Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

SS Goolgwai

Minesweeper built during World War I which changed hands several times before operating from Sydney as a fishing trawler. Requisitioned as a minesweeper in World War II she returned to trawling in 1947 but was smashed on rocks at Little Bay and finally pounded to pieces.

Milestone
Constructed
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
1917 - 1918
Arrived Sydney
1928
Destroyed
29 May 1955
Name
Alternate
TR19
1917 - 1926
Alternate
SS Almeria
1926 - 1928
Property
Part of
1955 -
Type