newspaper reports (chronological)

"Shipping", The West Australian, Thursday 16 October 1902, page 4

"The New Steamer Waratah", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Tuesday 29 September 1908, page 10

"Shipping News", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Monday 19 October 1908, page 6

"The Liner Waratah", The Register (Adelaide, SA), Wednesday 16 December 1908, page 5

"London Personal Notes", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Tuesday 09 February 1909, page 9

"Western Australia", The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 15 February 1909, page 8

"Peeps at People", The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), Sunday 28 March 1909, page 1S

"New Steamer for Nor'-West", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 10 April 1909, page 6

"The New Steamer Koombana", Daily News (Perth, WA), Tuesday 04 May 1909, page 9

"Shipping", The West Australian, Wednesday 05 May 1909, page 6

"Rough Weather", Daily News (Perth, WA), Tuesday 11 May 1909, page 3

"Shipping", Daily News (Perth, WA), Wednesday 12 May 1909, page 4

"The Geraldton Harbour", The West Australian, Saturday 15 May 1909, page 12

"Ball on Koombana", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 22 May 1909, page 5

"Local News", Geraldton Guardian (WA), Thursday 03 June 1909, page 2

"The Nor'-West Mail Service", Daily News (Perth, WA), Friday 04 June 1909, page 5

"An Unlucky Steamer", Kalgoorlie Miner (WA), Saturday 05 June 1909, page 11

"Local News", Geraldton Guardian (WA), Tuesday 08 June 1909, page 2

"S.S. Koombana", The Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA), Saturday 12 June 1909, page 2

"Damaged Koombana in Dock", The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 15 June 1909, page 8

"General News", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 26 June 1909, page 3

"s.s. Waratah Overdue", The West Australian, Tuesday 03 August 1909, page 5

"The Overdue Waratah", The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 04 August 1909, page 9

"Accident At Sea On The Koombana", Daily News (Perth, WA), Thursday 05 August 1909, page 8

"Missing Vessels", The Argus (Melbourne), Thursday 05 August 1909, page 7

"The Koombana Mishap", The West Australian, Saturday 07 August 1909, page 12

"Grounding of the Koombana", Daily News (Perth, WA), Saturday 07 August 1909, page 7

"The Missing Steamer", The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), Saturday 07 August 1909, page 5

"The Overdue S.S. Waratah", The West Australian, Monday 09 August 1909, page 5

"C.Q.D.", The West Australian, Tuesday 10 August 1909, page 5

"Wireless and the Waratah", The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 10 August 1909, page 6

"The Waratah", The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 11 August 1909, page 9

"Is it the Waratah?", The Argus (Melbourne), Wednesday 11 August 1909, page 7

"The Overdue s.s. Waratah", The West Australian, Thursday 12 August 1909, page 5

"The Missing Waratah", The Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW), Friday 13 August 1909, page 4

"The Missing Waratah", The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), Saturday 14 August 1909, page 5

"The Waratah", The West Australian, Saturday 14 August 1909, page 11

"Is it the Waratah?", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Saturday 14 August 1909, page 9

"The Waratah", The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 14 August 1909, page 13

"The Waratah", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Monday 16 August 1909, page 7

"Professor Bragg And The Waratah", The Register (Adelaide, SA), Tuesday 17 August 1909, page 5

"The Missing Waratah", Daily News (Perth, WA), Wednesday 18 August 1909, page 6

"The Waratah", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Wednesday 25 August 1909, page 7

"The Waratah Search", The Register (Adelaide, SA), Monday 13 September 1909, page 7

"A Waratah Joke", West Gippsland Gazette (Warragul, Vic.), Tuesday 05 October 1909, page 2

"The Railway", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 16 October 1909, page 3

"Local News", Geraldton Guardian (WA), Thursday 04 November 1909, page 2

"The Waratah", The West Australian, Thursday 09 December 1909, page 7

"The Waratah", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 11 December 1909, page 2

"The Missing Waratah", The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), Monday 13 December 1909, page 5

"Busy Port", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 18 December 1909, page 6

"S.S. KOOMBANA", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 18 December 1909, page 6

"The Waratah", The Singleton Argus (NSW), Tuesday 21 December 1909, page 1

"The Missing Waratah", The Argus (Melbourne), Thursday 23 December 1909, page 7

"Shipping", The West Australian, Friday 24 December 1909, page 6

"Tenders Called For", The Argus (Melbourne), Wednesday 29 December 1909, page 6

"The Waratah", The Argus (Melbourne), Friday 31 December 1909, page 5

"Five Tenders Received", The Argus (Melbourne), Saturday 08 January 1910, page 19

