elliot 1860 after the Flying Fish wrecked, given work on Gemini.[126]
Stuck in the Darling during 1885–86 drought.[127] One of his last acts on the Murray was to demolish a bridge at Bourke which was impeding navigation.[128]
He married Ellen Fanning (c. 1836 – 11 August 1911) of Goolwa on 18 February 1862; they lived at Bourke.
C. E. W. Bean mentions Pickhills in Dreadnought of the Darling.
His brother, Charles Edward Pickhills (c. 1847 – 13 February 1869) was thrown overboard from Moira and drowned when that vessel hit a snag.
Gus Pierce see Peirce above.
Pollard Success 1956 "Brick" Pollard mentioned by Mudie (Mudie p. 111)
Subject of British Pathe documentary "Floods Hit Sheep Farmers" (1956)
William Robert Porter c. 1850 19 November 1921 Pearl 1874
Freetrader 1875, 1876
Jane Eliza 1883
Gem 1883 (Mudie p. 229)
Jane Eliza 1883
Ferret 1884
Invincible 1884
Glimpse 1885
Waradgery 1895
Ariel 1896
Born in Taunton, Somerset, Porter was a stepson of Samuel Randell.[129] He was the master of Jane Eliza in 1883 when she collided with the Paringa, and was found culpable.
A. F. Porter Tarella 1919–1924 Operated Tarella for the Irrigation Department
Reginald E. Potter Barwon 1911
Decoy 1912
Tarella 1913
Excelsior 1913, 1917
Wm. Randell 1914, 1916
"Reg" Potter captained Barwon, crewed by strike-breaking skippers during crew strike of 1911.
Arthur Edward Price Murrabit 1921, 1924
Decoy 1926
J. H. Price Emma
Enterprise
Traded along Murray with J. Egge? Hard to verify.[130]
William Whyte Pullar c. 1841 2 May 1886 Firefly Firefly
Lady Daly 1878
Murrumbidgee 1878, 1880
Victoria 1879
Corrong 1880–1882
The youngest son of James Pullar of Dundee, Scotland, he also captained Firefly and other McCulloch boats, became Echuca manager for McCulloch & Co.
He married Lucy Ann Lewen, daughter of R. G. Lewen in 1872. He died of a heart complaint; his wife married again in 1888.
His sister Anne married Duncan Crawford in 1857.[131]
Fred Pullar Adelaide 1867,
:1869–1871, 1875
Perhaps Frederick James Pullar who was declared bankrupt 1893 after a brief spell as hotelier; relation to W. W. Pullar not known.
George Pybus South Australian 1878, 1879
Blanche 1880
Cumberoona 1881, 1883–1887
Saddler 1888–1890
Pybus was one of those stuck in the Darling during the 1885–1886 drought.
William Richard Randell 2 May 1824 4 March 1911 Mary Ann
Ariel
Gemini
Bunyip
Bogan
Nil Desperandum
Corowa 1876
Mary Ann 1853–1855
Gemini 1855–1859
Bunyip 1858, 1859, 1861–1863
Bogan 1864–1869
Nil Desperandum 1870–1874
Corowa 1876
Built and skippered Mary Ann, proved a steamer could operate commercially on the Murray.
With E. B. Scott (see below), as Randell & Scott, he had stores at Wentworth, Booligal and Hay (sold 1861 to Morgan & Pollard).
He married Elizabeth Ann "Annie" Nickels (1835 – 16?17? October 1924) in 1853.
Randell
(Richard) Murray Randell 2 February 1863 6 March 1952 Tyro Tyro 1897, 1899, 1904, 1909
Also most of Randell's line.
Captain Murray Randell, son of W. R. Randell, managed the fleet of paddle steamers on the Murray for 56 years[132] and captained most if not all of them.
He married Anne Florence "Florrie" McKirdy of Mannum in 1889, lived on houseboat Murrundie (previously P.S. Menindie) at Murray Bridge from 1912.
Randell
James Percy Randell 22 April 1867 4 January 1914 Agnes (part) Waradgery 1907 "Jim" Randell, a son of W. R. Randell, married (Violet Sarah) Rose Bock. Randell
Albert Wentworth Randell 18 September 1870 3 October 1923 Tyro[133] Federal Another son of W. R. Randell, he skippered Federal for Renmark Irrigation Trust. Randell
Thomas George Randell c. 1826 14 May 1880 Assisted his brother W. R. Randell in his pioneering river voyages. He later managed a slipway at Mannum and a store on the Bogan river.(Mudie p. 200). His eldest daughter Mary Evelyn Randell (c. 1852 – 29 October 1927) married "Charlie" Bock (c. 1843 – 4 December 1919) in 1875. Randell
Elliott Charles Randell 1832 29 April 1908 Bunyip
Gemini
Corowa
Bunyip 1859, 1860
Gemini
Pearl 1866–1872, 1875, 1876
Corowa 1873–1876, 1880
Gem 1877–1879
Princess Royal 1879
Ruby 1880
Success 1881, 1882,1886 (Mudie p. 109)
A brother of W. R. Randell, he lived at Hay, Echuca and Moama. He was declared insolvent in 1878 and forced to sell his farm.[134] Randell
Alfred Elliott Randell c. 1856 21 January 1892 Ruby 1880, 1881
Corowa 1885, 1886
Waradgery 1890–1892
Son of E. C. Randell, he was stuck in Darling during 1885–1886 drought. He was declared insolvent 1881. He married Katherine W. Swaine on 25 January 1890. Their daughter was born three weeks after he died. Randell
Ebenezer Hartly Randell March 1838 6 September 1890 Gemini 1860
Bunyip 1859–1861
Moolgewanke 1863–1865,
:1867, 1868, 1870, 1871, 1874
Pearl 1870, 1875
Corowa 1871
Riverina 1871–1873
Ariel 1880–1882
Roma 1884–1886
"Eb" Randell, a brother of W. R. Randell, was skipper of Roma 1886, when it was destroyed by fire. He married Ada Caroline Farmer in 1867. Randell
Ernest Walter Randell Endeavour
Undaunted
"Ern" Randell, identified as an American (Mudie p. 217) but may have been born in Mannum 4 May 1866, died 7 December 1940, married Florence Tupholme (c. 1865–1892) of Moama in 1890.
Ernest R. Randell c. 1878 Excelsior 1923, 1925
Wanera 1953[135]
"Ernie", a son of Ernest W. Randell, also mentioned by Mudie (Mudie p. 217).
Robert Thomas Frederick James Ransom 23 September 1862 15 April 1954 Wagga Wagga 1890
Princess Royal 1908
Alfred 1912, 1913, 1915
Marion 1916
Ruby c. 1916
Robert F. Ransom, of Mildura married Maude Mary Nichols (1 October 1874 – 6 June 1925) in 1893 and had eight children; they were divorced in 1917; Mrs.Barritt was cited as co-respondent.[136]
Robert Reed Kelvin 1934
Ulonga 1937[137]
Renmark 1948
Kelvin 1934, 1935
Ulonga 1937
"Bob" Reed R.N.R., of Renmark, later Goolwa, was skipper of Kelvin 1935 when Renmark regatta ended in tragedy.[138] Purchased Ulonga 1937 to cart wood for Renmark Irrigation Trust.[139] He married Winifred Maude "Win" Rolfe in 1930.
R.T. Reid 1832 1915 Jane Eliza 1875–1879? With brother W.L. Reid owners of Tolarno Station
Reis Beechworth 1866
Lady Darling 1866
Alfred 1867
He was at McLarty's Bringagee station when it was overrun by bushrangers.[140]
Perhaps C. E. Reis R.N.R. (c. 1835 – c. 15 September 1915).
Rice Barwon 1914
Wm. Davies 1920
He was skipper of the William Davies when her shaft broke, causing considerable damage but no injury.[141]
Edward Rich c. 1844 c. 15 September 1912 List Founder and managing director of E. Rich & Co. Rich
George Henri Risby c. 1840 29 January 1898 Struggler
Wagga Wagga
Alfred 1890
George Risby owned sawmills in Mildura and Narrandera.
He left his first wife and family of four daughters and son George in 1884, to live with Sophie Myer, and with whom he had a further two children. He married Sophie on 17 January 1896, his first wife having died in 1892.[142]
James Ritchie sr. 1832 23 April 1881 Pioneer Wakool 1863
Jolly Miller 1868
James Ritchie was a member of first Lady Augusta crew.
He married Alison Johnstone (12 August 1829 – 19 February 1913) in 1854 in Cockenzie, later lived in Goolwa. Three sons (below) were captains of river boats.
Ritchie
James Ritchie jr. 25 November 1858 Pioneer (part) 1881– Lady Augusta 1867
Providence 1868
Victoria 1870–1873
Burrabogie 1874–1877
Pioneer 1878–1780, 1882
Cadell 1923, 1925
Son of James Ritchie, "Jim" Ritchie married Wenfried Hennessy of Goolwa in 1866. Her sister Eliza married William Barber.
John David Ritchie 5 August 1862 19 May 1942 Pioneer (part) 1881– Jupiter 1892–1894, 1896, 1897
Cadell 1922 (Mudie p. 194)
"Jack" Ritchie, second son of James Ritchie sr., was mayor of Goolwa 1925, married Elisabeth Miriam Rogers ( – 20 December 1931) in 1892.
George Ritchie 14 December 1864 7 August 1944 Pioneer (part) 1881–
Pioneer 1891–1899
Alexandra
Bantam
Venus 1906–
Pioneer 1878–1882,
:1890 (Mudie p. 88), 1891–1894
Alexandra 1904, 1906
Son of James Ritchie sr., George Ritchie M.H.A. was part-owner of Pioneer with brothers, then sole owner from 1891 to 1899.[13] Main article
David Johnstone Ritchie c. 1874 Cadell 1923 Fourth son of James Ritchie sr.[143] He was mayor of Goolwa 1922, councillor 1938, purchased Cadell 1923, and brought her back to the Murray. He married Violet Mayfield in 1903; lived at Goolwa, then Semaphore.
J. W. Ritchie Corrong 1874, 1876 Possibly same person as James Ritchie jr.
River Murray Navigation Company 1853 1859 Lady Augusta
Melbourne
Albury
Gundagai
Grappler
Ruby
Bogan
Wakool
Formed 1853 by Francis Cadell and William Younghusband, it was liquidated 1859, after a series of mishaps and mismanagement.[144]
By 1896 the company existed in name only.
River Darling Navigation Co. 1882 1905 Founded by Edward Quin M.P., A. Kirkpatrick, C. G. Lush, T. B. Chambers and others, to make the Darling navigable between Wentworth and Wilcannia by means of locks.[145] The company failed in its objectives and folded around 1905.
Edmund Robertson Sir Henry Young 1854
Lady Augusta 1854, 1855,
:1857–1859
Gundagai 1855
Albury 1855
Gundagai 1855
Melbourne 1856
Robertson commanded Eureka, tender to the Lady Augusta on her pioneering trip up the Murray in 1853.
John Robson 12 February 1838 14 January 1910 Osprey 1882–
Rothbury 1886
Banker of Ballarat; youngest brother of William (c. 1831 – 6 April 1891) and James Robson owners of Gunbower sawmills. He was well known as a musician, elocutionist and Shakespearean actor.
George Henry Robson 2 January 1953 Barwon 1898, 1904, 1906
Hero 1905
Nile 1905
George Vining Rogers 1832 11 July 1910 Milang 1893, 1894, 1900, 1902 Rogers captained sailing ships on Lower Lakes before steamer Milang.
C. Rolfe Rob Roy 1880
Enterprise 1882
R. Ross Albury 1856
Sidney James Rossiter c. 1884 27 August 1943 Mannum 1914
Corowa 1914
Marion 1914
Milang 1928
He was married to Caroline Sophie; lived at Murray Bridge.
William Rowlands c. 1830 15 March 1898 Kelpie 1876
Pride of the Murray 1877–1889
Trafalgar 1882
"Bill" Rowlands was an uncle of W. E. Davies.[146]
F. Salmon Ferret 1892, 1896[47] Fred Salmon's brother Andrew. a deckhand, died in fire aboard Elfie while moored at Brewarrina 1892
William Sandey c. 1859 8 July 1896 Decoy 1892–1894 Lived at Murray Bridge
Philip J. Sandford Renmark Barwon 1910
Wm. Randell 1911
Rob Roy 1912
Canally 1925
"Phil" Sandford was shipbuilder of Mannum for J. G. Arnold, who managed upgrades to Murrundi and Waikerie, and construction of Esmeralda[147]
He later worked at Morgan, and converted the steamer Renmark for his own use as a houseboat.[148] He later worked for the Roads and Bridges Department.
Théophile Jules Saunier 1840 c. 15 June 1917 Express 1871, 1872
Eliza Jane 1876, 1879, 1880
"Steve" Saunier, originally from New Orleans, worked on Mundoo, Jupiter, Dispatch, Arcadia and Goolwa.[149] and, as mate, commanded Jupiter 1874, 1875. He was captain of Eliza Jane 1879 when she collided with Queen and 1880 when she struck Jolly Miller. He married Agnes Smith in 1879; lived at Goolwa.
Charles Schmedje sr. c. 1846 27 November 1891 Thistle 1879
Adelaide 1879–1889
Little Wonder 1881, 1882
Schmedje, in 1883 appeared on an assault charge against a former crewman, for which he received the minimum penalty of one shilling. Born in Germany, he was married to Ann (c. 1854 – 6 October 1934).
Charles Edward Harper Schmedje 1872 10 January 1949 Adelaide[150] (but when?) Son of Charles sr., he captained Adelaide, possibly from 1886 to 1889 when her skipper's name was reported as "Smidgee".
He was married to Elizabeth Ann (c. 1854 – 6 October 1934). They farmed at Kotupna and many of the family settled at Tongala.
Frederick Edward Schuetze (Schütze) 1847 1 January 1930 Golconda Fairy
Golconda
A storekeeper of Mannum, who, with J. George Arnold, traded on the Murray. His daughter Cora Matilda married Percival Walter Randell, son of E. H. Randell, in 1907.
Edward Bate Scott 1822 30 June 1909 Bunyip (part) 1860
Gemini (part) 1860
Lady Darling 1867 Noted SA pioneer, associate of Eyre (Mudie p. 200)
Partner Randell & Scott 1860; passenger on Bunyip December 1863 when she was destroyed by fire and helped in rescue attempts. (Mudie p. 202)
captain of the Lady Darling when she was destroyed by fire 1867.
Main article
Lewis Searles 1852 29 March 1934 Clara 1877, 1878
Tolarno 1880
Britannia 1888
Ruby 1890
Alfred 1890
Elfie 1894
Māori 1907, 1908
Married with at least two sons, he lived at Morgan and "Brighton's Bend" near Mildura.
(William) Oscar Searles c. 1892 Wm. Davies 1924
Renmark 1924–1927
Gem 1925–1928
Davis 1926
Ruby 1928
Born in Kapunda, a son of Lewis Searles, he is credited with at one time saving the Gem (captained by Nutchey) from sinking by patching her underwater.[151]
John Searles 10 October 1897 Wanera 1952, 1953 "Jack" Searles, born in Morgan, was a son of Lewis Searles
A. Senior Jandra (part) 1894– Part owner, with W. & H. Brown, of Jandra, home "Woodlands", near Bourke.
Rev. H. F. Severn Etona (2) Church of England minister, nephew of Bishop Kennion and Sir James Fergusson[152] Later rector of Heathfield, Sussex
Charles Mackay Seward c. 1848 4 July 1899 Moira Charles Seward of Echuca also owned barge Golconda
Rowland John Shelley Melbourne 1870, 1872 Shelley was in charge of snagging operations for the Victorian Public Works department, based in Echuca, from 1864. In 1877 he was charged with embezzling £400 of government money[153] and convicted, but due to ill-health may not have served any sentence.
Sheridan Emu 1867, 1872 Perhaps John Sheridan who captained Emily for Sir James Fergusson, Governor of SA 1868–1873, later for Sir Thomas Elder.
Samuel Shetliff sen. c. 1815 27 February 1880 Tyro 1872– Vesta 1868–1871
Tyro 1872–1878
"Sam" Shetliff married Ellen Rimmington or Remington (c. 1812 – 4 February 1882). Two sons were riverboat captains; daughter Amelia (6 March 1854 15 March 1920) married Capt. Andrew Willcock (1848– ) in 1885, lived in Goolwa.
Samuel Shetliff jun. c. 1847 c. May 1888 Ellen 1883–1886 Sam Shetliff jun. was sexton of Goolwa cemetery.
Joseph Shetliff c. 1848 Jolly Miller 1893–1895 He married Jane, daughter of G. F. Curson in 1874 and moved to Gawler.
J. L. Simpson Golconda (part) 1877–
Duncan Sinclair 1852 30 November 1930 Undaunted 1877, 1881
Wagga Wagga 1878, 1879
Agnes 1878, 1880
Goldsbrough 1879
Golconda 1879?
Kingfisher 1880
Rob Roy 1881
Ferret 1884
Lancashire Lass 1887, 1896–1898
Kelpie 1887
Enterprise 1892
Success 1892–1894, 1901
City of Oxford 1894
"Drunken Duncan" (Mudie p. 179) was born in Glasgow and came to Australia as a young boy, schooled in Echuca. After a time in the post office, he worked as riverboat captain before taking a clerical position with the Echuca Hospital.[154]
He lost a six-year-old son in a river accident in 1885.[155]
Rhoda Singh 8 February 1953 City of Oxford Charlotte
City of Oxford 1909[156]
Singh, a Sikh trader, possibly from the Punjab,[157] built a general store at Loxton (the first substantial place of business in the town)[158] in 1909. He owned the City of Oxford, from which he and Bhagwan Singh[159] hawked goods between Morgan and Renmark. He sold the business to Polkinghorne, moved to Ramco[112] in 1910, where he built the "Settlement Store" and bought the City of Oxford back again. He appears to have left the area after the sinking of the boat in 1911 and at some stage moved to Marree, where he died. He is reported as owning the Charlotte at some time after Henry Butler.[160]
William M. Sladden c. 1883 Pyap 1908–1931 "Will" Sladden of Murray Bridge was a noted oarsman, stroke of the Murray Bridge rowing eight and was on the Australian team at the 1924 Olympic Games.[161]
Harold Sleigh 19 May 1867 24 April 1933 Emu[162] and
Ethel Jackson[163][164] c. 1891–c. 1893
Based in Bourke, best known as founder of Golden Fleece petroleum company.
George Sutherland Smith 1828 18 August 1903 Teviot 1865–1868
Beechworth
Jane Eliza (part)
Lady Darling (part) 1867–
Jane Eliza 1867–1870 builder, shipowner and winemaker; partner in Smith & Harris (1863–1866). Smith & Banks (1857–), Upper Murray Navigation Line. He married Elizabeth Banks (c. 1835 – 27 August 1871), sister of John Banks, around 1865. Main article
William Smith Corowa 1868– Emu 1871–1873 William "Anchor" Smith of Rutherglen was partner in Smith & Banks (Mudie p. 173)
Perhaps the engineer William Smith of Wahgunyah who invented a machine for pulping grapes 1869.
