Wellbank's Australian nautical almanac and coasters' guide : for the Southern and the Eastern coasts of New Holland

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N 656.6 WEL
Created/Published
Sydney : Printed and published by James Reading and Co., [1869]-1889
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(1873)
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Contents

WELLBANK’S AUSTRALIAN NAUTICAL ALMANAC 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4
WELLBANK’S AUSTRALIAN NAUTICAL ALMANAC 5
INTRODUCTION. 7
GENERAL INDEX. 8
SAILING DIRECTIONS EAST COAST. 8 , 9 , 10
SOUTH COAST. 10 , 11
PORT PHILLIP & ADJACENT HARBORS. 11 , 12
TASMANIA. 12
GENERAL SIGNALS. 14
STORM SIGNALS. 15
The Australian Nautical Almanac, FOR THE YEAR 1873. CALENDAR FOR SYDNEY MEAN TIME. PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF THE CALENDAR, For the Year 1873. 17
POST OFFICE REGULATIONS. 18
POSTAGE RATES. LETTERS. 19
INTERCOLONIAL LETTERS. 19
LETTERS TO AND FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM. 19 , 20
NEWSPAPERS. 20
JANUARY—XXXI DAYS. 21
FEBRUARY—XXVIII DAYS. 22
MARCH—XXXI DAYS. 23
APRIL—XXX DAYS. 24
MAY—XXXI DAYS. 25
JUNE—XXX DAYS. 26
JULY—XXXI DAYS. 27
AUGUST—XXXI DAYS. 28
SEPTEMBER—XXX DAYS. 29
OCTOBER—XXXI DAYS. 30
NOVEMBER—XXX DAYS. 31
DECEMBER—XXXI DAYS. 32
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS, GREENWICH TIME. FOR THE YEAR 1873. ON TIME,—AND ITS REDUCTION. 33 , 34
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—JANUARY XXXI DAYS. 35
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—FEBRUARY XXVIII DAYS. 36
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—MARCH XXXI DAYS. 37
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—APRIL XXX DAYS. 38
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—MAY XXXI DAYS. 39
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—JUNE XXX DAYS. 40
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—JULY XXXI DAYS. 41
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—AUGUST XXXI DAYS. 42
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—SEPTEMBER XXX DAYS. 43
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—OCTOBER XXXI DAYS. 44
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—NOVEMBER XXX DAYS. 45
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—DECEMBER XXXI DAYS. 46
TABLE FOR FINDING THE DISTANCE 47 , 48
TABLE I. 49
TABLE II. 50
TABLE III 51
TABLE IV. 51
TABLE V. 52
TABLE VI. 53
TABLE VII. 53
TABLE VIII. 54
TABLE IX. 55
TABLE X 56
TABLE XI. 56
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 57 , 58
EXPLANATION OF TABLES. 59 , 60 , 61 , 62
PORT JACKSON HARBOUR REGULATIONS. CUSTOM’S NOTICE. 63 , 64
LANDING PLACES FOR BAGGAGE. 64
POST OFFICE. 64 , 65
GUNPOWDER. 65 , 66
HARBOUR DUES. 66
PILOTS AND RATES OF PILOTAGE. 66 , 69
No title 67
GENERAL REGULATIONS. 70
SEAMEN. 70
REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS BETWEEN VESSELS 71 , 72 , 73
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR PORT JACKSON, 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78
THE FAIRWAY OF PORT JACKSON. 79
SIGNALS 81
BROKEN BAY. 82 , 83 , 84
EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA. 84 , 85
LAKE MACQUARIE. 85
NEWCASTLE HARBOUR. 85
LEADING LIGHTS AND BEACONS FOR NEWCASTLE. 86 , 87 , 88
Signals in use at the Port of Newcastle. 88 , 91
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 90
WEATHER SIGNALS. 91
WRECK 91
