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The Australian National Maritime Museum. We share stories of the sea. Australia’s centre for maritime collections, exhibitions, research and archaeology. Find out more.

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The last upload was April 2018.

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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Australian troops marching on Randwick Road in Sydney

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beachcomber australia said:
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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] beachcomber australia Think you're both right :)
beachcomber australia said:
More snapshots from this campaign in New Guinea in the remarkable Rodoni Collection via the UON Special Collections - [https://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157651638124931]
covid convict said:
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Botheration. From the Bathers Progress postcard series

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excellentzebu1050 said:
amazing !!!!
covid convict said:

View from Neutral Bay looking towards Fort Denison and Garden Island

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beachcomber australia said:
Taken from almost the same place as -

Phillips Collection, PhM
beachcomber australia said:
This photo is slightly earlier judging by the vegetation.
beachcomber australia said:
The trees and vegetation had grown up considerably by 1907 when Arthur Streeton painted "Sydney Harbour from Penshurst (Cremorne)" - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Streeton_-_Sydney_Harbour_from_Penshurst_(Cremorne)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg - click through to large size. Original at AGNSW.
pellethepoet said:
beachcomber australia I always find it's best to go straight to the source: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/OA29.1962/
- click through to large size. :)
beachcomber australia said:
pellethepoet Indeed! But the GoogleArtProject version is sooo much higher-res! You can almost see what Arthur had for lunch!