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![[Geraldton Tug. Co. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~gtc.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
Geraldton Tug. Co. A private company operating at the port of Geraldton from
around 1966, they tried to go public in 1986 but failed and folded a few years
later. The Log of 11/1986 shows a diagonally quartered flag of blue and white
with issuant from base a white lighthouse with 2 red bands
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
![[Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~gws.gif)
image by
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty. Ltd. A major shipping agency firm of Sydney
operating from 1854 and finally deregistered in 1977. At one stage, in the
fulfillment of their duties, they operated a fleet of launches and lighters
flying a quartered flag of red and blue surmounted by a white diamond bearing
the blue legend of "G,W&SLTD" with The Log of 5/1997 drawing attention
to the
unusual use of a comma after the "G".
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
![[Gippsland Steam Navigation Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~gsn.gif)
image by
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
Gippsland Steam Navigation Ltd. Traded from c.1865-1924 with, from The Log
11/1988, a red flag with a white saltire between the white letters "GSNCo"
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
![[Goliath Portland Cement Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~gpc.gif)
image by
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
Goliath Portland Cement Pty. Ltd. Formed in 1928 the company is now part of
Cement Australia but in its time it used a yellow flag with a blue map of
Tasmania bearing a yellow "G" from The Log
5/1985.
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
![[Gypsum Resources Australia houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~gra.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski, 16 Nov 2008
Gypsum Resources Australia was a CSR subsidiary. Two ships involved in the gypsum/sugar cartage were managed by
Austocean Pty Ltd and were under their colours. In 2004 the "Kowulka" changed its livery to that of Gypsum Resources Australia, its registered owner, with the flag from a photo being a dark blue with a white diamond frame enclosing
the white combined letters "GRA".
Neale Rosanoski, 16 November 2008
![[Hethking Steamships Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~heth.gif)
image by
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
Hethking Steamships Pty. Ltd. Operating from 1954 until the end of the 1970s
with The Log 2/1986 showing a quartered flag of white and blue with in the
canton the blue combined letters "HK" with the letters standing for owner
Hetherington Kingsbury Pty. Ltd. who are still operative in the ship agency
field.
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
![[William Holyman & Sons Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au$holy.gif)
image by
Miles Li,
3 September 2016
William Holyman & Sons Pty. Ltd. With origins going back to 1861 this Tasmanian
company was one of several known as the White Star Line with its red flag
bearing a white star (US Navy 1961, Stewart 1963, Marine News 7/1970 and The Log
11/1985. Appears to be taken over by TNT Group, its last ship ceasing trading in
1987 but the name at least being continued in 1993 by the formation of what is
now Holyman Pty. Ltd. by a management led buyout of the shipping and new
business development interests of TNT Shipping & Development. This appears to
have included the remains of the William Holyman company, with subsequent name
changes, but not their old livery.
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
Holyman ceased to exist upon its takeover by Patrick Corporation in 2000, itself
taken over by Toll Holdings in 2006.
Miles Li,
3 September 2016
![[William Holyman & Sons Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~holy.gif)
image by
Miles Li,
3 September 2016
![[Huddart Parker Ltd flag]](../images/a/au~hp.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 16 Aug 2004
From the link provided by Barbara Tomlinson of The National Maritime Museum http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html/:
The house flag of Huddart Parker Ltd, Melbourne. A rectangular, red flag with a blue saltire. The letters 'HP' in white are at the sides. The flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn. A rope is attached.Jarig Bakker, 16 August 2004
Originated 1876 as Huddart, Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd.
with a similar flag but having the additional white letters "&" and
"Co." in upper and lower quarters respectively which was changed to the simpler version after 1912 when the
company went public as Huddart Parker Ltd. Its fleet was disposed of
in 1961.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 August 2005
![[Huddart Parker Ltd 1876 flag]](../images/a/au~hpco.gif)
image by Jonathan Dixon, 27 Oct 2005
![[Hunter River New Steam Navigation Co. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~hrnsn.gif)
image by
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
Hunter River New Steam Navigation Co. Operated 1852 to 1891 and then merging
into the Newcastle & Hunter River Steamship Co. having a white flag with a blue
border and bearing a blue couped cross from The Log 8/1989.