"Shipping", Daily News (Perth, WA), Thursday 20 January 1910, page 9

"Lund's Blue Anchor Line", The West Australian, Saturday 22 January 1910, page 11

"A Bottle Story", The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 05 February 1910, page 13

"Missing Waratah", The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), Wednesday 09 February 1910, page 4

"The Waratah", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 12 February 1910, page 5

"Southern News", The Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA), Saturday 12 February 1910, page 3

"Temperatures", Geraldton Guardian (WA), Saturday 12 February 1910, page 1

"The Koombana", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 19 February 1910, page 4

"The Waratah", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 19 February 1910, page 4

"The Waratah Mystery", The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), Saturday 26 February 1910, page 5

"The Waratah", The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 28 February 1910, page 7

"Search for the Waratah", The Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA), Tuesday 01 March 1910, page 37

"The Lost Waratah", The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 04 March 1910, page 7

"The Lost Waratah", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Friday 11 March 1910, page 9

"The Waratah", The Register (Adelaide, SA), Friday 11 March 1910, page 9

"The Waratah", The Register (Adelaide, SA), Friday 11 March 1910, page 9

"Sensational Shipping Disaster", The West Australian, Friday 01 April 1910, page 5

"The Waratah", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 16? April 1910

"About the Waratah", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 30 April 1910

"Another Waratah Hoax", The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times (Tas.), Friday 06 May 1910, page 2

"A Protest", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Friday 07 May 1910, page 6

"The Koombana", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 14 May 1910, page 6

"News and Notes", The West Australian, Wednesday 18 May 1910, page 6

"Western Australia", The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), Sunday 22 May 1910, page 14

"The Missing Waratah", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Tuesday 24 May 1910, page 6

"The Missing Waratah", The West Australian, Saturday 25 June 1910, page 11

"A Valuable Estate", The West Australian, Monday 05 September 1910, page 5

"The Waratah", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Saturday 08 October 1910, page 14

"Latest Telegrams", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 15 October 1910, page 6

"Fire on the s.s. Koombana", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 22 October 1910

"Shipping", The Daily News (Perth, WA), Thursday 24 November 1910, page 7

"The Lost Waratah", The Argus (Melbourne), Saturday 03 December 1910, page 19

"Shipping", The Daily News (Perth, WA), Monday 12 December 1910, page 7

"From the Waratah", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 17 December 1910

"The Lost Waratah", The Argus (Melbourne), Monday 19 December 1910, page 7

"News and Notes", The West Australian, Friday 23 December 1910, page 4

"Koombana Aground Again", The Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA), Saturday 24 December 1910, page 5

"The Waratah", The Register (Adelaide, SA), Thursday 12 January 1911, page 5

"Loss of the Waratah", The West Australian, Friday 13 January 1911, page 7

"The Waratah", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 14 January 1911

"The Waratah Enquiry", The Register (Adelaide, SA), Friday 20 January 1911, page 5

"Shipping", Daily News (Perth, WA), Thursday 19 January 1911, page 6

"The Waratah", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 21 January 1911

"News and Notes", The West Australian, Monday 23 January 1911, page 6

"Telegrams", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 28 January 1911, page 4

"A Hoax in Brisbane", The Brisbane Courier (Qld.), Wednesday 01 February 1911, page 5

"Wreck of a Barque", The Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA), Saturday 11 February 1911, page 2

"Wreck of the Glenbank", The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), Sunday 12 February 1911, page 7

"News & Notes", The Northern Territory Times and Gazette (Darwin, NT), Friday 17 February 1911, page 3

"News and Notes", The West Australian, Wednesday 22 February 1911, page 6

"The Loss of the Waratah", The West Australian, Saturday 25 February 1911, page 11

"Cablegrams", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 04 March 1911

"The Steamer Yongala", Daily News (Perth, WA), Saturday 25 March 1911, page 13

"Shipping", The Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA), Saturday 25 March 1911, page 3

"The Yongala", Queanbeyan Age (NSW), Friday 31 March 1911, page 2

"Yongala Wrecked", The Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA), Saturday 01 April 1911, page 2

"Loss of the s.s. Yongala", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 01 April 1911

"The Missing Yongala", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 08 April 1911

"The Koombana", Daily News (Perth, WA), Tuesday 18 April 1911, page 9

"News and Notes", The West Australian, Thursday 15 June 1911, page 6

"Loss of the Yongala", The Brisbane Courier (Qld.), Wednesday 21 June 1911, page 5

