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Circular Quay

from Powerhouse Museum

  • 5 older comments, and then…
  • 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?

View from Circular Quay across Sydney

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    See notes and comments here -
  • Giovanni Portelli said:
    wow !
  • Mich said:
    Ormuz lol. Thats the cockney way of saying Hormuz, as in Strait of.., where world war 3 is going to start.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Mich [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02]Ha ha! Many of the Orient Line ships' names started with an "O" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient_Steam_Navigation_Company
  • beachcomber australia said:
    From these advertisements (SMH 6/1/1904 p.1) - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14591066 The ORMUZ was due to leave Sydney on 30 January (see Orient ad col.4 top) The DUMBEA was due to leave on 1 February (see MM ad col.3 half way down) Also the MOLDAVIA was due to leave on 6 February (see P&O ad col.3 top). This is very possibly the ship seen in the photo to the left. She arrived at that P&O wharf on 27 Jan ... ... which all suggests this panorama was taken between 27-30 January 1904 ??

Circular Quay at Orient Wharf

from Powerhouse Museum