Kookooburra
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Kookooburra was a "K-class" ferry on Sydney Harbour. Commissioned in 1907, the timber-hulled steamer was built for Sydney Ferries Limited during the boom in cross-harbour ferry travel prior to the ope
Kookooburra at McMahon's Point
General arrangement drawings circa 1906
Nearing launch day, Morrison & Sinclair yard, Balmain.
One of only two K-class ferries with pointed bows/sterns.
Kaludah
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Kaludah was a K-class ferry on Sydney Harbour, Australia. Commissioned in 1909, the timber-hulled steamer was built for Sydney Ferries Limited during the boom in cross-harbour ferry travel prior to th
Kookooburra
…stems (bow and stern) rather than rounded stems. The only other K-class ferry with both short funnel and pointed stems was the similar but smaller Kaludah (built in 1909 as Kuranda). Kaludah burnt out and sank in 1911, and is possibly the shortest-lived of all Sydney Harbour ferries. As built, Kookooburra…
Kaludah in Sydney Cove
On the Parramatta River, circa 1910
Kaludah at Balmoral Beach, 18 days before her March 1911 fire, on a Grand Union of Free Gardeners picnic at Balmoral Beach.
Image accompanying newspaper report of the fire