In 1853 ahead of the launch of his twin ferry Kangaroo, Captain Goldsmith foresaw the need for suitable wharves on either side of the River Derwent – at Bellerive (Kangaroo Point) and at Hobart – where carriers could load and unload passengers and cartage safely. Those wharves would be a key factor in the ferry’s success. Needing the right candidate in the 1853 Hobart City Council aldermanic elections who could realize the sort of wharf construction he envisaged, he put his support behind building contractor James Alexander Thomson. … More Captain Edward Goldsmith’s vote of support for James Alexander Thomson 1853