About this object"Boambee" - a coastal shipping boat loading oysters at Pindimar Wharf for transportation to the Sydney markets. Cec Phillips launch Ruby is at the rear c.1925.
The Pindimar Oyster Company owned by Frederick "Fred" Phillips, was established in 1913 and by 1916 their first oysters were ready to market. They were loaded in bags from Pindimar Wharf on board either the "Coweambah"or the "Boambee"and transported to Newcastle, then transferred to the Hunter River Steamship Company boats and forwarded to either the Sydney or Melbourne markets.
MakerUnknown
Maker RoleShipwright
PeriodEarly 20th century
Formatjpeg
Object TypeFishing Vessel
Subject and Association KeywordsBoat building
Subject and Association KeywordsBoats
Subject and Association KeywordsFishing - commercial
