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S.S. Wollongbar - Jetties - Whaling

S.S.Wollongbar, grounded...On Saturday afternoon, May 14th 1921, about 200 metres off shore and getting ready to depart at 5 pm, the S.S.Wollongbar was tied to the jetty at Byron Bay after loading a cargo of butter, bacon and bananas, it was low tide and there were strong wind and waves.  Waiting to board the passengers and crew,  the captain could feel the keel bumping on the seabed.  He tried to head into deeper water but when the moorings were freed the Wollongbar was caught on a sandbar and it turned broadside to the waves.  The wind and waves kept pushing the ship closer to land.  The cargo was unloaded and furniture was saved off the ship. I used to sit on one of the beautiful swivel timber dining chairs when I was working in the office at Norco Co-operative Ltd. 

LINKS TO OTHER OLD BYRON BAY IMAGES:
 OLD BYRON BAY PAGE 1  /  OLD BYRON BAY PAGE 2 / OLD SURF CLUB IMAGES  /  SAND MINING /  WHALING JETTIES WOLLONGBAR IMAGES  / PEOPLE IMAGES  / OLEANDER CARNIVAL /  OLD LIGHTHOUSE VIDEO
MEAT INSPECTORS
BYRON BAY MEAT INSPECTORS, COMMONWEALTH AND STATE AT WALKERS ABBATOIR. BERT HINDLE, HARRY ROSE, GARRY DAVIDSON, RONNIE SMITH, BILL REILLY, DICK KISS, PETER KELLY, STAN NOLAN, ARTHUR GHIONI. 0401832912 if you have more names please...No.70785
REW BALSILLIE
REW BALSILLIE, COMPANY MANAGER OF BYRON WHALING CO. LTD. REW AND HIS FAMILY, WIFE MARJORIE AND CHILDREN JOHN & PATSY CAME FROM MELBOURNE AND LIVED IN THE SUNSHINE FLATS ON THE CORNER OF BAY LANE AND FLETCHER STREETS FROM ABOUT 1952-1959.Photo:Patsy Balsillie...No.70769
WHALING BOAT
WHALING BOAT. Photo:Syl Reid Know What I Miss About Byron Bay...No.70745
FIRST JETTY 1888
BYRON BAY FIRST JETTY 1888. NOTE THE PEOPLE ON THE BEACH AND THE SAND HILLS BEHIND.Photo:supplied by Bruce Robinson...No.70623
JETTY SHED.
SHED NEAR THE JETTY....NOT THIS BUILDING BUT NEARBY AT THE SECOND JETTY. INFORMATION FROM FACEBOOK....THE WHALING BUILDING SHOP. ERIC WALKER & LEN AND RUTH SUMMERS BOUGHT THE SHOP FROM McCOMBS ABOUT 1959 & SOLD TO DEWYERS AT THE END OF WHALING ABOUT 1963. THERE WAS AN AWNING OUT TO THE GUTTER. McCOMBES SOLD TO THE SUMMERS IN 1959 MARY SHEPARD ALSO OWNED IT. GEORGE GINGER HAD A DWELLING AT THE REAR. ...No.70245
MEETING THE SS WOLLONGBAR
MY GRANDMOTHER (NELLIE THOMPSON) TOLD ME - FOR AN OUTING, LISMORE PEOPLE TRAVELLED ON THE TRAIN TO BYRON BAY TO SEE THE WOLLONGBAR ARRIVING FROM SYDNEY...No.70606
SLICING THE WHALES
BYRON BAY WHALING STATION, SLICING THE WHALES...No.70302
WHALE HARPOONED
A HARPOONED WHALE BEING PULLED ALONG BY THE GREEN FROG LOCOMOTIVE, WHICH IS STILL SITTING IN A SHED IN BYRON BAY. ..No.70067
BYRON BAY FIRST JETTY
FIRST JETTY WITH S.S.WOLLONGBAR BEACHED...No.70057
S.S.WOLLONGBAR REMAINS..