Smith
James Anderson Smith Teviot 1865–1869
Beechworth 1865–1867
Most likely a brother of G. S. Smith
R. Smith Tarella 1914
Smith (unresolved) Moira 1867
Ruby 1912, 1913
Mannum 1913, 1914
Marion 1913–1917
Tarella 1934
John Smythe Wentworth 1864–1867 In later years Smythe sailed between Goolwa and Port Adelaide, then in 1868 between Victor Harbor and Port Adelaide.
Stevens Rob Roy 1881
William Stewart Vesta 1873–1875
Blanche 1875–1877
Charles Stilton Gemini 1860
William Stone Kingfisher 1881, 1882
Robert Strang c. 1849 25 October 1905 Pearl 1882, 1883
Alert 1883–1899
Maggie 1904, 1905
He was unmarried and lived at Hare Street South, Echuca, with his mother and sisters.[165]
Leonard Johanneson Strom 1850 29 December 1936 Elizabeth 1883, 1885, 1886, 1888,
1892, 1893, 1899–1901, 1908
Enterprise 1894
Little Wonder 1898
Alert 1905
Married, lived at Echuca East.
It is possible some of these should be ascribed to Louis Strom, reported in 1893 as a former river captain who struck gold at Coolgardie.
William H. Sugden c. 1844 26 May 1906 Kelpie (part) Waradgery 1869
Kelpie 1875, 1876
Goldsbrough 1881
Edwards 1881
He was mate on the Wahgunyah when it was struck by Cumberoona.
Alfred J. Sugden Kelpie −1876 (part) He was Riverina manager for McCulloch & Co., jailed for larceny 1881 (it could have been embezzlement but McCulloch would not press charges).[166] A fire had been started in the Company office with accounts books open on desk, but this was not pursued.
Alfred Charles Sunman 18 November 1880 Culgoa 1865–1871
Kennedy 1870–1876,
:1878, 1880
Previously a salt-water captain with the P&O Line, he drowned after falling from the Kennedy during a thunderstorm. He married Eliza Parkinson (c. 1845 – 4 September 1923) on 31 January 1869. They had five children, lived at Goolwa.
(Samuel) Alfred Swannell c. 1845 December 1875 Blanche (part)
Gertrude (part)
Gertrude 1875 Partner in Swannell & Wallace, which owned mail steamers Blanche and Gertrude. He married Emma Chalklen ( – 30 January 1893) in 1871; they had two daughters.
James Symington c. 1828 29 March 1908 Kelpie Kelpie 1864–1873
Resolute 1878, 1879
Agnes 1879
Bunyip 1880
He was for many years a resident of Beechworth.
William Symington (1764–1831) was a notable Scottish steamboat pioneer. Family connection or coincidence?
William Symington c. 1830 20 August 1882 Also reported as a ship's captain.
James Symington Waradgery (part) With Henry Leonard built the barge Only Son for Captain Davies. They founded a boiling down factory on the banks of the Murray in 1868, which in 1869 became the Echuca Meat Preserving Company.
Leonard, Symington and (George) Dorward owned Waradgery.
John Tait c. 1844 23 September 1915 Corowa 1892– Jupiter 1871, 1875, 1876
Princess Royal 1874, 1875
Dispatch 1877
Freetrader 1881
Albury 1881–1883
Ellen 1889
Pearl 1890, 1891
Corowa 1890–1895
Waradgery 1894
"Jack" Tait lived in Goolwa, later married to Agnes, and lived at Birkenhead, South Australia.
Telegraph Line of Steamers Waradgery 1868
Undaunted, Burrabogie, Riverina, Corrong, Golconda, Lancashire Lass, Kingfisher 1878
Enterprise, Wagga, Moira 1882
Agents: Permewan, Wright & Co. Ltd. of Echuca
Last advertisement 1900
Les Telley 1891 1968 Coonawarra 1951 "The Melbourne" 1954 "The Invincible" c.1930s-40s "Adelaide" 1960 Les Telley qualified for his Master's ticket in 1914.[167]
Henrich Gottlieb Teschner Corrong 1897, 1898
Colonel 1903–1906
Maggie 1905
Alert 1905, 1906
Resolute 1905
Barwon 1908
"Tesh" was for a time licensee of the Pastoral Hotel, Echuca.
He was related to the Davies and Swanell families of Echuca. He married Mary Alice Johnson (died 26 September 1911), sister of J. G. Johnson, in 1903.
Adolph Gustav Thamm c. 1874 31 August 1924 Pyap c. 1900
Waikerie c. 1911
Corowa 1913
Tyro 1914
Wilcannia 1917
Renmark 1923, 1924
"G. A." Thamm of Morgan was married to Jane and had three daughters. He died of peritonitis following an appendix operation.[168]
Henry Theisz c. October 1841 16 April 1887 Pioneer 1874, 1880
Corrong 1875–1879
Burrabogie 1878
Goldsbrough 1881
Maggie 1881–1883
Maude 1885–1887
He built the Maggie in partnership with Arnold J. King and Charles Roberts. Crashed into dinghy of Emily Jane in 1882, injuring one of the two boys, refused to give assistance.[169] He was declared insolvent 1884 after an acrimonious split with partner Roberts.
He fell overboard and drowned while in charge of Maude.[170][171]
John Thompson Corowa 1870 Ian Mudie (op. cit. p. 174) says this was William Thompson
William Thompson Jane Eliza c. 1871 (Mudie op. cit. p. 224)
Success 1889, 1890
Excelsior 1882, 1894–1897
Little Wonder 1898
Lancashire Lass 1906
Some or all of these may properly refer to William Thomson below.
Thompson (unresolved) Princess 1875
Rob Roy 1908
Wm. Randell 1912
Tarella 1914
William Thomson 1859 20 January 1936 Waradgery 1879
Adelaide 1890–1911
"Skipper" Thomson ran Adelaide for 23 years, including in her later role with the Murray River Sawmills Co. of Moama, of which he was an employee c. 1885–1930.[172] In his youth he was a noted oarsman. He married H. "Elizabeth" Maitland in 1894; they had nine children.[173]
Some or all of references to William Thompson (above) may properly belong here.
Robert Thomson Avoca 1877– (part)
Brewarrina 1877– (part)
With Charles Oliver (as Oliver & Thomson) owned Avoca
Thomson and Ritchie owned Brewarrina
Thomson (unresolved) Alfred 1876
Success 1876, 1889
Pyap 1897
Henry Thorpe Wardell 1879–1884, 1888, 1892
James Tinks c. 1827 16 October 1889 Wilcannia Telegraph 1866–1875
Corrong 1881
Wilcannia 1876, 1879–1889
"Jimmy" Tinks of Milang was mostly involved with sailing vessels such as the Mosquito, but later ran steamers.
He married Katherine "Kate" Couly (c. 1837 – 19 September 1909) in 1862.
William Tinks 1938 Canally 1919–1925 Wilcannia 1892
Ellen 1906, 1909
Corowa 1905, 1908
Ruby 1908, 1909
Marion 1910
Waikerie 1911–1926
Success 1922
"Bill" Tinks took over Wilcannia from his father and in partnership with Albert "Bert" Francis purchased Waikerie, Canally, Murrabit and Success. In 1926 he sold his interest in the Success, Waikerie and five barges, to W & W. F. Bailey.[11]
He married S. J. "Jinnie" Cowan in 1893, and moved to Morgan.[174]
Tonkin, Fuller & Martin 1868 1889 Owning stores at Callington, Wentworth, Cal Lal and Renmark, they were originally Tonkin & Fuller and for a time Tonkin, Fuller & Jones. At various times from 1868 they owned and operated Duke of Edinburgh (1868–), Moolgewanke, Nil Desperandum, Paringa (1877– ), Princess Royal (1881– ), Britannia (1884– ) and Victor. They were owners of Moolgewanke in 1874 when her boiler exploded with tragic results. John Raglan Frayne was one of their captains.
Absalom Tonkin (c. 1839 – 16 June 1892) married Charlotte Fuller (c. 1836 – 18 November 1874) on 11 September 1855.
For Benjamin Fuller and Andrew Martin see above.
Frederick Toomer c. 1844 6 September 1893 Lady Daly 1871–1876
Freetrader 1872, 1874
Waradgery 1874–1884
Princess 1878
Murrumbidgee 1883, 1884
Rothbury 1885–1889
Enterprise 1891
For some time partner with George Robson as Toomer and Robson, steamboat proprietors; dissolved 1891.
He married Mary Jane ( – ), from 1883 proprietress of Steam Packet Hotel, Echuca, later held by a Miss Kenrick. He was publican of Odd Fellows Hotel 1885 at Echuca but declared insolvent 1886.
W. Toomer Princess 1879
Emily Jane 1879
possibly a son of Fred Toomer
Toomer and Co. Engineers of Echuca built engine for Dora 1884.
H. M. Treacy Sawmiller 1899–1901
Barwon 1924
Daniel Ernest Treacy Princess Royal
/ Monada
Avoca
Princess Royal
/ Monada 1937
Avoca 1939, 1948.[175]
Renamed Princess Royal as Monada in 1926.[176]
P. Treleaven Murrabit 1948
Arthur Charles Trounson c. 1866 11 August 1900 Engineer for R. M. Randell on Tyro when her boiler exploded November 1897, severely injuring both men.
Assisted J. G. Arnold in his abortive removal of steamer Perseverance from Glenelg River 1898. Died at Mannum.
Frederick Tucker Nile 1888–1891, 1893
Pride of the Murray 1891–1901
Rothbury 1905
Fred Tucker was jailed in 1902 for embezzlement from his employers, Permewan, Wright & Co.[177]
William Thomas Tutcher 26 October 1895 Moira Cordial maker of Echuca, later Sydney, then slightly dubious sharebroker of Melbourne
Upper Murray Navigation Co. Formed by Smith & Banks to run between Wahgunyah and Echuca Smith
John Stephen Upton c. 1833 20 November 1887 Endeavour 1876 Storekeeper of Milang 1872–1878, Wentworth agent for Whyte, Counsell & Co. 1880, mayor of Wentworth 1881–1882, president of Darling Navigation Association 1884.[178] Married to Sarah Jane (c. 1830 – 8 November 1910)
Benjamin Varcoe c. 1828 8 October 1917 Wentworth 1866, 1867 "Ben" Varcoe married Harriett Brooks (c. 1837 – 31 December 1906) in 1857, later prominent flour miller of Hillston
Wentworth was built 1864 for Robert Varcoe at Goolwa.
W. Varcoe Wentworth 1867
Wagga Wagga Steam Navigation Co. 1869 1878 J. H. P. 1869–1878
Victoria 1869–1878
Founded by James Warby; ran J. H. P. between Wagga Wagga and Hay; and Victoria and barge Pocahontas between Wagga Wagga and Echuca
Leon Wagner Coonawarra
Wanera1983[179]
Edward Walker Warrego (part)
Prince Alfred (part)
Prince Alfred 1867–1872 Partnership with George Oliver dissolved 1873.
Jeffrey Wallace c. 1844 23 October 1906 Blanche (part)
Gertrude (part)
Bogan 1864
Blanche 1869–1875
Prince Alfred
Dispatch 1879, 1882, 1883, 1885
Bourke 1889
Victoria 1903
Partner Swannell & Wallace, owners of mail steamers Blanche and Gertrude operating in the Lower Lakes and Lower Murray; lived at Milang.
John M. Wallace 12 February 1909 Alfred
Avoca
J. H. P. (part)
Rob Roy
Victoria[180]
Jupiter 1869
J.H.P. 1871
Albury 1875, 1877, 1878, 1880
Gertrude 1874–1876
Victoria 1894
Jack, brother of Jeffrey, served as cabin boy on Lady Augusta on her historic 1853 voyage. He was convicted of selling "sly grog" from the J.H.P. (part-owner with Dawson) in 1871.[181]
He killed himself a week after the suicide of his son David, who worked as engineer on the Victoria.[182]
Wallace (unresolved) Riverina 1873
Ariel 1876
Mundoo 1876
Jim Wallace was third brother; all originally from Hindmarsh Island. (Mudie p. 167)
(Frans) Oscar Wallin 1867 16 August 1934 Julia
Australien
Oscar / Oscar W. 1908–1909
Clyde 1909–
Julia 1898–1906
Australien 1905, 1906, 1908
Oscar / Oscar W. 1908
Clyde 1909
"Charlie" Wallin, born in Norrköping, Sweden, trained as a seaman and settled in Victoria in 1887, moved to Echuca in 1889 and was naturalised in 1897. He married Diana Blanche "Daisy" Waylen (1876–1959) of Echuca.
Built Oscar 1908, exchanged her (as Oscar W.) for Clyde 1909.[183] Their son Oscar William Wallin (c. July 1897 – 20 September 1917) served with the 8th Battalion, and was killed in action in Belgium. Their two-year-old daughter Vera died shortly after.
James Edward Warby 7 May 1839 11 May 1910 Warby was a grazier of Billenbah station and businessman of Wagga Wagga, Hay, Hillston and Urana. Warby purchased the business of J. H. Pollard in February 1869, and founded Wagga Wagga Steam Navigation Co. to operate J. H. P. and Victoria. The company folded after a few years. He married Sarah Lakeman (c. 1848 – 28 January 1911); they had a large family.
William Warren c. 1831 10 July 1889 Amphibious 1876 Designed the novel twin screw steamer Amphibious and barge, built in Melbourne in 1876 for the shallow waters of the Murrumbidgee.[184]
Waters May 1914 Jolly Miller 1871
S. Watson Mundoo 1912
Wilcannia 1921
Frank Weaver Canally 1924
Waikerie 1926
Murrabit c. 1930
W. F. B. 1933
Success 1935
Carting stone for locks c. 1930 (Mudie p. 183)
William Webb Moolgewanke (part) lady Augusta 1854
Moolgewanke 1856–1859
Part owner of Moolgewanke with Robert D. Napier.
He lived at Echuca until around 1861.
John Webb c. 1855 16 March 1934 Edwards Pride of the Murray (Mudie p. 102)
Edwards 1903, 1905
Son of William Webb, "Jack" Webb was a teacher in Echuca, then newsagent before qualifying as a riverboat captain.
Weir Enterprise 1879
Peter Andreas Ammentorp Westergaard 28 December 1854 17 January 1919 Kingfisher 1882
Barwon 1887–1893
Goldsbrough 1883–1886
Nile 1891
Wm. Davies 1895–1902
Born in Odense, a son of shipwright (Frederick) William Westergaard, he was later Echuca manager of Permewan, Wright and Co. He married Janet Reid (1857–1939) lived at Echuca. Westergaard
C. Westin Florence Annie 1892, 1896[47]
Mundoo 1897–1898,[48]
Weston Wm Randell 1910
George White Bunyip Bunyip 1886
Brewarrina 1890–1900
Wandering Jew 1903, 1908, 1910–1914
Various stories about "Nobby" White getting Bunyip stranded on Barwon during 1886 floods;(Mudie p. 93) and taking the Brewarrina 40 miles up the Moonie in the 1892 floods.[185]
He took Brewarrina up the Barwon to the Queensland border during the 1893 floods; the only vessel to visit all four riverine colonies.(Mudie p. 94)
Edward Whitely Lancashire Lass 1878 Sawmill proprietor of Echuca East to 1882
John Whyte c. 1826 16 February 1902 Decoy
Tolarno
Saddler
South Australian
Menindie
Partner in Whyte, Counsell & Co., wholesale grocers and shipowners, with James Counsell (see above) until 1884. He married the widow Louisa Heath, a sister of James Counsell, on 18 May 1854. In 1890 he was owner of Decoy, Tolarno, Saddler and South Australian, and at the time of his death he was the owner of Menindie and Saddler.
Wilkes or Wilks Emu 1874
Vesta 1877, 1879
Rev. F. W. Wilkinson Etona (2) Church of England minister
Andrew Willcock c. 1848 14 July 1929 Tolarno An engineer, he built steamer Tolarno, operated by his father and himself.[186] married Amelia Shetliff (6 March 1854 – 15 March 1920), only daughter of Sam Shetliff, sen., and the first white girl born in Goolwa.
Samuel H. Williams Kingfisher 1877 Waradgery 1874
Freetrader 1874
Edwards 1875–1883
Lancashire Lass 1880, 1881
Emily Jane 1891
"Sam" Williams was ambiguously reported as owner also of Golconda and her barge Leviathan.[187]
H. Williams Vesta 1879
Emu 1879
Possibly the same person as S. H. Williams.
Williams Grappler At one time captained snagboat Grappler.[188]
R. F. Williamson Golconda (part) 1877–
Joseph Percy Willoughby Timor 1890, 1891 Mildura dental surgeon, horticulturist and landowner
Clarence James Wilson 27 January 1863 24 March 1905 Glimpse 1887–1888
Lancashire Lass 1888–1894
"Clarrie" Wilson, a son of James S. Wilson and brother of Bervin Robert Wilson (below) and Helen Jane Wilson (who married David Nutchey).
He built the barge Impulse on the Murray river bank at Koondrook in 1885.
He left Echuca for Western Australia in 1894 and died prospecting in Madagascar 1905.
Bervin Robert Wilson 24 February 1856 8 November 1919 Glimpse 1886–1888
Lancashire Lass 1888–1896
Lancashire Lass 1894–1895 A brother of "Clarrie" Wilson, he built Glimpse on the Murray river bank at Koondrook in 1886.
He was publican of the Bridge (previously Border) Hotel until 1901 and was twice mayor of Echuca.
He was a popular contender in the "Skippers' Plate" bicycle race.[189]
William Wilson Ferret (part) 1884–
Waradgery (part) 1886
Australien 1897–1904
Rothbury 1899–1904
Ferret 1884–1888
Clyde 1888–1895
Julia 1894–1899
"Billy" "Cove" "Pirate" Wilson was a son of Richard Wilson, boatbuilder of Moama. He owned Ferret, Waradgery in partnership with Arthur Glew.[190] He was one of the few to tackle the Edward/Wakool river system. (Mudie p. 77)
He may be unrelated to the two brothers above.
W. Wilson Viola 1933
S. R. Wilson Moolgewanke 1871
Wilhelm Adolf Ludwig Wolter 24 February 1842 4 September 1933 Pilot Vesta 1869
Telegraph 1870
Pilot 1886–1901, 1916
Arcadia 1904–1917
"William" Wolter was born in Hamburg.
He married Emma Isabella Steer (1848 – 2 January 1916) of Goolwa in 1871. They had three daughters and four sons, one of whom, Albert (1877 – 4 November 1893), drowned after falling from a barge. Another, Herbert James Wolter, was Auditor for Goolwa council; left town 1915.
W.A.L. Wolter sold up in May 1917 and left Goolwa; he died at Victor Harbor.
F. Wolter Elfie 1897, 1898[48]
A. E. Workman Colonel 1924, 1925
C. L. Van Zuilicom In 1854 proved the navigability of the River Goulburn between Seymour and Maidens Punt[191] (now Moama), a factor in the rise in importance of Echuca as a hub of commerce. Cadell pointed out need for snag clearance.(Mudie p. 89)

