Train Ferries on the Clarence tells the remarkable story of the steamships Swallow and Induna.

Converted to train ferries, both vessels plied the Clarence River from the 1920’s until July 1932, when the Clarence River Bridge at Grafton in northern NSW was officially opened.

The Swallow and the Induna transported carriages and railway rolling stock across the river between Grafton and South Grafton, for the New South Wales Government Railways, during a bygone age when the railway was the preferred means of travel between Sydney and Brisbane.

The Swallow was scuttled in 1946, but the Induna was destined never to leave Grafton.

Her rusting hulk rests peacefully beside the riverbank to this very day.

But the Induna has a secret. The ship once carried Winston Churchill to safety during the Boer War, travelling down the east coast of Africa to the city of Durban in December 1899.

This fast moving documentary tells the story as it should be told. The DVD chronicles wonderful images and footage of years gone by and opens with rare footage of the Clarence River as it was in 1932.

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