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• Geraldton Tug. Co.
• Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty. Ltd.
• Gippsland Steam Navigation Ltd.
• Goliath Portland Cement Pty. Ltd.
• Gypsum Resources Australia
• Hethking Steamships Pty. Ltd.
• William Holyman & Sons Pty. Ltd.
• Huddart Parker
• Hunter River New Steam Navigation Co.
• Hunter Towage Services Pty. Ltd.
• Illawarra Steam Navigation Company
• Intercontinental Shipping Pty. Ltd.
• Interstate Steamships Pty. Ltd.
• Jones Brothers Coal Pty. Ltd.
• Kiama Road-Metal Co. Ltd.
• R.S. Lamb & Co. Ltd.
• Langley Bros. Ltd.
• R.A. & B.I. Larsson

See also:

• Maritime Houseflags (Australia)
• Index of worldwide maritime house flags
• Australia

Geraldton Tug. Co.

[ ](../images/a/au~gtc.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Geraldton Tug. Co. A private company operating at the port of Geraldton from around 1966, they tried to go public in 1986 but failed and folded a few years later. The Log of 11/1986 shows a diagonally quartered flag of blue and white with issuant from base a white lighthouse with 2 red bands
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty. Ltd.

[ ](../images/a/au~gws.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty. Ltd. A major shipping agency firm of Sydney operating from 1854 and finally deregistered in 1977. At one stage, in the fulfillment of their duties, they operated a fleet of launches and lighters flying a quartered flag of red and blue surmounted by a white diamond bearing the blue legend of "G,W&SLTD" with The Log of 5/1997 drawing attention
to the unusual use of a comma after the "G".
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Gippsland Steam Navigation Ltd.

[ ](../images/a/au~gsn.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Gippsland Steam Navigation Ltd. Traded from c.1865-1924 with, from _The Log_11/1988, a red flag with a white saltire between the white letters "GSNCo"
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Goliath Portland Cement Pty. Ltd.

[ ](../images/a/au~gpc.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Goliath Portland Cement Pty. Ltd. Formed in 1928 the company is now part of Cement Australia but in its time it used a yellow flag with a blue map of Tasmania bearing a yellow "G" from _The Log_5/1985.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Gypsum Resources Australia

[](../images/a/au~gra.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 16 Nov 2008

Gypsum Resources Australia was a CSR subsidiary. Two ships involved in the gypsum/sugar cartage were managed byAustocean Pty Ltd and were under their colours. In 2004 the "Kowulka" changed its livery to that of Gypsum Resources Australia, its registered owner, with the flag from a photo being a dark blue with a white diamond frame enclosing the white combined letters "GRA".
Neale Rosanoski, 16 November 2008

Hethking Steamships Pty. Ltd.

[ ](../images/a/au~heth.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Hethking Steamships Pty. Ltd. Operating from 1954 until the end of the 1970s with The Log 2/1986 showing a quartered flag of white and blue with in the canton the blue combined letters "HK" with the letters standing for owner Hetherington Kingsbury Pty. Ltd. who are still operative in the ship agency field.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

William Holyman & Sons Pty. Ltd.

Flag 1993-2000

[ ](../images/a/au$holy.gif) image by Miles Li, 3 September 2016

William Holyman & Sons Pty. Ltd. With origins going back to 1861 this Tasmanian company was one of several known as the White Star Line with its red flag bearing a white star (US Navy 1961, Stewart 1963, Marine News 7/1970 and _The Log_11/1985. Appears to be taken over by TNT Group, its last ship ceasing trading in 1987 but the name at least being continued in 1993 by the formation of what is now Holyman Pty. Ltd. by a management led buyout of the shipping and new business development interests of TNT Shipping & Development. This appears to have included the remains of the William Holyman company, with subsequent name changes, but not their old livery.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Holyman ceased to exist upon its takeover by Patrick Corporation in 2000, itself taken over by Toll Holdings in 2006.
Miles Li, 3 September 2016

Flag circa 1882 - circa 1987

[ ](../images/a/au~holy.gif) image by Miles Li, 3 September 2016

Huddart Parker

1912-1961 flag

[](../images/a/au~hp.gif) image by Jarig Bakker, 16 Aug 2004

From the link provided by Barbara Tomlinson of The National Maritime Museum http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html/:

The house flag of Huddart Parker Ltd, Melbourne. A rectangular, red flag with a blue saltire. The letters 'HP' in white are at the sides. The flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn. A rope is attached.

Jarig Bakker, 16 August 2004

Originated 1876 as Huddart, Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd. with a similar flag but having the additional white letters "&" and "Co." in upper and lower quarters respectively which was changed to the simpler version after 1912 when the company went public as Huddart Parker Ltd. Its fleet was disposed of in 1961.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 August 2005

1876-1912 flag

[](../images/a/au~hpco.gif) image by Jonathan Dixon, 27 Oct 2005

Hunter River New Steam Navigation Co.

