Adelaide Steamship Company Limited

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The Adelaide steamship Company was incorporated in Adelaide, South Australia, on 8 October 1875. The company began by chartering the steamer Flinders and commissioning new ships from British builders. The company joined the Steamship Owners' Association during the 1880s and was liquidated and reconstructed in 1900 and 1920 for more efficiency and profitability. During the 1940s the company experienced a decline in trade and began to acquire interests in other companies and projects. On 1 January 1964 the company's interstate fleet was merged with that of McIlwraith McEarcharn Ltd in a new company, Associated Steamships Limited in which Adelaide Steamship had a 40% share. These shares were bought by Bulkships Limited in 1965. In 1968 Adelaide Steamship Industries Pty Ltd was formed to concentrate the main trading activities of the company within one subsidiary. By 1977 the company had finished its involvement with ship owning and operating. At this time it had diversified into investment and property ownership, vineyard and wine production and optical goods manufacture, distribution and engineering. The company became known as Residual Assco on 30 April 1997 and is currently delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange.

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1919 Picnic, running race
Adelaide Steamship Company (1875 - 1997); Photographer: Unknown
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A Good Excuse for a Holiday!
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A Haggart and two others
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A.K. Argosy Lemal
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Abermain No. 1 Colliery, Abermain
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Abermain No. 2 Colliery
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Abermain No. 2 Colliery
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Abermain No. 2 Colliery, Kearsley
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Abermain No. 3 Colliery, located between Kearsley and Neath
Adelaide Steamship Company (1875 - 1997); Photographer: Unknown
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Abermain No.1 Colliery, New South Wales
(Abermain & Seaham Coals; Sydney: Abermain Seaham Collieries, 1925 (Sydney: Pratten Bros.) This image differs from that on page 25 by being more closely cropped.) Cazneaux, Harold (Pierce), 1878-1953
Several eucalypts frame a view of colliery buildings, steam and a chimney emitting smoke. The buildings are painted white and one has a low large verandah roof and a pergola. Near the pergola is a wheel, ramp and cables. This colliery was opened in 1903 and was one of three that mined volatile low-ash Maitland coal from the Greta seam, discovered in 1886. Cazneaux printed this image from a photograph he took for one of the many projects assigned to him by the art firm of (Ure) Smith and (Harry) Julius. He and artist, Albert Collins (died 1951) created the illustrations for a souvenir volume for Abermain Seaham Collieries. In the book the picture's title is:Another view of Abermain No.1 Colliery.The Archives image differs from that on page 25 by being more closely cropped. Cropping was one of the techniques used by Pictorialist photographers like Cazneaux to create compositions that resembled artworks made in more traditional media. The print is in the Adelaide Steamship Company's collection because in 1905 the company acquired large interests in the Abermain Colliery (near Cessnock), the Seaham Colliery (near Newcastle) and the North Bulli Mine (near Wollongong) in order to secure its source of bunkering coal - a move that was to prove advantageous when the price of British steamering coal rose dramatically in 1908. The interests of the Abermain and Seaham collieries merged in 1922 and in 1931 a further merger created J. & A. Brown & Abermain Seaham. The Adelaide Steamship Company remained the mining company's largest shareholder.
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Abermain No.2 Colliery, New South Wales
(Abermain & Seaham Coals; Sydney: Abermain Seaham Collieries, 1925 (Sydney: Pratten Bros.) This image differs from that on page 33 by being more closely cropped.) Cazneaux, Harold (Pierce), 1878-1953
View of a tall chimney emitting smoke and two smaller ones expressing steam, with colliery buildings in the background. Silhouetted against the sky are the winding wheels, cables, platform and ladders of the machinery that operates the pit shaft lifts. The structure appears to be constructed of steel tracery. Several men stand at the base of the big chimney and two others walk towards the colliery. There is also a dog in the scene. This colliery was opened in 1912 and was one of three that worked the Greta seam, which had been discovered in 1886. Cazneaux printed this image from a photograph he took for one of the many projects assigned to him by the art firm of (Ure) Smith and (Harry) Julius. He and artist, Albert Collins (died 1951) created the illustrations for a souvenir volume for Abermain Seaham Collieries. In the book the picture's title is: Abermain No.2 Colliery - A fine effect.The Archives image differs from that on page 33 by being more closely cropped. Cropping was one of the techniques used by Pictorialist photographers like Cazneaux to create compositions that resembled artworks made in more traditional media. The print is in the Adelaide Steamship Company's collection because in 1905 the company acquired large interests in the Abermain Colliery (near Cessnock), the Seaham Colliery (near Newcastle) and the North Bulli Mine (near Wollongong) in order to secure its source of bunkering coal - a move that was to prove advantageous when the price of British steamering coal rose dramatically in 1908. The interests of the Abermain and Seaham collieries merged in 1922 and in 1931 a further merger created J. & A. Brown & Abermain Seaham. The Adelaide Steamship Company remained the mining company's largest shareholder.
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Abermain No.3 Colliery, New South Wales
(Abermain & Seaham Coals; Sydney: Abermain Seaham Collieries, 1925 (Sydney: Pratten Bros.) This image differs from that on page 38 by being more closely cropped.) Cazneaux, Harold (Pierce), 1878-1953
Colliery buildings and chimney viewed through a screen of eucalypts and undergrowth. The square, segmented chimney tapers as it rises. Silhouetted against the sky are the winding wheels, cables and timber framework of the machinery that operates the pit shaft lifts. A veranda with posts and railings runs along the near side of the building and continues into the upper right roof area. A pattern created by two rows of darker rectangles running along the roof may be skylights. This colliery was opened in 1924 and was one of three that mined volatile low-ash Maitland coal from the Greta seam, discovered in 1886. Cazneaux printed this image from a photograph he took for one of the many projects assigned to him by the art firm of (Ure) Smith and (Harry) Julius. He and artist, Albert Collins (died 1951) created the illustrations for a souvenir volume for Abermain Seaham Collieries. This image differs from that on page 38 by being more closely cropped. Cropping was one of the techniques used by Pictorialist photographers like Cazneaux to create compositions that resembled artworks made in more traditional media. The print is in the Adelaide Steamship Company's collection because in 1905 the company acquired large interests in the Abermain Colliery (near Cessnock), the Seaham Colliery (near Newcastle) and the North Bulli Mine (near Wollongong) in order to secure its source of bunkering coal - a move that was to prove advantageous when the price of British steamering coal rose dramatically in 1908. The interests of the Abermain and Seaham collieries merged in 1922 and in 1931 a further merger created J. & A. Brown & Abermain Seaham. The Adelaide Steamship Company remained the mining company's largest shareholder.
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About the Gulf and West Coast Trips
Adelaide Steamship Company (1875 - 1997); Vardon and Sons Ltd., Adelaide
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About the Gulf Trip
Adelaide Steamship Company (1875 - 1997)
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About the Gulf Trip
Adelaide Steamship Company (1875 - 1997); Photographer: Unknown
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Adelaide
Adelaide Steamship Company (1875 - 1997); Photographer: Unknown
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Adelaide Airways Ltd: Interior of 8 passenger Dragon Rapide
Adelaide Steamship Company (1875 - 1997); Photographer: Unknown
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Adelaide Office Junior Football Team
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Adelaide Steamship Company Bowls Team
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Adelaide Steamship Company Brisbane Office Staff
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