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The 'Hereward' wrecked on Maroubra Beach near Sydney

1898, Photograph, PRG 1373/24/60

The iron ship 'Hereward', 1593 tons, wrecked on Maroubra Beach near Sydney. The ship was wrecked on 6 May 1898 [iron ship, 1593 tons, ON77010, 254.0 x 39.0 x 23.2. Built 1877 (8) R Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: JC Campbell registered London c.1885 J Potter, later Hereward Ship Co. (Potter Bros.) registered London. Stranded during an easterly gale on Marboubra Beach (now a Sydney suburb) 6 May 1898. After considerable trouble she was refloated but broke adrift and went ashore again in the same bay. A total loss. For many years her remains were considered to be a danger to surfers and were ultimately removed by explosives. See 'Sail in the South'. Named for Hereward the Wake. Carried a figurehead depicting this character].

The "Sydney Boys" at breakfast

Advertiser Newspapers Ltd., 1941, Photograph, SRG 6/34/26

Crew from HMAS Sydney having breakfast at the Cheer up Hut. [On back of photograph] 'The "Sydney boys" at breakfast Feb. 1941. A number of these men were soon afterwards lost at sea. E. Morison. Record keeper.' [A later annotation reads] 'Uniform 1939-46 White dress / blue veil / blus cape or cardigan'. The Society's stamp and the photographer's stamp have also been put on the back.

Army National Reserve despatch riders

1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/27/67

A group of Army National Reserve despatch riders with motor cycles talking to a soldier wearing Scottish national dress in Sydney, New South Wales.

Army National Reserve despatch riders

1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/27/68

A group of Army National Reserve despatch riders standing with their motor cycles in Sydney, New South Wales.

Chariot racing at a carnival

1916, Photograph, PRG 280/1/27/132

Crowds attending a patriotic carnival in Sydney watching two horse-drawn chariots racing on a track, possibly at the showgrounds.

Men of a military fatigue duty squad

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/27/135

Men of the National Reserve working in a fatigue duty squad at an army camp in the Sydney area, New South Wales.

First seaplane in Australia

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/8/166

Described in the media as "The First seaplane in Australia" this aircraft, a Maurice Farman hydro-plane powered by a 70hp Renault engine was owned by Mr. Lebbeus Hordern of Sydney, N.S.W., and used by the French aviator Maurice Guillaux (1883-1917) to make several flights over Sydney Harbor in May 1914.

Circular Quay, S.S. 'Gulf of Taranto'

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/72

Circular Quay in the 1890's with the S.S. 'Gulf of Taranto' [steel steamship, 3431 gross, 3125 net tons. ON99775, 350.0 x 42.1 x 26.8. Built 1892 (5) Caird and Co. Greenock. Triple expansion recip. steam engine, 398 nhp. Owners: Gulf Line Association Ltd., registered Greenock, 1904 sold to German owners and renamed. At the time the photograph was taken in 1892 the ship was working for the 'Thames and Mersey Line'. She only made the one return voyage in the service. See 'North Star to Southern Cross' by Mabar. Stephenson , Prescott, 1967]

Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/91

Sydney, Woolloomooloo Bay, in the 1890's.

Circular Quay

1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/48

Circular Quay in 1870.

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.

'Brighton' Sydney ferry

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/82/60

Sydney ferry 'Brighton' at Manly Wharf, Circular Quay, Sydney.

Shipping at Circular Quay

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/69

Shipping at Circular Quay in the 1880's.

Circular Quay, ship 'Neotsfield', 4 masted barque 'Loch Torridon'

1892, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/73

Circular Quay, 1892, with the ship 'Neotsfield' and 4 masted barque 'Loch Torridon'.

'Hannah Nicholson' wooden barquentine in Sydney Harbour

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/41/19

'Hannah Nicholson' wooden barquentine 252 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, 252 tons, ON41488, 116.4 x 23.6 x 14.4. Built 1858 L Kennedy and Co. Whitehaven, Cumberland. Owners William Nicholson, registered Melbourne; 1862 George Black; 1872 John Bickers, registered Port Adelaide; May 1894 AE Howard; 1896 R Watt, registered Sydney; 1897 Bernard Byrnes; 1905 Westport Coal Co. Ltd, registered Dundee. Register closed in 1926 when advice received vessel used as a hulk at Timaru] [vessel shown with tug 'Young Bungaree' in Sydney Harbour] ['Young Bungaree' = wooden single screw steam tug, 90 gross, 47 net tons. ON83881. 87.0 x 15.0 x 9.0. Built 1883 James Rodrick, Eagleton, Williams River, NSW. Compound steam engine 25hp. Morrison and Bearby, Newcastle, NSW. Owners: E. Waddington and partners, registered Newcastle, NSW; April 1884 John Dalton; August 1902 Goerge Niccol, registered Auckland; 1905 Devonport Steam Ferry Co. Ltd; later JA Pearce. Broken up and registered closed in 1926]

Wooloomooloo Bay

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/79

Wooloomooloo Bay about 1890.

Circular Quay

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/55

Circular Quay in the mid-1890's.

Circular Quay, barques 'Wave of Life' and 'Whitehall'

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/49

Circular Quay in the 1870's with the barques 'Wave of Life' and 'Whitehall' ['Whitehall' = wooden 3 mast barque, ON44331, 875 gross, 845 net tons (originally 937 tons) Built 1861 (8) Richard Hocking, Plymouth. 184.0 x 33.0 x 22.7. Owners: Richard Hocking, registered Plymouth, later sold and remeasured. Owners: W Bowen, junior, registered Swansea]