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1. Spelling : Information in this article has mostly been gleaned from newspaper reports. Barbour, Bower, Christie, Davies, Dickson, Hampson, Hansen, Johnston, Lindqvist, Maultby, Miers, Pickhills, Reed, Rossiter, Schmedje, Searles, Tait, Theisz, Westergaard (all prominent people) often appeared in print as Barber, Bowers, Christie, Davis, Dixon, Hampton, Hanson, Johnson, Lindquist, Maltby, Myers, Pickels, Reid, Rossitter (or Rosseter), Smidgee (or Schmedge), Searle, Tate, Theiz (or Theitz) and Westergard. The firm of Johnson and Davies was spelled four different ways in their own advertisements. Boats were given the same treatment. The barge Tongo was often written "Tonga" and Goldsbrough often "Goldsborough". Although the owners should have known better, the vessel generally named Lady Augusta was actually registered as Lady Agusta and Leichardt was presumably (mis)named[clarification needed] for the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt (1813 – c. 1848). The barge Rabbie Burns appears to have metamorphosed into Robbie Burns around 1880. The steamer here spelled "Ferret" may have been registered "Ferrett" – more information is needed. The town now (and here) spelled Narrandera was once mostly "Narandera", a spelling tenaciously retained by its newspaper.

2. Dates of service alongside names of boats and their owners and captains are from contemporary newspaper reports, which varied greatly in depth of information supplied. They would therefore not necessarily reflect the vessel or person's full period of service. Dates refer to service on the Murray system; some craft and most skippers had earlier or later service elsewhere.

