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Cockatoo Island : Sydney's historic dockyard / John Jeremy.
- Title
- Cockatoo Island : Sydney's historic dockyard / John Jeremy.
- Author
- Jeremy, John C. (John Christopher), 1942-
- Publication
- Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | VM301.C63 J47 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 263 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "John Jeremy pays tribute to Sydney Harbour's largest and by far most fascinating island in this new edition of Cockatoo Island: Sydney’s Historic Dockyard. The book focuses on the industrial history of Cockatoo Island and is the most detailed account of the dockyard, its administration and activities yet written. It also provides fascinating detail and spectacular archival photography of Sydney Harbour's industrial heart."--Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-256) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A convict prison -- The graving docks -- The early dockyard 1857-1913 -- Administration under Commonwealth ownership 1913-92 -- Dockyard development -- Shipbuilding -- Ship repair and conversion -- Submarines -- Engineering -- Other activities -- The people of Cockatoo Dockyard -- In retrospect -- Postscript -- Appendix 1. Selected plans and ship drawings -- Appendix 2. Ships built before 1913 -- Appendix 3. Ships built after 1913 -- Appendix 4. Major ship repairs and alterations during World War I -- Appendix 5. Transports converted during World War I -- Appendix 6. Transports refitted during World War I -- Appendix 7. Ships reconverted for merchant service after World War I -- Appendix 8. Ship refits and repairs during World War II -- Appendix 9. Ship's boilers built during World War II -- Appendix 10. Naval surface ship refits and repairs after 1945 -- Appendix 11. Submarine refits -- Appendix 12. Docking and slipping of ships at Cockatoo Dockyard -- Appendix 13. Corporate information.
- ISBN
- 0868408174
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library