Mort’s Dock, Sydney. At lower right is a large single funnel cargo-passenger ship alongside the wharf. A four-masted fully rigged ship also appears alongside the wharf. SS WANDRA, a small single funnel vessel, is seen moored at a jetty and possibly BENCAIRN-Liverpool. Also captured is a four masted barque alongside the wharf with it’s main and mizzen masts minus their topmasts.
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s William J Hall collection. The Hall collection provides an important pictorial record of recreational boating in Sydney Harbour, from the 1890s to the 1930s – from large racing and cruising yachts, to the many and varied skiffs jostling on the harbour, to the new phenomenon of motor boating in the early twentieth century. The collection also includes images of the many spectators and crowds who followed the sailing races.
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Object no. ANMS1092[195]
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AndyBrii 5 months ago | reply
Good example for the era of the busy 'working harbour' and, when you lived close to your place of work..
beachcomberaustralia 5 months ago | reply
The WANDRA (see note) had a short and accident-prone life. "A wooden twin-screw steamer, built at the Manning River in 1907" and wrecked off Jervis Bay in December 1915. See SMH 17/12/1915 p.10 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15632074 . There are several reports of mishaps with propellers etc in between those dates, which might explain the ship being near Mort's for repairs.
Which puts this photo between 1907 and 1915. So far ...
beachcomberaustralia 5 months ago | reply
Wait Up!
Is that the THODE FAGELUND on the left being repaired at Mort's Dock?
trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14943803
So February / March 1908?
AndyBrii 5 months ago | reply
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 5 months ago | reply
THODE FAGELUND here. Thanks Beachcomber for lending your eagle eye once again, our records have been tidied :)