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Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour, c 1889 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded October 2012
Wool ships, Circular Quay, Sydney from Powerhouse Museum uploaded March 2008
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Three-masted clipper YALLAROI at a wharf with a tugboat, 1906-1923
- beachcomber australia said:
- Andy Brill said:
- Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
- Lance Lyon said:
Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour, c 1889
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pellethepoet said:
c.1899 -

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beachcomber australia said:
pellethepoet Interesting to compare the two photos, isn't it? This one is earlier - no tram poles etc. Flags and Sunday best clothes - Anniversary Day? (Australia Day).
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beachcomber australia said:
No Fire Station - it's earlier than I thought. More like c.1890 ...
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beachcomber australia said:
Certainly pre-1891 - the Manly Jetty seen in the other photo was built in 1891.
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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
pellethepoet beachcomber australia Thank you for the image and pointing out those clues. We initially dated this as c 1890 based on the women's clothing, however, the State Records NSW photograph provides a better reference point. Thanks again!
Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour
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beachcomber australia said:
Aha! The 'YALLAROI' again! Likely to be September 1889 also - see comments and research -

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beachcomber australia said:
But what is that big white liner at East Circular Quay? Anybody? See -

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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Good morning Beachcomber! The Sailors Home is an interesting one, it looks completely different today. Re the State Records NSW image, I wonder if the building with 'SOUDAN' written on it relates to the conflict which was 1885? This 1886 Trove article mentions a 'Soudan Hotel', lower George St: bit.ly/QCyvHU
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beachcomber australia said:
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons Brilliant information about the Soudan Hotel, which seems to have been a favourite place for Coroner's inquiries It doesn't rate a mention in Trove after 1888, probably due to a name change. Yes, the Sailors Home had a facelift in the 1920s on the George Street side; nearer the quay it is still recognisable. The building which fascinates me is the Mariners Church beyond, which has been endlessly 'improved' for 150 years - www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/visit/ViewAttracti...
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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Haha yes - the Soudan Hotel seems to have been well known to the Coroner. I have never really noticed the Mariner's Church before, "From 1856 to 1859, the Mariners’ Church was built at the site by the Bethel Seaman’s Union. Founded in England and later established in Sydney, the Union was born from the widespread evangelical religious revival of the early 19th century, which included missionary activity among seaman... During levelling of the site, the stonemasons union advised that they would reduce their working hours per day from twelve to eight. This was agreed to by the Bethel Union Trustees, making the site the first in the world to employ workers on an eight-hour day basis." bit.ly/T9jHhN The early stages of a very strong Seamen's Union movement in Australia!
Wool ships, Circular Quay, Sydney
from Powerhouse Museum
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beachcomber australia said:
From an upstairs room in the building on the right, the First & Last Hotel (an earlier building to the Tooths collection one), Charles Conder painted this same view in 1888.

Charles Condor 'Departure of the 'Orient' - Circular Quay' (1888) AGNSW
See also from the other direction: www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2495797591/
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beachcomber australia said:
O M G ! - the more you look the more you find - I have a strong suspicion that the black ship at an angle on the left IS the SS Orient. Comparison photo (not easy with all those masts, spars, and cranes): nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4404564 That particular wharf is called the "Orient Wharf" on the 1890 Sydney map (zoomable) - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm1280-s1-sd&rg...
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BobMeade said:
There is also a bit of useful history of SS Orient here, including two good views: www.laird-bogstown.com/orient 1.php I think beachcomberaustralia has a good chance of being correct and that the ship at left could be SS Orient. On the topic of the Orient Line Wharf, you can see another reverse view of the wharf here: www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2362647029/
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beachcomber australia said:
Good stuff, lifeasdaddy. I see that first site you mention also has a ticket from 1888 - it cost 16 pounds and 16 shillings Third Class, London to Australia - www.laird-bogstown.com/orient 2.php Great ship, great painting, and now this great photograph. Trifecta!
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beachcomber australia said:
Another later (?) photo of the SS Orient (if I am not mistaken) without spars for some reason, at the same wharf but turned around. www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3041761855/