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State Shipping Service of Western Australia was a government transport entity created in 1912,〔State Shipping Service: 50th anniversary. Fremantle, W.A.: The Service, () Information on the Service's 50th anniversary.〕 following the Western Australian state election, 1911, with an emphasis on providing reliable transport to the North West ports of the state.〔''STATE STEAMSHIPS SERVICE'' - 4 May 1912 – 31 Dec 1918 - The State Steamships Service was established in May 1912, largely in response to a request for an improved shipping service to north west ports. The name changed to ''State Shipping Service'' in 1919. The State Steamships Service was controlled by the Fremantle Harbour Trust from 1913 to 1918. ()〕 In 1979 the service name was changed to Stateships 〔STATE SHIPPING SERVICE - 1 Jan 1919 – 1 Jan 1979 (created under the - WA Coastal Shipping Commission Act, 1965 (from 15/11/1965). ()〕 In 2005 the service ceased trading as it no longer operated any ships. The former offices in Fremantle, are now used by the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, and various artefacts from the service are housed in the Fremantle Maritime Museum ==Ships== A collection in Battye Library has a set of photographs of the ships that were used by the service 〔Western Australian Stateships () : 1912-1987, pictorial record of all the ships in Stateships service since 1912. Leederville, W.A. : Australian Souvenirs Pty Ltd, 1987. 3rd Floor Pictorial. BA1009 Vol. 367〕 The ships used by the service included: * ''Beroona''〔Beroona - description of ship recently added to the State Shipping Service - ''Geraldton Guardian'', 8 August 1972, p.4f-g〕 * ''Boogalla''〔http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b2554534~S2〕 * ''Delamere'' (built at the Whyalla shipyards in South Australia) * ''Koolama''〔http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b2485801~S2〕 * ''Koolinda''〔http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b2215659~S2〕 * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「State Shipping Service of Western Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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