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North Parade, Port Adelaide [B 4280] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] The busy wharf at Port Adelaide showing shipping, warehouses and the town buildings on North Parade beyond. The single funnelled ship in the centre is the SS Zealandia, built at Clydebank, Scotland circa 1910 to be a cargo and passenger ship. She was requisitioned to serve as a troop ship in both World Wars and was sunk in Darwin Harbour on the19th February 1942 in the first Japanese bombing attack of Darwin. [On back of photograph] 'North Parade / Port Adelaide / 1924-27'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.9 cm x 10.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1924

Photographer

Gray, F. Malcolm

Collection

Part of Port Adelaide Collection

Subject

Zealandia (Ship)
Wharves -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

03/06/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,165 x 2,136 pixels (6.8 MP)

Size

20.31 MB

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