Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works explained

Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works
Industry:Ship building
Fate:Closed
Founded:1913
Founder:Government of New South Wales
Defunct:1933
Location City:Newcastle, New South Wales
Location Country:Australia
Owner:Government of New South Wales

The Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works was a dockyard and engineering workshop established by the Government of New South Wales in 1913, at Walsh Island, Newcastle, Australia.[1] The foundation stone was laid on 15 June 1913 by Arthur Griffith, the Minister for Works.[1] The dockyard was constructed as a replacement for Sydney's Cockatoo Island Dockyard, that was taken over by the Federal Government in 1913.

Forty-seven vessels were constructed at the dockyard, including a 15,000-ton floating dock.[2] The engineering works fabricated bolts, castings and steel fabrication work. It assembled electric carriages for the New South Wales Government Railways as well as trams. The dockyard was eventually abandoned in 1933 after the great depression and was dismantled and relocated to the new State Dockyard at Dyke End, Carrington.[3]

Ships built at Walsh Island Dockyard

Products of engineering works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New State Works. Bright Outlook for the Future . . 16 June 1913 . 10 . 19 April 2012.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20091015074553/http://www.niha.org.au/staticpages/index.php?page=20080319234847131 Wash Island Fleet List
  3. https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/2553888/history-the-old-red-rattlers-live-on/interactive/ History: The old Red Rattlers live on
  4. News: 1919-04-02. LAUNCH OF THE FIRST STEEL CARGO SHIP BUILT IN AUSTRALIA. 21. Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919). 2021-07-23.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20160227125337/http://ferriesofsydney.com/kooroongabba.html SS Kooroongabba
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20160227125444/http://ferriesofsydney.com/kuttabul.html SS Kuttabul
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20160227125320/http://ferriesofsydney.com/koompartoo.html SS Koompartoo
  8. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16611925 Walsh Island Dock Launching Ceremony