Kanimbla (ferry) (original) (raw)

Kanimbla (later Kurra-Ba) was a "K-class" ferry on Sydney Harbour. Launched in 1910, the timber-hulled steamer was built for Sydney Ferries Limited during the boom in cross-harbour ferry travel prior to the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Kanimbla was renamed "Kurra-Ba" in 1935. She was laid up in the 1940s and broken up in the 1950s. She was very similar to Kosciusko (1911), and although built by different builders, the two ferries often considered sister ships. "Kanimbla" is an Australian Aboriginal name thought to mean "big fight".