"Beyond Human Ken", The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 21 June 1911, page 15

"Family Notices", The West Australian, Thursday 20 July 1911, page 10

"News and Notes", The Western Mail (Perth, WA), Saturday 22 July 1911, page 33

"Shipping", The Brisbane Courier (Qld.), Thursday 24 August 1911, page 6

"Newcastle", The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 25 August 1911, page 8

"The Koombana", The Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA), Tuesday 12 September 1911, page 27

"Telegrams", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 18 November 1911

"Tom Allen, Master" (Daily News), Perth, WA, Thursday 28 March 1912

"The S.S. Koombana", Broome Chronicle (WA), Saturday 30 March 1912

"Three Marine Mysteries", The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), Sunday 31 March 1912, page 1

"The Wrecked Vessel", The Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette (Cue, WA), Thursday 04 April 1912, page 3

"Koombana Foundered", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 06 April 1912, page 5

"Koombana Inquiry", The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), Sunday 26 May 1912, page 5

"The Waratah", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Monday 31 March 1913, page 16

"The Waratah", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Monday 16 February 1914, page 7

"Mystery of the Waratah", The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), Tuesday 26 May 1914, page 3

"Obituary", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Wednesday 14 November 1945, page 11

Letter to the Editor, North West Telegraph (Roebourne, WA), Wednesday 02 May 1984

"Farm manager's resignation saves four lives", South Western Times (Bunbury, WA), Thursday 19 October 1989

"Sea yields our Titanic", The Weekend Australian (Canberra, ACT), 17-18 July 1999, pages 1,4

archive holdings

A message from missing steamer "Waratah", Report by Constable Lyon, Fremantle, Police Department, Western Australia, 08 November 1910. State Records Office of Western Australia, AN16/5 Item 1909/821

Official Log Book s.s. "Koombana", 13/8/1910 - 13/01/1911, State Records Office of Western Australia. ACC 1056 AN 16/4 Item 116

Official Log Book s.s. "Koombana", 28/8/1911 - 21/01/1912, State Records Office of Western Australia. ACC 1056 AN 16/4 Item 117

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Wednesday 05 May 1909, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, 0186/Z535 Box 12

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Wednesday 19 May 1909, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, 0186/Z535 Box 12

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Wednesday 23 June 1909, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, 0186/Z535 Box 12

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Monday 02 August 1909, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, 0186/Z535 Box 12

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Monday 09 August 1909, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, 0186/Z535 Box 12

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Monday 14 March 1910, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, 0186/Z535 Box 12

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Wednesday 29 December 1909, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, 0186/Z535 Box 12

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Monday 24 October 1910, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, 0186/Z535 Box 12

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Wednesday 01 February 1911, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, 0186/Z535 Box 12

Trip books, July 1904 - April 1909, Adelaide Steamship Company. Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, 0186/N46/807

Trip books, April 1909 - May 1913, Adelaide Steamship Company. Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, 0186/N46/808

Collision between "Pilbarra" and "Koombana" at Victoria Quay, Harbour and Lights Department, Western Australia, 1911. State Records Office of Western Australia, Consignment 1066, Item 1911/333, Letter from Captain A. W. Newbery, master of s.s Pilbara, to Captain Winzar, Fremantle, 20 April 1911

General Arrangement, s.s. "Koombana", Ship plans on linen, Alexander Stephen & Son, 1907. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

other unpublished

Nutley, David, The Koombana (unpublished), undated, Department of Maritime Archeology, WA Museum

personal papers

Low, James Galloway, Letters, 1904-91, Battye Library, ACC 2612A (listing: MN 681), Letter from Jim to his friend Peggy, 09 May 1909

Low, James Galloway, Letters, 1904-91, Battye Library, ACC 2612A (listing: MN 681), Letter from Jim to his sister Kate, 31 October 1909

Moore, Doug, Papers, Extracts from his account of his life in the Kimberley, 1904-1914., Battye Library, ACC 3829A (listing MN 1237)

letters

Doug Gordon, letter to Bethwyn Brandis, Mukinbudin, W.A., 23 March 2002, in response to a notice in The West Australian, in which Mrs Brandis sought to make contact with descendants of those lost with Koombana, copy provided to the author

internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Waratah

http://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/house/info/votes/3/2rvpf005.pdf

http://www.clydesite.co.uk/articles/upperriver.asp

http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1909/06/008cla.htm