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Low and Wisoff at Work from NASA on The Commons uploaded 25 June
Challenger as seen from SPAS from NASA on The Commons uploaded 22 June
Robot Arm Over Earth with Sunburst from NASA on The Commons uploaded 19 May
Armed and Ready from NASA on The Commons uploaded 13 May
Intelsat VI Capture Attempt from NASA on The Commons uploaded 10 May
Hubble Redeployment from NASA on The Commons uploaded February 2026
26_0069693 Rohr Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded February 2026
26_0069690 Rohr Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded February 2026
26_0069691 Rohr Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded February 2026
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26_0069688 Rohr Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded February 2026
26_0069689 Rohr Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded February 2026
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26_0069685 Rohr Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded February 2026
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Departure of the P&O RMS CHINA
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The 'Aquitania'
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FredV45 said:
This looks more like Wharf 7 in Wooloomooloo Bay, long one of Sydney's liner berths.
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rwchicago said:
Is that a model ship or toy in the foreground?
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juantoo34 said:
Definitely Woolloomooloo finger wharf. [www.ebay.com.au/itm/RMS-AQUITANIA-CUNARD-SHIP-SYDNEY-1940...]
'SS ORIENT I', Sydney Harbour
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beachcomber australia said:
Brilliant photo of the ORIENT. So often she is in the background, not featured. This is the ship which got me sucked into these old photos, due to a famous painting by Charles Conder The Departure of the Orient - Circular Quay (1888) (AGNSW), now available in the amazing GoogleArtProject - www.googleartproject.com/collection/art-gallery-of-new-so... - press the little man for 'Museum View' to visit the painting at the AGNSW.
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beachcomber australia said:
I think the ORIENT was the flagship for the Anniversary Day Regatta in 1884. Was this the big occasion? "To-day the R.M.S. Orient is to be moved from the Circular Quay to Farm Cove, where she will be the flagship at the Anniversary Regatta. She will be moored to the Nelson's buoy. " SMH 24/1/1884 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13558302
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beachcomber australia said:
Particularly as the next photo shows Admiralty House before the additional floor was added in 1885.

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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Amazing! Have been playing around with GoogleArt, how clever! 1884 seems logical re the dates of the other images in the album & the smaller craft & spectators would certainly indicate a big regatta...
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beachcomber australia said:
Description of the 1884 Anniversary Regatta in the SMH 28/1/1884 p.8, including this -
" ... In this instance, the flagship was the Orient, one of the largest and best finished steamers afloat. She was surrounded by craft of all kinds and dimensions, and so numerous that but for the skilful manner in which they were directed they must, as they flitted or darted to and fro, have met with accidents. They gave the harbour in the vicinity of Farm Cove an appearance the animation of which was heightened by the crowds of persons who congregated at Fort Macquarie and Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, and by the fluttering flags of the vessels at Circular Quay, amongst which was the gay tri-colours hoisted as a compliment to the colony by a Messageries Maritimes steamers. The decks of the Orient made most agreeable promenades, and were occupied by several hundreds of persons, including a very large proportion of ladies, who in the natural pride of their sex displayed the magnificent costumes of the present period. On one deck was stationed the band of the Naval Volunteers and on another that of the Vernon, so that visitors had a plentitude of music in addition to their other enjoyments, some of which appeared to closely partake of the character of flirtation. ..."
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