Marina at Bobbin Head, showing Halvorsen's Boatshed, c. 1970

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IdentifierPhoto 01495Photographernot specifiedDescriptionNorwegian boatbuilder Lars Halvorsen and his eldest son Harold settled in Sydney in 1924, and the rest of the family arrived in 1925. From 1925 through 1980 the family enterprise built over 1500 craft making the Halvorsen name an Australian byword for quality and style.

After World War II the company, Lars Halvorsen Sons, Pty. Ltd. acquired a lease at Bobbin Head located north of Sydney in the Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park. The family built a fleet of approximately two hundred hire boats. The hire boat operation was the world's largest privately owned fleet of its time. In 2000, ninety of their classic boats held a regatta on the Hawkesbury River to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the family in Australia and Harold Halvorsen's ninetieth birthday.Physical FormatBobbin Head

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Marina at Bobbin Head, showing Halvorsen's Boatshed, c. 1970