(johann) george arnold (c. 1863 – 25 may 1949) born in gothenburg, sweden, owner of "saddler" 1894–, "j. g. arnold" and "wilcannia" 1911–, early worked on "golconda" while schuetze was her owner, may have become her owner and skipper to 1894; "saddler", "tyro" and "renmark".(mudie p. 133). he commissioned a number of vessels such as the huge barge "crowie" (an aboriginal name for the brolga or "big 'un"). in 1913 the "arnold line" consisted of steamers "renmark", "wilcannia", "tyro", and "mundoo" and barges "crowie", "gunbower", "loxton", "rosa" and "duck". in 1898 he purchased the "perseverance" but lost her while removing her through the glenelg river mouth. for a time he owned big bend station and farmed for six years. he purchased w. r. randell's shipbuilding yards at mannum where during world war i he built over a dozen giant barges, which were employed in building the river murray locks and many other boats, culminating in the "esmeralda". he grew wheat at big bend station then became one of the largest wheat traders on the river. he was partner with mortimer crane as m. c. crane and co. ( –1902).