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Arrival of MV SKAUBRYN at Australian Port with the Intergovernmental Committee on European Migration uploaded April 2018
Group of men eating at tables in large dining room uploaded April 2018
Passengers rescued from burning MV SKAUBRYN on deck of CITY OF SYDNEY uploaded April 2018
MV SKAUBRYN berthed at night, possible at Kiel, Germany uploaded April 2018
Herd of camels in desert uploaded April 2018
Five boys pose for the camera in Aden uploaded April 2018
losed deck of passenger ship with people lying in rows and standing looking out of portholes uploaded April 2018
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Aden uploaded April 2018
Passengers rescued from the sinking of the MV SKAUBRYN in the Red Sea, at Aden airport boarding a plane to take them to Australia uploaded April 2018
Men and women climbing the gangway to MV ROMA berthed at Aden Harbour uploaded April 2018
Passengers from MV SKAUBRYN after the fire in the Red Sea uploaded April 2018
Officers on desk looking accross harbour, possibly Aden Harbour uploaded April 2018
Lifeboat from MV ROMA taking ashore passengers rescued from the sinking MV SKAUBRYN uploaded April 2018
Starboard view of midships of freighter, possibly CITY OF SYDNEY, in harbour uploaded April 2018
Two lifeboats from MV SKAUBRYN uploaded April 2018

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Bundaberg, probably during the 1893 floods

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Plastic Transport said:
This is another pic of Bundaberg, showing the lower lying areas in flood...here we see the ornamental facade and roof of the Metropolitan Hotel, corner of Bourbong/Barolin Sts...check it out on Google street view.

The SLQ has a pic of the Holy Rosary Church, corner of Barolin/Woongarra Sts, which is dated 1895...it looks slightly more advanced than the building we see here...I'd add the link, but all the links I make to SLQ time out...however, if you search on Trove for pics of the Holy Rosary Church it comes up...the foundation stone was evidently laid in October 1886...so if the date on the SLQ pic is correct, this ANMM Poulsen pic would have been taken some time in the period 1886-1895...perhaps at the same time as the other ANMM Poulson pics of Bundaberg...which I suspect might have all been taken during/after the 1893 floods...

I'm sure a few Bundaberg people would be interested in these pics...they're fascinating
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Thanks Quasymody - glad you're getting stuck into these Bundaberg pics. It took me a while to realise that this image is facing away from the river. There is so much water on what looks like Crofton & George sts near Saltwater Creek I presume. Fantastic level of detail, thanks again!
Plastic Transport said:
espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:263248/web_UQFL28_Album... ; espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:263249/web_UQFL28_Album... the next frame to the right!
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Ha! Nearly exactly the same! Thanks Quasymody
Jenny Goss said:
Bundaberg Library ca 1916 bundaberg.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?S...
Qld State Library ca 1903 collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE221242

18 footer vessels on Sydney Harbour

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Bryan Hayes said:
Great shot of two evenly matched boats sailing upwind.
covid convict said:

18 footer KERIKI under sail, Sydney Harbour

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b0b said:
ok so they are last - but what a helluva effort!
brill photo as with all of these, hats off to the photographer - bet mine do not srvive a couple of centuries like these do
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
b0b William Hall did an amazing job capturing these pics under those conditions. Glad you like the photo!
Rob Andrew said:
Remarkable.
covid convict said:
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16106479 - this pic appeared in the SMH on 10th March, 1924...it was evidently one of a number of photos of sailing on Sydney Harbour that Hall & Co were sending to London for display at the British Empire Exhibition...for what it's worth, the SMH had the pic the other way around...
covid convict said:
Same photo...see comments/links here