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SS AUSTRALIA at Southampton Docks
SS AUSTRALIA at Southampton Docks

SS AUSTRALIA at Southampton Docks

Date1871-1899
Object numberANMS0047[689]
NamePhotograph
MediumBlack and white photographic print on paper
DimensionsOverall: 89 x 145 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Transfer from the Australian War Memorial
HistorySouth Western Hotel was given its name when it was acquired in 1871 by the London and South Western Railway Company. The passenger liner is either the P&O Line SS AUSTRALIA (3,664 tons) built in 1870 and sold and renamed in 1889, or the P&O Line SS AUSTRALIA (6,901 tons) built in 1892 which became stranded at the entrance to Port Philip Bay in 1904 and was declared a total loss.
Southampton Docks, England
Vaughan Evans OAM
19 January 1955