Ferries of Sydney
Credits
In designing & researching a site such as this one, an enormous amount of research needs to be done. Apart from the traditional methods (books, newspapers, etc) there's also been quite a bit of walking around the harbour & a lot of travelling on the ferries as well.
So, onto the credits & thanks :
- Glen Simmons-Levett - scanning our photos & postcards & proof-reading the (many) pages that make up the site, also for being dragged around the harbour on various side-trips in search of that elusive picture or piece of evidence.
- Richard Matterson (of Matterson Marine), Christopher Verdich, Nicholas Patrick, Peter Tonkes, Roderick Smith, James Jenkinson, Jeff Gordon & many others for contributing images & information.
- Various Australian Federal & State government websites for invaluable information - special thanks to the Australian National Library, State Libraries of NSW, Victoria, Queensland & Tasmania for giving permission to reprint images from their vast catalogues.
- The following authors from which I've researched much material - A M Prescott, Graeme Andrews, Tom Mead, Dale Budd, Randall Wilson & others who have published booklets & pamphlets.
- The records of Sydney Ferries Limited & The Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company Ltd.
- Graeme Andrews for much sanity checking & lot's of info
- Various tourist brochures & guides of the day that have proved of vast help.
- Anyone else I may have missed!
- The builders, crewmen & women & companies that have provided us with such an excellent ferry service over the last two and a bit centuries
- Finally, the vessels themselves - which is what this site is all
about! .
Navigation
- Early Manly Ferries &
Paddlewheelers
- Classic Manly Ferries
- Contemporary Manly Ferries
- Manly JetCats
- Manly Hydrofoils
- Early River & Harbour Ferries
- Harbour Paddlewheelers
- Classic Harbour Ferries
- Contemporary "Lady"
Ferries
- SuperCats, HarbourCats
& RiverCats
- First Fleet Ferries
- Vehicular Ferries &
Punts
- Private Fleets
- Oddities