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Circular Quay, barques 'Wave of Life' and 'Whitehall' [PRG 1373/32/49] • Photograph

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Summary

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]

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.3 cm x 16.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Wave of Life (Ship)
Whitehall (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel
Shipping -- New South Wales -- Sydney
Circular Quay (Sydney, N.S.W.)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'Early Australian Shipping Scenes 1850-1908: Sydney Harbour, Circular Quay, Wooloomooloo Bay, Newcastle'.

This section comprises scenes of Circular Quay 1870-1890.

This image is from the A.D. Edwardes Collection of about 8,000 photographs, mostly of sailing ships from around the world, taken between about 1865 and 1920. Mounted in 91 albums, the photographs are arranged by country of ownership, with some special volumes such as 'Shipping at Port Adelaide' and 'South Australian outports'. Additional information, giving the history of the ships where known, has been provided by maritime historian, Ron Parsons.

Digitisation information

Date

17/04/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,195 x 3,930 pixels (20.4 MP)

Size

61.27 MB

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