3. In the interests of simplicity, honorifics (S.S., P.S., M.V. etc.) have been omitted from boat names.

4. Ownership of vessels was not often reported in the press, which accounts for this column being largely incomplete. The major companies (Wm. McCulloch & Co., Cramsie, Bowden & Co., E. Rich & Co., etc.) as well as owning vessels, also acted as agents for private owners, who may have been their captains, or absentee investors.

5. Almost without exception, no master or vessel was employed on the river throughout the year. In non-drought years shipping activity might be expected to run (give or take a month) from around June (with the winter rains) to December (with the snow melt).

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Charles Miller Anderson ( – 1 August 1942), came to Echuca from Stockholm in 1858 or 1859. He had been mate on the Morning Light and jumped ship at Melbourne to join the gold rush (Mudie p. 101). He married Margaret (c. 1831 – 28 February 1902) in 1863. They had two daughters and two sons and also raised nephew Hilary Hogg.

  • Charles "Swan" "Swannie" Anderson (c. 1871 – 1 August 1942), whose knowledge of the river was legendary, spent fifty years on the Murray, first as a deckhand on the Kelpie, then for Permewan Wright as master of the Goldsbrough, Rothbury and Alert; then the Success and Alfred, owned by T.H. Freeman. (There are no newspaper reports of these to supply dates). Lastly he skippered the River Murray Sawmills' Adelaide from 1912 to 1939, when he retired.[192] He was married to Catherine, who predeceased him.
  • William John "Dollar" Anderson ( – 1 July 1949) worked on the Echuca wharf. His friend, bush poet Will Lawson, wrote a poem on his death.[193]

Robert M. "Bob" Anderson (c. 1840 – 13 July 1889) of Mannum, possibly no relation, skippered Providence 1866–1867; Ariel 1868–1875; Nil Desperandum 1873; possibly Bogan 1868–1869 (Mudie p. 80). Married to Mary Elizabeth Anderson (c. 1841 – 20 November 1911).

