From Baird Maritime:
In the dim distant past when Australia still boasted companies and individuals that were proud ship owners, Huddart Parker was one of the leading examples.
Originating in the Gold Rush days of the 1850s, the company was formally founded in 1876. It traded, mostly successfully, until absorbed into the Boral Group in 1961.
It owned vast numbers of ships from tugs to passenger liners, properties, collieries and even a significant slice of a pioneering airline. Many of its ships became famous, others sank or simply disappeared. Huddart Parker's was a fascinating ship owning history.
This book serves that history well. The original author, W.A. Laxon died before his manuscript was finished. Fortunately for everyone interested in the history of Australian ships and shipping, his friends and successors very ably completed his massive task.
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