PS Young Australian

PS Young Australian

Wreck of the PS Young Australian in the Roper River, April 1889.
History
South Australia
Name	Young Australian
Operator	Charles Todd
Builder	Money Wigram & Sons
Commissioned	12 October 1853
Stricken	February 1873
Fate	Sunk, 30 December 1872
General characteristics
Type	Paddle steamer
Tonnage	92.59 GRT
Length	28.23 m (92.6 ft)
Beam	4.87 m (16 ft)
Draught	2.5 m (8 ft)
Sail plan	Schooner
Complement	7 crew

PS Young Australian was a paddle steamer that was lost on the Roper River in what is now the Northern Territory of Australia.^[1]

In 1854, Young Australian was driven ashore at Cape Northumberland in South Australia.^[2] It serviced the Roper River in the Northern Territory for twenty years before sinking in 1872 while bringing supplies for the overland telegraph work crews at Roper Bar.^[3] Young Australian sunk upstream from the settlement at Ngukurr,^[4][5] and can still be seen in the river on the edge of the Limmen National Park.^{[citation needed]}

In 1980, the wreck site was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.^[6]

Young Australian received an Engineering Heritage Marker from Engineers Australia as part of its Engineering Heritage Recognition Program.^[1]

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