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BARAGOOLA
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MV Baragoola was the last
of of six similar sister ferries built by Mort's Dock
between 1905 & 1922. She was the last Manly ferry
built by Mort's and also the last Manly ferry ever built
in Australia.
With the launch of the
Baragoola, the Manly company was capable of carrying
10,250 passengers per trip - this was sorely needed as
Manly was undergoing a tourist boom and many people were
settling in the area.
Baragoola
was an excellent ocean-going vessel. This was evidenced by the massive
turnout for her farewell trip in 1983 when she was so
loaded that passengers were on the top wheelhouse deck
(normally not allowed.) No other Manly ferry had a longer
career on the harbor.
Baragoola holds the
dubious "record" of hitting the strangest object in the
harbor when she hit a whale on 28/08/1934. The
ferry sliced into the whale & almost came to a halt due
to the impact, no damage to the Baragoola. The whale swam off towards
Flagstaff Point.
Baragoola provides rare
evidence of the large ferry system which stimulated the
growth of suburban Sydney, the development of its
recreational patterns and the formation of its popular
urban culture. It is a surviving example of a
characteristic twentieth century Manly steamer
demonstrating evolution of technology for fast
double-ended navigation in deep-sea conditions. The machinery technology is unique in the Australian
shipping industry. It is an extremely rare
surviving example of ship construction by Mort's Dock &
Engineering Co. Ltd.
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"Thank you
very much to you and your crew I am more than pleased
with my baragoola the grand old lady sits on my shelf in
all her glory this lovely ship I worked on her when I
was fithteen for some years thank you to all concerned.
I am still interested in the Canberra... I am
interested in another ship Empress of Australia she was
ferry between Sydney and Tasmana do not make the mistake
with the Princess of Australia the empress I will have
it built after the Canberra is built.
Regards Laurence S. Bigger. Stronger.
Faster.
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"Hello Frank I am really happy with my Barragoola you
and your crew have done a better than expected on this
ferry this Barragoola means a lot to me as said before I
worked on it as a 15 year old.
I am still interested in the Canberra.I am all so intersted in a ANL
Ferry which worked from Tasmania & Sydney the Empress of Australia don't be mistaken with the Princess
Of Australia this is down the road a bit the Canberra is next. Thank you Frank for your good work. Laurie S."
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Learn more about the
Baragoola here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baragoola
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