Name/Title"Wai-Wera" - Fishing boat

About this object"Wai-Wera" - 110 years old and originally Hugh Thurlow's passenger ferry plied between Nelson Bay and Tea Gardens. It was driven by a 3 cylinder Ruston Hornsby engine.

Maker RoleShipwright

PeriodEarly 20th century

Formatjpeg

Object TypeFishing Vessel

Subject and Association KeywordsBoat building

Subject and Association KeywordsBoats

Subject and Association KeywordsFishing - commercial

Subject and Association KeywordsOyster Industry

Subject and Association KeywordsFerry

Object numberTMA2021.001117

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