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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

1950s60 photos

Sydney Ferry KANANGRA 1950s1950sSydney Ferry KUBU approaching Circular Quay Sunrise Star nearby 1950s1950sSydney Ferry KUBU approaches Old Cremorne Wharf 1950s1950sSydney Ferry LADY SCOTT entering Mosman Bay 1950s1950sSydney Ferry LADY SCOTT following conversion to diesel 1950s1950sSydney Ferry LADY SCOTT in Mosman Bay 1950s1950sSydney ferry NORTH HEAD alongside HMAS VENGEANCE 3 March 19541954Sydney Ferry KAMIRI laid up at McMahons Point early 1950s1950sSydney ferry KAMERUKA before conversion from steam to diesel 1950s1950sSydney ferries REGALIA ex RODNEY - RADAR - KAREELA in Mosman Bay 1950s1950sSydney ferry KAREELA heads towards Cremorne Point 1950s1950sSydney ferry KAREELA arrives at Circular Quay 1950s1950sSydney ferry DEE WHY in Cockatoo Island Dock 1950s1950sSydney ferry KANANGRA in Mosman Bay 1950s1950sCircular Quay construction of Cahill Expressway ferry KARRABEE 1950s1950sSydney showboat ferry KALANG in southerly near Clifton Gardens, 19551955View of Causeway and boatshed at Audley, Royal National Park (NSW), 19551955View of ferry wharves and surrounding area at Circular Quay, c. 1955c. 1955The ferry wharf area of Circular Quay under construction, c. 1955c. 1955HMAS Woomera, 19551955HMAS Hobart in dock, 19551955King Street Newcastle Harbour and dockyard in background, 19551955Ship Stephen Brown, 19551955Ship building, 19551955Ship building, 19551955Ship building, 19551955Ships Iron Derby and Baroota loading BHP wharf, 19551955Stockton vehicular ferry, 19551955Tug St Giles, 19551955Sydney Ferry KUBU rounding Robertson (Cremorne) Point 1950s, 1950–601950–60Sydney ferry KARRABEE circa 1955, c. 1955c. 1955View of Circular Quay, c. 1956c. 1956Triona in dock British Phosphate Cos bulk carrier, 19561956Brother and sister fishing Kings Wharf, 19561956Captain D McRae one time Newcastle Harbour Master for seven years who retired as Sydney Harbourmaster in June at farewell party at Newcastle State Dockyard with Lord Mayor Ald McDougall, 19561956Carrington graving dock, 19561956Empty wharves because of wharfies strike, 19561956Korean coal shipment, 19561956Pile up of coal trucks owing to wharf strike, 19561956Sydney Ferry SOUTH STEYNE crossing the Sydney Heads, 1938–741938–74Sydney Ferry SOUTH STEYNE crossing the Sydney Heads through swell, 1938–741938–74Sydney ferry KOOLEEN in Sydney Cove 19561956Cargo ship Caloundra at Lee Wharf, 19571957Cargo ships Nardana and Torrens, 19571957Ferry aground Edith Walter and Arthur G Walter, 19571957Main Roads Dept workmen repair damage caused when the vehicular ferry Lurgurena hit the landing ramp on the Stockton side, 19571957Merewether Street wharf, 19571957New wharf used for first time the Kootara at Merewether Street wharf, 19571957Stockton ferry aground, 19571957Stockton ferry approach, 19571957Wharf at Catherine Hill Bay, 19571957Sydney ferry LADY CHELMSFORD after collision with KAMERUKA 6 April 19581958Sydney ferries BELLUBERA BARAGOOLA and KOOLEEN at Circular Quay, 19581958USS Rochester in Sydney in May 19581958Sydney Ferry KUBU in Mosman Bay 19581958Sydney Ferry KUBU 19581958Sydney ferry KALANG near The Spit, 19591959View of shipping wharves in Sydney Harbour with a construction worker standing in the bucket of a crane in the foreground, c. 1959c. 1959Sydney Ferry KUBU on her last day of service 19591959Sydney ferry KAREELA being broken up 10 December 19591959
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