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Sir Robert Archdale Parkhill inspects a ship's figurehead at Snapper Island, Sydney

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • beachcomber australia said:
    'Twas on the Island Snapper Where sailors looked so dapper - The figurehead Was a girl in red - Thank God, with clothes to wrap 'er!
    [with a nod and a wink to The Good Ship Venus :-]
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Terrific that the figurehead is safe in the ANMM Collection.
  • excellentzebu1050 said:
    Fantastic in one word
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Cheeky song! :P Thank you! Australian examples of ship's figureheads are actually quite rare.

Peter Taylor, coppersmith, arrested for stealing from his employers

from North East Museums

  • optimal chicken said:
    Interesting. I knew a painter who worked for the council. His fiddle was to call at the stores depot with an empty paint tin. He'd ask the staff there if he could take a small amount of sand away in the empty tin to finish a small job at home. Sand costs very little and so they'd say yes. But - the empty paint tin would be discarded and the painter would take a full new paint tin and place a mound of sand on the tin lid and walk out. Once out, he'd dust the sand off and have a full tin of paint!

Federal Minister for Defence Sir Robert Archdale Parkhill inspects Navy Sea League Cadets at Snapper Island, Sydney

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • beachcomber australia said:
    It was Saturday 20 August 1935 -
    " NAVY LEAGUE DEPOT. Minister Presents Badges to Cadets. The Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) on Saturday inspected the Navy League Sea Cadet Corps at the Sydney depot at Snapper Island, Port Jackson, and presented badges to the cadets who were responslble foi the building of the depot as a national memorial to the former HMAS Sydney. Mr. Parkhill thanked the superintendent (Mr Forsyth) on behalf of the Commonwealth Government for the wonderful work he was doing in giving these boys a chance of learning a career which they wished to follow in preference to taking part in the usual week-end sports. He thanked the boys for giving up their week-end to the study of nautical subjects, as, he said, they would be of great use to the Commonwealth. "
    SMH 22/7/1935 p.5 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17204503
  • beachcomber australia said:
    I wonder who "the superintendent Mr Forsyth" is ? The fellow in civvies?
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Ah, thanks for that correction beachcomber. Perhaps it's the man to the left here:
    Federal Minister for Defence Sir Robert Archdale Parkhill inspects Navy Sea League Cadets at Snapper Island, Sydney