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The Sydney Harbour Transport Board was a statutory of the Government of New South Wales responsible for the provision of ferry services on Sydney Harbour from July 1951 until November 1974. ==History== With its Sydney Harbour services having become unprofitable, in March 1951 Sydney Ferries Limited advised the Government of New South Wales of its intention to cease operating ferry services on Sydney Harbour.〔(Move to Sell Sydney Ferries to the State Government ) ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 16 February 1951〕〔(Fifty Years of Sydney Public Ferries ) ''Afloat Magazine'' May 2009〕 After investigating the possibility of using statutory powers to compulsorily acquire the business without paying compensation, the government agreed to purchase the business with 15 ferries from 1 July 1951. Pursuant to the , the Sydney Harbour Transport Board (SHTB) was established.〔(Sydney Harbour Transport Board ) NSW State Records〕 As the board did not have any experience of ferry management, day-to-day running was contracted out to the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company.〔 In 1956, the ''Kooleen'' was purchased. This single deck ferry which the SHTB intended would be the first of many had no outside seating and was much derided. As a result, it was decided to retain the existing fleet, albeit with the remaining steam powered examples converted to diesel power. Between 1968 and 1970, three Lady class ferries were purchased.〔〔 Pursuant to the , the functions of the SHTB were transferred to the Public Transport Commission on 1 December 1974.〔(Public Transport Commission of New South Wales ) NSW State Records〕 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「Sydney Harbour Transport Board」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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