I.D.s 347 & 00139 photographed by John Ward on 1970-04-01 using a 35mm camera producing a colour positive in slide format, then scanned and digitized.
The Williamstown steam powered Car Ferry operating between Port Melbourne and Newport, Victoria, Australia. This ferry was subsequently replaced by the Westgate Bridge.
In the background berthed at Station Pier can be seen Princess of Tasmania, the first roll on-roll off cargo and passenger ferry in the Southern Hemisphere, built September 1959 in Newcastle NSW. Operated between Melbourne and Devonport in Tasmania. Scrapped in 2005, after 10 changes of name and 46 years of service in various parts of the world.
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