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began her career on Saturday, 9 October 1847 initially engaged to run from Windmill Street in The Rocks to Blues Point from 8am until 6.30pm. It is unlikely that she ran to a timetable, probably only doing the trip when there was a demand. In 1848 she shifted to the Manly route on a sporadic service
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and one of the earliest constructed in the colony. A sporadic ferry service to the Manly area had been established in the 1830s provided by a small sailing ketch operated by Barney Kearns and that service ran between
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chartered the vessel following his opening up of Manly as a holiday destination. In this role she became the first scheduled ferry between Manly and Sydney along her with running mate, the 1858-built
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after which passengers had to head overland to Milson's Point and then be rowed across the harbour by a waterman. It did not last long and passengers faced a long and difficult overland trip.
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remained on the Manly route for some years and was eventually sold to Port Stephens where she was hulked and used as a timber store, eventually being broken up in 1886.
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ferry owned and operated by John and Joseph Gerard. She was built in 1847 by Thomas Chowney
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Manly ferry owned and operated by John and Joseph Gerard
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The Seven Mile Ships, Manly Ferries of Sydney Harbour
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Index


Circular Quay
Blues Point
Pyrmont
Official number
GRT
Manly
Pyrmont
paddle wheel steam ship
Balgowlah
Balmoral
Henry Gilbert Smith
PS Phantom
List of Sydney Harbour ferries
Timeline of Sydney Harbour ferries
Mead, Tom
ISBN
978-0-86777-091-9
"Biography – Henry Gilbert Smith"
"Myall Lakes Shipwrecks"
ISBN
978-0-86777-091-9
ISBN
0-909418-30-6
ISBN
978-0-424-00202-6
ISBN
0-424-00202-7
Brothers entry at Ferries of Sydney
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