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The rescue of Johnson from his perilous position - Illustrated Times 1857, Watsons Bay

26 December 1857 · Watsons Bay

The rescue of Johnson from his perilous position - Illustrated Times 1857

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The rescue of Johnson from his perilous position - Illustrated Times 1857

26 December 1857Watsons BayThe 1850s

Taken in 1857 at Watsons Bay, in Sydney's eastern suburbs. One of 30 photos of Watsons Bay on Old Sydney.

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Elsewhere in 1857

Woodcut of Liverpool Weir, 1857Sydney harbour Bridge 1857James 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)Untitled, 1857Untitled, c. 1857Painting of champion racehorse Veno 1857Looking south from Dawes Point past ships at Campbell’s wharf to Circular Quay,ca1857James Johnson, survivor of the wreck of the Dunbar, Sydney, 1857 - (hand coloured ambrotype attributed to Thomas Glaister)