PS Young Australian was a paddle steamer that was lost on the Roper River in what is now the Northern Territory of Australia.[1]

In 1854, Young Australian was driven ashore at Cape Northumberland in South Australia.[2] It serviced the Roper River in the Northern Territory for twenty years before sinking in 1872 while bringing supplies for the overland telegraph work crews at Roper Bar.[3] Young Australian sunk upstream from the settlement at Ngukurr,[4][5] and can still be seen in the river on the edge of the Limmen National Park.[citation needed]

In 1980, the wreck site was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[6]

Young Australian received an Engineering Heritage Marker from Engineers Australia as part of its Engineering Heritage Recognition Program.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Young Australian, steam ship, built 1853, wrecked 1872-". Engineers Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 21959. London. 26 January 1855. col D, p. 10.
  3. ^ "Roper Bar". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004.
  4. ^ "The wreck of the paddle-steamer 'Young Australia' in the Roper River" – via collections.slsa.sa.gov.au.
  5. ^ Ashford, Stephen Allan (2004). Endurance, courage and shipwreck in the Roper River 1871-1872. Darwin: N.T. Office of Environment and Heritage.
  6. ^ "Young Australian Shipwreck, Ngukurr,(sic) NT, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 101)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 7 April 2020.


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