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
![[Hunter Towage Services Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~hts.gif)
image by
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
Hunter Towage Services Pty. Ltd. Towage company of Newcastle formed in 1993 as
joint venture between Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd. and the Japanese companies
Daaichi Chuo Kisen K.K., Kawasaki K.K., Navix Line Ltd. and Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
The BHP logo is on the funnel whilst the flag
colours of white with the red letters "HTS" are shown in The Log 5/1995 and the
colours are given as presumably reflecting the Japanese interests.
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
![[Illawarra Steam Navigation Company]](../images/a/au~iscsn.gif)
image by Miles Li, 6 August 2016
The house flag of Illawarra Steam Navigation Company (founded in 1858,
incorporated as Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Company in 1904,
ceased trading in 1955). Its history can be found at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illawarra_Steam_Navigation_Company
The
house flag was practically identical to the Swiss Civil
Ensign - not that an Illawarra S.N.Co. ship and a Swiss vessel were ever
likely to cross path though!
Source:
Peter Plowman, "Passenger Ships of Australia & New Zealand", Volume I, Doubleday,
Sydney, 1981. ISBN 0868240362
Miles Li, 6 August 2016
![[Intercontinental Shipping Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~ics.gif)
image by
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
Intercontinental Shipping Pty. Ltd. of Sydney was formed in 1986 but in 1998
with increased manning costs operations were shifted to Tonga as under
Mainstream Shipping Ltd. Whilst under the Australian flag their vessel "Sandra
Marie" flew a blue flag with a white diamond throughout bearing the red letters
"ICG" between two horizontal lines being confirmed by photos in 5/1998. The
letters stand for Inter Continental Group according to The Log 11/1995 though
this is the only report that I have found showing the title as two words.
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
![[Goliath Portland Cement Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~iss.gif)
image by
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
Interstate Steamships Pty. Ltd. Originally Scott Fell & Co. starting around
1882, he had a couple of bankruptcies but is given as beginning in coastal
shipping at the beginning of last century and later formed Interstate Steamships
Ltd. which traded until 1957. Under both names he used a blue flag with a white
6 pointed star bearing a red "F". This version is shown by The Log 2/1986 and
Talbot-Booth books from 1936-1944. In Marine News 7/1970 a 5 pointed star is
shown, apparently in error.
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
![[Jones Brothers Coal Pty. Ltd.houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~jbc.gif)
![[Jones Brothers Coal Pty. Ltd.houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~jbc1.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
Jones Bothers Coal Pty. Ltd. Operated for 70 years selling its last ship in
1964. The Log 11/1987 gives the flag as blue with a white panel edged red
bearing the red letters "JB" whilst the US Navy 1961 shows a completely
unrelated livery with a blue flag bearing the white letters "JB". With nothing
else to go on I favour the first named Australian source.
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
![[Kiama Road-Metal Co. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~krm.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
Kiama Road-Metal Co. Ltd. Given by The Log of 11/1990 as having a white flag
with a narrow red saltire surmounted at the fesse point with a yellow diamond
the company operated the vessel "Kiama" which transported quarry stone from
Kiama to Sydney from 1902 with the quarry and vessel being bought by the New
South Wales Government in 1911.
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
![[R.S. Lamb & Co. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~lamb.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
R.S. Lamb & Co. Ltd. of Sydney were involved in the timber trade with a fleet
between 1903 and 1930. The Log of 2/1986 shows the flag as blue with a narrow
red saltire with overall a light blue circle bearing a black "L".
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
![[Langley Bros. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~lb.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
Langley Bros. Ltd. also shown as Langley Steamship Co. Ltd., based Sydney and
operating from 1902 to the mid 1920s with The Log 2/1990 showing a blue flag
with a white diamond throughout bearing a red "L".
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
![[R.A. & B.I. Larsson houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~larss.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010
R.A. & B.I. Larsson of Tasmania in 1975 converted their fishing boat into a
ferry and used it for 2 years under a blue flag with a narrow horizontal yellow
band and arising from this to chief a narrow vertical yellow band from The Log 11/1995.
Neale Rosanoski,
9 March 2010