Fishing in Shellharbour

Shark catch, Shellharbour. 1900-1910

 
 

Pulling in the fishing net, Shellharbour

Local fishermen on a Shellharbour beach. Nets were hauled in,

loaded in a basket with ice and sent to Sydney markets on the train. c1910

Fish catch at Shellharbour c1910

 

 

 

 

Fishing at Little Lake - c1950

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Debutantes of Shellharbour

Many young ladies officially entered the social scene at the Albion Park Show Annual Ball. Local ladies associated with the Show Society were given the honour of officiating as Matron of Honour.

 
 Debutantes, Albion Park c1920

 

 

 

 

 

Albion Park debutantes in the 1950s

 

 

 

 

 

Debutante Valerie Steele in the early 1950s

Val Steele, a long time resident of Shellharbour, married Bernard 'Spud' Costello in 1956. This photo was taken at the Debutante's Ball held in Lake South Public Hall in the early 1950s.

Debutante Joan O'Gorman

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dawn Farmer & Des Stubbs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images courtesy Shellharbour Images

 

 

 

 

Shipwrecks

 

US 'Cities Service Boston' aground on the rocks at Bass Point

The United States tanker 'Cities Service Boston' ran aground at Bass Point, Shellharbour on the 16th May 1943. Despite the very rough seas, soldiers from the 6th Aust M.G. BN AIF rescued the entire crew of 62 Americans, with the tragic loss of four Australian soldiers. They were Sgt W F Allen, Pte G W Pitt, Pte R J Snell and  Pte B H Symons. A memorial dedicated to their bravery on the 8th September 1968 stands on the northern side of Bass Point.

 

 

 

The wooden steamer 'Kiltobranks' wrecked at Shellharbour 1924

Built in NSW in 1908, the 'Kiltobranks' was a wooden steamer, 272 tons gross, 148 tons net, length 133.7 ft, beam 28 ft, depth 8.8 ft. Fully loaded with blue metal, 'Kiltobranks' ran aground on south Shellharbour Beach on 21st February, 1924. She was endeavouring to reach a swinging buoy used for berthing during a north-easterly wind when she went aground.

The ship 'Troy D' grounded at Bass Point 1995

The bulk carrier 'Troy D' was scheduled to pick up a load of blue metal from the Pioneer Quarry at Bass Point. The ship approached the jetty from the port side facing the quarry, overshot the jetty and grounded on rocks to the west. The crew were able to winch the carrier off the rocks the next day, after a fishing trawler towed the anchor out to sea. Fortunately the sea was calm and the ship only suffered minor damage to the rudder. It had to be towed back to Sydney.

Cars in the Redex Trial at Macquarie Pass

 

 

 

The Redex Round Australia Car Reliability Trials were popular

in the 1950s.

 

 

 

 

John Stubbs (left) watching competitors in the Redex Round

Australia Car Reliability Trials on Macquarie Pass. The driver

of the front car was Jack Davey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images from the Shellharbour Image Library