Old Sydney

1940s59 photos

HMAS Lolita 3945798, 19441944Sydney ferry KARRABEE 1940s1940sHMAS KURAMIA, 1940s1940sSydney Ferry BALGOWLAH 1940s1940sSydney Ferry BALGOWLAH late 1940s1940sSydney Ferry BALGOWLAH at Manly in naval grey 1940s1940sSydney ferry KAREELA between 1930 and 1959, 1930–591930–59BENNELONG POINT Sydney Harbour 1940s1940sSydney ferry BALGOWLAH at Manly Wharf 1940s, 1941–481941–48Sydney ferry BURRA BRA as converted to anti-submarine training ship in WW2, 19451945HMCS Prince Robert on V-J Day, 19451945Admiral Bruce Fraser welcoming HMS Duke of York to Sydney, 19451945HMS Glory (R62) at Sydney 19451945Circular Quay, Sydney, 1940s, c. 1945c. 1945HMS BELFAST at anchor in Sydney harbour, August 1945. ABS6941945A submariner at the controls of a Royal Navy midget submarine in Sydney, Australia, 1945. A305701945Animals at War- Moving Day at HMS Golden Hind, Sydney, Australia, 10 July 1945 A297921945The Royal Navy during the Second World War A29810, 19451945HMAS Australia 19451945A forging of a ships bollard, 19451945A huge forging of a ships bowsprit, 19451945Ferry Dee Why and Manly Harbour pool, 193, 1930–601930–60HMS Implacable arriving at Sydney on 8 May 19451945HMAS Bataan (I91) at Sydney on 9 July 19451945Formidable Sydney Boom (AWM P00444-047), 19451945HMS Victorious arriving at Sydney in February 19451945Floating crane Titan, 19451945HMS Formidable guns 1945 AWM1945HMS Formidable and HMS Implacable return to Sydney, 19451945Convoy of repatriated POWs departing after being unloaded from HMS Formidable in October 19451945Manly ferry , Dee-Why circa 1945, c. 1945c. 1945Former Sydney Ferry BURRA BRA as RAN Vessel, c. 1945c. 1945Sydney Ferries CURL CURL SOUTH STEYNE BALGOWLAH at Kurraba Point, 1940–501940–50Sydney ferry KAMIRI laid up 1940s or 1950s, 1940–501940–50Sydney ferry KOONDOOLOO as converted to army repair craft S181, 1942–501942–50StateLibQld 1 142827 Doomba (ship), 19461946Signal Hill Battery 1946 AWM1946HMS Pioneer in Sydney in January 19461946Number 10 wharf Jones Bay c.1946, c. 1946c. 1946Weston Road Balmain - Looking from Darling St towards Sydney. Before reconstruction, c. 1946c. 1946Bridge Street Drummoyne looking from Park Avenue towards Gladesville before reconstruction, c. 1946c. 1946HMS Anson Anniversary Day regatta, 19461946Medcalf Funeral Director funeral of Dutch sailor, 19461946Mr Docker at Town Hall taken for Australian Comforts Fund, 19461946Sydney Ferry Kamiri, 19461946USS Shangri-La (CV-38) at Sydney 19471947USS Antietam J Amunsdon sic, 194719471947 Sydney hailstorm boat1947Morning passengers leave the Manly ferry with wharves and Harbour Bridge in the background, Circular Quay, ca. 1946-1949 by Australian Geographical Society, 1946–491946–49USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) at Sydney, Australia, in 19471947Sydney ferry KANANGRA after collision, 1912–851912–85Aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge, Sydney Harbour, 19481948Maltese immigrants land in Sydney from the SS Partizanka, 19481948Walsh Bay, 1949, c. 1949c. 1949Garden Island wharf, 19491949Associated Bread Manufacturing Conference ferries leaving for picnic, 19491949Sydney skyline from Pyrmont Bridge, evening sunlight in Margaret Hall, from Series 02- Sydney people & streets, 1948-1950, photographed by Brian Bird, 19491949SS HIMALAYA in Sydney Cove with the Ferry Sunris Star passing. The Maritime Services Board building can be seen under construction, c. 1949c. 1949HMAS Sydney arrival 19491949

1950s1 photo

Sydney ferries KARINGAL KALANG KANANGRA and others at McMahons Point, c. 1950c. 1950

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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.