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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

1980s32 photos

Sydney ferries in the annual Great Ferry Boat race, circa mid 1980s1980sSydney Ferry KARRABEE sunk at Circular Quay after Great Ferry Boat Race January 19841984Sydney ferries from DOBROYD POINT, 19851985USS Buchanan (DDG-14) visiting Sydney c1985, c. 1985c. 1985Sydney Ferry NORTH HEAD crossing the Sydney Heads en route to Circular Quay 19851985Sydney Ferry NORTH HEAD arrives at Circular Quay 19851985Sydney ferry KAMERUKA sunk alongside KARRABEE at Pyrmont circa 1985, c. 1985c. 1985Sydney ferries in the Great Ferry Boat Race circa 1985, c. 1985c. 1985OLD CREMORNE WHARF during rebuild 19851985Sydney hydrofoil ferry SYDNEY on its way to Manly 1985 or 19861985Sydney ferry SIRIUS at Circular Quay in her original livery 19851985HMAS Cook, 19861986The remains of Sydney ferry KAMERUKA after she sunk and was broken up by grab dredge April 19861986Sydney Ferries KAMERUKA and KARRABEE laid up in Pyrmont circa 1986, c. 1986c. 1986Sydney hydrofoil ferry DEE WHY laid up, 19871987Sydney hydrofoil ferry MANLY 19881988Sydney hydrofoil ferry CURL CURL, 19881988Sydney hydrofoil ferry SYDNEY crossing the Sydney Heads 19881988Sydney hydrofoil CURL CURL over takes Manly ferry FRESHWATER, 19881988Sydney ferry FRESHWATER en route to Circular Quay, 19881988Sydney ferry QUEENSCLIFF near miss with HMAS Cook, 19881988Sydney-tall-ships, 19881988330-CFD-DN-ST-89-02140, 19881988Sydney Ferry KANANGRA at Darling Harbour 19881988Tall ship SOREN LARSEN (1949) enters Botany Bay, 19881988Sydney Ferry KARRABEE original steam engine previously used in ferry PHEASANT, 19881988Sydney ferry KARRABEE original steam engine from ferry PHEASANT at Powerhouse Museum Castle Hill depot, 19881988Sydney ferry LADY EDELINE sunk into the mud at Mortlake 19881988Sydney ferry LADY EDELINE sunk at Mortlake 19881988The American flag is raised as the guided missile destroyer USS BERKELEY (DDG 15) passes in review during the Australian bicentennial celebration - DPLA - fac1053bdbebf28577111faf24632c6c, 19881988Engineman Fireman (ENFN) Glenn Altares, a small boat engineer, stands at his duty station as the utility boat motors past the Sydney Opera House during the Australian bicentennial c - DPLA - 0ca53e10dda3d09c702f53a2e6041bca, 19881988Collier CONARA (1977), leaves Blackwattle Bay during 1989 (Graeme Andrews, City of Sydney Archive)1989

1990s13 photos

Sydney hydrofoil ferry CURL CURL passes Middle Head, 19901990Sydney ferry LADY STREET at valentia street wharf, 19901990Sydney Ferry LADY STREET 19901990Sydney ferries SOUTH STEYNE and FRESHWATER, 19911991Ferry Curranulla, 19911991Sydney JetCat ferry SEA EAGLE on its way to Manly 19911991A view of an old coastal defense fort inside Sydney Harbor as seen from the USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19). In the background is the Sydney Naval Base with the aircraft carrier USS INDEPEN - DPLA - 67d1f91183407584bb12844a1f4ab5c5, 19921992Ian McLachlan, 19981998Sydney fery SOUTH STEYNE at Cockatoo Island dry dock 19981998Passenger Cruise Liner Fair Princess at Darling Harbour, 19991999Passenger Cruise Liner Fair Princess at Darling Harbour (cropped), 19991999CircularQuaySydney, 19991999Sydney ferry LADY DENMAN in Huskisson 19991999
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