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Karrabee was a
ferry operated by
Sydney Ferries Limited and its NSW
State Government operated successors on
Sydney Harbour from 1913
until 1984. A wooden...
- The
Wingecarribee River (Aboriginal Dharawal:
Winge Karrabee), a
perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury–Nepean catchment, is
located in the Southern...
- back-bone of
Sydney Harbour's non-Manly
ferry fleet,
along with
Karingal and
Karrabee the
smallest of the K-class ferries.
Their routes were
expanded to all...
- the round-end "K-class ferries".
Karingal and her very
similar "sister",
Karrabee, were
built as coal-fired
steamer and
converted to
diesel in the 1930s...
-
ferries after fellow "k-class"
wooden ferry,
Karrabee sank at
Circular Quay in
January of that year.
Karrabee was
refloated and sold, and
Kameruka given...
- of
Sydney Ferries in 1951. A
handful of the K-class
ferries (Karingal,
Karrabee, Kanangra, Kameruka) were in
service until the mid-1980s
having been converted...
-
consisted of five
ferries dating from the 1910s (Kameruka, Kanangra, Karingal,
Karrabee and Lady Edeline),
seven Lady
class ferries (Cutler, McKell, Woodward,...
- w****end and
holiday services to
Watsons Bay in 1966 with the
Karingal and
Karrabee.
These ceased due to lack of patronage. W****end only
services were reintroduced...
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Harbour with
triple expansion steam engines.
Engines were
later used in the
Karrabee (1913), and are now part of the
Museum of
Applied Arts and
Sciences collection...
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Conversion of the
remaining four "Lady-class"
ferries and
Karingal and
Karrabee takes place over the 1930s. In line with the
modernisation drive, the varnished...
