Argus newspaper clipping titled Her last voyage: farewell to EDINA

Date30 June 1938

Object number00051999

NameNewspaper clipping

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsOverall: 430 x 60 mm

ClassificationsEphemera

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Peter Trebilco

Terms

DescriptionThis 1938 Argus newspaper clipping relates to the farewell voyage of the passenger steamer SS EDINA from Melbourne to Geelong in June 1938.HistoryEDINA was built by Robert Barclay & Curle in Glasgow in 1854 and served during the Crimean War and American Civil War before being diverted to the Australia-New Zealand gold rush trade in 1862. From 1863 it operated passenger and cargo services in western Victoria and along the Queensland coast. In 1875 EDINA was purchased by Howard Smith & Co for the Melbourne-Geelong passenger service, which it operated for the next 63 years. It was converted to a lighter in 1938 and operated around Melbourne until it was broken up in 1958.SignificanceThe newspaper clipping documents a significant event in the Howard Smith passenger trade before World War II. SS EDINA is remembered with great affection as one of the oldest continuously operating passenger steamships in the world.