| Name: | MAID OF THE YARRA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 1854 |
| Completed: | 1854 |
| Builder: | Jonathan Robson |
| Yard: | Blackwall, Gateshead |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 116grt, 82nrt, 100.3 x 18.0 x 9.0ft; (1855: 142grt, 96nrt, 101.9 x 18.1 x 9.1ft) |
| Engines: | 20nhp |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 31805 |
| History: | |
| 1854 | GP Ball, Newcastle |
| 1855 | W Brown Jnr, Launceston, Australia |
| 1857 | WH Smith & Partners, Melbourne |
| 1859 | Fowler & Partners, Melbourne |
| 1859 | J Darwent, Adelaide |
| 1862 | F Banks, Adelaide |
| 1863 | HP Murray-Aynsley, Lyttelton, New Zealand |
| 1865 | J Lilly & CV Robinson, Dunedin |
| by 1875 | William Howard Smith, Melbourne |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Originally a cargo ship but fitted with passenger accommodation in 1855 |
| 18/12/1865: Struck the bar whilst entering Hokitika, New Zealand | |
| Heavy sea tossed her on to North Spit & became a total loss | |
| Still listed in MNL 1915 | |
| Records seem very confused, was she bought back by WH Smith & put into | |
| service again, or were the ownership details not updated for 60 years? |