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Mrs John Roxborough posing on the deck of HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930

Mrs John Roxborough posing on the deck of HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Aerial view of the procession of mail ships, Maloja, Orford, Nieuw Zeeland and Manunda at the official opening celebrations of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19 March, 1932

Aerial view of the procession of mail ships, Maloja, Orford, Nieuw Zee...

Searle, E. W. (Edward William)..Part of the collection: Official air views of the opening celebrations of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19 March, 1932.; Title devised by cataloguer based on accompanying documentat... More

Sydney Harbour Bridge - 1938, Sydney, Australia

Sydney Harbour Bridge - 1938, Sydney, Australia

Image 25000051 - The Sydney Harbour Bridge during the Australian Sesquicentenary Celebrations in 1938, with a steamship in the foreground.

Dr Rudolf Asmis and Captain Otto Schniewind on board the German cruiser KOLN

Dr Rudolf Asmis and Captain Otto Schniewind on board the German cruise...

In this image a civilian man poses with two German officers on the deck of the visiting German Konigsberg class light cruiser KOLN. KOLN was berthed at Sydney Cove Passenger Terminal and the officer on the righ... More

Maritime Services Board Steam Sheerlegs with capsized ferry RODNEY in Sydney Harbour, 1938

Maritime Services Board Steam Sheerlegs with capsized ferry RODNEY in ...

On 13 February 1938 a crowd of spectators onboard the ferry RODNEY were farewelling the USS LOUISVILLE in Sydney Harbour. It was top heavy and as passengers ran to one side of the ferry it capsized off Bradleys... More

Sydney harbour from Dawes Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Sydney harbour from Dawes Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Public domain photograph - landscape, 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sydney Harbour. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Sydney Harbour. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Print no. "11529". Purchase; Marc Walter; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:141). More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection.

Two-masted sloop HINDUSTAN berthed at no. 3 wharf Circular Quay, 1890-1939

Two-masted sloop HINDUSTAN berthed at no. 3 wharf Circular Quay, 1890-...

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

Skiffs on Sydney Harbour, 1890-1953

Skiffs on Sydney Harbour, 1890-1953

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

Ship silhouetted in "Heads" to Sydney Harbour

Ship silhouetted in "Heads" to Sydney Harbour

Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More

Spectators watching a naval vessel in the harbour, possibly the Japanese cruiser HIJMS IZUMO

Spectators watching a naval vessel in the harbour, possibly the Japane...

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

KOLN soccer team and Royal Australian Naval Team, Lyne Park, Sydney

KOLN soccer team and Royal Australian Naval Team, Lyne Park, Sydney

In this image the soccer team of German crew members of KOLN, a visiting Konigsberg class light cruiser, pose with the Royal Australian Naval Team. The German team wear white uniforms with insignia on the chest... More

A cat sitting in the fairlead of the barque PAMIR, 1947

A cat sitting in the fairlead of the barque PAMIR, 1947

Between 1900 and the 1950s, Sydney photographer Sam Hood took hundreds of photographs of ships and their crew for souvenirs of their visit or to send home to families. This photograph depicts a ship's cat on th... More

Apprentice on SS UMBALLA with a kitten, 1910s

Apprentice on SS UMBALLA with a kitten, 1910s

Between 1900 and the 1950s, Sydney photographer Sam Hood took hundreds of photographs of ships and their crew for souvenirs of their visit or to send home to families. This photograph depicts an apprentice on t... More

French captain with his dog, 1890-1953

French captain with his dog, 1890-1953

Between 1900 and the 1950s, Sydney photographer Sam Hood took hundreds of photographs of ships and their crew for souvenirs of their visit or to send home to families. This photograph was taken on the deck of a... More

Ferries and steam launches in Sydney Harbour, 1900s

Ferries and steam launches in Sydney Harbour, 1900s

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

Visit of the Great White Fleet to Sydney Harbour

Visit of the Great White Fleet to Sydney Harbour

Image of ten white steam warships at mouth of Sydney Harbour, from north heads towards Hornsby Lighthouse at south heads...In December 1907 United States President Theodore Roosevelt sent the US Atlantic Battle... More

Professor Oscar Ulrich and Elsie Vonwiller next to Japanese Consul General and Madame K Inoue on board HNLMS JAVA

Professor Oscar Ulrich and Elsie Vonwiller next to Japanese Consul Gen...

