watsonsbay

18 photos tagged watsonsbay, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.

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2014

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Panorama of Watson's Bay, c. 1872, American & Australasian Photographic Company from State Library of New South Wales uploaded June 2021
Watsons Bay from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded April 2017
a1621011h from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2015
Camp Cove, Watsons Bay from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded February 2014
People promenading near the Palace Hotel at Watsons Bay, Sydney from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded July 2013
Yachts and Channel Pile Light on Sydney Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded January 2013
Crowd of civilians at The Gap in Sydney possibly during US Navy fleet visit, 23 July 1925 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Crowd of civilians possibly at The Gap in Sydney during US Navy fleet visit, 23 July 1925 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Crowd of civilians possibly at The Gap in Sydney during US Navy fleet visit, 23 July 1925 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Crowd of civilians possibly at The Gap in Sydney during US Navy fleet visit, 23 July 1925 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Competitors and spectators at a yacht race in Watsons Bay from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded June 2012
View of Watsons Bay showing the ferry wharf and the vessel 'Lady Hopetoun' from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded February 2012
Early view of Watson's Bay from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded August 2009
Watsons Bay Village from Powerhouse Museum uploaded March 2009
The Lookout, South Head from Powerhouse Museum uploaded September 2008

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Early view of Watson's Bay

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

4 older comments, and then…
beachcomber australia said:
Looks like Watson's Bay to me (not "north side"), taken from Gap Bluff looking SW. See 1875 map - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-f110-sd&rgn=0.7...
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
Thanks, beachcomberaustralia, we'll change the caption.
beachcomber australia said:
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection it is strange revisiting this photo 26 months later. The Digital ID link above goes to the wrong photo, but I think it may be linked somehow to this one. More later ... The house in the foreground is the historic 'Clovelly' (built 1834, demolished 1903), at the time the residence of Sir John Robertson. Hence the current Robertson Park. www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/1604... There is a photo of 'Clovelly' dated 1884 where the trees look in a fairly similar state to this photo - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=412763# And another before demolition in 1903 - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=412765#
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
beachcomber australia Fixed the link to Photo Investigator, thanks for picking that up. Those SLNSW photos are great to compare this one with...and to see the sad state 'Clovelly' was in before demolition. Will pass this info along, we can at least place a pre-1903 date. AB
beachcomber australia said:
The photo this one is next to in the 4481 Series and mistakenly connected with as being on the "north side" is probably part of a panorama. See notes and comments here - Could it be that this photo too is also the centre part of a three-frame panorama? Watson's Bay and The Gap seem to have been a favourite spot for photographers, and there are several photos which show the missing two thirds of the view. For example (only) - Opinions anyone? I think the date is nearer c.1885 than 1903, from the style of the photo.

Crowd of civilians possibly at The Gap in Sydney during US Navy fleet visit, 23 July 1925

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Mike Kelly said:
I'd say it was "Gap Park" where Old South Head Road turns west and starts to descend to Watsons Bay.
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
Mike Kelly Thanks! We've added your information to our records :)

Watsons Bay Village

from Powerhouse Museum

AussieGold said:
Back when this picture was taken it was cheap as chips to buy property around Vaucluse and Watson's Bay. It was not considered the elite neighbourhood it is today.
giovanni said:
capolavoro..
yuwan said:
the beauty was formed by the nature. we are lucky we still can enjoy it even though I couldn't afford to live there.
faded treatment said:
Why did they have to get rid of those wonderful post-and-rail fences?
beachcomber australia said:
Colourized -