 Kuring-gai on Sydney Harbour
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| History | |
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| Name | Kuring-gai |
| Operator | Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company |
| Route | Manly |
| Builder | Mort's Dock and Engineering |
| Launched | 1901 |
| Out of service | 1928 |
| Fate | Hulked 1934, sunk post World War 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 497 tons |
| Length | 51.8 m (169 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in) |
| Height | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 85 NHP |
| Propulsion | 3 cylinder tripled expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,228 passengers |
SS Kuring-gai was a ferry that served on the Sydney to Manly run from 1901 to 1928.
An iron framed, steel-plated double-ended screw ferry, it was the archetype of the familiar Manly ferry shape of the 20th century.
The name Kuring-gai is derived from the "Guringai" Aboriginal people who were thought to be the traditional owners of the area immediately north of Sydney. More contemporary research suggests that this was not the case.[1][2][3]
- ^ Attenbrow, Val (2002). Sydney's Aboriginal past: investigating the archaeological and historical records. Sydney: UNSW Press. pp. 22–35. ISBN 9781742231167.
- ^ Aboriginal Heritage Office (2015). Filling A Void: A review of the historical context for the use of the word 'Guringai'. Sydney.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ John, Morecombe (20 February 2015). "Misunderstanding: The historical fiction of the word Guringai that has filled a void in our knowledge of the original inhabitants". Manly Daily. Retrieved 23 September 2021.