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Ships and the harbour

1,305 photos1828–1999

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

1930s52 photos

Rosebank College Five Dock, 19371937The dining and lounge cabin of the cabin cruiser Leisurlea, 19371937WL Holmes Co launch, 19371937Frank Leighton almost goes in the "drink" on a launch picnic for performers, Sydney, 4 April 1937 - Sam Hood1937Sydney Ferry BARAGOOLA CIrcular Quay 26 July 19371937Sydney ferry KOOMPARTOO with high wheelhouses at sailing races 1930s, 1935–391935–39Flying Boat on Sydney Harbour, 26 January 19381938Clifton Gardens aerial photo 1938, c. 1938c. 1938Sydney ferry BELLUBERA leaves Sydney Cove, 19381938Sydney ferry SOUTH STEYNE arrives in Sydney from SCOTLAND, 19381938Sydney K-class ferries, 19381938CAPTAIN COOK launch day at Morts Shipyard, Balmain, 10 Dec 1938 (Graeme Andrews Working Harbour Collection, City of Sydney Archives)1938Sydney's Circular Quay at night in 19381938HMS Dorsetshire (40), 19381938PJMS company ad2, 19381938Army Navy and Air Force parade, 19381938Group of Navy League Cadets, 19381938Naval cadets on Schnapper Island, 19381938Navy League cadets at Sydney Training Depot taken for Mr Len Forsythe, 19381938Navy Leagues Sydney Training Depot taken for Mr Len Forsythe, 19381938The Governors of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania, with the captain aboard the Orient Line steamship RMS Ormonde, for an Australia Day luncheon (26 January 1938)1938The Navy Leagues Sydney Training Depot taken for Mr Len Forsythe, 19381938The opening of the Navy Leagues Sydney Training Depot by Mr Lyons taken for Mr Len Forsythe, 19381938US cruiser Milwaukee, 19381938Farewelling boat going overseas, 1938, c. 1938c. 1938Empire flying boat Coolangatta landing at Rose Bay, Sydney 19381938Sydney ferry RODNEY, 19381938Sydney Ferry BELLUBERA c 1938, c. 1938c. 1938Sydney Ferry KUBU at Circular Quay photo by Max Dupain 19381938US cruiser LOUISVILLE in Sydney Harbour 13 February 19381938Sydney Ferries BARRENJOEY and DEE WHY and smaller vessels rescue RODNEY passengers 13 Feb 19381938Sydney Ferry RODNEY being raised following capsize and sinking February 19381938Sydney Ferry RODNEY moments before she capsized on 13 February 19381938Victims of Sydney Ferry RODNEY are rowed ashore 13 Feb 19381938Diver ascends with news of four bodies in sunken ferry Rodney cabin Sydney Harbour February 14, 19381938Launch Rodney on the step of Lavender Bay, 19 April 19381938Sydney Ferry Rodney towed after being raised from Harbour floor February 19381938Launch Rodney being repaired on the step of Lavender Bay 19 April 19381938Sydney Ferry RODNEY at Goat Island after capsizing February 19381938Sydney ferry SOUTH STEYNE arriving in Sydney Harbour from Scotland 9 September 19381938Sydney ferry RODNEY capsized and about to sink 12 February 19381938Sydney ferry SOUTH STEYNE arrives in Sydney 9 September 19381938Watercraft at Garden Island, 1939, c. 1939c. 1939Flying boats at Rose Bay, c. 1939c. 1939Aeroplane hangar Rose Bay for flying boats, 19391939Ball at Five Dock, 19391939Navy League Depot, 19391939Launching HMAS "Parramatta", Cockatoo Dock, June 1939 - photographer Sam Hood1939Launching HMAS "Parramatta", Cockatoo Dock, June 1939 - photographer Sam Hood1939Ambulance and officers outside the Balmain, Drummoyne and Five Dock Branch of the Central District Ambulance, 1932–471932–47HMAS Vendetta - Sydney Harbour 19391939Sydney Ferry SOUTH STEYNE, c. 1939c. 1939

1940s8 photos

HMS Arbiter on Sydney Harbour, c. 1940c. 1940Manly Wharf, 19401940Hospital Ship Wanganella, 19401940Naval Parade through city, 19401940Orient Line, 19401940Orient Line, 19401940Orient Line, 19401940HMAS Bathurst keel laying, 19401940
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