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Cockatoo Island Dockyard: a guide to the records
For over 100 years Cockatoo Island was one of the busiest places in Sydney Harbour. Thousands of people worked at the dockyard and contributed their skills to the vessels that were built or refitted there.
This comprehensive guide describes the records of that long period of activity, including the dockyard's history, facilities, ships, aircraft and fast boats.
It also covers docking and launching records, photographs and publications.
For those interested in the history and development of Australian ship building, this guide opens the way to a treasure trove of design and engineering information.