Original plan for SS BURRAWONG
Maker
Gourlay Brothers & Co Dundee
(Scottish, 1854 - 1908)
Date1890
Object number00001123
NamePlan
MediumPaper
DimensionsOverall: 546 mm
ClassificationsMaps, charts and plans
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionOriginal plan (scale 1/4 = 1 foot) for SS BURRAWONG (no. 140), built by Gourlay Bros & Co of Dundee for North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Sydney.
HistoryThe cargo steamship SS BURRAWONG was built 1889 for North Coast Steam Navigation Company. BURRAWONG's arrival in Sydney was featured in the Newcastle Morning Heald:
"S.S. BURRAWONG.
Messrs. John See and Co.'s now steamer Burrawong, intended for the trade between Sydney and the Manning River, arrived in Port Jackson on Saturday from Scotland, where she was built by Messrs. Gourlay Brothers. She is a steel twin screw boat of 391 tons register, measuring 155ft in length, 28ft lin in breadth, and 9ft 2in in depth.
Her saloon aft, under the poop, provides splendid accommodation for 50 passengers, and in the second cabin, forward, there is ample room for 80. The Burrawong is propelled by triple expansion engines.
On the trial trip she attained a speed of about 11 knots per hour. Captain Bouldon has command of the new boat."
- Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate, 10 December, 1889.
On the 27 March 1909 SS BURRAWONG struck the Harrington breakwater, off the Manning River, then drifted into mid-channel where it sank and was a loss.
SignificanceAs industry and trade expanded up and down the east coast, steamers to service the regions and inland river ways grew in demand. Companies such as the North Coast Steam Navigation Co. were vital to keep waterways accessible to Sydney.
