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Agnes, schooner123

Albany, steamship

conversion from Claud Hamilton, 1885141

design250

narrow escape, 1897137-142

narrow escape, 1898142

narrow escape, 1899142-143

Alert, tug71

Allinga, steamship283-285

Alto, topsail schooner307-308

Amy, schooner36

Arafura, pearling lugger221

Assam, steamship169

Aurora, pearling lugger244

Australind, steamship127

b

Baltic, White Star liner75

Beagle, steamship131-132

Bell, sailing ship221

Black Nymph, sailing ship145

Britannia, pearling lugger159, 163

Bullarra, steamship

arrival in Western Australia, 1900146

at Port Hedland, March 20th, 1912179-182

design250

discovery of Koombana wreckage203

Nor’-West service 1913–15284-285

replaced by Koombana7

role in Koombana search190, 195-196, 202-203

storm at sea, March 1912160-162, 187, 190, 239-240, 258-259

stranded by tide at Broome45

transport of Aboriginal prisoners42

Buninyong, steamship171

Burrumbeet, steamship57

c

Charon, steamship41, 65, 268, 300

City of Benares, ship166

City of Madras, ship166

City of Ningpo, ship166

Clan McIntyre, steamship59

Clara, pearling lugger159

Claud Hamilton, sail-rigged steamship141

Cleopatra, pearling lugger307-308

Clyo, lighter150-152, 155-156

Concordia, iron barque149, 152, 155-156

Constance, pearling lugger187

Contest, barque165

Coorong, steamship174

Crown of England, iron barque

brief history149

destruction of, March 1912152-155

fatalities156-157

burial of the dead158

survival of Martin Olsen154

survival of Matthias Holst154

Croydon, steamship131

Cuzco, barque-rigged passenger steamer166-169

d

Dawn, schooner36, 127

Dona Matilda, pearling lugger244

e

Echunga, cargo steamship176-177, 209

Elsie, pearling lugger244

Emma, schooner121

Encounter, H.M.S.213

Enterprise, schooner153

Eos, pearling lugger221

Ethel, schooner124

Eurus, pearling lugger271

Experience, pearling lugger293

f

Ferret, steamship215

Flinders, steamship128-129

Florence Hadley Harvey, cutter127

Florida, Lloyd Italiano liner75

Florizel, seal-hunting steamer77

Forte, H.M.S., cruiser61

g

Gem, small steamer169

Glenbank, iron barque70-71, 160

Gorgon, steamship

role in Koombana search187, 189, 191, 199-203

discovery of Koombana wreckage199-201, 267

popularity after Koombana284

Gothic, Aberdeen liner214

Grantala, steamship11, 84, 158, 208

Guelph, Union-Castle liner59

h

Harriet, schooner36, 131

Hermes, H.M.S., cruiser61, 63

i

Innamincka, steamship214, 218

Insizwa, Hall-Russell liner62-63, 69

j

Jessie, schooner126-127

Junee, cattle steamer176, 212, 214

k

Kalander Bux, schooner133

Kanowna, steamship299

Karoola, steamship116, 214

Karrakatta, pearling lugger159, 163

Karrakatta, steamship89

Kate, pearling lugger124-125

Komura, steamship213

Kooki, pearling cutter244

Koombana

Aboriginal repatriations31, 49, 53, 111-112

and the roseate pearl305, 322, 324-325

and Waratah, parallels59-60

and Yongala, parallels239, 248

at Broome134-135

at Port Hedland, March 19th, 1912324

captain’s cabin208

cargo capacity9, 11

cattlemen’s quarters218-219, 224

choice of name11

choice of shipbuilder11

considered unlucky58

deck games16-17

deck structure6

design10-11, 59-60

difficulties, Geraldton57

difficulties, Port Hedland177-182

disappearance of163, 302

discovery of wreckage195, 199-204

distress message, possibility of187, 192-193

draft at Port Hedland246-247

dry-docked, July-August 191172

dry-docked, June-July 190958

electrical appliances4-6, 48-49

engagement with Nor’-West ports267, 274-275

engineers’ cabins208-210

final departure, March 20th, 1912179-182, 243-248

firemen’s quarters211-213

firemen’s strike, November 1911113-120, 178, 210-211, 213, 217, 279

first arrival, Geraldton13

first arrival, Onslow32-34

first arrival, Port Hedland39

first departure for the Nor’-West12

first impressions of1-6

fodder fire, January 191170

Gantheaume Point incident, April 190955-56, 58

identifying the missing, 1912207

