City of Adelaide clipper ship to move to Dock Two by the end of 2019
The historic City of Adelaide clipper ship will be moved on land after the State Government and ship management agreed to move it from Dock One – and a big upgrade is in the works.
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The world’s oldest clipper ship will soon be moved to Dock Two at Port Adelaide.
It will end a stand-off between the clipper City of Adelaide’smanagement and the State Government over its long-term future in South Australia.
Infrastructure Minister Stephan Knoll confirmed it would be shifted from its current home – on a barge at Dock One in the Port’s inner harbour – to Dock Two further northeast.
The clipper would be joined by MV Nelcebee – one of the last ketches to operate the South Australian coastal trade.
It has been forced to shift because of advancing works on the Starfish Developments Dock One housing project next to the ship’s current berth.
The move is intended to give The City of Adelaide Preservation Trust the space to create a seaport village as a tourist attraction.
Trust director Peter Christopher said the government had addressed a number of concerns, including public access, funding and asbestos, that had previously made Dock Two unviable.
“The advantage Dock Two now offers us is that it’s a very large area,” he said.
“We can practically now start the work for a seaport village so when people visit they can spend three or four hours going through something that will eventually grow to be like Sovereign Hill.”
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The government first identified Dock Two as the preferred permanent home for the City of Adelaide in 2017, three years after it arrived in Port Adelaide.
Talks between the The City of Adelaide Preservation Trust and the government broke down in January when the trust threatened to take the vessel interstate if it could not reach a satisfactory agreement.
The minister’s announcement has resolved the impasse.
Mr Knoll said today the move would bolster Port Adelaide’s maritime heritage: “Locating South Australia’s historic maritime vessels together in one central and accessible place will draw more visitors to Port Adelaide’s inner harbour and tell an important living story about the Port’s unique maritime past.”