NSW Vehicular Ferries - Sound files

Summary

Selected interview excerpts from the compilation cassette tape.

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  • Whole CD (as one file - MP3)

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    multimedia NSW Vehicular Ferries 34.8Mb

  • Part 1: Introduction/The historical significance of ferries/Technical aspects/Disappearing construction & maintenance skills/Cables/Maintenance scheduling/Installation of winches at Mortlake

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    multimedia MP3
    multimedia Real Media 903Kb

  • Part 2: North Coast ferries/Ashby Dry Dock/Slipping the Murray River ferries/Construction of the Speewa ferry/Remodelling of the Wisemans Ferry for Bluff Point/Towing ferries at sea

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    multimedia MP3 5.32Mb
    multimedia Real Media 666Kb

  • Part 3: Hawkesbury River ferries/The 1978 flood

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    multimedia MP3 5.11Mb
    multimedia Real Media 633Kb

  • Part 4: Role of ferries in the road transport network/Clarence River & sugar cane haulage/Richmond River/Steam-powered ferries

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    multimedia MP3 3.89Mb
    multimedia Real Media 498Kb

  • Part 5: Ferries and the local community/Personal recollections of people who used the ferries/Ferries and tourism/Hastings River ferries/Funding of ferry replacements/Ferry queues

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    multimedia MP3 5.27Mb
    multimedia Real Media 664Kb

  • Part 6: The lives and memories of the ferry operators and passengers/A ferry poem

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    multimedia MP3 7.94Mb
    multimedia Real Media 1,017Kb