Booklet
In the 1990's Jean Cockerill wrote a small booklet entitled
'Cygnet - A Brief History' which she allowed us to reproduce on these pages at
A Brief History - by Jean Cockerill.
Poster
In 2011 Rod Andrews sent a photo of an interesting poster dated
11th June 1908 together with the story of how it came into the position of his family.
The poster details "the standard for determining the weight of loads carried on roads in Port Cygnet".
His email and the poster are reproduced on this link.
Steam Ship Cygnet
In June 2011 I received the following email:-
I am researching a family of boat builders here in Abingdon, England that built a steam ship called Cygnet, launched 1885. The newspaper report says she was intended for Tasmania.
I am wondering if she was for Cygnet, Tasmania. She was 120 ft. long with a 17ft 3 in. beam and intended to carry up to 400 passengers as well as cargo. Is there anyone who might know of a boat like this? John Foreman.
Miss Cygnet 1910
In 1910 seventeen year old Miss Christine (Queenie) Hanslow was crowned as 'Miss Cygnet' with a hand made crown of faux pearls.
Photos of the crown were discovered in 2007.
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