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Sydney Harbour from the water

Australian Diary 111: Monowai’s Captain Recalls Forty Years of City's Progress. Forty years of Sydney’s progress as seen by the captain of the ship Monowai.

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Endeavour Journal

What is Australia’s greatest book? In the National Library of Australia there is a 743-page volume that could lay claim to the title.

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Aftermath of ship collision in Newcastle, 1938

Newcastle’s maritime history includes over 200 vessels wrecked in and around the mouth of the Hunter River.

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Inspecting an Australian made ship at Newcastle, 1925

The Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works was established in 1913 at Walsh Island on the Hunter River and by the early 1920s was the centre of Newcastle’s shipbuilding and engineering industr

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A Mountain Goes to Sea

Shipbuilders work at the Whyalla shipyards for Australia’s war effort. A woman shakes out a broom over a veranda with the ship visible to the left. Men walk through the streets to or from work.

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WWI Red Cross charity bazaar, Sydney

Filmed in Sydney during the First World War, this clip shows a Red Cross bazaar held in Martin Place to raise money for the troops at Gallipoli.

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WWI Troops on board the ship

This clip shows the on board activities of some of the troops about to depart Sydney to fight in the First World War. It begins with many of them relaxing on deck.

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Australasian Gazette: Bon Voyage to Ex-Chief Justice, Sir William Cullen

This newsreel segement from approximately 1924 shows the farewell and departure of the retired Chief Justice Sir William Cullen and Lady Cullen in Sydney for an overseas trip.

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Australasian Gazette: Master Pictures Lead the Way

Beginning with an intertitle to give the context, this newsreel segment proceeds to show WA Gibson and Norman Dawn boarding a ship bound for Tasmania.

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Australasian Gazette: HMAS Brisbane Launched at Cockatoo Island

Crowds gather at the docks at Cockatoo Island for the launching of the HMAS Brisbane on 30 September 1915.