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Basil and Peggy Helm's ship-shape wedding cake
Taken some time in 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

YNGAREN of Goteborg (Gothenburg)
Taken 30 Mar 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

PARRAKOOLA with the Sydney Harbour Bridge, yet to be completed
Taken 20 Apr 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Photograph depicting the rescue of survivors of RMS TAHITI
Taken 18 Aug 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Photograph depicting the sinking liner RMS TAHITI
Taken 18 Aug 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Czech Consul-General Dr Rudolf Kuraz and Hannah and Charles Lloyd Jones on board HNLMS JAVA
Taken some time in Oct 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Dutch Consul-General Teppema, Madame Teppema and Rear-Admiral C C Kayser greeting Lady Riddle and Enid Riddle on board HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930
Taken some time in Oct 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Dutch Consul-General Teppema, Madame Teppema and Rear-Admiral C C Kayser on board HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930
Taken some time in Oct 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

HNLMS JAVA berthed at West Circular Quay wharf, October 1930
Taken some time in Oct 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

HNLMS JAVA entering Sydney Cove, 3 October 1930
Taken some time in Oct 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Lord Mayor of Sydney, Ernest Samuel Marks, boarding HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930
Taken some time in Oct 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Night scene with HNLMS JAVA berthed at West Circular Quay wharf, October 1930
Taken some time in Oct 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Night scene with HNLMS JAVA berthed at West Circular Quay wharf, October 1930
Taken some time in Oct 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Miss Hera Roberts posing on the deck of HNLMS JAVA
Taken 10 Oct 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

HMAS TORRENS I being used as a gunnery target off Sydney Heads
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

HMAS TORRENS I sinking off Sydney Heads
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Naval officers and sailors of watching the sinking of HMAS TORRENS I
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Royal Australian Navy officers and sailors watching the sinking of HMAS TORRENS I
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Seaplane carrier HMAS ALBATROSS attending scuttling of HMAS TORRENS at disposal site
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Sinking of HMAS TORRENS I
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The scuttling of HMAS TORRENS I
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The scuttling of HMAS TORRENS I
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The scuttling of HMAS TORRENS I
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The scuttling of HMAS TORRENS I
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The sinking of HMAS TORRENS I
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The sinking of HMAS TORRENS I
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The sinking of HMAS TORRENS I
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The sinking of HMAS TORRENS I
Taken 24 Nov 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

A group of children hoisted by a crane on board HMAS AUSTRALIA II
Taken 6 Dec 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Children on a slippery slide on board HMAS AUSTRALIA II
Taken 6 Dec 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons