Welcome to the Baragoola Preservation Association Incorporated

If you look around into Balls Head Bay you'll see a sight that was once common and dominated the harbour for much of the last century. The fine, sharp lines of Baragoola will greet you as you travel towards the old Balls Head Coal Loader .

Baragoola was launched in 1922, the last of six very similar sister ships that came to typify the classic Manly ferry for over eighty years.

Baragoola's survival into the 21st century has been a tale of luck and timing. Sydney has lost nearly all of its' great fleet of ferries and Baragoola is the last Sydney built Manly ferry left on the harbour.

The aim of the Baragoola Preservation Association is to restore the ship, as near as possible, to her 1960s condition (after conversion from steam to diesel) and, as you step on board you will enter another world, that of the Port Jackson company days.

September fundraising charity eBay auctions

Help us raise money towards restoring Baragoola by participating in our fundraising auctions.

You can find a list of all our auctions currently running here and if you'd like to donate an item for sale then read this announcement for details.

 

The Baragoola is the last surviving near original Australian built Manly ferry. Typical of the six near identical vessels that were built for the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company by Mort's Dockyard, she is an extremely rare example of large ship building in Sydney. She and her sisters typified the type of ferry that would come to be closely associated with the Manly trade during most of the 20th century. She and her sister North Head (ex Barrenjoey) would ultimately outlast the three Scottish built ferries that were introduced after her. In all, Baragoola provided 61 years of dedicated service to the people of Sydney. Now, she needs your help to come back to life.

Fundraising target to be reached by 6th of October