The Kate was a paddle steamer. She was
built in England in 1864. Although she had a steam engine, she was rigged with
sails for the seven-month trip to Australia. After her arrival, Kate was used mainly
on the rivers between Brisbane and Ipswich and around Moreton Bay. The ship was
145 feet
long (about 45 metres). Kate was built at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Follow the journey out to Australia via
London, Portsmouth (where the sails were rigged up), Madeira, Canary
Islands, then to the Cape of Good Hope, across to Tasmania, then up to
Brisbane.
Although the Kate was small to sail the
ocean, she seemed big in the Logan River. Many other ships and small boats operated
on the Logan River.
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