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Ships and the harbour

1,305 photos1828–1999

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

1910s60 photos

Steam tug Pluvius taking passengers who usually travelled by ferry - ferry strike, 1910 on Sydney Harbour from Royal Australian Historical Society - Sydney photographs, ca. 1879-19561910View of construction near No.2 wharf at Darling Harbour (NSW), c. 1910c. 1910Sydney Ferry BRONZEWING, 19101910Sydney K-class ferry construction under construction Morrison and Sinclair, 19101910Sydney ferry KAREELA at Musgrave Street Wharf in Mosman Bay circa 1910, c. 1910c. 1910Sydney ferry KOREE in Mosman Bay c 1910, c. 1910c. 1910Sydney ferry KULGOA circa 1910, c. 1910c. 1910Sydney ferry KURRABA at former Milsons Point ferry train terminal circa circa 1900 to 1920, 1900–201900–20Sydney ferry KURRABA at MUSGRAVE STREET WHARF circa 1910, c. 1910c. 1910Sydney ferry KIRRIBILLI loaded with spectators circa 1910, c. 1910c. 1910Sydney ferry CARABELLA later KARABELLA carrying yacht race circa 1910, c. 1910c. 1910Sydney paddle steamer vehicular ferry BARANGAROO between 1889 and 1932, 1889–19321889–1932Sydney paddle steamer ferry BARANGAROO after wheelhouse enclosed, 1889–19321889–1932French heavy cruiser Montcalm, Sydney, ca. 1914 Sam Hood, 19111911Kaludah Ferry, 19111911Sydney Ferry LADY MANNING, 1894–19281894–1928Sydney ferries KIRAWA KANANGRA BALGOWLAH under construction, c. 1912c. 1912Building Finger Wharf, Woolloomooloo, c. 1912c. 1912Steam Ferry Kanangra, c. 1912c. 1912Sydney Ferry KU-RING-GAI, c. 1912c. 1912Sydney Ferries LADY RAWSON, BRONZEWING, KOOKOOBURRA 1912, c. 1912c. 1912Sydney Ferry BRIGHTON Circular Quay, c. 1912c. 1912Sydney Ferries KIRAWA KANANGRA BALGOWLAH under construction Morts Dock May 19121912Sydney Ferry BALGOWLAH under construction at Morts Dock May 19121912Sydney Ferry FAIRLIGHT as cargo vessel laid up 1912, c. 1912c. 1912Sydney ferry HALCYON at Yaralla wharf Parramatta River 19121912Sydney ferry KIRAWA or KANANGRA approaching Mosman Bay ferry wharf, c. 1913c. 1913Sydney ferry HALCYON at Gladesville Wharf, 1900–271900–27SS Cretic, 1903–231903–23West Circular Quay Sydney, 1900–271900–27Buies Launch Wilga, 1900–271900–27Patonga Ferry Hawkesbury River Brooklyn, 1900–271900–27Boating Cooks River Canterbury, 1900–271900–27Ocean Wharf Cronulla, 1900–271900–27Boating Port Hacking Cronulla, 1900–271900–27Drummoyne and Parramatta River, 1900–271900–27Sackville Wharf Hawkesbury River, 1900–271900–27Alexander St Wharf Hunters Hill NSW, 1900–271900–27Mount St Wharf Hunters Hill NSW, 1900–271900–27Kurnell wharf and Agaves in flower, 1900–271900–27La Perouse including boats and boatsheds, 1900–271900–27La Perouse beachscene including boats and boatsheds, 1900–271900–27La Perouse NSW including boats and boatsheds, 1900–271900–27Lane Cove including ferry, 1900–271900–27Ferry Upper Lane Cove, 1900–271900–27Lane Cove including Lane Cove Ferry, 1900–271900–27The Surf Boat to the Rescue Manly, 1900–271900–27Mosman Bay, 1900–271900–27Kurrabeena Point Mosman, 1900–271900–27Musgrave St Mosman, 1900–271900–27McLeans Boatshed Narrabeen, 1900–271900–27Newport wharf, 1900–271900–27Watsons Bay Wharf, 1900–271900–27Watsons Bay Wharf, 1900–271900–27Fire Station Five Dock NSW, 1900–271900–27Gladesville Wharf Parramatta River NSW, 1900–271900–27The Wharf The Walker Hospital Parramatta River including The Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital, 1900–271900–27French heavy cruiser Montcalm, 1911–151911–15State Library of New South Wales - Spectators on the lawn of Government House view the arrival of the first Royal Australian Navy, Oct 1913 (pd)1913Spectators on the lawn of Government House view the arrival of the first Royal Australian Navy, Sydney, Oct 19131913
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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.

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