proponents of stern-wheelers, these two americans built the "settler" 1861, "lady daly" 1862 and "lady darling" 1864 from selected oregon pine. and ran an extensive shipping agency operating on the murray, the east coast of australia and to new zealand. they later also owned "corowa", "culgoa" and "francis cadell". a. l. blake was a close associate. their partnership was dissolved in 1869.