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Arrival of Governor Sir Robert Duff, Circular Quay, Sydney, June 1893 / photographer unknown

from State Library of New South Wales

  • 22 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    What a wonderful picture, though I am more interested in the buildings in the background than the Pomp and Circumstance in the foreground. I wonder if it was taken from the roof of the Customs House or the Thomas Mort building? I have been trying to find out about the "bald-faced building" recently on two State Records NSW photos - www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/3683566752/ and www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/2715092837/ . I thought it was a Fire Station because of the doors, or was it part of the old Sydney Harbour Trust Building? Extraordinary looking. Maybe it was a victim of the 1890's recession, hence the incomplete facade for at least three years.
  • Muhammad Fitri said:
    super vintage
  • caoseducado said:
    Bellisima!
  • Sunny Brook said:
    BIG fave!
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    Thank you for pointing out that the Commissariat Store was still there. There was also another tall building at the Quay - from left to right, the Thomas Mort store, then Customs House, then the tallest building on today's Gateway site.

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
  • faded treatment said:
    Yes, beachcomberaustralia, it looks French to me, possibly 'Pacifique', which means 'peaceful'.
  • 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/ .
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Spot the differences! - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemLarge.aspx?itemID=413341
  • 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?

CO 1069-599-142

from The National Archives UK