Cockatoo Island: Sydney's Historic DockyardJohn Jeremy pays tribute to Sydney Harbour's largest and by far most fascinating island in this new edition ofCockatoo 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. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
CHAPTER | 2 |
CHAPTER | 3 |
CHAPTER | 4 |
CHAPTER | 5 |
CHAPTER | 6 |
CHAPTER | 7 |
The early dockyard 18571913 | 17 |
Postscript | 205 |
Selected plans and ship drawings | 209 |
APPENDIX 2 | 216 |
APPENDIX 3 | 218 |
APPENDIX 7 | 219 |
APPENDIX 8 | 226 |
Transports converted during World War I | 228 |
Transports refitted during World War I | 229 |
Administration under Commonwealth ownership 191392 | 27 |
Dockyard development | 55 |
Shipbuilding | 70 |
Ship repair and conversion | 114 |
Submarines | 143 |
Engineering | 161 |
Other activities | 172 |
The people of Cockatoo Dockyard | 192 |
In retrospect | 203 |
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