As the only surviving sailing ship built to give regular passenger and cargo service between Europe and Australia, the 'City of Adelaide' represents a whole foundation era of Australian social and economic history. It is difficult to imagine a more vital icon of the making of modern Australia and of the relationship between Britain and the Australian colonies. Only eighteen 19th Century ocean-going merchant ships survive today – only one was designed and built as passenger ship - the 'City of Adelaide'. Of the thousands of clipper ships built in the 19th Century, only two clipper ships survive in the world today - 'Cutty Sark' (1869) and the 'City of Adelaide' (1864). The Clipper Ship 'City of Adelaide' Ltd. is a non-profit oganisation, with Australian tax deductibility status, and run by volunteers, formed for the purpose of rescuing the 'City of Adelaide' from destruction in Scotland, and relocating the clipper to South Australia.