  • A daughter married a son of Capt. Donald McBeath.
  • (Robert) Murray Anderson (c. 1869 – 15 December 1934) of Mannum and Mildura, with Sam Hoad purchased Wilcannia from William Tinks. He later owned Mildura sawmills.[194]

He married Alice May Hooper (c. – 26 January 1915) in 1899, lived at "Edgecombe House", Mannum.

  • Max Anderson, son of Murray Anderson, owned the Mildura slip,[195] and skippered Rothbury 1948 (Mudie p. 103)


Arnold

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(Johann) George Arnold (c. 1863 – 25 May 1949) born in Gothenburg, Sweden, owner of Saddler 1894–, J. G. Arnold and Wilcannia 1911–, early worked on Golconda while Schuetze was her owner, may have become her owner and skipper to 1894; Saddler, Tyro and Renmark.(Mudie p. 133). He commissioned a number of vessels such as the huge barge Crowie (an aboriginal name for the brolga or "big 'un").[196] In 1913 the "Arnold Line" consisted of steamers Renmark, Wilcannia, Tyro, and Mundoo and barges Crowie, Gunbower, Loxton, Rosa and Duck.[197] In 1898 he purchased the Perseverance but lost her while removing her through the Glenelg River mouth.[198] For a time he owned Big Bend station and farmed for six years.[199] He purchased W. R. Randell's shipbuilding yards at Mannum where during World War I he built over a dozen giant barges, which were employed in building the River Murray locks[200] and many other boats, culminating in the Esmeralda.[147] He grew wheat at Big Bend station then became one of the largest wheat traders on the river. He was partner with Mortimer Crane as M. C. Crane and Co. ( –1902). He married Alvena Pauline Riedel ( – 2 March 1934) in 1892; they lived at "Esmeralda", Mannum.[201]

  • Laurence Milo "Peter" Arnold (28 October 1910 – ) skippered Golconda; Avoca. He purchased Murrabit 1948[79] He was appointed director of Murray Shipping, Ltd. in 1948. He married Mavis Denton Oliver of Kensington Park around 1938.

Barclay

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James "Jimmy" Barclay ( – 29 May 1914) was a member of the first Lady Augusta crew. He accompanied the wives of George and Thomas Johnston, James Ritchie and John Barclay when they sailed from Scotland on the Planter in 1857.[202] then the Burra, which brought them to Adelaide on 28 January 1858. He captained Albury 1870, 1871, 1874, 1875; Maranoa 1870–1875; Wentworth 1872. A brother-in-law of G. B. Johnston,[203] he was married to Grace (c. 1835 – 12 October 1910); they had a son John Barclay (c. 1871 – 3 October 1921) and lived in Goolwa.

John Barclay (c. 1826 – 1 November 1886) of Mundoora, perhaps an older brother, skippered Gundagai 1857–1864. Partnership with James King as Barclay & King was dissolved in 1864. He was married to Margaret (c. 1827 – 5 March 1912), sister of G. B. Johnston; they lived at Mundoora.

  • A son, James Barclay was partner with Thomas Wall as Wall & Barclay, storekeepers of Mundoora and Port Broughton in 1887.

Elizabeth Barclay (c. 1831 – 25 September 1920) married G. B. Johnston in 1852. She has been variously described as sister of John Barclay of Mundoora,[204] sister in law of James Barclay[202] and daughter of James Barclay of Cockenzie, Scotland.[205] For all these statements to be true, Jimmy and John would have been brothers, sons of another James Barclay.

Bowring

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William Bowring J.P. (c. 1852 – 28 July 1924) was mayor of Wentworth 1896–1898, 1901. He married Eliza Williams ( – 6 December 1909) of Gol Gol in 1878.[206] His business, W. Bowring & Co., store owners of Wentworth, later also Mildura, ran trading steamers Emily Jane (destroyed by fire on Christmas Day, 1889)[207] and Prince Alfred. He bought barge Marion from estate of George Fowler; sold her to Ben Chaffey.[139]

Buzza

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Thomas Buzza (c. 1833 – 25 April 1904) for some years owned sawmills at Back Creek (near Sandhurst), then Myers Flat (where payable gold was found in 1882), then the Wyuna Steam Sawmills near Koondrook and the Gannawarra Steam Sawmills. He built the Emily Jane (probably named for his wife) in 1875 (and skippered her 1877, 1880) and barge Goulburn in 1876. In 1882 he built White Swan and converted the Emily Jane to a log barge. but he continued to run a steamer Emily Jane, perhaps White Swan renamed, and was her skipper 1882 to 1887. In 1893 he sold up to run a business in Eaglehawk, but returned to Myers Flat in 1898.[208]

Byrnes

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James Manning Byrnes (c. 1838 – 9 October 1924) was overseer of a snagging gang for ten years, including 1879–1880 while the river was low.[209] and later ran a butchery at Wilcannia, and was a town alderman and mayor for several terms; his sons owned several pastoral properties including Tintinallogy. He and his wife Mary had a property "Surbiton" on the Darling and moved to Knightsbridge, Adelaide around 1920.[210]

Carlyon

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William Symington "Billy" Carlyon (18 August 1859 – c. 5 September 1936) was an employee of Permewan Wright, initially as deckhand on the Kelpie then master of the Invincible 1886 (with Charles Hunt as deckhand), Barwon 1897, Elizabeth and finally the Wanera.[211] He was one of the strikebreaking captains who together manned the Wm. Davies in May 1895.[212]
He kept the Criterion Hotel, Echuca, from 1897, and the Bridge Hotel, Moama 1913. He married Mary Ellen Josephine Foley (c. 1872 – 5 October 1937) died at Brighton Road, St Kilda.

His sister Isabelle Halbert Carlyon ( – 25 January 1937) married Captain Gustav Lindqvist.

His sister Wilhelmina Carlyon (c. 1852 – 26 August 1915) married Captain John Innes.

His brother Thomas Symington Carlyon (1866 – 20 October 1925) was amateur champion oarsman of Victoria in 1896, kept the Criterion Hotel, Echuca, 1895–1897, then others in Ballarat, Creswick, Spencer Street, Melbourne, Hampton, Albert Park, Hotel Victoria, South Malbourne and finally the Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. He is reported as having captained a River Murray steamer.[32] He married Mary Ann (died 1920) Carlyon descendants were prominent in Melbourne business circles.

W. J. Carlyon was captain of Freetrader 1888 (though not aboard) when she sank irretrievably in 1914 and from around 1910 was licensee of the Bridge Hotel, Moama.[213] This may be the same person identified as W. S. Carlyon above.

Cramsie, Bowden and Co.

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Merchants and steamboat owners, with branches at Echuca, Hay, Balranald, and Wilcannia. They purchased their Wilcannia store in 1877.

John Cramsie (c. 1831 – 18 February 1910) ran businesses in Balranald: Sparkes and Cramsie (−1860) with Thomas Harrison Sparkes then Cramsie, Bowden and Co. from 1876. He was M.L.A. for Balranald in the N.S.W. parliament 1880–1887.[214] A son, William A. Cramsie maintained a correspondence with Captain James Dickson.[215]

John Clark Bowden (c. 1845 – 7 April 1924) was partner for a time, then with his son ran a hardware business specialising in aluminium goods. He was, as "J. B. Clark" leader of a successful racehorse syndicate and was an outspoken critic of the Victoria Racing Club.[216]

Cremer

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Edward Daniel Cremer (c. 1817 – c. 5 February 1892) of Goolwa "a most fearless seaman"[217] skippered the cutters or schooners Unity 1866–1874 and Water Lily 1874–1876 but occasionally took on river steamers: Maranoa 1873; Enterprise 1877. He married Mary Driscoll (c. 1830 – 5 March 1900).

  • Son Daniel "Dan" Cremer (c. 1835 – May 1942) of Milang, skippered Cato 1896, 1897; then mail steamer Jupiter for around 30 years, and was skipper 1928 when she was hit by a severe storm.[218] According to his newspaper obituary, he also skippered Florence Annie. He married Margaret Sarah Jury ( –1918) of Milang in 1905.[219]

Curson

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George Frederick Curson (c. 1822 – 1 April 1898) of Goolwa was partner in engineering firm Hooker & Curson, then manager, Goolwa Ironworks and Patent Slip. The steamer Cato was built for him and partner Joseph Nash (see below). George married Jane (c. 1827 – 5 February 1866), then Sarah (1827 – 22 January 1901), whose sister Eliza (c. 1840 – 2 August 1892) was married to Joseph Nash. His daughter Jane married Joseph, son of S. Shetliff, in 1874.

Davies

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William J. "Commodore" "Bill" Davies (c. 1830 – 15 April 1903), born in Liverpool, skipper and part-owner (as Johnson, Davies and Co. then Davies and Locke, finally Wm. Davies and Son) of Pride of the Murray 1865–1877 and Nile 1885– . He also skippered Kelpie, Trafalgar 1877. He was partner with George Dorward in the firm of Dorward and Davies c. (1875–1884). He married (1) Annie (c. 1831 – 8 July 1875) in 1856, and (2) Teresa (Tassie) Helena Smith in 1878. Tussle over W. J. Davies' will [1]

  • Their son William E. Davies (15 September 1859 – 23 October 1902), aka William Davies jr., skippered Pride of the Murray 1878–1884; Nile 1887. He married Elizabeth Jane (c. 1864 – 5 March 1927) They had a son William H. Davies.

Dorward

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George Johnston Dorward (c. 1831 – 9 March 1906) was born in Fifeshire and sailed to Melbourne as second mate on the Beemah in 1855. He accompanied Francis Cadell on his first voyage down the river from Albury, charting the river. He was on the Lady Darling when she first reached Echuca. He was on the Albury when it first reached the town of Albury. In the summer months he and Cadell were occupied in removing snags from the river. Lived at "Rosebank", Moama. He was a partner with William Davies in the firm Dorward & Davies (c. 1875–1884). He was later involved in wheat, sheep and cattle growing.[220][221] He married Ann Haxton (c. 1832 – 24 August 1910) in Scotland before emigrating; they lived in Moama; he died in Toorak, leaving a considerable estate; his will was for a time contested by eldest son G. R. Dorward jun.

  • His eldest son, George Roy Dorward jun. (1853–) born at Echuca, skippered Kelpie 1877–1878; Pearl 1879–1880; Rodney 1878–1884; Alert 1901; Excelsior 1916.

