Black and white photograph of the steel screw steamer UKI Sydney loaded with timber at the jetty area. The UKI was built by Lithgows Ltd. Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland for the North Coast Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, Sydney NSW and was named after the town of Uki in the Tweed area. The company for a period of time had a monopoly on Northern Rivers services carrying supplies, general merchandise including timber, mail and passengers. The steamer was requisitioned between 1939 and 1944 by the RAN as a minesweeper during the Second World War to maintain a clear channel of 25nm off the NSW coast.