About this object‘’Pandora’’
Herb Williams, son of James ‘’Bunger’’ Williams who arrived in Nelson Bay in 1920, purchased the 32 foot ‘’Pandora’’, built in 1906. She was built of NZ kauri with a Hercules Diesel later to be replaced by a German air cooled Deutz but also carried a sail as a back up to the motor.
‘’Pandora’’ worked the waters north of the entrance to Port Stephens, around Broughton Island. The reefs from Broughton Island north to Seal Rocks had plentiful supplies of lobsters and snapper and it was north of Broughton that the most famous lobster ground was found – the ‘’Well’’.
James’s son Herb worked ‘’Pandora’’ for prawns off Stockton Bight and on his retirement, he gave her away. Unfortunately, the 50-year-old boat was neglected by the new owner and sunk at its mooring in 1996.
MakerUnknown
Maker RoleBoat Builder
Date Made1964
PeriodEarly 20th century
Formatjpeg
Object TypeFishing Vessel
Subject and Association KeywordsBoat building
Subject and Association KeywordsBoats
Subject and Association KeywordsFishing - commercial
