ferries

NEW FERRY BOAT (1938, September 10). The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1939), p. 5. Retrieved August 13, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125727148

NEW FERRY FOR MANLY SERVICE (1938, September 10). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved August 13, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133145898

SOUTH STEYNE AT SYDNEY (1938, September 10). Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 13, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162061138

THE EDWARD STREET FERRY. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,-There is a saying that a corporation is a thing which hasn't a body to be kicked. The residents of Kangaroo Point will endorse the saying, and, possibly regret the fact that they are deprived of this last consolation, if not cure, for the present ferry disarrangements. The reason is given that it does not pay to run two steamers. We are expecting that the next thing we will have to endure is the removal of the gas lamps in our streets on the ground that it does not pay to light them. The bridge is free to pedestrians, but the " Pointers" have to pay for their passage across and are condemned to take whatever facilities may be offered. If the present arrangements do not pay, the Mayor need not hesitate; we are all prepared to swim. In order to deal out sauce to the goose as well as to the gander, the steam punt might also be hung up to stop a leak in the municipal revenues. But as a sauce of this kind might interfere with, amongst other things, the delivery of tradesmen's orders, that gander comes out with all its feathers on. The crowding of the single steamer at the busy hours of the morning and evening is not only extremely inconvenient but a source of danger. A very, slight wash from a passing steamer at these hours is likely to cause a panic, and possibly an accident. In the latter event-absit, omen-we have no doubt that the Mayor is courteously prepared to head the funeral and the subscription list. There are frequently as many as sixty passengers on a single trip across, and the crushing, getting on and off, frequently those coming off jostling those coming on, is such that no woman or girl should be subjected to. The life-saving apparatus, even if "getatable," would serve about a dozen. I am. sir, &c, 11th September. POINTER. Source: The Brisbane Courier, 14, Sep 1896 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3634669# many as sixty passengers on a single trip

The Holman Street Ferry Terminal was built prior to 1919 for the City of Brisbane, then responsible for the servicing of ferry routes across the Brisbane River. Kangaroo Point was one of Brisbane's earliest suburbs, emerging in the 1840s with other localities such as South Brisbane, Fortitude Valley and Spring Hill. Because of its close proximity to the city, Kangaroo Point played an important role as a point of arrival and departure for Brisbane's ferries. The ferry began to operate from the Customs House Reserve in 1882, but as a vehicular ferry, is believed to have ceased in 1883/84. A new vehicular steam ferry began operating from Charlotte Street to Bright Street at the same time. A passenger ferry continued, however, and the waiting shed on that side of the river was re-erected on the customs house site in 1886. Tidal steps were apparently built on the Holman Street side to service the passenger ferry. Work was carried out at the Holman Street landing stage and pontoon in 1906. At that time there was a ferry tollhouse on site, but it is not possible to tell whether this also served as a waiting shed. Repairs were carried out on the site in 1912, but were probably related to the pontoon. In 1919 the Ferries & Baths Committee recommended that the shelter shed on the Kangaroo Point side of the Customs House ferry be cleaned inside and the chamfer boards be oiled on the outside. A recommendation by the Lighting Committee in 1919 saw the installation of electric lighting at the Holman Street ferry - electricity having replaced gas for street lighting at Kangaroo Point, c. 1918. In July 1925 the Brisbane City Council's Bridges and Ferries Committee recommended that control of all ferries should pass to the new Greater Brisbane Council. Source: kids.kiddle.co/Holman_Street_ferry_wharf