Ship History: "Ships on the Australian, New Zealand & Island Registers with a Directory of Shipping, 1955", from the annual series published by the Marine Press of sydney and Melbourne, hardbound with 300 pages. Oh those great post-war years when the shipping industry was booming. Every ship, large and small, registered down-under in the early 1950s is listed here. Each ship has stats such as year built, size, and shipyard. there are many b&w photos of ships and some outline drawings. There is also a list of shipyards, nautical data, and dozens of pages of vintage advertising. McIlwraith, McEacharn Ltd. has a portrait of their KANIMBLA, a very handsome looking vessel of 11,000 tons.