citytownviews

That has got to join up with, if not an exact panorama - from the Hill & Clark warehouse -

And I reckon she is the ORIENT even more now! The bridge / wheelhouse looks just like -

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 !!

beachcomber australia Glad you enjoyed! The fuller picture of Circular Quay is coming together. We agree that this is almost certainly ORIENT.

This photo seems to be almost a panorama with - ... but with different ships in the foreground.

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 -

beachcomber australia Feel another panorama coming on...? Let me check & see if Hungerford has any more Circular Quay shots up his sleeve...

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons Yes! Not quite a panorama, but you can see the intention - Doubly sure that is the ORIENT.

An educated guess - that is the Orient Line LUSITANIA bottom right. Compare the bow, anchor, rigging, davitts, and figurehead with - Megazoom at PhM - from.ph/30572

beachcomber australia Good point re LUSITANIA, a bit difficult to tell. Although on closer inspection it appears to be washing day on deck there..? We LOVED the Petty's Hotel montage! The Fawlty Towers music was a nice touch :) As you mention, it must have been a favourite with photographers, who also seemed to loved capturing it from the same corner!

This photo was taken after 1883. On the Saturday night of 12th Nov 1883, there was a fire between Lower George St & Pitt St just south of Queens Wharf, next to the Commissariat Stores. The fire destroyed the old 1820s counting house of Berry & Wollstonecraft, which was next south to Mary Reibey's house. In the 1870s Lower George St had become an enclave of Chinese merchants. In the picture, above, John Cowper has put a box around the PS Brighton. In the top left hand corner in that box, you can see the remains of the wall of Berry & Wollstonecraft's counting house, here in this picture was occupied by Sun Kum On Importer. The story is on the previous page. l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/...