Ships of the Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed at the Oceanic Steamship Company wharf and Burns Philp an... More

HNLMS DE RUYTER near the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 3 October 1930

HNLMS DE RUYTER near the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 3 October 1930

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Portrait of a Mr John Roche during World War I

Portrait of a Mr John Roche during World War I

Mr John Roche was the honourable secretary of the Pittwater Regatta from 1906 to 1930...This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was... More

Australian Sea Cadets in open boats, 1909-1930

Australian Sea Cadets in open boats, 1909-1930

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is a private sailing club which was formed in 1862. This glass plate negative depicts a large group of uniformed Australian Sea Cadets (also formally known as Naval Reserve Cadet... More

Numerous yachts with Cremorne Point in the background, 1910-1939

Numerous yachts with Cremorne Point in the background, 1910-1939

This photograph depicts various yachts probably near Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour, with Cremorne Point and Robertson Point Light visible in the background to the right...This photo is part of the Australian N... More

Two ship's officers walking on the deck of SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

Two ship's officers walking on the deck of SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection.If reproduced or distributed, this image should be clearly attributed to the collection of the Australian Nationa... More

HNLMS JAVA berthed at West Circular Quay wharf, October 1930

HNLMS JAVA berthed at West Circular Quay wharf, October 1930

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Dutch Consul-General Teppema, Madame Teppema and Rear-Admiral C C Kayser on board HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930

Dutch Consul-General Teppema, Madame Teppema and Rear-Admiral C C Kays...

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Starboard view of SS ORUNGAL with Sydney Harbour Bridge in background, c 1930

Starboard view of SS ORUNGAL with Sydney Harbour Bridge in background,...

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. If reproduced or distributed, this image should be clearly attributed to the collection of the Australian Nation... More

Czech Consul-General Dr Rudolf Kuraz and Hannah and Charles Lloyd Jones on board HNLMS JAVA

Czech Consul-General Dr Rudolf Kuraz and Hannah and Charles Lloyd Jone...

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Night scene with HNLMS JAVA berthed at West Circular Quay wharf, October 1930

Night scene with HNLMS JAVA berthed at West Circular Quay wharf, Octob...

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Mrs Elsa Evans posing on the deck of HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930

Mrs Elsa Evans posing on the deck of HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed at the Oceanic Steamship Company wharf and Burns P... More

Lord Mayor of Sydney, Ernest Samuel Marks, boarding HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930

Lord Mayor of Sydney, Ernest Samuel Marks, boarding HNLMS JAVA, 10 Oct...

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Dutch Consul-General Teppema, Madame Teppema and Rear-Admiral C C Kayser on board HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930

Dutch Consul-General Teppema, Madame Teppema and Rear-Admiral C C Kays...

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed at the Oceanic Steamship Company wharf and Burns P... More

Portrait of a woman, possibly Dorothy H Sterling on board E R STERLING, c 1913

Portrait of a woman, possibly Dorothy H Sterling on board E R STERLING...

This photograph depicts a young woman seated wearing a lace embroidered dress. It is possible that this woman is American shipowner, Captain Edward Robert Sterling's daughter Dorothy (or Dorathy) H Sterling. Th... More

Seaman with a cat and kitten, c 1910

Seaman with a cat and kitten, c 1910

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

HNLMS DE RUYTER near the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 3 October 1930

HNLMS DE RUYTER near the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 3 October 1930

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

HNLMS EVERSTEN near the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 3 October 1930

HNLMS EVERSTEN near the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 3 October 1930

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

HNLMS JAVA entering Sydney Cove, 3 October 1930

HNLMS JAVA entering Sydney Cove, 3 October 1930

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Nun standing on the deck of SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

Nun standing on the deck of SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. ..The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in ... More

Passengers sitting on the deck of SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

Passengers sitting on the deck of SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. If reproduced or distributed, this image should be clearly attributed to the collection of the Australian Nation... More

Dutch Consul-General Teppema, Madame Teppema and Rear-Admiral C C Kayser greeting Lady Riddle and Enid Riddle on board HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930

Dutch Consul-General Teppema, Madame Teppema and Rear-Admiral C C Kays...

