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Ships and the harbour

1,305 photos1828–1999

Sydney ferry Lady Hampden and TSMV Manoora, 1932–40Sydney ferry Lady Hampden and TSMV Manoora1932–40

1,305 historic photos for Ships and the harbour, taken between 1828 and 1999, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 17 decades, with the most from the 1930s (278). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1820s 1 1840s 1 1850s 4 1860s 6 1870s 23 1880s 28 1890s 39 1900s 130 1910s 118 1920s 144 1930s 278 1940s 127 1950s 122 1960s 57 1970s 135 1980s 79 1990s 13

1820s1 photo

Lower George Street Sydney 18281828

1840s1 photo

StateLibQld 1 102132 Fanny Fisher (ship), 18471847

1850s4 photos

James Johnson, seaman and only survivor of 122 persons upon the wreck of the ship "Dunbar" taken afterward at Sydney in 1857 - (hand coloured ambrotype attributed to Thomas Glaister) (cropped)1857Looking south from Dawes Point past ships at Campbell’s wharf to Circular Quay,ca18571857Campbell's Wharf, Sydney, 1859, slnsw1859Sydney Cove No.3 Dawes Battery from Fort Macquarie (1859) (Looking west across Sydney Cove to Campbell’s wharf on left and Dawes Battery on right)1859

1860s6 photos

The Dry Dock Balmain (Looking west across Mort’s Dock at Waterview Bay, Balmain. The building on right was severely damaged by a boiler explosion in 1865), 18601860Sydney Ferry EMU (I), c. 1860c. 1860At the ‘Dry Docks’, the Bombay alongside (1862) (Close-up of P&O Bombay at Mort’s Dock, Balmain)1862At the ‘Dry Docks’, the Bombay alongside (1862) (Close-up of P&O Bombay at Mort’s Dock, Balmain) (cropped)1862Lieutenant Adolphus August Frederick FitzGeorge, of H.M.S. Galatea, 1868 - photographer Montagu Scott of Sydney (cropped)1868Lieutenant Adolphus August Frederick FitzGeorge, of H.M.S. Galatea, 1868 - photographer Montagu Scott of Sydney1868

1870s23 photos

French corvette Dupleix in drydock Sydney Flickr 5073941774 28dbda4127 o, c. 1870c. 1870142 HMS Galatea in Farm Cove, c. 1870c. 1870151 HMS Galatea1 SH 261, c. 1870c. 1870StateLibQld 1 182611 Maid of Judah (ship), 1871187144 Sailor s Home SH 235, 18721872147 Dry Dock Cockatoo Island SH 258, 18721872141 HMS Clio at Anchor in Farm Cove, 18721872146 Cockatoo Island HMS Galatea in Dock SH, 18721872145 Cockatoo Island HMS Galatea in Dock SH, 18721872untitled record, 18721872IroncladAtalante, 18731873'Atalante', Fitzroy Dock, Sydney, 18731873French warship 'Atalante', Sydney Harbour, 1873 A2824494h1873French warship 'Atalante', Fitzroy Dock, Sydney, 1873 A2824964h1873French warship 'Atalante', Fitzroy Dock, Sydney, 1873 A2825358h1873French warship 'Atalante', Sydney Harbour, 1873 A2823050h1873Sydney tug and ferry COBRA, 1870s1870sMilsons Point around 1870s1870sSydney Ferry WARATAH (I), 1870s1870sSydney paddle steamer Ferry PHANTOM at Manly Wharf ca 1870s1870sLocomotive arriving by ship, 1876, c. 1876c. 1876Bismarck in Dry Dock, c. 1879c. 1879Sydney Ferry WALLABY leaving Neutral Bay Wharf 1879 to 19001879

1880s25 photos

Sydney Ferry NELLIE, c. 1880c. 1880HMS Wolverine (1863) cutlass drill, 18821882RML guns on British warship in Sydney Flickr 4312110589, 1880s1880sHMS Nelson Sydney Flickr 4903870552, 1880s1880sHMS Nelson moored off Farm Cove Sydney, 1880s1880sLooking towards Fort Denison from Farm Cove, Sydney, 1880s1880sThe merchant vessel - a sailor boy's voyages around the world (1884)1884Manly Cove late 19th century with ferry BRIGHTON and other, 1879–891879–89StateLibQld 1 134042 Altcar (ship), c. 1885c. 1885View from the western side of Farm Cove looking north-east toward Fort Denison, Sydney (NSW), 1882–881882–88HMS Nelson in Sydney Harbour between 18851885Manly paddle steamer ferry FAIRLIGHT circa 1885, c. 1885c. 1885Sydney ferry EAGLE later CYGNET shown as built, 1882–891882–89Sydney ferry BENELON as originally built circa 1885, c. 1885c. 1885Sydney ferry PEARL (II) at Figtree Wharf, c. 1886c. 1886Sydney Ferry WARATAH (II), c. 1886c. 1886Sydney Ferry BUNGAREE, 1872–19001872–1900Sydney ferry BRIGHTON with original open wheelhouse, 1883–891883–89Sydney ferry Glenelg, 1874–19001874–1900Mort’s Dock 18871887HMS Nelson Sydney 18871887Manly Ferry Wharf from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 - photographed by Arthur K. Syer, 1885–901885–90First span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge on pontoon, New South Wales, Australia, being viewed by people on boat LCCN2016651638, 18871887Peats Ferry - Hawksbury River LCCN2016652520, 18871887HMS Diamond (1874) AWM, 18871887
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