Darroch, Vin Barque Polly Woodside (Rona)

Lowden Publishing, UK, 1978

22.5 cm, 141 pp, b&w photo plates, d/w. Signed author inscription to tile page. VG copy.

The iron barque 'Polly Woodside (Rona)' was launched in Belfast in 1885 and became engaged in the UK-South American trade. In 1904 she was bought by New Zealand interests and traded throughout the Pacific. After two mishaps she was sold to Australian interests, had her masts cut down, and worked on the Melbourne waterfront as a coal lighter. Today she is fully restored and graces the Yarra River (permanently moored) at Melbourne.

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