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85 photos and 1 illustration tagged australiannavy, from 7 members of Flickr Commons.

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Related tags

Tags that often appear on the same photos & illustrations:

• royalaustraliannavy
• warship
• ship
• ran
• cruiser
• thehoodcollection
• australiannationalmaritimemuseum
• navy
• navalvessel
• samueljhoodcollection
• sydney
• sydneyharbour
• hmasaustralia
• sunk
• hoodcollection
• countyclass
• corvette
• bathurstclass
• battlecruiser
• australia
• hmascanberra
• indefatigableclass
• hmasaustralia1911
• naval

Members using this tag

• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 66 photos & illustrations
• State Library of New South Wales 7 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Australia 6 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 3 photos & illustrations
• Royal Australian Historical Society 2 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 1 photo / illustration
• National Library NZ on The Commons 1 photo / illustration

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Funnels of the former HMAS AUSTRALIA I

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• Antoine R said:

  Of course these funnels are not of HMAS Australia but of one of Australian light cruisers: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or Adelaide. Unfortunately I can't say exactly which of them.

Sydney Harbour, 19 March 1932, by Hall & Co.

from State Library of New South Wales

• beachcomber australia said:

  Earlier or later than ... ?

Crowds inspect HMAS AUSTRALIA II at Circular Quay, Sydney

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• beachcomber australia said:

  Woo hoo! This photo was published in the Sydney Morning Herald, 29/10/1928, p.14 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16504967

  25,000 PEOPLE INSPECT H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA. During all yesterday afternoon continuous crowds inspected the Australia. So great was the congestion that the police had to control the traffic.

• beachcomber australia said:

  Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons Oops! Silly me - you already knew that! [promises to read blurb in future!]

• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:

  beachcomber australia [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Just saw this, and the State Library of New South Wales pic, love how our collections overlap :) QM, oh the frustrations of historical investigations :P