S.S.WOLLONGBAR REMAINS AT MAIN BEACH...No.70010
S.S.WOLLONGBAR BOILER ROOM
S.S.WOLLONGBAR REMAINS AT MAIN BEACH...No.70009
Picture
S.S.WOLLONGBAR GROUNDED AT MAIN BEACH...No.70005
Picture
BYRON BAY JETTIES, HARD TO SEE BUT BOTH JETTIES ARE IN THIS PHOTO...No.70006
BYRON BAY JETTY
BYRON BAY JETTY.Photo:Jan Hackett...No.70007
SECOND JETTY
BYRON BAY LIFE RAFT. K & Co.THE CRANES CAN STILL BE SEEN UNDER THE WATER AT THE END OF THE JETTY.Photo:Supplied by Bruce Robinson...No.70618
WHALES AT BYRON BAY
WHALES AT BYRON BAY WHALING STATION...No.70301
GREEN FROG
GREEN FROG AS IT WAS CALLED, HAULED THE WHALES ALONG THE JETTY TO BE SLICED UP...No.70270
PIECES OF CUT UP WHALE
PIECES OF CUT UP WHALE...No.70299
WOLLONGBAR
"WOLLONGBAR" BERTHED AT BYRON BAY.Photo:supplied by Bruce Robinson...No.70622
BYRON BAY SECOND JETTY
BYRON BAY'S SECOND JETTY, BUILT 1929.Photo:Locals only byron bay...No.70688
BYRON BAY MAIN BEACH
BYRON BAY MAIN BEACH...No.70143
WHALES BEING SLICED
AS A YOUNG PERSON I WOULD GO DOWN TO WATCH AND SEE PEOPLE VOMITING WITH THE HORROR OF IT ALL...No.70093
APRIL 1967 JETTY.
APRIL 1967...No.70014
BYRON BAY WHALING STATION.
WAITING TO BE SLICED...No.70303
SHIP'S MENU
DINNER. CONSOMME CRECY - POTAGE A LA REINE BOILED FILLETS OF BREAM, FARSLEY SAUCE - LAMBS BRAINS enCAISSES - MACEDOINE VEGETABLES - ROAST SIRLOIN OF BEEF AND HORSERADISH - ROAST LAMB AND MINT SAUCE- CORNED OX TONGUE AND CARROTS- BOILED FOWL AND SAUCE HOLLANDAISE- CABBAGE- CAULIFLOWER- ROAST AND BOILED POTATOES- PLUM PUDDING AND SWEET SAUCE= APPLE PIE- HOCK JELLY- SAVOURY ANCHOVY TOAST- APPLES- PINEAPPLE- BANANAS- CHEESE AND BISCUITS. 19??..No.70288
BYRON BAY JETTY
INFORMATION FROM ARTHUR MALIN...1939. HAROLD (CHARPOT) MALIN BUILT THIS BOAT IN HIS BACK YARD IN CAVANBAH STREET. HE WAS TOLD HE COULD NEVER BUILD IT SO HE CALLED THE BOAT 'TOO BAD'. THE BOAT AT THE RIGHT WAS THE SS WOLLONGBAR 2 WHICH WAS TORPEDOED WITH A LOSS OF ALL HANDS EXCEPT 1 (THE APRENTICE) OFF SMOKEY CAPE AT CRESCENT HEAD IN 1942. HAROLD AND ARTHUR WERE CALLED OUT OF BED AT 2AM TO HELP RESCUE PEOPLE BUT COULDN'T BECAUSE OF ROUGH SEAS.Photo:Arthur Malin...No.70187
MAIN BEACH BYRON BAY
PLENTY OF SAND AT MAIN BEACH BYRON BAY...No.
