PS Young Australian was a paddle steamer that was lost on the Roper River in what is now the Northern Territory of Australia. [1]
In 1854, Young Australian was driven ashore at Cape Northumberland in South Australia. [2] It serviced the Roper River in the Northern Territory for twenty years before sinking in 1872 while bringing supplies for the overland telegraph work crews at Roper Bar. [3] Young Australian sunk upstream from the settlement at Ngukurr, [4] [5] and can still be seen in the river on the edge of the Limmen National Park.[ citation needed]
In 1980, the wreck site was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate. [6]
Young Australian received an Engineering Heritage Marker from Engineers Australia as part of its Engineering Heritage Recognition Program. [1]
PS Young Australian was a paddle steamer that was lost on the Roper River in what is now the Northern Territory of Australia. [1]
In 1854, Young Australian was driven ashore at Cape Northumberland in South Australia. [2] It serviced the Roper River in the Northern Territory for twenty years before sinking in 1872 while bringing supplies for the overland telegraph work crews at Roper Bar. [3] Young Australian sunk upstream from the settlement at Ngukurr, [4] [5] and can still be seen in the river on the edge of the Limmen National Park.[ citation needed]
In 1980, the wreck site was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate. [6]
Young Australian received an Engineering Heritage Marker from Engineers Australia as part of its Engineering Heritage Recognition Program. [1]