Australasian United Steam Navigation Company

Australasian United Steam Navigation Company
IndustryShipping
PredecessorAustralasian Steam Navigation Company and the Queensland Steam Shipping Company
Founded1887
Defunct1961
Headquarters
Brisbane
,
Australia
House Flag of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company.
House Flag of the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company

Aramac of the Australian United Steam Navigation Company, built by William Denny and Brothers in Glasgow in 1889 and scuttled in 1929 or 1930

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 Bingera, 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]

References

  1. ^ "Australian United Steam Navigation Company". Flotilla Australia. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  2. ^ McKellar, Norman Lang (1977). From Derby round to Burketown : the A.U.S.N. story. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 978-0-7022-1244-4.
  3. ^ "Naldham House (entry 600133)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. ^ McLeod, Roderick (25 October 1973). "History along the waterways: the abandoned hulks of the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland. 9 (5). Brisbane: Royal Historical Society of Queensland: 21–29. ISSN 0085-5804. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
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