MILANG, South Australia
Boat Building
HISTORY
Between 1857 and 1900 a significant number of paddle steamers and other boats were built at Milang by Frank Potts of Langhorne Creek, George Ross of Milang and others.
Many of these vessels were constructed for the Milang based company A.H. Landseer & Co which had extensive commercial interests along the Murray River, including significant warehouses at Milang and Morgan.
| Year | Name | Description | Builder |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1857 | Enterprise | Not the later paddle steamer | Not known |
| 1872 | Ponkaree = Punkeri | 3 masted Schooner | C.H.F. Kruse |
| 1873 | Landseer's Floating Dock | Length 144 feet | Thomas Smith |
| 1875 | Wilcannia | Paddle Steamer | Frank Potts |
| 1876 | Annie | 2 masted Schooner | Not known |
| 1876 | Bourke | Paddle Steamer | Frank Potts |
| 1877 | Avoca | Paddle Steamer | George Ross |
| 1877 | Dispatch | Paddle Steamer | Thomas Smith & Frank Potts |
| 1878 | Milang | Paddle Steamer | Frank Potts |
| 1878 | Elsie | Barge | Frank Potts |
| 1878 | John Hart | Barge | Not known |
| 1878 | Victor | Barge | Not known |
| 1880 | Mary Ann | 2 masted Schooner | George Ross |
| 1891 | Ada & Clara | 3 masted Schooner | C.H.F. Kruse |
| 1892 | Advance | Paddle Steamer | Not known |
| 1892 | Retreat | Barge | Not known |
| 1897 | Agnostic | Cutter | George Ross |
| 1897 | Marion | Barge | Peter Westergaard |
| 1897 | Tarella | Paddle Steamer | A.H. Landseer |
| 1898 | Etona | Paddle Steamer | Ross family |
| 1911 | Elsie | Small Sailboat | Not known |