Dowland

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Thomas Dowland (c. 1833 – 27 March 1887) was a carpenter builder and undertaker who arrived in Australia in 1848 and resided in Goolwa from about 1860. He operated the steamer Express 1869–1870, which with her barge was sold to satisfy creditors after he was declared insolvent, and he returned to the building trade. He was married to Elizabeth (c. 1833 – 27 March 1887) and died at the Murray Bridge home of his daughter Milveena Woodard (1859–1935). He was mayor of Goolwa 1888. His son Frederick Archibald Dowland was mayor of Goolwa in 1898; left Goolwa for Fremantle mid-term, was later a warehouse manager in Singapore.

Egge

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John Egge "The White Chinaman" (Mudie p. 99) was originally Chinese, being born in Shanghai,[222] and was picked up in Canton[223] by Francis Cadell to work on his ship Queen of Sheba. He assumed a Scandinavian surname (which should be pronounced as two syllables) and settled in Australia in 1852, farming on Hindmarsh Island, and became a successful trader and shipowner stationed at Wentworth. Despite his long residence and marriage to a British subject he was subjected in 1877 to a poll tax (under South Australia's Chinese Regulation Bill).[224] Despite popular outrage (hundreds contributed to pay his fines) and support from both of Adelaide's newspapers, this was never reimbursed. Another celebrated victim of a similar law, but in New South Wales, was Way Lee.[225] John's son Edwin David "Ned" or "Ted" Egge (1869 – 4 June 1946)[226] held a river captain's certificate and was later a barber and businessman in Renmark.[58][227] E. D. Egge married Alice Maud (c. May 1870 – 26 October 1942).[228]

Foord

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John Foord (c. 1820 – 15 February 1883) "The Emperor of Wahgunyah", owner of several flour mills, built the steamers Wahgunyah and Waradgery. He owned "Foord's Punt", which provided communication between Wahgunyah and Corowa on opposite sides of the Murray.

His son Fred Foord (c. 1840 – December 1878) skippered Wahgunyah 1866–1868; Waradgery 1868–1872; Lady Augusta 1870; then Jane Eliza 1872, but after several reverses, culminating in the Jane Eliza colliding with the Wahgunyah bridge,[229] Fred ended up almost penniless and when he died was working as mate on the Victoria at Pooncarrie on the River Darling.[230]

Francis

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Albert "Bert" Francis (16 August 1874 – 21 September 1913) was born at Gumeracha and on leaving school settled at Mannum, where he became a boat engineer. He built the steamer Alpha in 1898 and traded on the Upper Murray between Morgan and Renmark. In 1902 he settled at Waikerie, where he bought land for fruit-growing. He later built the trading steamers Royal and Waikerie (the latter of which he was part-owner with Captain William Tinks).[11] He was a successful real-estate developer, largely responsible for the township of Waikerie. In 1896 he married Amelia Clara Bertha Strempel (1874–1972) of Mannum.

Fuller

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Benjamin Grove Fuller (1815 – 9 June 1902) was owner of Paringa and partner in the firm of Tonkin, Fuller & Martin. He married (1) Jane Assels (1810 – 11 December 1871) around 1844, with whom he had several children, including Benjamin Mark Fuller (1846–) and Charlotte (c. 1836 – 18 November 1874) who married Absalom Tonkin (see below) in 1855. (2) Elizabeth Ann Pearce (1850 – 3 April 1932) in 1874; they had six children. They lived at Swanport until around 1879, Milang until about 1885 then Morgan.[231]

Benjamin Mark Fuller (1846 – 20 September 1912) captained Duke of Edinburgh 1868–1874, Vesta 1870, Moolgewanke 1874–1876, Waradgery 1878, Paringa 1883, Princess Royal 1891. He was captain and part owner (with Absalom Tonkin) of the Moolgewanke when her boiler burst, killing two men (for which he was held partly responsible),[232] and a year later when her barge sank. He operated as a trader on the Murray with the Britannia and Paringa until 1891, when he opened a store, perhaps in Renmark or Morgan.[233] Around 1895 he moved to Western Australia, where he worked for Millar's Jarrah and Timber Company.[234] He married Mary Rowe Lean (1845 ) in 1865. Their daughter Laura married E. H. Golding of Gol Gol in 1892.

Grundy

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George Grundy (c. 1818 – 4 July 1902), originally from Cockenzie, Scotland, Scotland was member of crew of Murray in 1866 which sailed to Australia with Capt. Berry for George B. Johnston. He was father of:[235]

  • Robert "Bob" Grundy (c. 1846 – 19 May 1919) worked for Knox & Downs; skippered Tolarno and Menindie. He married Alice Dodd (c. 1863 – 11 August 1933) in 1883. He died on the Tolarno. Sons Alick (died 1946) and George worked for the Irrigation Department.[236]
  • John Grundy (1858 – 20 March 1946) skippered Blanche, Bourke, Tarella and Renmark. He later worked for the Irrigation Trust and skippered Kelvin and Milang. He was married to Mary and lived at Murray Bridge.
  • George Grundy jun. (c. 1861 – 18 April 1940) (Mudie p. 156) of Goolwa skippered Brewarrina, Decoy, Murrumbidgee, Industry and Dispatch. He became, in 1922, South Australia's first lockmaster, at Blanchetown. He was married to Florence Ellen (c. 1864 – 3 July 1922).

Heseltine

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  • Samuel Richard Heseltine (c. 1849 – 19 December 1920), a son of G. A. F. Heseltine of Gawler, captained Prince Alfred 1875 and the Menindie 1875, 1876, 1879 and Shannon 1880–1882, 1886 both of which he part owned. He was secretary of the Adelaide Racing Club from 1893, and died some months after being struck by a tramcar. He married Mary Jane Hillier (c. 1852 – 31 May 1933) around 1875.
  • A son, also named Samuel Richard Heseltine (6 April 1878 – ), was a solicitor and barrister, a practitioner in the Supreme Court and was in 1904 captain of the North Adelaide Football Club. In 1927 he succeeded H. W. Varley in his father's old position as secretary of the A.R.C.
  • Augustus Frederick "Gus" Heseltine (c. 1854 – 26 April 1879), fell from Menindie and was drowned near Overland Corner
  • John Charles Heseltine (1858 – 1 December 1935), captain of Shannon 1880–1885 (when she was destroyed by fire), then a wine and spirit merchant, never married, died after his car collided with a tram.[237]

Hogg

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Hilary Harding "Paddy" Hogg (18 July 1913 – ) born at St Kilda, was raised in Echuca by his aunt and uncle Capt. Charles Anderson. He had an engineering workshop in Echuca and was involved in petty crime in 1930,[238] opened a timber mill 1938, then a radio and electrical shop. He gained dual qualifications as ship's engineer and riverboat captain; skippered Alexander Arbuthnot in 1942, then Hero, when he ran foul of the fisheries laws.[239] He enlisted with the AIF as engineer with the 12th Small Ships Company, and was court-martialed on 25 June 1946. He sold up his electrical goods store early in 1948. Appointed master of Murrumbidgee 1947, he was captain of this vessel when his 6-week-old son Lawrence Hilary died 1948; the coroner could find no cause of death. A month later, on 29 November 1948, the Murrumbidgee burnt to the waterline while Hogg was skipper; his conduct during this emergency was praised.[240] He was appointed first master of the Murrumbidgee II, soon after renamed Coonawarra.[241] He was involved in the 1953 restoration of the paddle steamer Canberra. He was cited as co-respondent in the 1954 divorce of Neil Dryburgh Wallace and Pearl Royal Wallace (née Collins).[242] He and his wife had four children: Beverley, Patricia, William and Mavis.

Hunt

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Charles Frederick "Charley" Hunt (1852 – 3 April 1941), was owner of Invincible (which he bought from McCulloch, and rebuilt 1889) 1887–1917 and her (or their) skipper 1887–1892. He bought the Freetrader wreck, salvaged her machinery and copper sheathing and left the hulk where she lay, but was later called on to clear away her derelict hull, thus losing on the speculation. In 1918 he retired to St Kilda.[243] He was married to Agnes Mary (died 20 October 1947).

Johnstone

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Adam Johnstone was a member of Hew Cadell's Lady Emma crew from Cockenzie that brought the Gundagai and Albury in sections to Port Elliot and built them at Goolwa. Worked as mate on Menindie, Saddler and Shannon for S. Heseltine.[244] Lived at "Woodlands", Murray Bridge, married Mary Ann Dalcam (c. May 1847 – 17 December 1932), and had five sons and seven daughters. Mary Ann married again, to John Thomas Medwell in 1911.

Mrs. A. L. Hawke (née Johnstone, born c. 1869, second daughter of Adam) identifies George Johnston (though spelled Johnstone) as Adam's cousin and Tom Johnstone [sic], owner of the Jolly Miller as his brother.[236]

Thomas "Tom" Johnstone may or may not have been a significant figure on the Murray–Darling river trade; many references, on the balance of probabilities, properly refer to Thomas Johnston.

Kay

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Robert Kay was a mate on the brig Halifax (owned by Francis Cadell's father Hew), and skippered the paddle steamer Lioness, rigged as a schooner, from Liverpool to Melbourne, arriving in 1853. His crew was George Johnston, Thomas Johnston, John Barclay, John McDonald, William Barber, John Ritchie, all from Cockenzie. The Lioness, though intended for the Murray, was sold in Melbourne without reaching the river.

He captained the brig Lady Emma directly from the Clyde to Port Elliot arriving in 1855 carrying the Gundagai and Albury in sections. His crew included Adam Johnstone, George Johnston, Thomas Johnston, John Barclay and John McDonald. James Barclay accompanied the wives of these last four when they emigrated in the Planter arriving January 1858.

A. T. Saunders appears to give the crew of Lady Emma as: Robert Kay (master); Robert Ross (mate); George Gibson (engineer); Avery (cook); George Johnston, James Ritchie, John Barclay, and William Barber (crew).[245]

King

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Hugh "Hughie" King (11 January 1840 – 7 October 1921) captained Ruby 1860; Lady Augusta 1861; Gundagai 1862–1865; Lady Darling 1864; Moira 1865–1869; Teviot 1868, 1870; Moira 1869; Jupiter 1869–1874; Princess Royal 1870–1873; J.H.P. 1872; Corowa 1897; Jane Eliza 1875, 1878; Gem 1890–1908.

He owned or part-owned the Teviot, Ellen, Moira 1865–, Princess Royal, Jupiter, Jane Eliza (with which he once towed three barges from Bourke), Gem (which he lengthened by 40 feet) J. H. P. 1872– and Ruby. The Gem Line, of which he was a principal, also ran the Corowa, Marion and the second Ruby.[246] The partnership with George Chaffey as "H. King and Co." was taken over by Chaffey in 1897.