inquiry finding242

inquiry into disappearance of235-250

insurance settlement282-283

interior appointments2-4, 39

management of water ballast177-179, 182-184, 236-237, 246

Marconi wireless apparatus72, 84, 192-193

motor launch16, 18, 21-22

news of disaster200-204

officers’ cabins208

prisoners, March 20th, 1912230

profitability7

railway iron as ballast238-239

replacement, question of261, 283

seamen’s quarters211, 213-214

search for, 1912187-206, 259

service to Wyndham50, 53

shallow draft11

Shark Bay grounding, March 190913-24, 55

shearers lost with ship224-226

social debut56

social hall15-16

specification10-12

speculation regarding fate of191-194, 203-204, 242, 250

squall, Depuch Island, February 191066, 238-239

stability11, 65-66, 237-239, 242, 249-250

stewards’ quarters214-217

storm, Wyndham, February 191171

superiority to competition39

the case for building7-10

tides and schedule177-178

tribute to those lost207-230

wool fire, October 191068-69

‘too good for the trade’1, 66

Kurnalpi, steamship114

Kwinana (formerly Darius), steamship279-280, 282

Kyarra, steamship114

l

Largo Law, steamship57

Laurentic, White Star liner82

Lily of the Lake, schooner123

m

Macedonia, P. & O. liner76, 81

McLhennan, pearling lugger188

Maggie Gollan, schooner131-132

Marere, steamship60-61

Marloo, steamship171-174, 211, 215

Marmion, sailing ship139-140

Meeinderry, small coastal steamer169-170

Mercury, Port Adelaide mailboat174

Mina, pearling lugger188, 195

Minderoo, steamship

role in Koombana search189, 194, 196, 201-203

discovery of Koombana wreckage201-202

popularity after Koombana284

deportation of Joseph Seleno260

Minilya, steamship78, 197

Mist, derelict schooner309-310

Moa, pearling lugger293

Moira, cattle steamer189, 191, 194

Montrose, Canadian Pacific liner82-83

Moonta, steamship197, 215

Moore Islandsee East Moore Island

Mozel, pearling lugger293

Muriel, schooner188, 202-206

Mystery, cutter34, 36

n

Namban, schooner49

Nelson, H.M.V.S.169

New Moon, pearling lugger308

Northern Monarch, full-rigged iron ship166

o

Ophir, royal yacht174-175

Orontes, Orient liner12

Orotava, Orient liner78

Oruba, Orient liner176

Otranto, Orient liner76-78, 81, 84

p

Pandora, H.M.S., cruiser61

Paroo, steamship193, 197, 210, 245, 257-258, 299, 302

Pearl, schooner36

Penguin, government steamer188-189

Persic, White Star liner76

Pilbarra, steamship72

Princess Mary, pearling lugger293

q

r

Republic, White Star liner74-75

Riverina, steamship120

Rob Roy, coastal steamer249

Rose, cutter131-132

Rose, pearling lugger308

Ruby, pearling cutter36

s

Sabine, steamship63

Saladin, steamship128-129

Schah Jehan, barque165, 174

Smuggler, pearling lugger127

Sorata, sail-and-steam liner169

South Australian, steamship128-129

Sree Pas Sair, schooner89, 91, 127

Steady, lighter149-155

Success, Shark Bay lighter14-15, 22

Sultan, steamship197

Suva, steamship114

t

Tekapo, steamship171

The Shark, schooner109

Tien Tsin, barque34

Toniko Toko, pearling lugger308, 311-312

Tottenham, steamship64, 69

u

Una, small coastal steamer195, 204, 264

Uranie, French corvette25

v

Verulam, old ‘clipper’ ship170

Voladora, pearling lugger244

w

Waikato, steamship63

Wakefield, steamship63-65

Waratah, Blue Anchor liner

and Koombana, parallels59-60

design59-60, 249-250

disappearance of59, 84

speculation regarding61, 63

search by Royal Navy cruisers61

bodies seen floating62-64, 69

false report of sighting62

search by Sabine63

search by Wakefield63-65

message-in-a-bottle hoaxes66-67

Board of Trade inquiry, London69, 71

reports of instability61, 69

inquiry finding71

Water Lily, pearling cutter36

Western Australia (formerly Mongolia), steamship279

Wild Wave, schooner123

Winfield, steamship19-24, 177

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y

Yongala, steamship

former members of crew158, 208

Marconi apparatus ordered84

disappearance of71, 179, 239, 248-250

wreckage found71

inquiry into loss of248

z