bradleyshead

24 photos tagged bradleyshead, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1905

2012

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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
Ferries and steam launches in Sydney Harbour, 1900s from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2013
HELEN NICOLL possibly off Bradleys Head and Clifton Gardens, 1900-1932 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded December 2012
Bradleys Head Wharf, Sydney Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded December 2012
Part of a panorama across Sydney Harbour with building 'Cliff Towers' seen in the foreground. from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Three men on a sheerlegs crane probably salvaging the wreck of Sydney ferry GREYCLIFFE, November 1927 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Sheerlegs crane workers probably salvaging the wreck of Sydney ferry GREYCLIFFE, November 1927 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Three men on a sheerlegs crane probably salvaging the wreck of Sydney ferry GREYCLIFFE, November 1927 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Sheerlegs crane workers probably salvaging the wreck of Sydney ferry GREYCLIFFE, November 1927 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Sheerlegs crane probably salvaging the wreck of Sydney ferry GREYCLIFFE, November 1927 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Sheerlegs crane probably salvaging the wreck of Sydney ferry GREYCLIFFE, November 1927 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Sheerlegs crane probably salvaging the wreck of Sydney ferry GREYCLIFFE, November 1927 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Sheerlegs crane probably salvaging the wreck of Sydney ferry GREYCLIFFE, November 1927 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Partially submerged wreck, probably the ferry GREYCLIFFE at Bradleys Head, November 1927 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012

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Bradleys Head Wharf, Sydney Harbour

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

beachcomber australia said:
Golly, the railway lines are still there! - maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Sydney+NSW&hl=en&ll=-33... c.1930 ?
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Same shape, tracks and all! Very easy to spot :)

The 'Queen Mary'

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

4 older comments, and then…
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
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?

Sheerlegs crane probably salvaging the wreck of Sydney ferry GREYCLIFFE, November 1927

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

beachcomber australia said:
Samuel J. Hood had one of his photos of this event published in the Melbourne 'Argus' - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3890173 - described as Monday 7th November 1927. The pontoon and sheerlegs belonged to the Sydney Harbour Trust.
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia It's a shame we don't have photographs of the wreck being lifted out of the water. When you think about it, all those photographs were probably bought by the newspapers. Thanks for the link, great research!