Rivalry between King with Gem and Cantwell with Trafalgar created considerable interest.[135]

He married Isabel McKenzie (died 1888). They had four sons, two of whom outlived him. He married again, to Frances Judd on 26 August 1891 and retired to Morgan.

  • Third son Hugh William King, lived at Nor' West Bend. He captained Corowa; Gem 1889; Ruby; Ellen 1905; Murrumbidgee 1909 and others.[139]
  • Youngest son Robert Alexander "Bob" King, lived at Morgan, married Jessie May Tapp in 1907.
  • Charles King skippered Elizabeth 1879
  • James King captained Gundagai 1864; Francis Cadell (which he owned) 1866; Jupiter and Ruby 1899 He was mentioned in "Letter to the Editor" 1870.[247] In 1875, he sold up and fled to New Caledonia (Mudie, op. cit. p. 116). It is likely but not confirmed that these last two were sons of Hugh King.

Hugh King Drive, which runs alongside the River Murray at Mildura, may have been named for him, as was King's Row, a block of five houses in Morgan.

George King captained Pilot (which he owned) 1915–1917

M. King was proprietor of Globe Hotel, Crossenvale (1 km south of Echuca); he owned Riverina until 1887, when he sold her to David Bower.

Which King had Mannum 1901?

Knox and Downs

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Knox and Downs Ltd. took over Federal Stores, Wilcannia, in 1912. The company lost 500 tons of supplies valued at between £3000 and £4000 in a fire on barges Nonpareil and Cobar that same year, which may have prompted them to purchase steamer Alfred and barge Uranus. They were implicated, by failure to maintain Alfred properly, in the death of crewman Charles James Thorn in 1917[248] They opened a store at Menindee in 1920.

  • Robert George Knox (1868 – 26 April 1948) was born in Belfast and came to Australia in 1886 arrived in Wilcannia in 1885 or 1886, where he worked for Keeble & Grainger. He opened his own office at White Cliffs, where he was involved in the development in the opal fields. He was a partner in Donaldson, Coburn & Knox (founded 1899 to take over Stone & Corney and the Wilcannia branch of E. Rich & Co.) then Knox & Downs in 1912. He was a director of Murray Shipping Ltd. He and his wife had a home in East Terrace, Kensington Gardens. Their daughter Maysie Warren Knox ( – 12 November 1947) married Railway Commissioner Robert Hall Chapman. Their son Robert George Knox jun. (23 August 1901 – ) was general manager of the firm.
  • Lewis Downs (c. 1860 – 8 February 1843) left England for Australia c. 1880 with one functioning lung and arrived at Wilcannia in 1885, working as accountant, became manager of Donaldson Coburn & Knox's Wilcannia branch in 1909, then in private practice though remaining a director of the firm. He married Alexandria McKenzie Campbell (c. 1865 – 3 March 1942); had homes at Tallala Terrace and Darby Street, Fullarton. They had two sons, Philip (Phillip?) "Phil" Downs, who left for Sydney c. 1910 and Alexander William "Alec" Downs (c. July 1895 – 27 August 1938), who died prematurely as a result of World War I injuries.

Kruse

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Carl Heindrich Ferdinand Kruse (25 May 1823 – 27 June 1911) captained the schooner Ponkaree[249] and later a three-masted schooner for T. R. Bowman, named "Ada and Clara" for Bowman's daughters, and used on Lake Albert. (It was later motorised and as a mail steamer operated between Milang, Narrung and Meningie. In 1939 it was renamed Showboat, based at Renmark.)[250] He is reported as captain of Little Wonder 1880, but it is quite likely to be a typographical error for "Krause". subject of NLA photo mislabeled F. H. C. Kruse married Mary Rony (c. March 1830 – 21 May 1891)

  • son Heinrich Christian Ferdinand "Henry" Kruse ( – 28 March 1935) worked as deckhand on Despatch. He married Kate Mathilda Miller of Swanport in 1886.
  • daughter married H. Hoare
  • daughter E. V. Burgess
  • daughter J. Burgess

Laing

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Thomas Laing ( – ) was the youngest son of James Laing sen. He was skipper of Rob Roy 1876 and Agnes 1879 (also engineer and part-owner of Agnes 1877–1880 and barge Rabbie Burns from before 1877). He was accused in 1878 of tampering with steam safety valves.[85] Thomas Laing and Company was taken over by principals James Randell and David Luttet in 1880. He found employment with Robinson Bros., implement makers of Melbourne. He invented a harvester which performed well in trials around 1888. He married (Alvina) Janet Wark (c. 1857 – 31 October 1884) around 1878; the marriage was unstable;[69] they separated 1884 and she died in Melbourne the same year.[251] He married Harriett Burke in 1885; she died four years later.

Luth

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Henry Luth (c. 1837 – c. 18 July 1883) was a sawmiller of Echuca; partner with Samuel Riddell as "Luth & Riddell" which took over the Phoenix Steam Sawmills in 1875, and soon dissolved amid recriminations; he continued as sole trader. He was owner of Moira 1875–

Luth was mayor of Echuca 1877–1878. He was married to Rose O'Neill Luth (c. 1840 – 16 June 1874). He married again, to Catherine "Kate" O'Hara (c. 1863 – 10 February 1889) in 1878. He drowned at Echuca after finalisation of his insolvency. He was insured for £1000, which was claimed by both his erstwhile creditors and the beneficiaries of his Will. The resulting court cases were complex and extensive.[252] Luth Street, Echuca may be named for him.

McCoy

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Alexander McCoy (c. 1822 – 29 September 1895), originally from Portsmouth, was captain of sailing ship Gem, then captained steamers Leichardt 1856–1858 and her sister ship Sturt 1856–1858. He sailed the Leichardt to Batavia 1859, for use as river transport for troops at Bangor Massam, Borneo during the Banjarmasin War.[253] He brought the Settler through the Murray mouth 1861, then captained the Maid of the Yarra in the Spencer Gulf. He was instrumental in founding the Adelaide Steamship Company.[96]

Alexander McCoy married Margaret (c. 1826 – 8 July 1861). He married again, to Annie Sanderson, whose brother was Francis J. Sanderson of HM Customs, in 1862; they had a home in Alberton, then Molesworth Street, North Adelaide. He may have been a brother-in law of Captain Davidson.[254]

McCulloch and Co.

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Founded by William McCulloch KCMG (22 October 1832 – 4 April 1909), Wm.McCulloch and Co., Pty. Ltd. of Melbourne, ran the largest transport business on the Murray system between the years 1876 and 1886. Among the vessels they owned or operated were steamers Alert, Burrabogie, Corrong, Ethel Jackson, Freetrader, Invincible, Lady Daly, Little Wonder, Murrumbidgee, Pioneer, Princess, Saddler and Victoria; and barges Advance, Alice, Berder Chief, Canally, Darling, Federation, Gwydir, Horace, Jessie, Namoi, Pelican, Pimpampa, Sarah Jane, Shamrock, Swallow and Willandra. They began divesting their Murray properties around 1885[255] to small operators such as John Egge and Charley Hunt. The business was taken over by Cramsie, Bowden and Co., which was in turn taken over by Permewan, Wright and Co.

Matulick

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Alexander Ferdinand "Fred" Matulick (July 1856 – 24 June 1937) was a boat builder and owner born in Port Elliot the son of a shipwright, worked in Goolwa, building steamers Napier 1874, Shannon 1877, Victor 1877 and Shamrock 1884 and barge Laurel; arrived in Renmark in 1887, where he built the wooden bridge across the creek at Renmark Ave. (completed around 1892) and as partner in Matulick and Oliver ran a stone quarry, then Morgan, where he built Pyap 1897 and Ruby 1908(?). He and brother Francis Joseph "Frank" Matulick (c. 1859 – 30 August 1939) built homes and offices: "Olivewood" for Charles Chaffey and residence for Colonel Morant. His firm A. F. Matulick and Co. became Matulick & Jones around 1910. He married Ann Harper of Meadows around 1878.

Maultby

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Joseph Touchstone Maultby (c. 1833 – 10 March 1915) was born in Ireland and came to Echuca from Canada, where he had worked on river steamers. In 1868 he opened a store in North Wagga Wagga, and began trading up and down the river in the steamer Enterprise in 1871, opening a store at Narrandera around the same time. He commissioned,[256] owned and skippered Hero 1874–1890; then sold up to run a store in Yarrawonga. He died in a Melbourne private hospital; his wife Elizabeth died later the same day.

Frederick William Maultby (c. 1856 – 26 September 1932) captained Pearl in 1883. Possibly unrelated, though both originally from Ireland. He was a son of Henry Warner Maultby of Cork, and married Emma Warren Collings (c. 1862 – 30 November 1945) in 1885.

Mennie

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Henry Horn Mennie was a deep-water sailor from Devonshire who was captain of the schooner Josephine L'Oizeau (owned by the River Murray Navigation Company!), when she was wrecked at Port Elliot on 10 July 1856, but with no loss of life; Mennie and the harbour master Nation were highly praised for their conduct and Mennie was absolved of any blame. (The River Murray Navigation Company's new iron barge Goulburn, being towed by steamer Melbourne from Port Adelaide, was lost off Cape Jervis in the same storm with the loss of several lives.)[257] He then captained the Murray steamer Gundagai for the 1856 season. He returned to the sea, in charge of the schooner James Gibson which was wrecked on an uncharted reef off the island of Rodriguez on 20 January 1858 on his way from Adelaide to Mauritius; again he was praised for his efforts and exonerated. He was granted the publican's licence for the Sportsman's Arms, Rockhampton in 1864.

Mumby

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George Humble Mumby married Eliza Mann on 12 October 1876. It is possible he was master of Alfred at some stage but evidence is lacking. His son (George) Michael Mumby (13 September 1880 – 22 February 1944) was master of Rob Roy 1913, and the Alfred May 1917 when she sank, killing crewman Charles James Thorn. He and mate Job Eastwood were charged with manslaughter but acquitted.[258][259] A widower, he enlisted September 1917, served during World War I in the Tunnelling Corps of the Australian Army. He married again, to Frances Hooton (née Hooper) in 1919 and took up a farm at Curlwaa. He enlisted with the Citizens' Military Forces and served as a Private during World War II, during which service he accidentally drowned.

