commissariat
7 photos tagged commissariat, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.
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Related tags
Tags that often appear on the same photos:
- stores
- sydney
- blackandwhite
- archives
- newsouthwales
- staterecordsnsw
- quay
- circular
- buildings
- therocks
- old
- building
- store
- billboards
- georgestreet
- msb
- street
- cars
- vehicles
- bond
- pitt
- powerhousemuseum
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Members using this tag
- Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection
- State Library of New South Wales
- The National Archives UK
- Powerhouse Museum
Photos
Photos tagged commissariat:
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Recent uploads
The last upload was September 2017.
CO 1069-599-142 from The National Archives UK uploaded November 2012
Street view showing the Commissariat Stores building from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded September 2011
Circular Quay from Powerhouse Museum uploaded November 2008
The Rocks, Sydney from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded July 2008
The Rocks, Sydney from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded July 2008
Conversations
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Street view showing the Commissariat Stores building
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beachcomber australia said:
Hmmm - "1/09/1939" was also the day WW2 started, with the invasion of Poland. Just before the demolition of the wonderful Commissariat Stores (1810/12 - 1939). See other views and comments -
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beachcomber australia said:
It is Circular Quay West - not George Street.. Resumption Map Plan U - gallery.records.nsw.gov.au/wp-content/gallery/darling-har...
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Flaky Idea said:
Lovely photos!.
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Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
Thanks beachcomberaustralia - think you might be right about this one - I thought it looked a bit odd for George St. Here's another view: investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/search.as... -AG
Circular Quay
from Powerhouse Museum
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beachcomber australia said:
For more information about the SS Orient: www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2362703683/ and www.laird-bogstown.com/orient 1.php
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faded treatment said:
Yes, beachcomberaustralia, it looks French to me, possibly 'Pacifique', which means 'peaceful'.
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beachcomber australia said:
Thanks for that Wardie44B, or 'Merci'. The French steamship "Pacifique" (built 1899) was owned by the M M (Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes - see note on flag) a French state-owned operation. She was 1,938 tons and (probably) operated the Marseilles - Port Said - Mahe - Reunion - Mauritius - Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney - Noumea route. She was scrapped in 1925. Ref.- www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/mm.htm . The earliest reference to the SS Pacifique in the Sydney Morning Herald is an advertisement for sailing to Noumea at 1pm on Wednesday 15 November 1899 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14233925?searchTerm=SS pacifique . This might not be the sailing that was about to happen in this photo, but it is certainly c.1900. The scaffolding in front of the Customs House (they were adding extra floors) also is evident in this photo - www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/3794327782/ .
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beachcomber australia said:
Spot the differences! - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemLarge.aspx?itemID=413341
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faded treatment said:
Yes, a number of differences, beachcomber. What does is signify that the Pacifique isn't flying any flags (well, not the one on top and not the French flag) in the other image?