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The decorated facade of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company offices at 55 Hunter Street, Sydney, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the port bow of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Bombala (1961) loading wool at Sydney, New South Wales. (35mm negative)
A port quarter view of the general cargo liner Galway (1959) loading the auxiliary sloop Mercedes K (1966) alongside a wharf in Sydney harbour, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
The general cargo ship Arawatta (1958) loading bales of wool at a wharf in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Colour transparency)
A port broadside view of the New Zealand Shipping Company refrigerated cargo liner Tekoa (1966) passing Sydney Harbour Bridge, New South Wales, bound out. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant port bow view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Waroonga (1957) alongside a berth in Jones Bay, Sydney, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
A port bow view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Bamora (1961) loading cargo at Berth 4, White Bay, Sydney, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant port bow view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Waroonga (1957) alongside a berth in Jones Bay, Sydney, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
A distant starboard near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the Federal Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Middlesex (1953) at moorings off Walsh Bay in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. (Colour transparency)
Manley Beach Pavilion and shark tower at Sydney, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
The general cargo ship Arawatta (1958) loading bales of wool at a wharf in Sydney, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
A distant port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1949) under tow in Darling Harbour, Sydney, N.S.W., bound out (Colour transparency)
A distant bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) under way, possibly in Sydney harbour, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
A port near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Iberia (1954) stopped in Sydney harbour with a pilot launch alongside. (Colour transparency)
A distant direct on bow view of the motor tanker Lord Mount Stephen (1966) in Gore Cove, Sydney, Australia (Colour transparency)
A view of the rear of the bridge and funnel of the motor tanker Lord Mount Stephen (1966) motoring under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia (Colour transparency)
A view of Circular Quay and the passenger liner Himalaya (1948) taken from the motor tanker Lord Mount Stephen (1966) in Sydney, Australia (Colour transparency)
A close up port near beam view of the stern of the motor tanker Lord Mount Stephen (1966) berthed in, Sydney, Australia (Colour transparency)
A starboard bow view of the motor tanker Lord Mount Stephen (1966) in Gore Cove, Sydney, Australia (Colour transparency)
A close up port bow view of the motor tanker Lord Mount Stephen (1966) berthed in, Sydney, Australia (Colour transparency)
A view of the starboard side of the stern of the Overseas Tankship tanker Caltex Melbourne (1945) while alongside a berth in Sydney harbour, New South Wales. (Roll film negative)
House flag, Australia-Japan Container Line (House flag)
Ophir (1891) (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view of the Cunard Line cruise ship Franconia (1923) alongside the Circular Quay West in Sydney Cove, Sydney, Australia. (sheet film negative)
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