Murray and Jackson

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Proponents of stern-wheelers, these two Americans built the Settler 1861, Lady Daly 1862 and Lady Darling 1864 from selected Oregon pine.[260] and ran an extensive shipping agency operating on the Murray, the east coast of Australia and to New Zealand. They later also owned Corowa, Culgoa and Francis Cadell. A. L. Blake was a close associate. Their partnership was dissolved in 1869.[261]

Alexander Sinclair Murray (26 November 1827 – 26 November 1914)[262] was born in Scotland and before coming to Australia was owner of the paddle steamer Washington, which plied on the Sacramento River, California. He skippered Settler 1861, 1862, and later ran excursion trips on the Hawkesbury River in his steamboat General Gordon.

Peleg Whitford Jackson (c. 1834 – 24 April 1912), born in Addison, Vermont, after coming to Australia was involved in the firms Victorian Coach Company,[263] and the South Australian branch of Cobb & Co[264] before his partnership with A. S. Murray. He skippered Settler 1862, 1863 and Lady Daly 1865. He was declared bankrupt 1870. He was at one time married to a Margaret Greig. He married Anna Chambers (9 December 1845 – 2 October 1907), daughter of pastoralist James Chambers in 1869. They lived variously in Albury, Charleville, Beechworth and Brighton and had six children.

Murray Shipping Ltd.

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A South Australian company with registered office in Steamship Buildings, Adelaide, and headquarters at Morgan, formed in June 1919 by combining the river interests (only) of Permewan Wright, and Gem Navigation Co., J. G. Arnold's fleet from Mannum, Knox and Downs from Wilcannia and A. H. Landseer.[265] The fleet included the Invincible, Ulonga, Marion, Gem, Ada, Vega, Colonel, Oscar W., Pevensey and Australien, all of which were based in Echuca. F. O. Wallin joined the consortium in 1932.[125] The company ceased trading in 1952 and was wound up in 1954.

Payne

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Frederick Payne (c. 1833 – 22 February 1911) came to Australia from England, lived in Echuca from around 1856 and from around 1859 worked as an auctioneer and commission agent. He was active there until 1882[266] (including a stint as mayor in 1866). He owned Resolute −1879, Invincible 1877–1879; Express 1878; Riverina, Undaunted, Lady of the Lake 1880– ; and Maude and the barge Confidence. He skippered Lady of the Lake 1884, 1887, 1896–1898. He married twice: to Marianne (or Mariane) Louise Boxall (c. 1839 – 8 October 1873) on 17 June 1862; then to Alice Boxall ( – ) on 24 December 1874. Two sons were involved in Murray trade:

  • Charles William Frederick "Charlie" Payne (c. 1875 – ) born in Echuca, captained Elfie 1896; Pioneer for 11 years including the seasons 1897, 1898, 1903; Ellen c. 1910; Marion 1911, 1921–1931; Princess Royal 1911, 1912; Ruby 1925, 1931; Tarella?Tolarno? 1926; Renmark; Wilcannia; Tyro for J. G. Arnold's "Arnold Line"; Gem 1936; Merle 1946, 1947. He lived in Renmark.[267] and is noted for his series of historic Murray photographs: #1[268] #[269] No. 3[120] No. 4[270] No. 5[271] No. 6[272] No. 7[273] No. 8[274] No. 9[275] No. 10[276] No. 11[277]
  • Harry Payne (in adverts as "W. Payne"[47][48]) ( – ) of Mannum skippered Lady of the Lake 1896; Maude 1896–1898; Brewarrina 1904; Marion 1912;Tyro 1912; Renmark 1914;[120] Ruby 1924; Pevensey in 1937, 1939; Gem 1939; Renmark 1940. He acted as Drage's mate on Marion 1938. He may have been the Capt. Payne on Cato 1908.

Randell

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William Beavis Randell, flour miller of Gumeracha married Mary Ann Elliott Beare (1799–1874) on 17 April 1823. Among their children were:

  • William Richard Randell (2 May 1824 – 4 March 1911) with the Mary Ann (1853–1855) was the first to prove a steamer could operate commercially on the Murray. He owned Ariel; owned and skippered Gemini 1855–1859; Bunyip 1858, 1859, 1861–1863; Bogan 1864–1869; Nil Desperandum 1870–1874; Corowa 1876. With E. B. Scott (see below), as Randell & Scott, he had stores at Wentworth, Booligal and Hay (sold 1861 to Morgan & Pollard). He married Elizabeth Ann "Annie" Nickels (1835 – 16?17? October 1924) on 24 December 1853. Among their children were:
  • William Beavis Randell (1 June 1856 – 19 September 1917), known as "Captain Randell", married Hannah Finlayson (1854–1928) in 1880. He was a famous motor-cyclist who held a world record in 1914.
  • (Richard) Murray Randell (2 February 1863 – 6 March 1952) Also known as "Captain Randell", he managed the fleet of paddle steamers on the Murray for 56 years[132] and captained most if not all of them, including Tyro (which he owned) 1904, 1909. Lived on houseboat Murrundie (previously P.S. Menindie) at Murray Bridge from 1912. He married Anne Florence "Florrie" McKirdy of Mannum on 3 July 1889.
  • James Percy "Jim" Randell (22 April 1867 – 4 January 1914) with D. Luttet owned Agnes 1880–1887; captained Waradgery 1907. He married (Violet Sarah) Rose Bock.
  • Albert Wentworth Randell (18 September 1870 – 3 October 1923) worked for Renmark Irrigation Trust, captained Federal; he owned steamer Tyro.[133]
  • Thomas George Randell (c. 1826 – 14 May 1880) married Mary Smith (c. 1828 – 16 April 1870). Assisted brother William in his pioneering river voyages. He later managed a slipway at Mannum and a store on the Bogan river.(Mudie p. 200)
  • Eldest daughter Mary Evelyn Randell (c. 1852 – 29 October 1927) married Captain Charles Claus "Charlie" Bock (c. 1843 – 4 December 1919) on 10 February 1875.
  • Ernest Walter Randell (1866–1940) buried at Mannum
  • Elliott Charles Randell (1832 – 29 April 1908) skippered Bunyip (which he owned) 1859, 1860; Gemini (which he owned); Pearl 1866–1872, 1875, 1876; Corowa (which he owned) 1873–1876, 1880; Gem 1877–1879; Princess Royal 1879; Ruby 1880; Success 1881, 1882. Lived at Hay, Echuca and Moama. He was declared insolvent in 1878 and forced to sell his farm.[134]
  • Alfred Elliot Randell (c. 1856 – 21 January 1892) skippered Ruby 1880–1881; Corowa 1885–1886 (stuck in Darling during drought), Waradgery 1890–1892. He was declared insolvent 1881. He married Katherine W. Swaine on 25 January 1890. Their daughter was born three weeks after he died.
  • Ebenezer Hartly "Eb" Randell (March 1838 – 6 September 1890) skippered Gemini 1860; Bunyip 1861; Moolgewanke 1863–1865, 1867, 1868, 1870, 1871, 1874; Pearl 1870, 1875; Corowa 1871, Ariel 1880–1882; Roma 1884–1886 (when it was destroyed by fire). He owned and skippered Riverina 1871–1873; Corowa 1871–. He married Ada Caroline Farmer on 25 December 1867.

Ernest W. "Ern" Randell, perhaps an American, (Mudie p. 217) skippered Endeavour, Undaunted, Wanera 1953

  • His son Ernest R. Randell skipper of Excelsior 1923, 1925.

Rich

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Edward Rich (c. 1844 – c. 15 September 1912) was founder and managing director of E. Rich & Co, shipping agents of Brewarrina (founded 1872), then Bourke (c. 1887) and Wilcannia. They sold their fleet[47] consisting of steamers Brewarrina, Cato, Excelsior, Lancashire Lass, Maude, Mundoo, Pilot and Rob Roy and the barges Albemarle, Alice, Border Chief, Emily, Rabbie Burns, Swan, Trader, and Victory to Permewan, Wright & Co. of Victoria in 1907.

Earlier vessels they owned or represented include steamers Elfie, Florence Annie, Lady of the Lake, Moira, Pioneer, Rothbury, and Victoria and barges Bantam, Cobar, Cutty Sark, Duck, Ferrett (sic in 1896 advt.), Golconda, Howlong, McIntyre, Paragon, Shamrock and Walgett.[278] The company later became Hales Ltd.

Ritchie

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James Ritchie (1832 – 23 April 1881) of Goolwa was a member of first Lady Augusta crew. He owned Pioneer with J. H. Brown, then on his own. He skippered Jolly Miller 1868. He married Alison Johnstone (12 August 1829 – 20 February 1913). Three, perhaps four sons were captains of river boats:

  • James "Jim" Ritchie ( – ) skippered Lady Augusta 1867; Providence 1868; Victoria 1871–1873; Burrabogie 1875–1877; Cadell 1923, 1925. He married Wenfried Hennessy of Goolwa in 1866. Her sister Eliza married William Barber.
  • John David Ritchie ( – 19 May 1942) was mayor of Goolwa 1925. Skippered Jupiter 1892–1894, 1896–1897; possibly Cadell 1923, 1925. He married Elisabeth Miriam ( – 20 December 1931)
  • George Ritchie (14 December 1864 – 7 August 1944) mayor and M.P., owner of Alexandra, Bantam and Venus; captained Pioneer 1878–1882, 1891–1894; Alexandra 1904, 1906. He married Charlotte Annie Knapman in 1899; later lived at "Port Seaton", Flinders St., Kent Town.
  • David Johnstone Ritchie (c. 1874 – ) was mayor of Goolwa 1922, purchased Cadell 1923, and brought her back to the Murray. He married Violet Mayfield in 1903; lived at Semaphore.
  • Margaret Annie Ritchie married Tom Goode (1846–1921) of Goolwa on 27 November 1901.

Westergaard

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(Frederick) William Westergaard (c. 1840 – 20 November 1923) was shipwright at Echuca with G. B. Air to 1884, then with David W. Milne. He left in 1886 and with his son James managed the dry dock at Mannum, then in 1902 moved to Fremantle. He was married to Ann.[279]

  • James Peter Westergaard (1870–1957) married Agnes Wilhelmina Busch (1872–1957)

Peter Andreas Ammentorp Westergaard (28 December 1854 – 17 January 1919), born in Odense, skippered Kingfisher 1882, Barwon 1887–1893, Goldsbrough 1884–1886, Nile 1891, Wm. Davies 1895–1902. He was later Echuca manager of Permewan, Wright and Co. He married Janet Reid (1857–1939) lived at Echuca.

  • Helen married Ralph Bentinck Beere McCulloch (1887–1967).
  • Lewen Westergaard of Echuca was engineer for Permewan, Wright & Co.

Sources

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  • Mudie, Ian Riverboats, Sun Books, Melbourne 1965

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