Australasian United Steam Navigation Company Explained

Australasian United Steam Navigation Company
Industry:Shipping
Predecessor:Australasian Steam Navigation Company and the Queensland Steam Shipping Company
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Founded:1887
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Defunct:1961
Hq Location City:Brisbane
Hq Location Country:Australia
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The Australasian United Steam Navigation Company (AUSNC) was an Australian shipping company formed in 1887 by the merger of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company and the Queensland Steam Shipping Company and their fleets.[1] It existed from 1887 to 1961.[2]

One of their former shipping offices, Naldham House, at 193 Mary Street, Brisbane, Queensland is listed in the Queensland Heritage Register.[3]

Ships

The ships operated by the company included, which operated the mail service between Brisbane, Gladstone and Townsville. She was partly scrapped in 1926 and abandoned on Bishop Island at the mouth of the Brisbane River.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian United Steam Navigation Company . Flotilla Australia . 14 November 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110915143232/http://www.flotilla-australia.com/ausn.htm#ausn-ausn . 15 September 2011 . dmy-all .
  2. Book: McKellar, Norman Lang . 1977 . From Derby round to Burketown : the A.U.S.N. story . Brisbane . . 978-0-7022-1244-4.
  3. 13 July 2015.
  4. McLeod . Roderick . History along the waterways: the abandoned hulks of the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay . Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland . 25 October 1973 . 9 . 5 . 21–29 . 27 September 2014 . . Brisbane . 0085-5804 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140211090042/http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:210098/s00855804_1973_1974_9_5_21.pdf . 11 February 2014 . dmy-all .