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Landing of the New Zealand to Sydney telegraph cable at La Perouse in 1876
Taken some time in 1876
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Sinking of the SS AUSTRAL 1882
Taken some time in Nov 1882
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Paddle wheel ferry WARATAH, sailing ship GREAT VICTORIA and other vessels, Circular Quay
Taken 2 Mar 1886
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Steam yacht SUNBEAM and other vessels on Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in Jul 1887
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

SS ORIZABA as flagship for the Anniversary Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour
Taken 26 Jan 1888
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in Sep 1889
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

View of Sydney Harbour from Bernard Holterman's house, Lavender Bay
Taken some time in 1891
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Squadron of Australia's first naval fleet arriving in Sydney Harbour
Taken 5 Sep 1891
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The steam yacht ST GEORGE anchored in Farm Cove, Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in May 1892
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The launch of THE LADY MARY at Berry's Bay, North Sydney
Taken 30 Jul 1892
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Botanic Gardens and Alice Street inundated in the Brisbane floods in February 1893
Taken some time in Feb 1893
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Robert Louis Stevenson's party
Taken 12 Sep 1893
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

LADY LOCH under sail on Sydney Harbour
Taken 3 Mar 1894
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Prince Alfred Yacht Club Regatta
Taken 14 Dec 1895
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Victoria Bridge during the aftermath of the Brisbane floods, February 1896
Taken some time in Feb 1896
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Victoria Bridge over the Brisbane River during the floods, February 1896
Taken some time in Feb 1896
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Sloop AUSTRALIA under sail, Sydney Harbour
Taken 25 Apr 1896
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Schooner SPRAY on Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in Oct 1896
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

ESMERALDA on Sydney Harbour
Taken 23 Jan 1897
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Mark Foy's yacht FLYING FISH on Sydney Harbour
Taken 6 Feb 1897
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

GULF OF MARTABAN departing Cowper Street wharf in Woolloomooloo Bay
Taken 17 Feb 1897
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Passenger liner KÖNIGIN LUISE acting as a flagship for the Anniversary Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour
Taken 26 Jan 1898
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Mark Foy's FLYING FISH on Sydney Harbour
Taken 12 Feb 1898
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

HEREWARD wrecked on Maroubra Beach
Taken some time in May 1898
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Hundreds of onlookers watch as the wreck of the HEREWARD is pounded by waves on the shoreline of Maroubra Beach
Taken some time in May 1898
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Naval barque flying the Japanese ensign, Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in Jun 1898
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Start of the Champion 22-footers race, Sydney Harbour
Taken 21 Jan 1899
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

14-footer MARJORIE sailing on Sydney Harbour
Taken 26 Jan 1899
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Skiff on Sydney Harbour, probably participating in Anniversary Day Regatta
Taken 26 Jan 1899
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Yacht STANLEY on Sydney Harbour during the 1899 Anniversary Day Regatta
Taken 26 Jan 1899
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Untitled image of MORAVIAN
Taken 17 Jan 1900
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Woolwich Dock, Sydney
Taken 4 Dec 1902
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

SS MEDIC departing Dalgetty's wharf at Millers Point
Taken 8 May 1903
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

French three-masted barque VINCENNES aground on Manly Beach Sydney, May or June 1906
Taken some time in May 1906
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

USA Fleet illuminations, Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Visit of Great White Fleet to Sydney Harbour with Hornby Lighthouse in background
Taken some time in 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

THODE FAGELUND aground near Cronulla Beach, February 1908
Taken some time in Feb 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Passenger liner ASTURIAS
Taken some time in Mar 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

American battleships entering Sydney Heads
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

On the deck of US battleship CONNECTICUT
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Postcard of USS NEW JERSEY to commemorate the visit of the Great White Fleet to Australia
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Spectators watching the arrival of the US Great White Fleet
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Stereoscope card of a procession in Sydney to commemorate the visit of the Great White Fleet
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The Great White Fleet in Sydney Harbour 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Two vessels of the Great White Fleet in Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Visit of the Great White Fleet to Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Watching the arrival of the Great White Fleet
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Watching the arrival of the Great White Fleet in Sydney
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Passenger liner MARATHON acting as a flagship for the Anniversary Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour
Taken 26 Jan 1910
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

