Shipbuilding in the Australian Colonies Before 1850

Mark Staniforth; Debbie Shefi

Shipbuilding in the Australian Colonies Before 1850

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Shipbuilding in a colonial context draws on traditions from a variety of places including the parent culture. Colonial shipbuilding adapts and evolves over time to meet the local environmental conditions, the availability of endemic and other timbers and to suit the requirements of local and regional mercantile commerce. Establishing the identity and biography of colonial shipbuilders is key to understanding the processes which underpin shipbuilding development. This paper considers shipbuilding in the Williams River area of NSW and in southern Tasmania as two case studies in shipbuilding in the early Australian colonies.

Original language	English
Pages	335-344
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Society for Historical Archaeology Conference 2014, Quebec (Montreal, Canada) - Quebec City, Canada Duration: 8 Jan 2014 → 12 Jan 2014

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Conference	Society for Historical Archaeology Conference 2014, Quebec (Montreal, Canada)
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Quebec City
Period	8/01/14 → 12/01/14

Keywords

Australian-built vessels
maritime archaeology
nautical archaeology
Colonial Australia
Australian colonies
Shipbuilding

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Shipbuilding in the Australian Colonies Before 1850

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