The Narara was a wooden carvel screw steamer built in 1900 at Jervis Bay, that was wrecked when it sprang a leak while carrying general cargo between Sydney and the Hawkesbury River and was lost at 2 ml SE off Little Reef Newport near, Barranjoey, New South Wales on 29 May 1909.

During 1903 the vessel was burned to the water line and sank at its mooring only to be refloated and rebuilt and started back on the same run.

[4] While in 1902 and 1903 the vessel became involved in some cases before the courts when Helen Ashwin Mitchell wife of Frederick Newton Mitchell, of Lower Portland, Hawkesbury River sought to sue the Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners for the sum of £200 as damages as when the steamer Narara landed at Russell's wharf on 14 January 1902 a heavy door or hatch suddenly swung open and knocked Mrs Mitchell down as she was passing along the footway, and inflicted serious injuries.

[5] Yet in May 1903 Samuel James Crosland, 23 was found guilty and was fined £15, in default four months imprisonment for having stolen from the steamer Narara two silver watches and one gold chain, valued in all at £6, the property of David Austin Mitchell (the owner of the vessel).

At the time it was described as The river steamer Narara trading between Sackville and Sydney and owned by Messrs Mitchell and Johnston was burned to the water’s edge at midnight on Sunday and being scuttled sank at her moorings in Sackville Reach She had only arrived from Sydney the night before and contained a cargo of goods for settlers In the vicinity The crew were asleep below and had just time to escape with what they had on.

The master of the vessel, Frederick Petersen, gave evidence that: When the disaster occurred he was on the way to the Hawkesbury with-a mixed cargo.

When in the middle of Narrabeen Bight the engineer came on deck, and reported that the vessel was making water.

[9] The engineer, Ephraim Greentree, in his evidence said: That the water was a foot or 18 inches over the floor when he first noticed it.

The captain then ordered the dock pumps to be started, but the water gained on them too quickly for them to do any good, and the steam went down.