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Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • beachcomber australia said:
    That has got to join up with, if not an exact panorama - from the Hill & Clark warehouse -
  • beachcomber australia said:
    And I reckon she is the ORIENT even more now! The bridge / wheelhouse looks just like -
  • beachcomber australia said:
    And I am 90% sure that lifebelt says "ORIENT GLASGOW" (see note). Apologies - getting too EXCITED. It is great to see all the detail of this wonderful ship so close up - the sailors in the bosun's chairs, the fellow scaring seagulls, etc, etc !!
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Glad you enjoyed! The fuller picture of Circular Quay is coming together. We agree that this is almost certainly ORIENT.

South end Circular Quay Sydney N.S.W.

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

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  • Andy Brill said:
    Here is the second Customs House extension (post 1896) c1900 from State Records NSW:
  • beachcomber australia said:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Ha ha thanks! Yes, this photo shows the 1887 extension work to the Customs House (James Barnet, architect, modifying the original two-storey building by Mortimer Lewis). See - Andy Brill They extended again twelve or so years later!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The earlier two-storey Customs House - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au//item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=220378
  • beachcomber australia said:
    About the EMU (1865 - this ISN'T the 1841 ship) -
    "The Manly paddler 'Brightside' (269 tons - 950 passengers) was built in Glasgow and exported to Brisbane to be reassembled for use on the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay as PS EMU. She was originally owned by the Queensland Steam Navigation Company. After another owner, she came to the Port Jackson Steam Boat Company in January 1877 and stayed with the various forms of the Manly ferry company until 1909. She was renamed BRIGHTSIDE in 1887 and sank in June 1897. She was converted into a cargo ferry in 1902 and worked the Manly run in that role until 1908. After being gutted by fire in 1908 the hull was converted to a lighter, but was broken up in 1909."
    From "A Pictorial History of Ferries, Sydney and surrounding waterways" Graeme Andrews, Reed 1982
  • beachcomber australia said:
    In 1887 the EMU also had a collision with the WARATAH which sank just to the left of this photo. Maybe just after this photo was taken?! - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13627954

West side Circular Quay. Sydney NSW

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • beachcomber australia said:
    This photo seems to be almost a panorama with - ... but with different ships in the foreground.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    I am fairly sure that is the ORIENT in the foreground (forewater?!). The two slightly-raked funnels, arrangement of ventilators, masts with spars and gaffs, and the white walls with portholes - all seem to match the ORIENT photo -
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Feel another panorama coming on...? Let me check & see if Hungerford has any more Circular Quay shots up his sleeve...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons Yes! Not quite a panorama, but you can see the intention - Doubly sure that is the ORIENT.