page_title: HMS Mermaid (1817)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Mermaid (1817)
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: Mermaid (ship) Author/Creator: Unidentified Subjects: ships; Mermaid (Ship) Conditions of use: You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland. Publisher: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Is Part Of: Accession number: D5-1-91 Date: Undated Summary: King's survey ship 'Mermaid' travelled northward from Sydney in 1819 on a journey to the Torres Strait. While navigating the inner route between the Great Barrier Reef and the mainland, King added much to the information recorded by Cook and Flinders. For many years this passage was known as King's Route and his sailing directions for it were much esteemed. King discovered the Liverpool River and Cambridge Gulf. In 1823, the ship was used on Oxley's journey when the Brisbane River and the Tweed River were discovered. Archaeologist believe they have found the wreck of the Mermaid, missing for 180 years on Flora Reef off Cairns. (Information taken from Courier Mail, 7 January 2008, p.4) Description: Digital format: image/jpeg&#160;; Original format: copy print&#160;: b&amp;w Identifier: Negative number: 109521 Rights: Out of copyright. For further information http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/home/copyright Record number: 108136 Link to digital item: http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/93676 Link to this record: http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlSearch.do?institution=SLQ&amp;vid=SLQ&amp;search_scope=SLQ&amp;onCampus=false&amp;group=Guest&amp;query=any,contains,slq_digitool108136
context_page_description: HMS Mermaid was a cutter built in Howrah, India, in 1816. The British Royal Navy purchased her at Port Jackson in 1817. The Navy then used her to survey the Australian coasts. In 1820 she grounded and in 1823 was condemned for survey work. The Navy sold her to the colonial government which used her to run errands until she was wrecked in 1829.
context_section_description: HMS Mermaid was a cutter built in Howrah, India, in 1816. The British Royal Navy purchased her at Port Jackson in 1817. The Navy then used her to survey the Australian coasts. In 1820 she grounded and in 1823 was condemned for survey work. The Navy sold her to the colonial government which used her to run errands until she was wrecked in 1829.
caption: The cutter Mermaid
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