Tallships and King's Head Hotel, Circular Quay (western side), Sydney, c. 1877, State Library of New South Wales, SPF/782 archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110317952
Tags: Sailing Ships Tallships Circular Quay wharves Sydney Harbour industry 1870s Nineteenth century Commissariat Stores
'Braeside' or 'Burnside' under construction, Kidman & Mayoh, shipbuilders, Kissing Point Park, Ryde, Sydney, c. 1920, Arthur Ernest Foster, glass negatives, Series 02 chiefly Sydney, ca. 1916-1947,Box 17 No. 178 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4oZprn/Ddy5xj5RMzVDg
Both ships never went into service due to structural issues. The Burnside was sold to the Union Box & Timber Company of Annandale who stripped accessible portions of the structure and in September 1923 what remained of the ship was burnt on the stocks. In December 1923 the Braeside was towed outside Sydney Heads and set on fire. It burned through the night.
Tags: Ships wooden sailing steam Sydney Port Jackson construction shipping commercial Burnside Braeside Kidman Mayoh Ryde Kissing Point Industry
Few crazes had such a successful run as the picture postcard. In the early 1900s, cards with photographs were hugely popular. They were mass produced in their millions, mainly in Germany, and sold cheaply as an ideal way to communicate without writing a letter. Postcards were sold in a range of formats including half-tone prints, gelatin-silver photographic prints and, most popular of all, mechanically printed collotypes like this one of the
by unknown photographer
gelatin silver print
purchased from the Estate of the late Charles Bateson, 1975
PXA 1587/Box 3
Tags: photo gallery Warships French Dreadnoughts 1900s postcards Marengo Warship FS Marengo Ocean-class Océan class Ironclad
The 'Florant', stranded at Brisbane Waters (written off as a total loss), New South Wales, 30 October 1913, Sydney Marine Underwriters' & Salvage Association, PXD 1345, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AJdwen/pRpJagNkKLaql
Tags: Shipwrecks Ships Sailing Ships beached vintage boats Brisbane Waters State Library of New South Wales
HMS Tactician at Garden Island, Sydney Harbou, 1950, Pix photographer 1950, from vintage film negative, ON 388/Box 048/Item 009
collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2WERzn/55ZerxX0VGLog961...
Tags: Submarines Royal Navy Sydney Harbour Australian Navy Garden Island 1950 State Library of New South Wales