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Randell, William Richard (1824 - 1911)

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Paddle-steamer owner and Politician

Born: 2 May 1824 Sidbury, Devon, England. Died: 4 March 1911 South Australia, Australia.

William Richard Randell was the first man to put a steamboat on the Murray River. He had the boat, Mary Ann, built in 1852-53, 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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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/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003879. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 2 August 2006

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