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Punts

Subject

Peats Ferry

Wisemans Ferry

George Peat's ferry

Tom Uglys Point ferry

Ellery, Peter

Gladesville punt

Pickering's punt

Prout's punt

Putney punt

Ryde Punt

Spit punt

Taren Point punt

Thorp's punt

The punt at Tom Ugly's, Wednesday 30 September 1903

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Punts

Peats Ferry

George Peat established a ferry service across the Hawkesbury around 1840, which was eventually joined to Pearces Corner by road, providing a new route to Newcastle. In 1945 the ferry was replaced with a road bridge.

Wisemans Ferry

Named for Solomon Wiseman, ferryman, this village on the edge of the Sydney region has retained some of its historic buildings and cemetery.

George Peat's ferry

Punt used by George Peat in the 1840s to allow travel across the Hawkesbury to Kangaroo Point.

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Tom Uglys Point ferry

Ferry service established initially with a punt in 1864 and then steam ferry from 1882 between Tom Uglys Point and Horse Rock Point on the Georges River. It was replaced by a bridge in 1929.

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Ellery, Peter

Punt operator at The Spit.

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Gladesville punt

Punt which began operating in 1832 between Abbotsford and Bedlam Point.

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Pickering's punt

Punt which operated across the Cooks River near the present site of the footbridge at Lang Road Campsie. Named after a market gardener who leased land nearby.

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Prout's punt

Punt constructed by Cornelius Prout to access his property Belle Ombre at Campsie.

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Putney punt

Cable punt that transports vehicles across the Parramatta River between Mortlake and Putney. It is the only remaining vehicular cable ferry in Sydney Harbour.

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Ryde Punt

The Ryde to Rhodes punt operated between 1898 to 1935 until the Ryde Bridge opened in 1935.

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Spit punt

Ferry which operated between Mosman and Seaforth before the construction of the first Spit Bridge in 1924.

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Taren Point punt

Vehicular punt which ran between Sans Souci and Taren Point replacing the previous ferry service

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Thorp's punt

Punt built by Joshua Thorp across the Cooks River at Undercliffe.

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The punt at Tom Ugly's, Wednesday 30 September 1903

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a3275018 / PX*D 573, 495-498]

(Album 31: Photographs of the Allen family, 20 September 1903 - 20 January 1904, Mitchell Library)