About this object"Viking"- Commercial Fishing Boat - Port Stephens. Owned by Jen (Jack) Jenson who was born in Samso, Denmark. Jack arrived in Nelson Bay in 1915 and soon began snapper fishing and lobstering.
When Jack realised that the best fishing grounds were off Seal Rocks, north of Broughton Island and that this necessitated staying out for a couple of days he set up a fishing humpy among the Geek fishermen at North Harbour on Broughton Island. This shack became the main accommodation for many fishing parties that used his boat and often stayed on for a week or two on the island, effectively making Jack one of Port Stephen's first charter boat operators.
Place MadeOceania, Australia, New South Wales, Neutral Bay
MakerLars Halvorsen & Sons
Maker RoleShipwright
Date Made1928
PeriodEarly 20th century
Formatjpeg
Object TypeFishing Vessel
Subject and Association KeywordsBoat building
Subject and Association KeywordsBoats
Subject and Association KeywordsFishing - commercial
Subject and Association KeywordsFishing - recretational
