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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(1880)
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Contents

Advertising 2
WELLBANK’S AUSTRALIAN NAUTICAL ALMANAC 3
INTRODUCTION. 4
GENERAL INDEX. 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
STORM SIGMARS. 13
TELEGRAPHIC STORM & GENERAL SIGNALS. 14
The Australian Nautical Almanac FOR THE YEAR 1880. CALENDAR FOR SYDNEY MEAN TIME. 15
POST OFFICE REGULATIONS, 1880. 16
POSTAGE RATES. 17 , 18
JANUARY—XXXI DAYS. 19
FEBRUARY—XXIX DAYS. 20
MARCH—XXXI DAVS. 21
APRIL—XXX DAYS. 22
MAY—XXXI DAYS. 23
JUNE—XXX DAYS. 24
JULY—XXXI DAYS. 25
AUGUST—XXXI DAYS. 26
SEPTEMBER—XXX DAYS. 27
OCTOBER—XXXI DAYS. 28
NOVEMBER—XXX DAYS. 29
DECEMBER—XXXI DAYS. 30
Advertising 32
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS, GREENWICH TIME, For the Year 1880. ON TIME,—AND ITS REDUCTION. 33 , 34
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—JANUARY. 35
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—FEBRUARY. 36
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS—MARCH. 37
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—APRIL. 38
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—MAY. 39
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—JUNE. 40
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—JULY. 41
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—AUGUST. 42
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—SEPTEMBER. 43
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—OCTOBER. 44
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—NOVEMBER. 45
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—DECEMBER. 46
TABLE I. 47
TABLE II. 48
TABLE III. 49
TABLE IV. 49
TABLE V. 50
TABLE VI. 50
TABLE VII. 51
TABLE VIII. 51
TABLE IX. 52
TABLE X. 53
TABLE XI. 54
TABLE XII. 55
TABLE XIII. 56
TABLE XIV. 57
TABLE XV. 58
TABLE XVI. 59
TABLE XVII. 59
TABLE XVIII. 60 , 61 , 62
TABLE OF POSITIONS 63 , 64
TABLE XX. MAGNETIC BEARINGS AND DISTANCES SOUTH COAST. 65 , 66 , 67 , 68
TABLE XXI TABLE OF APPROXIMATE DISTANCES 69
TABLE XXII DISTANCES OF OCEAN AND COAST MAIL ROUTES 70
TABLE XXIII WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 71
TIME. 72
EXPLANATION OF TABLES. 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 79
ERRATUM. 78
SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA FROM CAPE LEEUWIN, EASTWARD. 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112
SPENCER GULF. 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 137
NORTHERN PART OF SPENCER GULF AND PORT AUGUSTA. 137 , 138 , 139 , 140 , 141 , 142 , 143
INVESTIGATOR STRAIT, KANGAROO ISLAND, AND BACKSTAIRS PASSAGE. 144 , 145 , 146 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155
GULF OF ST. VINCENT. 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160
PORT ADELAIDE. 160 , 163 , 164
PORT ADELAIDE OUTER BAR. 162
REGULATIONS.—PORT OF ADELAIDE. 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173
LIST OF PORTS AND ANCHORAGES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, EXCLUDING THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 174 , 177
EDITHBURG. 175
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING MORTAR AND ROCKET LINES FOR SAVING LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK. 178 , 179 , 180 , 181 , 182 , 183
SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA. CAPE JERVIS TO CAPE NORTHUMBERLAND. 184 , 185 , 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 190 , 191 , 192 , 195 , 196
BEACHPORT. 193
SAILING DIRECTIONS., &c., FOR MACDONNELL BAY. 196 , 197 , 198 , 199 , 200
CAPE NORTHUMBERLAND TO CAPE OTWAY. 200 , 201 , 202 , 203 , 204 , 205 , 206 , 207 , 208
WARRNAMBOOL OR LADY BAY. 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212
KING’S ISLAND. 213 , 214 , 217 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 221
LIGHT CURRIE HARBOUR. 216
SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA. From Cape Otway to Port Phillip, and the Western Entrance of Bass’ Strait. 222 , 223 , 224
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR PORT PHILLIP. 224 , 225 , 226 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 230 , 231 , 232 , 233 , 234 , 235
DIRECTIONS FOR GEELONG. 235 , 236
Sailing Directions for the New Channel into Corio Bay and Geelong Harbour. 236 , 237 , 238
TIDES IN PORT PHILLIP BAY. 239 , 240 , 241
Approximate Distances Inside the Heads. 241 , 242
Hobson’s Bay and River. 242 , 243
EXTRACTS FROM THE GENERAL RULES AND ORDERS FOR ALL PORTS AND HARBOURS IN VICTORIA 243 , 244 , 245
FAIRWAYS, CHANNELS, AND RIVERS. 245 , 246
PUBLIC WHARFS AND JETTIES. 246 , 247
GUNPOWDER. 247 , 248 , 249 , 250
SCHEDULE. 250 , 251 , 252 , 253 , 254
SIGNALS. 254 , 255 , 256
SCHEDULE. 256 , 257
REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF THE FIFTY-TON CRANE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER YARRA. 257 , 258 , 259
PRIVATE DOCKS AND SLIPS. 259
SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA. FROM PORT PHILLIP TO WILSON’S PROMONTORY; 260 , 261 , 262 , 263 , 264 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 269
THE EASTERN ENTRANCE OF BASS STRAITS. 269 , 270 , 271
BANKS STRAIT. 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276 , 277 , 278
BANKS STRAIT. 278 , 279 , 280 , 281 , 282
WILSON PROMONTORY TO CAPE HOWE. 282 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 286 , 287 , 288 , 289
MERRIMAN CREEK ON NINETY-MILE BEACH TO CAPE HOWE. 290 , 291 , 292 , 293 , 294 , 295 , 296 , 297 , 298 , 299 , 300
EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA. ADMIRALTY SAILING DIRECTORY FOR THE COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES, FROM CAPE HOWE TO PORT JACKSON 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 305 , 306 , 307 , 308 , 309 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 313
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR CROOKHAVEN AND SHOALHAVEN RIVERS. 314 , 315 , 316 , 317 , 318
REMARKS ON THE WINDS, WEATHER, AND CURRENTS. 318 , 319 , 320 , 321
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR PORT JACKSON. 322 , 323 , 324 , 325 , 326
STORM SIGNALS. 326
PILOT’S REPORT FOR PORT JACKSON. 326 , 327
MAIL STEAMERS. 327
TIME BALL. 327
SIGNALS 328
DOCKS. 328 , 329
PATENT SLIPS. 330
PORT JACKSON HARBOUR REGULATIONS. 330 , 331 , 332 , 333 , 334
EXAMINATIONS OF MASTERS, MATES, AND ENGINEERS. 335 , 336 , 337
SEAMEN. 337
SUB-MARINE CABLE. 338
REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS BETWEEN VESSELS 338 , 339
STEERING AND SAILING RULES. 339 , 340
ROUTES BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. 340 , 341 , 342 , 343
EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA. NEW SOUTH WALES; FROM PORT JACKSON TO POINT DANGER. 344 , 345 , 346 , 347
NEWCASTLE HARBOUR 348 , 349 , 350 , 351
EXTRACTS FROM LAWS AND REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN THE HARBOUR OF NEWCASTLE. 351
SCHEDULE H. 352 , 353 , 354
PORT STEPHENS. 354 , 355 , 356 , 357 , 358 , 359 , 360 , 361 , 362 , 365 , 366 , 367 , 368
NEW CHANNEL OPENED AT THE MANNING RIVER. 364
DIRECTIONS FOR PORT MACQUARIE 368 , 369
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE MACLEAY RIVER, With Remarks on the Anchorage at Trial Bay. 369 , 370 , 371 , 372 , 373 , 374 , 375
EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIAQUEENSLAND. 376 , 377 , 378 , 379 , 380
AVERAGE TIDE TABLE. 380 , 381
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR MORETON BAY.* NORTHERN ENTRANCE. 382 , 383 , 384 , 385 , 386 , 387 , 388 , 389 , 390 , 391 , 392 , 393
WIDE BAY. 393 , 394 , 395 , 396 , 397
SHIPPING SIGNALS MADE FROM TELEGRAPH OFFICE MARYBOROUGH. 397
HERVEY’S BAY 397 , 398 , 399 , 400
INNER ROUTE FROM SANDY CAPE TO CAPE GLOUCESTER. 400 , 401 , 402 , 403 , 404 , 405 , 406 , 407
BURNETT RIVER. 407 , 408 , 409
BAFFLE CREEK. 409 , 410 , 411 , 412 , 413
THE NARROWS.—From Port Curtis towards Keppel Bay. 413
ROCKHAMPTON—Keppel Bay and Fitzroy River. 414 , 415 , 416
SHIPPING SIGNALS MADE FROM TELEGRAPH OFFICE, ROCKHAMPTON. 417
BROAD SOUND. 417 , 418 , 419
PIONEER RIVER. 419 , 420 , 421 , 422
SHIPPING SIGNALS, MADE FROM TELEGRAPH OFFICE, MACKAY. 422 , 423
PORT DENISON. 423 , 424 , 425
CAPE BOWLING-GREEN AND CLEVELAND BAY. 425 , 426 , 427
SHIPPING SIGNALS MADE FROM THE FLAGSTAFF AT THE PILOT STATION, CLEVELAND BAY. 428
PORT HINCHINBROOK AND HERBERT RIVER. 428 , 429 , 430
MOURILYAN HARBOR, AND MORESBY RIVER. 430
GLADYS INLET AND JOHNSTONE RIVER. 430 , 431
TRINITY HARBOUR. 431 , 432
PORT DOUGLAS AND THE MOWBRAY, MOSSMAN, AND DAINTREE RIVERS. 432 , 433
ENDEAVOUR RIVER. 433 , 434 , 435 , 436
LIST OF BEACONS AND LIGHTS IN THE INNER ROUTE AND TORRES STRAITS. 436 , 437
PORT ALBANY AND EVANS BAY. 437 , 438 , 441
REPORTED ROCK IN PRINCE OF WALES CHANNEL. 440
TORRES STRAITS. 441 , 442
NOTES FOR THE NAVIGATION OF THE INNER ROUTE AND TORRES STRAITS. 442 , 443 , 444 , 445
NORMANBY SOUND AND THURSDAY ISLAND ANCHORAGE, PRINCE OF WALES GROUP, TORRES STRAITS. 445 , 446 , 447 , 448
GULF OF CARPENTARIA. 448 , 449 , 450
ALBERT RIVER. 450 , 451 , 452
WEST COAST OF AUSTRALIAFROM CAPE PERON TO CAPE LEEUWIN. 453 , 454 , 455 , 456 , 457
LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL LIGHTS 458 , 459 , 460 , 461
Advertising 462 , 463 , 464 , 465 , 466 , 467 , 468 , 469 , 470 , 471 , 472 , 473 , 474 , 475 , 476 , 477 , 478 , 479 , 480 , 481 , 482 , 483 , 484 , 485 , 486 , 487 , 488 , 489 , 490 , 491 , 492 , 493 , 494 , 495 , 496 , 497 , 498

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