PORT OF NEWCASTLE—PILOTS AND RATES OF PILOTAGE. 91 , 92
TONNAGE DUES. 92
HARBOUR REGULATIONS. 92 , 93
EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA. 93
PORT STEPHENS. 94 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 96 , 95
EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA. 102 , 103 , 105
MANNING RIVER SAILING DIRECTIONS. 105 , 106 , 109
No title 108
PORT MACQUARIE 109 , 110 , 113
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 111
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE MACLEAY RIVER. 113 , 114
TRIAL BAY AND MACLEAY RIVER. 114 , 115 , 116 , 119
No title 118
DIRECTIONS FOR CLARENCE RIVER 119 , 120
RICHMOND RIVER. 120 , 123 , 124
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 121
DANGER REEFS AND COOK’S ISLAND. 124 , 127
No title 125
COLONY OF QUEENSLAND. 127 , 128
PORTS AND HARBORS. 128
HARBOR AND LIGHT DUES LEVIED IN QUEENSLAND. 128 , 129 , 130
AVERAGE TIDE TABLE. 130 , 131
SAILING DIRECTIONS. MORETON BAY. 131 , 132 , 135 , 136 , 137
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 134
SOUTHERN ENTRANCE. 137 , 138
RIVER BRISBANE. 138 , 141
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 139
TIDAL SIGNALS, BRISBANE BAR. 142 , 145
WIDE BAY BAR. 144
WIDE BAY. GREAT SANDY ISLAND STRAIT, AND THE MARY RIVER. 145 , 146 , 147 , 148
HERVEY'S BAY, 149 , 150 , 151
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 152
INNER ROUTE FROM SANDY CAPE TO CAPE GLOUCESTER. 153 , 154 , 157 , 158
NORTHUMBERLAND ISLANDS—BEVERLY GROUP. 155
BAFFLE CREEK. 158 , 161 , 162 , 163
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 160
PORT CURTIS. 163 , 164 , 167
PORT CURTIS. 166
THE NARROWS. FROM PORT CURTIS TOWARDS KEPPEL BAY. 168
KEPPEL BAY. 169 , 170 , 171
BROAD SOUND. 171 , 172 , 175
NORTH ENTRANCE TO BROAD SOUND. 173
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 174
PIONEER RIVER. 175 , 176
PORT DENISON. 177 , 178 , 179
CLEVELAND BAY. 179 , 180 , 181
PORT HINCHINBROOK. 181 , 182
PORT ALBANY AND EVANS BAY. 182 , 183 , 184
GULF OF CARPENTARIA. 184 , 185 , 186
ALBERT RIVER. 187
NORMAN RIVER. 187 , 188
SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA. FROM CAPE LEEUWIN, EASTWARD. 189 , 190 , 191 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198 , 199 , 200 , 201 , 202 , 203 , 204 , 205 , 206 , 207 , 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 216 , 217 , 218
WALLAROO AND TIPARA BAYS. 218 , 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 , 225 , 226 , 229 , 230 , 231 , 232
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 219
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 227
INVESTIGATOR STRAITS AND GULF ST. VINCENT. 232 , 233 , 234 , 237
No title 236
PORT ADELAIDE. 237 , 238 , 243 , 244
Notice to Pilots and Masters of Vessels. 240
PORT ADELAIDE INNER BAR. 242
REGULATIONS.—PORT OF ADELAIDE. 244 , 245 , 246 , 247
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR BACKSTAIRS PASSAGE, 248 , 249 , 250 , 253 , 254
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 251
PORT WILLUNGA, ST. VINCENT’S GULF. 254 , 255
GULF OF ST. VINCENT—PORT WAKEFIELD. 256 , 259 , 260 , 261
NOTICES TO MARINERS. 257
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING MORTAR AND ROCKET LINES FOR SAVING LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK. 261 , 262
Brief notice of Harbors, Rocks, Dangers, &c., on the South Coast of Kangaroo Island. 262 , 263 , 264 , 265
