Rivercat Marjorie Jackson

Rivercat Marjorie Jackson

The Marjorie Jackson is a Sydney RiverCat-class  catamaran operated by Harbour City Ferries on the Parramatta River. Built in 1993.

This Rivercat was named after Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE a former Governor of South Australia and a former Australian athlete. She was the first Australian female runner to break a world record, and finished her sporting career with two Olympic and seven Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, six individual world records and every Australian State and National title she contested from 1950–1954.

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