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if everyones' shots were as sharp as this nowadays the world would be a better place!

majestic!

History of the ship: www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=4063

Did this have a sister ship called the Oriana? seem to remember the Oriana coming into Station pier many years ago.

Woolloomooloo wharf (at left) ?

54 Ford Customline There was an Orient Line vessel called SS ORIANA, however it was not the sister vessel of SS ORAMA, it was SS ORONSAY. If you're interested we have various items in the collection related to SS ORIANA that have been published on eMuseum.

beachcomber australia You may be right beachcomber because it definitely isn't Circular Quay. Plus a quick search in Trove suggests that it was berthed at either wharf 7 or 8 when it came to Sydney.

If it was the first visit as is likely, then she departed at noon on Saturday 10 January 1925, according to this - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16184088 . More details of the ship and sinking in 1940 -

" ORAMA; Owned by the Orient Steam Navigation Co. and built in 1924 by Vickers; 19,840 tons; 632x75.2x32.9 ft.; 3,900 n.h.p.; 18 knots; turbine engines. The ocean liner Orama (Capt. F. G. Sherburne), was requisitioned as an auxiliary troop transport for the British Expeditionary Force to Norway in the spring of 1940. On 8th June 1940, aircraft carrier HMS Glorious, destroyers HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent, the tanker Oil Pioneer and the Orama were some 300 miles West of Narvik, just as the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, escorted by lighter craft, were sweeping this area and completely overwhelmed the British, sinking all five ships. The Orama was sunk by gunfire from the Admiral Hipper and was also torpedoed. Nineteen men were killed and 280, including Capt. Sherburne, became prisoners. The Orama was not carrying troops at the time. "

From - www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?114925

The apparition of these faces in the crowd : Petals on a wet, black bough . - Ezra Pound rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1657.html

pellethepoet Very pellethepoetic! The Digital ID mentions the "Departure of Staff . . .", but I think it was the Australian Olympic Team leaving on the RMS 'Ormonde' for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Read all about it - SMH 1/5/1924 page 12, including a very similar image - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16139106 SMH 1/5/1924 page 8, including reference to a flag, "Boy" Charlton, and a teddy bear - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16139296 . Can anyone see the teddy bear? Or "Boy" Charlton?

beachcomber australia Excellent finds!

Here's one of the passengers from the same State Records series, but who is she?
Departure of Staff. S.S. "Ormonde" (30/04/1924) [SRNSW: 12685_a007_a00704_8722000089r]

pellethepoet Passenger list from SMH 30/4/1924 - see if any of the names are recognizable with Harbour Bridge "Staff" - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/28073268

pellethepoet beachcomber australia I think you are on to something here - your research has uncovered an enthusiastic farewell of the Australian Olympics team on their way to the 1924 Paris Olympics. ...I wonder if we can identify any of the same hats in this photo with the one in the Trove newspaper. AB