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The Australasian Steam Navigation Company Shipping Office [Sydney]

c1851. Pencil sketch, captioned in image upper left, 13 x 18.8cm. Tears and creases to upper edge, foxing, soiling.

Another pencil sketch of an archway attached to a building appears verso.

The Australasian Steam Navigation Company was a shipping company which operated between 1839 and 1887. It was “formed from the Hunter River Steamship Company in 1851…to appeal to a wider market and expand their services. The company approved free or assisted passages for worthy causes, these included Caroline Chisholm going to Moreton Bay to obtain employment for immigrant women and Dr [Ludwig] Leichhardt also going to Moreton Bay for an expedition in Queensland, and they shipped plants and specimens for the Botanic Gardens in Melbourne for free.” The company’s offices were located near its wharf at 1 Sussex Street, Sydney, overlooking Darling Harbour. In 1887, the shipping company was amalgamated with the Queensland Steam Shipping Company to form the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company. Ref: Wiki; City Plan Heritage, Former ASN Co. Building, 1–5 Hickson Road, 2009; Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) Heritage and Conservation Register.

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Item #CL206-8

Price (AUD): $1,650.00  other currencies