SOUTH COAST AUSTRALIA. CAPE JERVIS TO CAPE OTWAY. 265 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 271
No title 269
GUICHEN BAY. 271 , 272
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 272 , 273
SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA. 273 , 274 , 275
Sailing Directions, &c., for Macdonnell Bay. 275 , 276
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR PORTLAND BAY. 276 , 277
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR PORT FAIRY. 277 , 278
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR PORT OF WARRNAMBOOL 278
NOTICE TO MARINERS,-Victoria. 279
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 281 , 283 , 284
SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA. 284 , 285
HARBORS AND RIVERS ON THE NORTH COAST OF TASMANIA, PORT FREDERICK—RIVER MERSEY. 285 , 286 , 287
RIVER DON. 287
RIVER FORTH. 287 , 288
RIVER LEVEN. 288 , 289
RIVER BLYTH. 289
PENG UIN CREEK. 289
RIVER RUBICON, (PORT SORELL) 289 , 290
NEW ZEALAND. DIRECTIONS FOR HOKIANGA. 291
TIDAL SIGNALS. 291
BAR SIGNALS. 291
SOUTH COAST. SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR PORT PHILLIP. APPROACHING THE PORT FROM THE WESTWARD. 293 , 294 , 295
APPROACHING THE ENTRANCE FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. 295
APPROACHING THE HARBOR FROM THE EASTWARD. 295 , 296 , 299 , 300 , 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 305 , 306 , 307 , 308
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 297
SOUTH CHANNEL OUTWARDS. 308 , 309
TIDES IN PORT PHILLIP BAY. 310
GENERAL REMARKS. 311 , 312 , 313 , 314
EXTRACTS FROM ACTS OF COUNCIL. 314 , 315 , 316
SIGNALS. 316
RATES OF PILOTAGE FOR, PORT PHILLIP. 317
SAILING DIRECTIONS. For the New Channel into Corio Bay and Geelong Harbour. 318
Sailing Directions for the Eastern Entrance into Western Port and for the Anchorage off Cape Wollamai and the east end of Phillip Island. 319 , 320 , 321
BASS’ STRAITS. ALL BEARINGS ARE MAGNETIC. 322 , 323 , 324
RABBIT ISLAND AND CORNER INLET. 325 , 326 , 329 , 330 , 331 , 332
ALTERATION IN PORT ALBERT LIGHT. 327
ISLANDS AT THE NORTH EASTERN TART OF THE STRAITS. 333 , 334 , 335
EAST COAST OE AUSTRALIA. ADMIRALTY SAILINCI DIRECTORY FOR THE COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 336 , 339 , 340 , 343 , 344 , 345 , 346 , 347 , 348 , 351 , 352 , 355 , 356 , 357 , 358
Alteration in the cutting of the Light at Gabo Island. 337
No title 341
NOTICE TO MARINERS. 350
No title 353
FIXED RED LIGHT AT WOLLONGONG. 359
DESCRIPTIVE LISTS OF LIGHTS 361 , 362 , 365
No title 364
MAGNETIC BEARINGS AND DISTANCES. 366 , 367 , 368
TABLE OF POSITIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL HEADLANDS, &c., 369 , 370
TREATMENT OF THE DROWNED. 371
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SAVING DROWNING PERSONS BY SWIMMING TO THEIR RELIEF. 372
[APPENDIX.] INSTRUCTIONS FOB THE MANAGEMENT OF OPEN BOATS IN HEAVY SURFS AND BROKEN WATER. ON THE MANAGEMENT OF OPEN ROWING-BOATS IN A SURF; BEACHING THEM, &c. 373
RULES OF MANAGEMENT. I.—IN ROWING TO SEAWARD. 373 , 374 , 375 , 376 , 377
III.—BEACHING, OR LANDING THROUGH A SURF. 377
IV.—BOARDING A WRECK OR A VESSEL UNDER SAIL OR AT ANCHOR, IN A HEAVY SEA. 377 , 378
PRACTICAL HINTS 378 , 379 , 380
Advertising 381 , 382 , 383 , 384 , 385 , 386 , 387 , 388 , 389 , 390 , 391 , 392 , 393 , 394 , 395 , 396 , 397 , 398 , 399 , 400 , 401 , 402 , 403 , 404 , 405 , 406 , 407 , 408 , 409 , 410 , 411 , 413

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