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682 photos and 57 illustrations tagged harbour, from 29 members of Flickr Commons.

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• sydney
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• harbourscenes
• newsouthwales
• boats
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• blackandwhite
• staterecordsnsw
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• bldigital
• publicdomain
• sailingvessel
• bridge
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• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 178 photos & illustrations
• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection 119 photos & illustrations
• State Library of New South Wales 61 photos & illustrations
• British Library 54 photos & illustrations
• Halifax Municipal Archives 42 photos & illustrations
• Royal Australian Historical Society 41 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 40 photos & illustrations
• Powerhouse Museum 38 photos & illustrations
• North East Museums 26 photos & illustrations
• Fylkesarkivet i Vestland 24 photos & illustrations
• Musée McCord Stewart Museum 24 photos & illustrations
• State Library of Queensland 13 photos & illustrations

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Vessel berthed at Jones Bay Wharf in Pyrmont, 1932-1953

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• Peter Cundall said:

  Appears to British India's 1919 built cargo ship Gandara sunk 1942.

Arrival of new ferry South Steyne from Scotland, Port Jackson, 1938

from State Library of New South Wales

• State Library of New South Wales said:

  NEW FERRY BOAT (1938, September 10). The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1939), p. 5. Retrieved August 13, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125727148

• State Library of New South Wales said:

  NEW FERRY FOR MANLY SERVICE (1938, September 10). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved August 13, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133145898

• State Library of New South Wales said:

  SOUTH STEYNE AT SYDNEY (1938, September 10). Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 13, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162061138

Woman in a sports car with a dog, Sydney Harbour, 1940

from State Library of New South Wales

• covid convict said:

  This is a pic of 'Harbour Girl' Rose Mitchell and her dog Pedoro... nla.gov.au/nla.obj-442631946/view?partId=nla.obj-44266376... - a cropped version of the pic appeared in Pix on 4th January, 1941...in a feature article on Rose Mitchell...who evidently lived on her father's launch moored at Rose Bay, in Sydney...see pic on p. 10... Some of the other pics in this series also appeared in the Pix feature article... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230963074 - the Sun, 6th November, 1941...Rose Mitchell was a finalist in the Australian 'Streamlined Venus' contest... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/235601406 - the Hurstville Propellor, 5th September, 1940...some background on her father's launch...which was named 'Pedoro'...according to Pix, the dog was named after the launch... www.navy.gov.au/hmas-pedoro - during WW2 the launch was requisitioned by the navy...and was used as a Naval Auxiliary Patrol Vessel... www.instagram.com/pedoro1940/ - the launch has evidently been restored survives today...I'm not in Instagram...so I'm blocked from checking out the pics... Ha! Rose Mitchell was another Pix girl captured by the enemy! Per various digitised newspaper hits her father was Stanley Mitchell of Arncliffe, in Sydney... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231574697 - the Sun, 19th July, 1946...pic of Rose Mitchell at her 'marriage'...to Howard Aufderheide, of Minnesota... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231007472 - the Sun, 24th September, 1952...pic of her on a return visit to Sydney with her infant daughter...

• covid convict said:

  Rose Mitchell also appears in this pic www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/52474724667/

• covid convict said:

  Pat West...another Pix girl captured by the enemy! www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/53018850623/