bradleyshead
24 photos tagged bradleyshead, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.
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- hoodcollection
- samueljhoodcollection
- ferry
- sydneyharbour
- disaster
- greycliffe
- greycliffedisaster
- ferries
- crane
- pipe
- worker
- salvage
- elderlyman
- smokingpipe
- manuallaborer
- sheerleg
- craneworker
- sheerlegcrane
- maritimeworker
- sydney
- sydneyferries
- sunk
- wreck
- collision
Members using this tag
- Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
- Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection
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Skiffs on Sydney Harbour, 1890-1953 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded January 2014
SS PORT NICHOLSON of London from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2013
Bradleys Head Wharf, Sydney Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded December 2012
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Skiffs on Sydney Harbour, 1890-1953
- mambo1935 said:
Ferries and steam launches in Sydney Harbour, 1900s
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Trainiac said:
It's busy! Is it a steamer race?
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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
Trainiac Hi Trainiac, we're not sure with this one unfortunately.
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beachcomber australia said:
It looks to me as if some ship is on fire and sinking. Kirribilli to the left, and Bradleys Head in the distance.
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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Yes it does too, whatever happened it is emitting a lot of smoke!
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excellentzebu1050 said:
wonderful picture
The 'Queen Mary'
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BobMeade said:
The clothes of the 3 people in the photo seems to date it to the late 1930s or thereabouts.
The RMS Queen Mary arrived in Sydney for refitting at Cockatoo Dock as a troopship in April - May 1940. It was designated HMT Queen Mary (His Majestys Transport)
On May 4, 1940 she left with 5,000 Australian troops aboard, sailing for England.
The grey paint scheme shown in this photograph suggest that it was taken during wartime service.
Maybe on 4 May 1940 - a newsworthy day.
Wartime service saw the Queen Mary in Sydney port several more times in the cause of freedom:
ww2troopships.com/ships/q/queenmary/default.htm -
Nick alaniz said:
Hello, I am the admin for the queen mary and the queen mary two group
and i would like you to join are group
www.flickr.com/groups/892332@N23/
By the way can you put us in your tags please,Thanks -
BobMeade said:
By comparing this to a postcard at the State Library of New South Wales which has identified the ship in the period 1940 - 1945, and by comparing paint schemes, we can see that the Queen Mary here is in wartime paint livery.
Therefore, this photograph was also taken between 1940 and 1945 inclusive.
See the comparison here:
www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/3791371096/ -
State Library of New South Wales said:
The two ships only visited Sydney between the years 1940-1945, that is, never in peacetime
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BobMeade said:
SLNSW, I can see you're right, The Queen Mary only visited Sydney during wartime.
What is the other ship to which you refer?