dawespoint

14 photos and 1 illustration tagged dawespoint, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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1859

2012

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Port Jackson from Dawes Point, ca. 1842, attributed to John Skinner Prout from State Library of New South Wales uploaded January 2021
a1621010h from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2015
Passenger liner MOOLTAN passing Dawes Point, Sydney Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded August 2013
Vessels at Circular Quay from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded July 2013
Prince Alfred Yacht Club Regatta from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded June 2013
Dawes Point, Sydney N.S.W from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2013
View of Sydney Cove and Circular Quay, 1913-1953 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2013
ROLLICKER arriving at Dawes Point, Sydney Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Circular Quay from Dawes Point, Sydney from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Three-masted barque CHILLICOTHE under tow in Sydney Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2012
Dawes Point, pre-1932 from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded October 2010
Dawes Point, pre-1924 from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded October 2010
Sydney Harbour Bridge, under construction from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded October 2010
From the bridge - looking over Dawes Point from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded September 2009
Bennelong Point, Circular Quay and Dawes Point, 1904 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded June 2009

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Dawes Point, pre-1924

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

beachcomber australia said:
Interesting history of the Dawes Point Battery (.pdf file download) - asaha.com/ebook/DODQ1NDE-/Dawes-Point-Battery-Site,-1791-... . It describes the fort - "By 1819 Governor Lachlan Macquarie ordered the convict and architect Francis Greenway, to construct a castellated fort at Dawes Point. Largely a stage-front, the fort was to appear threatening to vessels sailing into Sydney Harbour through the Heads" This looks like it could be one of Major General Harry Finn's commissioned photographs of 1901-3.
beachcomber australia said:
A later view with trees cut down (c1909-13) - www3.photosau.com/cos1/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=0...
beachcomber australia said:
This stone dated 1789 was found under this building during demolition for the Harbour Bridge in October 1924 -
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
beachcomber australia It looks very stark without the trees.

From the bridge - looking over Dawes Point

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

beachcomber australia said:
I wonder if this was taken by the same photographer (Ted Hood) who did this six months earlier - www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/3447212244/
beachcomber australia said:
The steam paddle wheel horse / vehicle ferry (between Dawes Point and Milsons Point) could be either the 'Benelon' 1885 - www.ferriesofsydney.com/benelon.html or the 'Barangaroo' 1889 - www.ferriesofsydney.com/barangaroo.html
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
Thanks for adding these links, beachcomberaustralia - particularly the one describing Ted Hood hanging upside down to take his photograph! It's hard to say who took the images in this series as they are uncredited.

Three-masted barque CHILLICOTHE under tow in Sydney Harbour

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

beachcomber australia said:
I wonder if this was the occasion - SMH 3/8/1927 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16394391 ?
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Could be it! It's a shame we can't see the name of the tug. Thanks beachcomberaustralia.
beachcomber australia said:
Aha! Thinking laterally, that looks like Wharf 2 Walsh Bay on the right, with Pier One behind.
But what could that HUGE crane behind possibly be building at Dawes Point in possibly 1927 ?
Answer - the Harbour Bridge !!

Q. E. D. ?
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia It looks like it is!
Tashunka Witko (alias CP) said:
molto interessante