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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

1940s60 photos

HMAS Bathurst launching, 19401940Woman leaping for the ferry caught by deckhand, Sydney Harbour, 1940 - possibly Pix1940Sydney Ferry BALGOWLAH, c. 1940c. 1940Sydney Ferry KIRRULE with troops aboard in Darling Harbour 19401940Sydney Ferry LADY SCOTT and QUEEN MARY Sydney Harbour 19401940Sydney ferry KALANG as show boat circa 1940, c. 1940c. 1940Sydney ferry KUBU after collision 30 January 19401940Ferry WATTLE formerly SHAMROCK being broken up, 19411941Billy Hughes, Sydney, 19411941Billy Hughes, Sydney, 1941 (cropped)1941Bungaree AWM 4120423, 19411941Boating on Hacking River, 19411941Manly Ferry Wharf c.1941, c. 1941c. 1941Morts Dock 19411941USS Chicago (CA-29) enters Sydney habour in 19411941USS Portland (CA-33) at Sydney in 19411941USS Clark (DD-361) at Sydney in 19411941USS Conyngham (DD-371) at Sydney 19411941USS Cassin (DD-372) at Sydney in 19411941Captain Bell Navy League childrens Christmas Party at Taronga Park, 19411941Governor Game farewelled on the wharf by a VIP, 1925–571925–57HMAS Sydney crew marching through streets, 19411941Houses Five Dock taken for Mr Ashton Builder magazine, 19411941Italian fishing boat, 1925–571925–57Regatta on the Sydney Harbour Naval destroyers in background, 19411941Sailing negs Noel Allan, 19411941Bebarfald's Building, George St, Sydney (naval display outside), 11 February 19411941HMAS Sydney at Circular Quay, 19411941Sydney ferry KUTTABUL wrecked after Japanese torpedo strike 31 May 19421942Former Sydney ferry KUTTABUL sunk after Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour 19421942Former Sydney ferry KUTTABUL the day after being sunk by Japanese midget submarine 19421942Former Sydney ferry KUTTABUL at Garden Island with two navy anti-submarine trawlers, including HMAS SAMUEL BENBOW, c. 1942c. 1942Sydney Harbour WW2 boom, 1939–451939–45USS Portland (CA-33) in a drydock at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, circa in late 1942 (NH 81992), c. 1942c. 1942Ship and Tugs Sydney 1942 slnsw1942Launching of HMAS Warramunga. Mrs F. M. Forde and Mr Norman Fraser, managing director of Cockatoo Docks and Engineering, 7 February 19421942Vera Forde, wife of Frank Forde, 19421942USS Whipple (DD-217) at Sydney 1942, c. 1942c. 1942USS Chicago (CA-29) in May 19421942Sydney torpedo, 19421942False bow being fitted to USS New Orleans, 19421942Sentinel (AWM 101156), 19421942Sydney Ferry KIRAWA, 1932–531932–53LONG NOSE POINT Jetty damage after struck by Sydney ferry KOOKOOBURRA 3 March 19421942Sydney ferry KALANG as converted to AEME floating workshop AB97 during WW2, 1942–451942–45Peter H Burnett hull damage at Sutherland Dock, February 19431943USS Reid (DD-369) and Mugford (DD-389) at Sydney c1943, c. 1943c. 1943USS Smith (DD-378) and Dunlap (DD-384) at Sydney c1943, c. 1943c. 1943Airman Title in Hood Register American gridiron game at Sports Ground Army v Navy, 19431943American gridiron game at Sports Ground sic Army v Navy, 19431943Naval officer Title in Hood Register American gridiron game at Sports Ground Army v Navy, 19431943Australian sailors leave on a troopship, Sydney, ca. 1943 - Sam Hood, c. 1943c. 1943HNLMS Tromp, 19431943Sydney ferry KIRAWA in Mosman Bay 1940s1940sSydney ferry BALGOWLAH en route to Manly, 1940s1940sHMS Howe arriving at Sydney Harbour on 18 December 19441944Fitting Out Wharf at Garden Island. The aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA can be seen at the rear of wharf Number 7, Woolloomooloo, 19441944HMAS Yaromma, 19441944Bombo-awm-300444, 19441944HMAS Lolita 4002759, 19441944
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