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Wonderful panorama dated January 1871 (see note). I think the photo was originally made for an album sent to the Colonial Office in London, showing the achievements in NSW. That went into the National Archives UK who have also posted their version on Flickr, which happily includes all the ships' names! See - And the three individual photos which make up the panorama -

It should be relatively simple to find out which day in January 1871 this was using Trove. About 10 or 11am by the warehouse shadows on the right!

Hmm - That's not going to work. All the named ships were at Circular Quay wharfs on the 20th and 27th January 1871, ie for at least a week. See these excellent SMH alphabetical lists of "Vessels in Harbour" - 20 Jan 1871 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13216860 27 Jan 1871 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13218966 And all the ships except 'Chance' were there the previous week - 13 Jan 1871 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13221911

beachcomber australia Well aren't I glad I posted this pic. Thanks for identifying the connection, its so great we can name all the vessels so accurately! The SLNSW has the same photograph, attributed to Charles Percy Pickering. It's not cropped & looks like it has the ships names pencilled beneath.

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons I had a feeling it was by Charles Pickering, or at least attributed to him. He was probably under the direction of James Barnet, the NSW Colonial Architect. The date "Jan 1871" on this version makes it extra special! I wonder where the original glass plate negatives are? Probably buried in State Records NSW Series 4481 with completely odd titles ...

I bet that is James Barnet (1827-1904), aged about 40, if these photos are c.1865.
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barnet-james-johnstone-2939
nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23182639

See also -

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/hpeters] Indeed! Here is a GoogleMapsSatelliteView showing the position of No.1 Station. If you then pull out a bit you can see the course of the old railway along what is now William Drive, Barnet (now there's a clue!) Avenue, and Memorial Avenue. (willing to be proved wrong by any cemetery railway buff)

Here we go - the SLNSW has a Government Printing Office version of this photo attributed to Charles Pickering (photographer) and dated 17/3/1871 - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=412132

And several more in the series - trove.nla.gov.au/work/15614293?q=rookwood&c=picture

There is subsequent instance in 1872 of Charles Percy Pickering doing work for the NSW Government "under the direction of James Barnet Esq., Colonial Architect" (on the title page) in this wonderful album "Photographs of Public and Other Buildings" - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=442753

Included in that album is yet another photo of the "Mortuary Haslem Creek (south end)" with James Barnet dressed the same and others loitering awkwardly - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/album/ItemViewer.aspx?itemid=823409&am...

Found on Flickr! Thomas Duckett, the sculptor of the angels -

Charles Pickering was commissioned to photograph public works for the government architect James Barnet in 1870. The photographs themselves were intended for display at the London Exhibition of 1873; Pickering was previously engaged as the official photographer to the Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition of 1870. Photographers such as Charles Nettleton and the firm of Cox & Luckin were given similiar commissions in Melbourne as photography played an increasingly important role in the work of government departments. (The collection is on the State Libray of N.S.W. database. This database has a facility to view photographs in a high quality resolution which is really the best way to view the photographs - because of size constraints I will post a link to the high resolution version beneath each photograph).