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Ship's officer, passengers and children seated on the deck of SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

Ship's officer, passengers and children seated on the deck of SS ORUNG...

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. If reproduced or distributed, this image should be clearly attributed to the collection of the Australian Nation... More

English ship's officer with a monkey, 1900-1930

English ship's officer with a monkey, 1900-1930

Between 1900 and the 1950s, Sydney photographer Sam Hood took hundreds of photographs of ships and their crew for souvenirs of their visit or to send home to families. This photograph depicts an officer from th... More

HNLMS JAVA berthed at West Circular Quay wharf, October 1930

HNLMS JAVA berthed at West Circular Quay wharf, October 1930

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Nun standing on the deck of SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

Nun standing on the deck of SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. If reproduced or distributed, this image should be clearly attributed to the collection of the Australian Nation... More

Children on a slippery slide on board HMAS AUSTRALIA II

Children on a slippery slide on board HMAS AUSTRALIA II

This image depicts children on a slippery slide probably on board HMAS AUSTRALIA II. The event was the annual children's Christmas party and was hosted 6 December 1930. It is possible that the inscription on th... More

A group of children hoisted by a crane on board HMAS AUSTRALIA II

A group of children hoisted by a crane on board HMAS AUSTRALIA II

This image depicts children in a crate hoisted on board HMAS AUSTRALIA II. The event was the annual children's Christmas party and was hosted on 6 December 1930. The girl wearing glasses on the left is Miss Ros... More

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron foreshore parkland area, 1909-1930

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron foreshore parkland area, 1909-1930

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is a private sailing club which was formed in 1862. This image depicts the foreshore parkland area. In the background, a whale's jawbones are visible and form an archway. The jaw... More

Miss Hera Roberts posing on the deck of HNLMS JAVA

Miss Hera Roberts posing on the deck of HNLMS JAVA

Check out our blog ( http://anmm.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/mystery-solved-the-pretty-woman-is/ ) on Hera Roberts as well as a more detailed article ( http://anmm.smedia.com.au/Olive/AM3/ANMM6/Default.htm?href=A... More

View of unfinished Sydney Harbour Bridge aboard HMAS ANZAC

View of unfinished Sydney Harbour Bridge aboard HMAS ANZAC

This photograph was taken aboard HMAS ANZAC probably as it was returning to port after the scuttling of HMAS TORRENS I. In the background, Fort Denison is visible and the Sydney Harbour Bridge appears unfinishe... More

Donna Adelaide Grossardi posing on the deck of HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930

Donna Adelaide Grossardi posing on the deck of HNLMS JAVA, 10 October ...

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Sailors on spar attending furled sails probably on board the German barque GUSTAV

Sailors on spar attending furled sails probably on board the German ba...

The four-masted steel barque AUSTRASIA was built for J and W Goffey of Liverpool by Russell and Company in Glasgow in 1892. In May 1910, it was sold to Aug Bolten of Hamburg, Germany and renamed GUSTAV. It was ... More

Circular Quay, from Milsons Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Circular Quay, from Milsons Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Call Number: Government Printing Office 1 - 16398..Format: Dry plate..Find more detailed information about this photograph:http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?itemID=185349..Search fo... More

Night scene with HNLMS JAVA berthed at West Circular Quay wharf, October 1930

Night scene with HNLMS JAVA berthed at West Circular Quay wharf, Octob...

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed at the Oceanic Steamship Company wharf and Burns P... More

A passenger vessel leaving Darling Harbour, Sydney, 1910s

A passenger vessel leaving Darling Harbour, Sydney, 1910s

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

Two women and a ship's officer on the deck of SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

Two women and a ship's officer on the deck of SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. If reproduced or distributed, this image should be clearly attributed to the collection of the Australian Nation... More

Two men and a child looking at a mounted deer head on board SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

Two men and a child looking at a mounted deer head on board SS ORUNGAL...

