SS ''Kooroongaba'' was a vehicle ferry built for

Sydney Ferries Limited Sydney Ferries Limited operated ferry services on Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour from 1900 until June 1951. The company grew out of the North Shore Steam Ferry Company and took over smaller ferry operators to become the largest ferry operator i ...

. It later operated in

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History

''Kooroongaba'' was built by the

Walsh Island Dockyard & Engineering Works The Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works was a dockyard and engineering workshop established by the Government of New South Wales in 1913, at Walsh Island, Newcastle, Australia. The foundation stone was laid on 15 June 1913 by Arthur Gr ...

for

to operate vehicle ferry services from

Circular Quay Circular Quay is a harbour, former working port and now international passenger shipping terminal, public piazza and tourism precinct, heritage area, and transport node located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the northern edge of the ...

Jeffrey Street ''Jeffrey Street'' or ''Jeffreys Street'' is a street located in Kirribilli, famous for being one of the most popular vantage points for views of the city skyline of Sydney, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. The street is lo ...

. Made redundant by the opening of the

Sydney Harbour Bridge The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, spanning Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour from the Sydney central business district, central business district (CBD) to the North Shore (Sydney), North ...

in 1932, ''Kooroongabba'' was then used as a cargo carrier.SS Kooroongabba
Ferries of SydneyThe Kooroongabba
Bill Bottomley It was then sold to the Department of Main Roads and moved to

to operate as a vehicle ferry between

and Stockton. It remained in service until replaced by the

Stockton Bridge The Stockton Bridge is a road bridge that carries Nelson Bay Road across the Hunter River, between Kooragang and Stockton in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The bridge and Nelson Bay Road serve as the main transport route bet ...

in November 1971. It was sold in 1972 to the Philippines but sank off

Crowdy Head Crowdy Head is a headland on the coast of New South Wales, Australia, 7 km from Harrington between Forster and Port Macquarie. The head is mostly cleared and was quarried between 1895 and 1901 for the Manning River Manning River (Birpa ...

while under tow."Manila tug to make last bid to free Sydney ferry" ''

Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in ...

'' 16 January 1972

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kooroongaba Ferries of New South Wales Ferry transport in Sydney Iron and steel steamships of Australia Ships built in New South Wales Shipwrecks of the Mid North Coast Region 1921 ships