About this object"Flatty" owned and built by Bowden Evens. A small working boat used in the oyster industry. This oyster flatty is pictured in the Swan Bay stone groyne built by the original Evens family in the mid 1800s.
(A groyne, built perpendicular to the shore, is a rigid hydraulic structure built from an ocean shore or from a bank that interrupts water flow and limits the movement of sediment.)
Bowden Evens was a master boat builder and built many punts and small work boats known as 'flatties' which were keenly sought by oystermen throughout Port Stephens.
Place MadeOceania, Australia, New South Wales, Port Stephens
MakerBowden Evens
Maker RoleShipwright
PeriodMid 20th century
Formatjpeg
Object TypeFishing Vessel
Subject and Association KeywordsBoat building
Subject and Association KeywordsBoats
Subject and Association KeywordsFishing - commercial