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. If reproduced or distributed, this image should be clearly attributed to the collection of the Australian Nation... More

SS CERAMIC leaving Sydney Harbour, 1920-1939

SS CERAMIC leaving Sydney Harbour, 1920-1939

SS CERAMIC was built in 1912 and operated for the White Star Line on the Australian trade run. It only operated on this route for one year before becoming a troopship during World War I. After the war it once m... More

View of Sydney Cove and Circular Quay, 1913-1953

View of Sydney Cove and Circular Quay, 1913-1953

This photograph depicts Sydney Cove and Circular Quay from Dawes Point Battery in Sydney, New South Wales. For Denison is visible in the background in the centre. The ferry in the centre close to the shoreline ... More

Warship, possibly SMS CONDOR of the German Imperial Navy, in Farm Cove in Sydney, 1903-1914

Warship, possibly SMS CONDOR of the German Imperial Navy, in Farm Cove...

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

SS ACHILLES departing Sydney during World War I

SS ACHILLES departing Sydney during World War I

SS ACHILLES was built by Scott and Company at Greenock, Scotland in 1900. It was launched on 28 September 1900 and owned by Ocean Steamships Company Ltd (A Holt and Company) of Liverpool, England. The vessel c... More

Billy Hughes inspects JEANNE D'ARC

Billy Hughes inspects JEANNE D'ARC

JEANNE D'ARC moored at Circular Quay, Sydney on its 1938 goodwill visit to Australia. The then Federal Minister for External Affairs - William "Billy" Morris Hughes, former Australian Prime Minister 1915-1923 -... More

HMS REPULSE in Sydney Harbour during World War I

HMS REPULSE in Sydney Harbour during World War I

From 27 November 1923 to 28 September 1924, the British Royal Navy’s Special Service Squadron cruised around the world visiting and thanking those countries and allies who had offered their support during World... More

HM Ships REPULSE and HOOD in Sydney Harbour

HM Ships REPULSE and HOOD in Sydney Harbour

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

HMS REPULSE possibly near Sydney Heads

HMS REPULSE possibly near Sydney Heads

From 27 November 1923 to 28 September 1924, the British Royal Navy’s Special Service Squadron cruised around the world visiting and thanking those countries and allies who had offered their support during World... More

Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Jellicoe’s flagship HMS NEW ZEALAND in the Sutherland Dock at Cockatoo Island

Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Jellicoe’s flagship HMS NEW ZEALAND in t...

Jellicoe arrived in Australia in June 1919 at the invitation of the Commonwealth to conduct a review of Australia’s strategic situation and to make recommendations for the RAN. He subsequently travelled to New ... More

Shipmaster of the SS PURLEY with his Japanese Spaniel, 1906-1919

Shipmaster of the SS PURLEY with his Japanese Spaniel, 1906-1919

Between 1900 and the 1950s, Sydney photographer Sam Hood took hundreds of photographs of ships and their crew for souvenirs of their visit or to send home to families. This photograph depicts the shipmaster of ... More

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron members Frank and Alexis Albert in front of the club's headquarters

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron members Frank and Alexis Albert in front o...

For a description of Frank Albert's yacht RAWHITI see our ARHV record ( http://emuseum.anmm.gov.au/code/emuseum.asp?style=browse¤trecord=1&page=search&profile=ARHVObjects&searchdesc=HV000019&searchstring=QuickS... More

Opening yacht season, merchant sailors and two men wearing suits in a row boat, 1920s

Opening yacht season, merchant sailors and two men wearing suits in a ...

This image depicts a group of men in a rowing boat, possibly in the harbour in front of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is a private sailing club which was formed in 1862. A cap... More

Cook, Hohn Winter, on board SEETEUFEL with a civilian man

Cook, Hohn Winter, on board SEETEUFEL with a civilian man

This photograph depicts the cook of the two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL, Hohn Winter, opening what appears to be a can of food, with an unidentified man seated next to him. According to the secret files kept on t... More

View of SS MONTORO showing six crewmen leaning on the ship's rail, 1920-1950

View of SS MONTORO showing six crewmen leaning on the ship's rail, 192...

