Person
Randell, William Richard (1824 - 1911)
- Born
- 2 May 1824
Sidbury, Devon, England - Died
- 4 March 1911
South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Paddle-steamer owner and Politician
Summary
William Randell was the first man to put a steamboat on the Murray River. He had the boat, Mary Ann, built in 1852-1853, extending it to 75 feet in 1854 and joining it with a new hull, in 1855, mounting the single paddle-wheel between the two hulls and renaming it Gemini.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Tolley, John C., 'Randell, William Richard (1824-1911), paddle-steamer owner and politician' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn, ed., vol. 6 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), pp. 6-7. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060008b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8017359. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93178050. Details
- 'Randell, W R (1824-1911)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-558994. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_r.html. Details
- Engineers Australia ed., Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2019), 236 pp. p.96. Details
- Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 5 March 2018
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