SS ACHILLES departing Sydney
Taken 16 Jul 1910
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Spectators on Clark Island watching the start of a 18 footer race
Taken 11 Feb 1911
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Photographic postcard of a woman, possibly actress Marjorie Neil, and toy bear at a piano
Taken 26 Jul 1911
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Cadets of the training ship MERSEY on shore leave
Taken 25 Dec 1911
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Motor boat QUEENSLAND at the 1912 Motor Boat Championship, Sydney Harbour
Taken 13 Jan 1912
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

PERSIC on left and CERAMIC on right, both of the White Star Line.
Taken some time in Sep 1913
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

HMAS Sydney illuminated at night during the week after the entry of the first Royal Australian Navy Fleet into Sydney Harbour October 4 1913
Taken some time in Oct 1913
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

HMAS AUSTRALIA I outlined with lights
Taken 4 Oct 1913
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

A page from the HMAS Sydney log describing the battle, by an unknown sailor
Taken some time in Nov 1913
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Vessels at Woolloomooloo Bay wharves
Taken some time in May 1914
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Australian troops marching along Macquarie Street, Sydney
Taken 18 Aug 1914
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Australian troops marching on Randwick Road in Sydney
Taken 18 Aug 1914
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

2nd Lt Graham Nelson of the Scottish Rifles
Taken some time in 1915
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Australian Army soldiers marching along Macquarie Street, Sydney
Taken 24 Apr 1915
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Sterling family in the saloon on board E R STERLING
Taken 12 May 1915
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Two images overlaid, depicting a woman and people in a car
Taken 25 May 1915
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Troopship NESTOR underway from Melbourne
Taken 11 Oct 1915
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Troopship ASCANIUS about to depart Melbourne
Taken 10 Nov 1915
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Cairo mosques 1916
Taken some time in 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Cairo scenes
Taken some time in 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Cairo scenes 1916
Taken some time in 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The Great Sphinx of Giza
Taken some time in 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Soldiers waiting to board a troopship, Melbourne
Taken 8 Feb 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Troops (probably Australian Flying Corps) about to board the ORSOVA
Taken some time in Mar 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Members of No 1 Flying Squadron waiting to board HMAT ORSOVA
Taken 16 Mar 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The troopship WARILDA and the tug RACER, Melbourne
Taken 25 May 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Farewell to the troopship ASCANIUS
Taken 27 May 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Members of the 58th Battalion reinforcements awaiting embarkation
Taken some time in Aug 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Troopship ORONTES, Melbourne
Taken 15 Aug 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The troopship KAROOLA about to embark from Melbourne, WW1
Taken 19 Aug 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Members of the 21st Reinforcements, 4th Light Horse Brigade about to depart on the troopship NESTOR
Taken 2 Oct 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Soldiers about to embark on HMAT NESTOR
Taken 2 Oct 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Artillery Officers waiting to board the ULYSSES
Taken 25 Oct 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Egypt scenes 1917
Taken some time in 1917
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Soldiers waiting to board the troopship BALLARAT
Taken 19 Feb 1917
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Ethel May Sterling and her daughter Margaret Francis Sterling, 1918
Taken some time in 1918
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Two-masted schooner SYDNEY moored alongside a three-masted fully rigged ship, Sydney Harbour
Taken 7 Jan 1918
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

HMAHS KANOWNA
Taken 19 Mar 1919
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

HMS NEW ZEALAND at naval buoy number 1 Farm Cove
Taken some time in Jun 1919
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

HMS NEW ZEALAND off Kirribilli, Sydney
Taken some time in Jun 1919
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Portrait of the AIF No. 1 rowing crew from the Henley Peace Regatta
Taken some time in Jul 1919
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Royal Australian Navy men march through Martin Place for the Victory Parade
Taken 19 Jul 1919
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Jellicoe’s flagship HMS NEW ZEALAND in the Sutherland Dock at Cockatoo Island
Taken some time in Aug 1919
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

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