HORSES PULLING LUGGAGE
S.S.ORARA . THIS SHIP SAILED FROM BYRON BAY TO SYDNEY WITH PASSENGERS AND SOMETIMES STOPPED AT NEWCASTLE.Photo:Bruce Robinson...No.70619
WHALES BEING SLICED
WHALES BEING SLICED AND READY TO BE BOILED. THE ODOUR ALL OVER TOWN WAS DREADFUL...No.70297
BYRON BAY JETTY
BYRON BAY JETTY.photo:Arthur Malin...No.70184
WOLLONGBAR BEACHED
EVERYTHING WAS UNLOADED FROM THE WOLLONGBAR INCLUDING FURNITURE...photo:supplied by Bruce Robinson...No.70627
WHALING BYRON BAY
WHALE BEING DRAGGED UP THE RAMP UNDER THE JETTY...No.70692
BYRON BAY SECOND JETTY
WOLLONGBAR BEING LOADED AT BYRON BAY.photo:supplied by Bruce Robinson...No.70625
ORARA
ORARA AT BYRON BAY.Photo:supplied by Bruce Robinson...No.70621
WOLLONGBAR CAPTAINS CHAIR
S.S.WOLLONGBAR CAPTAIN'S CHAIR. MY OFFICE CHAIR IN THE OFFICE AT NORCO WAS FROM THE DINING ROOM FROM THE S.S. WOLLONGBAR AND IT WAS MUCH MORE ELEGANT, IT SWIVELLED AND HAD PADDING ON THE SEAT AND BACK AND ELEGANT TIMBER WORK. ONE DAY THE SWIVELL BROKE AND I FELL TO THE FLOOR...No.70706
Picture
A UNIQUE SIGHT AT BYRON BAY ON MONDAY WAS THE SHIFTING OF THE N.C.B.N.O's OFFICE FROM WHERE IT STOOD TO THE NEW JETTY. IT WAS HAULED BY 40 BULLOCKS ON A BIG SLIDE AND IT WAS A GREAT FEAT WITNESSED BY A LARGE CROWD...No.70248
S.S.WOLLONGBAR
WOLLONGBAR REMAINS AT MAIN BEACH...No.70059
BYRON BAY JETTY
IT WAS ALWAYS FUN TO WALK ALONG THE RAILS TO SEE HOW FAR YOU COULD GO WITHOUT FALLING OFF... No.70304
WHALING BYRON BAY
A WHALE READY TO BE SLICED AND COOKED...No.70300
WHALE READY FOR SLICING
WHALE BEING TRANSPORTED ALONG THE JETTY...No.70296
JETTY AFTER A CYCLONE
JETTY AFTER A CYCLONE...No.
WOLLONGBAR
BYRON BAY JETTY WITH THE S.S.WOLLONGBAR...No.70157
WOLLONGBAR
WAVES CRASHING AGAINST THE WOLLONGBAR WHILE PEOPLE LOOK FROM THE JETTY...No.
WHALE MOUTH
WHALE MOUTH...No.70074
Picture
WOLLONGBAR GROUNDED.Photo:Compliments Byron Bay Services Club...No.70075
WOLLONGBAR 11/1/1923
WOLLONGBAR 11/1/1923. NOTE ALL OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND A FENCE ON THE JETTY.photo:supplied by Bruce Robinson...No.70628
S.S.WOLLONGBAR
WOLLONGBAR AT BYRON BAY 1923.Photo: supplied by Bruce Robinson...No.70624
GREEN FROG EMBLEM
THE EMBLEM ON THE GREEN FROG THAT PULLED THE WHALES ALONG THE JETTY...No.70307
THE FIRST JETTY AT MAIN BEACH WAS BUILT IN 1888. DAMAGED BADLY IN A CYCLONE.  THE SECOND JETTY WAS BUILT IN 1929 (670 METRES LONG). IT ALSO WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN A CYCLONE.  THE BIG CRANES AT THE END ARE APPARENTLY STILL UNDER THE OCEAN  IF YOU SNORKEL OVER THE AREA YOU CAN SEE THEM.  THE GREEN FROG LOCOMOTIVE THAT PULLED THE WHALES IN  IS STILL STORED IN A SHED AND KEPT IN GOOD ORDER. 

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