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Jim Johnston on board the Hygeia, Melbourne, 1926
From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston. Jim is on the right. The Hygeia was a steamer built in the UK in 1890. It operated in Port Phillip Bay between Melbourne and Sorrento until demand for passenger trips plummeted during the Great Depression. The steamer was towed outside Port Phillip Heads and scuttled in 1931. (Source: Hygeia PSS (1912-1931), https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?157225)
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Image courtesy of Patricia Levitzke-Gray.





