Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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H.M. Frigate

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  • 18 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Please State Records NSW, a larger version of this to see if we can find the name of the ship from the sailors' headbands.

    "Frigate" is a type of ship - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate .
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Pretty please ? !
  • pellethepoet said:
    ... (with sugar on top)?

    There sure are a lot of frigates to choose from (I'm assuming its a steam frigate because of the presence of what looks like a pressure gauge).

    Here's some info on rifled muzzle loaders
  • Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
    Sorry folks, here you go!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Thanks State Records NSW.

    Alas, no name headbands on the sailors' hats, but the hi-res is astounding, showing a wealth of detail. The pressure gauge looks like a rudder direction indicator. The clock says 14:05.

    There is something engraved on the cannon muzzle which looks like a "D", a name and a date (1883?) . It might be the name of the ship, or the name of the cannon manufacturer. Can anyone decipher it?

Interior Central Railway station concourse, Sydney

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  • Highranger said:
    Such an abomination has replaced that time board, the pot plants and moulded chairs are classics aren't they?
  • Albert Alcoceba said:
    By the time this photo was taken the departures board had already outlived it's usefulness and lacked the flexibility required by the timetable as testified by the numerous supplementary metal signs that had to be used. This was mainly due to the decrease in long distance country trains and the vast increase in shorter distance commuter intercity trains.
  • Highranger said:
    Albert Alcoceba From memory on the Southern Highlands line the only thing that changed was the clock at the top, the destinations remained unchanged. Might have been different on other lines I suppose.
    In any case it was a lovely bit of old world. I'm glad they preserved in in the Powerhouse Museum.
  • Highranger said:
    Albert Alcoceba Those metal signs on the floor look like someone isn't coping very well as you say.
  • Albert Alcoceba said:
    Highranger What used to happen is that columns for country and less frequent trains would be "borrowed" for thenumerous North, West and Illawarra Interurbans. Because the columns didn't have the correct destinations on the flip over slats, the supplementary metal signs were hung up on those less frequently used columns.

Haymarket, Sydney 1924

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  • GrenadierGuardsDmr said:
    Taken from Central Station clocktower looking north. Rawson Chambers now McKell Building. Large building in background was Anthony Hordens department store, now World Square.
  • Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
    GrenadierGuardsDmr Thanks for the info.
  • covid convict said:
    Amongst other things, this pic gives a good view of the site of
    Anthony Hordern & Sons' Haymarket Palace Emporium, which fronted George/Barlow/Parker Sts. By the time this pic was taken, Horderns had long since moved to their massive New Palace Emporium, which occupied the block bound by George/Pitt/Liverpool/Goulburn Sts...it was built in 1904-05. But many of the Haymarket Palace Emporium buildings remained standing for years afterwards...albeit with additions, etc...

    The Haymarket Palace Emporium buildings seen here were built/rebuilt following the catastrophic July 1901 fire, which damaged and destroyed most of the original Emporium buildings...some were rebuilt in the later half of 1901...the others appear to have been built/rebuilt in the following year or so...

    search.records.nsw.gov.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid... - link to the pic at NSW State Archives, where you can zoom in on the detail...when you get there, wait a few moments for the image to load...

    City of Sydney Archives pic of Hordern's original Haymarket Palace Emorium, as it appeared in 1889

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