[ ](../images/a/au~hrnsn.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Hunter River New Steam Navigation Co. Operated 1852 to 1891 and then merging into the Newcastle & Hunter River Steamship Co. having a white flag with a blue border and bearing a blue couped cross from The Log 8/1989.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Hunter Towage Services Pty. Ltd.

[ ](../images/a/au~hts.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Hunter Towage Services Pty. Ltd. Towage company of Newcastle formed in 1993 as joint venture between Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd. and the Japanese companies Daaichi Chuo Kisen K.K., Kawasaki K.K., Navix Line Ltd. and Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The BHP logo is on the funnel whilst the flag colours of white with the red letters "HTS" are shown in The Log 5/1995 and the colours are given as presumably reflecting the Japanese interests.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Illawarra Steam Navigation Company

[ ](../images/a/au~iscsn.gif)image by Miles Li, 6 August 2016

The house flag of Illawarra Steam Navigation Company (founded in 1858, incorporated as Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Company in 1904, ceased trading in 1955). Its history can be found athttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illawarra_Steam_Navigation_Company

The house flag was practically identical to the Swiss Civil Ensign - not that an Illawarra S.N.Co. ship and a Swiss vessel were ever likely to cross path though!

Source: Peter Plowman, "Passenger Ships of Australia & New Zealand", Volume I, Doubleday, Sydney, 1981. ISBN 0868240362
Miles Li, 6 August 2016

Intercontinental Shipping Pty. Ltd.

[ ](../images/a/au~ics.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Intercontinental Shipping Pty. Ltd. of Sydney was formed in 1986 but in 1998 with increased manning costs operations were shifted to Tonga as under Mainstream Shipping Ltd. Whilst under the Australian flag their vessel "Sandra Marie" flew a blue flag with a white diamond throughout bearing the red letters "ICG" between two horizontal lines being confirmed by photos in 5/1998. The letters stand for Inter Continental Group according to The Log 11/1995 though this is the only report that I have found showing the title as two words.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Interstate Steamships Pty. Ltd.

[ ](../images/a/au~iss.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Interstate Steamships Pty. Ltd. Originally Scott Fell & Co. starting around 1882, he had a couple of bankruptcies but is given as beginning in coastal shipping at the beginning of last century and later formed Interstate Steamships Ltd. which traded until 1957. Under both names he used a blue flag with a white 6 pointed star bearing a red "F". This version is shown by The Log 2/1986 and Talbot-Booth books from 1936-1944. In Marine News 7/1970 a 5 pointed star is shown, apparently in error.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Jones Brothers Coal Pty. Ltd.

[ ](../images/a/aujbc.gif) [ ![[Jones Brothers Coal Pty. Ltd.houseflag and funnel]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/a/aujbc1.gif)](../images/a/au~jbc1.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Jones Bothers Coal Pty. Ltd. Operated for 70 years selling its last ship in 1964. The Log 11/1987 gives the flag as blue with a white panel edged red bearing the red letters "JB" whilst the US Navy 1961 shows a completely unrelated livery with a blue flag bearing the white letters "JB". With nothing else to go on I favour the first named Australian source.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Kiama Road-Metal Co. Ltd.

[ ](../images/a/au~krm.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Kiama Road-Metal Co. Ltd. Given by The Log of 11/1990 as having a white flag with a narrow red saltire surmounted at the fesse point with a yellow diamond the company operated the vessel "Kiama" which transported quarry stone from Kiama to Sydney from 1902 with the quarry and vessel being bought by the New South Wales Government in 1911.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

R.S. Lamb & Co. Ltd.

[ ](../images/a/au~lamb.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

R.S. Lamb & Co. Ltd. of Sydney were involved in the timber trade with a fleet between 1903 and 1930. The Log of 2/1986 shows the flag as blue with a narrow red saltire with overall a light blue circle bearing a black "L".
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Langley Bros. Ltd.

[ ](../images/a/au~lb.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

Langley Bros. Ltd. also shown as Langley Steamship Co. Ltd., based Sydney and operating from 1902 to the mid 1920s with The Log 2/1990 showing a blue flag with a white diamond throughout bearing a red "L".
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

R.A. & B.I. Larsson

[ ](../images/a/au~larss.gif) image by Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010

R.A. & B.I. Larsson of Tasmania in 1975 converted their fishing boat into a ferry and used it for 2 years under a blue flag with a narrow horizontal yellow band and arising from this to chief a narrow vertical yellow band from The Log 11/1995.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2010