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Wooloomooloo from the Domain

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/78

Wooloomooloo from the Domain in the 1870's.

Wooloomooloo Bay

1892, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/82

Wooloomooloo Bay, 1892.

Shipping at Newcastle

1906, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/104

Shipping at Newcastle in 1906.

Shipping, Melbourne, 'Hope'

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1373/34/13

Shipping in Melbourne in the 1880's with the barque 'Hope'.

Shipping, Melbourne

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/34/19

View of ships in the harbour in Melbourne in the 1890's.

Shipping, Geelong, 'Lightning' and 'Lanarkshire'

1868, Photograph, PRG 1373/34/25

Shipping in Geelong in 1868 with the ships 'Lightning' and 'Lanarkshire'. [Lanarkshire = wooden 3 mast ship, 1473 gross, 1422 net tons. ON48190, 211.0 x 39.0 x 23.7. Built 1864 (5) Gingras, Quebec. Owners: Lewis Potter, registered Glasgow, later Edmiston and Mitchell]

Shipping, Geelong

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/34/27

View of ships in the harbour in Geelong in the 1870's.

Yarra Street Pier, 'Alumbagh', 'Colonial Empire' and 'Juliet'

1871, Photograph, PRG 1373/34/29

Yarra Street Pier in 1871 with the ships 'Alumbagh', 'Colonial Empire' and 'Juliet'.

The 'Lemael' ashore near Semaphore

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1373/35/35

The wooden schooner 'Lemael', 98 tons, ashore near Semaphore [wooden 2 mast schooner, 98 tons. ON79300, 101.7 x 26.3 x 7.7. Built 1892 James Dyson, Duck River, Tasmania, as a 3 mast fore and aft schooner, altered in 1905. First owner, Joseph Lee, registered Launceston. By 1921 T Holyman. Wrecked at Cape Banks, South Australia, July 21, 1921]

Point Turton

1925, Photograph, PRG 1373/39/64

Point Turton. MS 'Nelcebee' at jetty, remains of wrecked SS 'Yulta'.

Edithburgh jetty about 1905

1905, Photograph, PRG 1373/39/72

Edithburgh jetty about 1905. Barque 'Manurewa' alongside.

Stansbury 1903

1903, Photograph, PRG 1373/39/77

Stansbury 1903.

Stansbury 1938

1938, Photograph, PRG 1373/39/78

Stansbury 1938.

'Velocity' wooden brigantine

1800, Photograph, PRG 1373/40/5

'Velocity' wooden brigantine 140 tons [wooden 2 mast brigantine, ON35370, 139 tons. 78.0 x 20.8 x 13.8. Built 1827 at Shaldon at the mouth of the Teign river, in Devon. Owners: formerly in London; Nov. 1868 Robert Drysdale, registered Sydney; Dec. 1868 WL Crowther, registered Hobart; March 1875 Crowther sells 16/64ths to JW Robinson; May 1885 Robinson sells to IE Chapman. Crowther dies 1855 and his exec. James Mulchay. Register closed in 1889 with 'Broken up']

'Amelia J' wooden barquentine

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/40/55

'Amelia J' wooden barquentine. [wood 3 mast top sail schooner (sometimes called a barkentine). 404g. 383n. ON133493. 153.0 x 36.0 x 14.3. Built 1919 H. Moore, Battery Point, Hobart. Owners: H. Jones & Co. Ltd., reg. Hobart. Missing, sailed from Newcastle, NSW Aug. 21 1920 with coal for Hobart but failed to arrive. 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' by O'May has extensive coverage of the loss and subsequent search for this vessel, said to be the last square rigged vessel built in Tasmania.]

'Carin' wooden brigantine

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/40/72

'Carin' wooden brigantine 216 tons.

Shipping at Hobart

1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/40/93

Shipping at Hobart. 'Chili', 'Wild Wave', 'Asia', 'Harriet McGregor', 'Lufra', 'Ethel'.

'Great Admiral' and 'Eden Holme' at Hobart

1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/40/97

'Great Admiral' and 'Eden Holme' at Hobart.

'Joseph Sims' wooden schooner

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/41/4

'Joseph Sims' wooden schooner 105 tons.

'Yolande' wooden barquentine

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/41/45

'Yolande' wooden barquentine 415 tons [wood barquentine rigged sailing vessel, 415 gross 391 net tons.ON85785. 140.6 x 31.0 x 12.8. Built 1883 DA Campbell, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia. First registered at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. March 1884 to Auckland owners (GW Owen), in 1891 sold to Melbourne; 1894 transferred to Sydney and in May 1895 CG Arnold, registered the vessel in Wellington. Totally lost at Westport, New Zealand August 20, 1897]

'Senorita' steel barquentine

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/41/53

'Senorita' steel barquentine 324 tons [steel 3 mast schooner (insurance registered say brigantine) 350 gross, 324 net tons, ON112718, 144.2 x 27.15 x 11.25. Built 1893 Cumming and Ellis, Inverkeithing, for Norwegians who called her the same name. First registered British in 1900, to Auckland 1900 and sometime owned by the Northern Union Steam Boat Co. Ltd. Transferred to Sydney 1916 and owned by Sailing Ship Senorita Ltd. Register closed 1922 when vessel converted into a hulk]

'Alcestis' iron barque

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/42/27

'Alcestis' iron barque 398 tons stranded near Dunedin New Zealand. Tug shown attempting to refloat barque.

Shipping at Bluff

1880, Photograph, PRG 1373/42/46

Shipping at Bluff, New Zealand in the late 1880's.

'Governor Wilmot' wooden ship

1891, Photograph, PRG 1373/43/51

'Governor Wilmot' wooden ship 1611 tons. At Hamburg 1891 [wooden 3 mast ship rigged sailing vessel, 1611 tons. ON66885. 214.6 x 41.4 x 24.7. Built 1873 Cruickshank & Pitfield, St. John, New Brunswick. Owners: Z Ring, registered St. John New Brunswick]