Morrison & Sinclair was a

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based

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and one of the great ship and boatbuilding names of

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. The company was founded in the early 1890s and ceased trading in 1970.

History

In 1923, Morrison & Sinclair Ltd transferred from Johnstons Bay in Balmain to a site at the end of

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on the Balmain Peninsula and carried out a shipbuilding operations there until the company ceased trading in 1970. The company designed, constructed and repaired Government vessels, naval, island trading and merchant ships and many

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and

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. The yacht ''Morna'' (later ''Kurrewa IV''), which won line honours 7 times from 10 starts in the

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, was built here. (But, MORNA was built in 1913 - obviously at the Johnstons Bay site). Morrison & Sinclair Ltd no longer exists but the records of the company are held by the

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. On 17 June 1971, the shipbuilding land was acquired by the State Planning Authority of New South Wales for A$185,000. Landscaping was carried out by Bruce Mackenzie & Associates and the site, then known as ''Long Nose Park'', placed under Leichhardt Council control in 1981. The park won the 1986

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Award of Merit. The park has since been renamed

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References

* Solling, M; Reynolds, P; ''Leichhardt: On the margins of the city'', Allen & Unwin, 1997, . * Leichhardt Municipal Council;
Leichhardt Development Control Plan Part-A
', 2000. * Leichhardt Municipal Council; ''Sport and Recreation Matters'', Autumn 2005. * On-site Information Plaques; Yurulbin Park, Birchgrove, NSW. * Heritage Group of Leichhardt District; ''Our History & Heritage'', p2, May 2006.

External links

Local Images at InnerWest ImageBank

Local History Collection, Leichhardt Council
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