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Canadian-Australian Steamship Company fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1893.

Reference:

R6900-0-2-E, MG28-III51

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100040

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Canadian-Australian Steamship Company fonds
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Date(s):

1893.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.5 cm of textual records (14 p.) photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a temporary agreement between James Huddart, representing the owners of the Miowera and Warrimoo (steamships), and the Canadian Pacific Railway establishing a monthly trans-Pacific steamship service, May 1893; and a permanent agreement between the Canadian-Australian Steamship Company and the Canadian Pacific Railway, August 1893.

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Canadian-Australian Steamship Company

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Canadian-Australian Steamship Company : The Canadian-Australian Seamship Company was founded by James Huddart in 1893. The company's first ships were the Warrimoo and the Miowera, the latter making the first sailing from Sydney, Australia to Victoria, British Columbia in May 1893. In 1901, the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand bought a share in the company and later became sole owners. The name was changed to the Canadian Australasian Royal Mail Line in 1911. In 1931, the company was incorporated, and by arrangement with the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company bought a half share in the Niagara and the Aorangi, which were transferred to the new company. The ships sailed every 28 days from Vancouver, the voyage itself taking 23 days. The Aorangi returned after the Second World War and ran solo until the service was withdrawn in June 1953. The company was dissolved in November 1955.

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General note:

Copied in 1954 from originals held by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Montreal. Transferred from MG 29 A 4.

Location of originals note:

Originals with Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Montreal.
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Transportation - Shipping - Canada, 1893 Canadian Pacific Railway, 1893

Steamboat lines - Canada, 1893 Miowera (ship), 1893

Steamboat lines - Australia, 1893 Warrimoo (ship), 1893
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MG28-III51
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Volume [MG28 III 51] 1

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