SS MONTORO of the Burns, Philp and Company Ltd shipping line is shown with six crewmen leaning on the ship's rail. The ship was probably carrying passengers between Australia and the Pacific. MONTORO was known ... More

Opening yacht season at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 1920s

Opening yacht season at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 1920s

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is a private sailing club which was formed in 1862. This image depicts the foreshore parkland area. In the background, a whale's jawbones are visible and form an archway. The jaw... More

People disembarking at Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron in Kirribilli, Sydney

People disembarking at Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron in Kirribilli, Sydn...

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is a private sailing club which was formed in 1862. This image depicts the wharf at the foreshore parkland area in front of the Squadron's headquarters in Kirribilli. The Squadro... More

Group of people seated on chairs at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 1920s

Group of people seated on chairs at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 1...

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is a private sailing club which was formed in 1862. This image depicts the foreshore parkland area. In the background, a whale's jawbones are visible and form an archway. The jaw... More

18-footer racing on Sydney Harbour possibly near Clark Island, 1920-1939

18-footer racing on Sydney Harbour possibly near Clark Island, 1920-19...

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

Two-masted yawl TRIXIE in Sydney Harbour, 1920-1939

Two-masted yawl TRIXIE in Sydney Harbour, 1920-1939

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

Two men standing on a wharf in Sydney, 1920-1953

Two men standing on a wharf in Sydney, 1920-1953

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

Onlookers awaiting the arrival of the British Special Service Squadron

Onlookers awaiting the arrival of the British Special Service Squadron

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

View of SS MONTORO, 1920-1950, Sydney, Australia

View of SS MONTORO, 1920-1950, Sydney, Australia

SS MONTORO of the Burns, Philp and Company Ltd shipping line is shown from its port side with streamers flowing from the deck. The ship appears to be departing the dock and was probably carrying passengers betw... More

Opening yacht season at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 1920s

Opening yacht season at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 1920s

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is a private sailing club which was formed in 1862. This image depicts a group of men and women standing in front of the entrance porch to the Squadron's main building at Kirribi... More

Fort Denison aka "Pinchgut Island", Sydney Harbour

Fort Denison aka "Pinchgut Island", Sydney Harbour

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group portrait with eight men on board RMS ORSOVA, including Stanley Bruce and Lord Stonehaven

Group portrait with eight men on board RMS ORSOVA, including Stanley B...

This image depicts eight men on the deck of RMS ORSOVA at the Anniversary Day Regatta which was held on Sydney Harbour on 26 January 1929. From left to right: possibly Colonel Alfred Spain, chairman of the Anni... More

Japanese naval officer playing tennis at Victoria Barracks during a visit to Sydney, 26 January 1924

Japanese naval officer playing tennis at Victoria Barracks during a vi...

Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 men of which 300 were midshipm... More

Company of English players on RMS MOLDAVIA II

Company of English players on RMS MOLDAVIA II

On 26 January 1924, P&O Line's RMS MOLDAVIA II was the flagship for the 136th Anniversary Regatta held on Sydney Harbour. Various distinguished guests were invited for a luncheon on board the liner. Among those... More

Japanese naval ship  HJIMS ASAMA off Sydney Cove, January 1924

Japanese naval ship HJIMS ASAMA off Sydney Cove, January 1924

Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron, led by Admiral Saito, consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 men of ... More

Officers and crew of LAURABADA, c 1924

Officers and crew of LAURABADA, c 1924

Image of officers and crew of motor ship LAURABADA (meaning 'south-east wind' in Papuan) in Sydney Harbour during trials. The ship was used as an inspection vessel in Port Moresby for the Lieutenant-Governor of... More

Japanese Naval Officers at the Millions Club in Rowe St, Sydney, 29 January 1924

Japanese Naval Officers at the Millions Club in Rowe St, Sydney, 29 Ja...

Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 men of which 300 were midshipm... More

HIJMS IWATE in Sydney Harbour, January 1924

HIJMS IWATE in Sydney Harbour, January 1924

Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron, led by Admiral Saito, consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 men of ... More

Woman playing tennis at Victoria Barracks during Japanese Naval Squadron visit, 26 January 1924

Woman playing tennis at Victoria Barracks during Japanese Naval Squadr...

Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 men of which 300 were midshipm... More

Japanese warship HIJMS YAKUMO underway in Sydney Harbour

Japanese warship HIJMS YAKUMO underway in Sydney Harbour

Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron, led by Admiral Makoto Saito, consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 ... More

Mr Reginald Joseph and Mrs Adeline Rita Fagan on board RMS MOLDAVIA II

Mr Reginald Joseph and Mrs Adeline Rita Fagan on board RMS MOLDAVIA II

On 26 January 1924, P&O Line's RMS MOLDAVIA II was the flagship for the 136th Anniversary Regatta held on Sydney Harbour. Various distinguished guests were invited for a luncheon on board the liner. Among those... More

Japanese warship HIJMS IWATE in Sydney Harbour, January 1924

Japanese warship HIJMS IWATE in Sydney Harbour, January 1924

Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron, led by Admiral Makoto Saito, consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 ... More

Entertaining visiting Japanese naval officers at a tennis party at Victoria Barracks, 26 January 1924

Entertaining visiting Japanese naval officers at a tennis party at Vic...

Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 men of which 300 were midshipm... More

Japanese warship HIJMS IWATE in Sydney Harbour, January 1924

Japanese warship HIJMS IWATE in Sydney Harbour, January 1924

Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron, led by Admiral Makoto Saito, consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 ... More

Man and woman on deck of RMS MOLDAVIA II

Man and woman on deck of RMS MOLDAVIA II

This image depicts a man and a woman standing on the deck of P&O Steam Navigation Company's RMS MOLDAVIA II. The text above reads 'Sam Birch...'..On 26 January 1924, P&O Line's RMS MOLDAVIA II was the flagship ... More

HMS HOOD in Sydney Harbour, British navy ship

HMS HOOD in Sydney Harbour, British navy ship

From 27 November 1923 to 28 September 1924, the British Royal Navy’s Special Service Squadron cruised around the world visiting and thanking those countries and allies who had offered their support during World... More

Woman playing tennis at Victoria Barracks during Japanese Naval Squadron visit, 26 January 1924

Woman playing tennis at Victoria Barracks during Japanese Naval Squadr...

Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 men of which 300 were midshipm... More

Japanese sailors from the Imperial Naval Squadron with a turtle at Taronga Zoo, 28 January 1924

Japanese sailors from the Imperial Naval Squadron with a turtle at Tar...

Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron, led by Admiral Makoto Saito, consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 ... More

HMAS AUSTRALIA I under tow, Sydney, Australia

HMAS AUSTRALIA I under tow, Sydney, Australia

This image shows the stern of the former HMAS AUSTRALIA I as it is being towed by tugs out of Sydney Harbour to be scuttled on 12 April 1924. The white ensign is flying at the ship's stern...An article in The S... More

Men departing Garden Island after visiting the former HMAS AUSTRALIA I

Men departing Garden Island after visiting the former HMAS AUSTRALIA I

This image depicts a large group of men departing Garden Island, Sydney, on crowded vessels having visited the former HMAS AUSTRALIA I before its scuttling on 12 April 1924, some 24 miles from inner South Head ... More

Sailors leaving the former HMAS AUSTRALIA I

Sailors leaving the former HMAS AUSTRALIA I

This image depicts sailors and officers on the deck of the former HMAS AUSTRALIA I before its scuttling on 12 April 1924, some 24 miles from inner South Head of Sydney...An article in 'The Sydney Morning Herald... More

Japanese warships in Sydney Harbour, January 1924

Japanese warships in Sydney Harbour, January 1924

Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron, led by Admiral Makoto Saito, consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 ... More

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