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From an upstairs room in the building on the right, the First & Last Hotel (an earlier building to the Tooths collection one), Charles Conder painted this same view in 1888.



Charles Condor 'Departure of the 'Orient' - Circular Quay' (1888) AGNSW


See also from the other direction: www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2495797591/

[source: www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/heidelbergschool...]

O M G ! - the more you look the more you find - I have a strong suspicion that the black ship at an angle on the left IS the SS Orient. Comparison photo (not easy with all those masts, spars, and cranes): nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4404564 That particular wharf is called the "Orient Wharf" on the 1890 Sydney map (zoomable) - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm1280-s1-sd&rg...

There is also a bit of useful history of SS Orient here, including two good views: www.laird-bogstown.com/orient 1.php I think beachcomberaustralia has a good chance of being correct and that the ship at left could be SS Orient. On the topic of the Orient Line Wharf, you can see another reverse view of the wharf here: www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2362647029/

Good stuff, lifeasdaddy. I see that first site you mention also has a ticket from 1888 - it cost 16 pounds and 16 shillings Third Class, London to Australia - www.laird-bogstown.com/orient 2.php Great ship, great painting, and now this great photograph. Trifecta!

Another later (?) photo of the SS Orient (if I am not mistaken) without spars for some reason, at the same wharf but turned around. www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3041761855/

Really, the Opera House is unbeatable. The fort matches Gov House doesn't it? But would not have become an icon of Oz.

don't know about anyone else but those lovely wooden dories in the foreground have got my vote

Give it back to Bennelong and his family!

It is rare to see a photo of the actual Fort Macquarie. The boats are lovely too! but the cropping suggests that they were secondary to the photographer's intentions

Highranger There are several photos of Fort Macquarie in this collection - I have been tagging them when I remember. My favourite, by Henry King (like this) -

The first named ship should be "AUSTRALASIAN". This correct name is visible on the bow of the ship through the zoom feature available at the Persistent URL. We also know that this event occurred at Circular Quay on 3 March, 1885. For reference, see this plate from the Illustrated London News: www.old-print.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=MAR1042211# and this site: www.firstbattalion.au.com/Our Heritage.htm

Of course it is understood that the original caption is retained for historical value. So, you would not be inclined to add a note to your catalogue information at the persistent URL correctly identifying the ships then? Would not such a notation assist researchers seeking a photograph of the actual AUSTRALASIAN? [ Note added 2 May 2013: For some reason the comments by the Powerhouse Museum to which I am responding here has been deleted. The comment by the Powerhouse Museum immediately preceding this one was something to the effect that the caption of this photo "Departure of troopships 'Australian' and 'Iberia' for the Soudan" has been retained because it was on the original plate negative. I'm just adding this note for clarity, because it helps to make sense of how I begin this comments.]

See newly posted related image here: www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2633058828/

The Australasian, and the ship behind it, the Iberia are at the Orient Line Wharf. This photograph is in the collection of the Australian War Memorial at P00640.001, and it states at the AWM "original in Mitchell Library". However you can't get any more original than the glass plate negative in the collection of the Powerhouse Museum.

Wow I am really happy to find this picture. Sometimes I feel the New South Wales contingent in the Sudan is an overlooked part of our history.