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• cargo
• woolbales
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• sydney
• magdalenevinnen
• wharf
• vintagecars
• wharves
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• nationallibraryofireland
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• queensland
• statelibraryofqueensland
• lanternslides
• colourisedphotographs
• magiclantern
• mine
• mining

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• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 6 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 2 photos & illustrations
• State Library of Queensland 2 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 1 photo / illustration
• Auckland Museum Commons 1 photo / illustration
• British Library 1 photo / illustration

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Unloading wool bales from SS CANONBAR, 1927-1940

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• beachcomber australia said:

  See comments -

Unloading wool bales from SS CANONBAR, 1927-1940

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• beachcomber australia said:

  See comments on the next photo www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/9340737590/

• excellentzebu1050 said:

  Excellent picture

• Fred J Carss said:

  I still baled wool like this in the 1980's.

Unloading wool bales from SS CANONBAR, 1927-1940

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• 3 older comments, and then…
• beachcomber australia said:

  Couple of other photos of SS CANONBAR - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=392550 www.awm.gov.au/collection/303053/

• beachcomber australia said:

  Ha! This is much more interesting than it seems ... From - www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=21243 -

  ss CANONBAR built by Ardrossan Drydock & Shipbuilding Co, Yard No 236 Last Name: KETTARA IV (not in Schell) Previous Names: ROSITA (1949) VALIENTE (1959) Propulsion: steam, triple expansion Launched: Thursday, 14/04/1910 Built: 1910 Ship Type: Steamship Ship's Role: Cargo Tonnage: 708 grt Length: 185.5 feet Breadth: 32.1 feet Draught: 11 feet Owner History: North Coast S. N. Co Ltd, Sydney 1926 John Burke Ltd, Brisbane. Requisitioned in WW2 [hence the photo at the AWM website above] 1946 Hong Kong owners, later Singapore/Panama. Status: Sunk - 16/03/1966 Remarks: O.N. 125242. 1910 Registered Sydney. 06/1910 Completed. 1966 Shelled off North Vietnam in the demilitarised zone.

  From - www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?195182 -

  SS Kettara IV was shelled (N Vietnam Army) and sunk off the DMZ, Vietnam on the 16th March 1966 and all the crew were lost. She was on route from Singapore for Danang, with a carg of cement & general cargo.

• beachcomber australia said:

  56 years working life is not bad, I think. Plus several wars ...

• beachcomber australia said:

  Thinking this is after 1926 because of 'Brisbane' on the lifebelt. Or not?

• Photos of the Past said:

  beachcomber australia I was just thinking the same thing. But do those vehicles look older, with no pneumatic tyres?