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Collection of 239 postcards

Date1900s - 1990s

Object numberANMS0410

NameArchive series

MediumPaper

ClassificationsEphemera

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the Estate of John Watt

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DescriptionThis collection of 239 postcards were sent to and collected by members of the Watt family. They span the period 1900s - 1990s.HistoryThese postcards feature images of Sydney Harbour, Farm Cove, Ballina, Ball's Head, Birkenhead, Brunswick Heads, Byron Bay Lighthouse, Circular Quay, Darling Point, Garden Island, Fremantle, inauguration of Clarence River bridge, Kiama, Milson’s Point, Mosman's Bay, Woolloomooloo Bay, Yarra river, Tweed Heads, Watson’s Bay, Suez Canal in Port Said, Alexandria, Egypt, Dublin, Ireland, Girvan, Scotland, Yaquina Bay, Oregon, Paris, Port Gamble, Washington, Mt Vesuvius, Naples, Seal Bay, Antarctic, Southampton, England, coastal scenes, moonlight scenes, sailing vessels, Great White Fleet images, and images of the following vessels A KETCH, CANBERRA, CHARA, CLAN GALBRAITH, CLAN GRAHAM, COONANBARRA, DSMS KONINGIN WILHELMINA, EILEEN, HAZEL CRAIG, HMAS AUSTRALIA, HMAS CANBERRA, HMAS HOBART, HMAS PARRAMATTA, HMCS JUPITER, HMCS LATONA, HMS CALLIOPE, HMS DRAKE, HMS SHARK, HUIA, IOLANTHE, LOCH ETIVE, MANUREWA, MARAMA, MORMACPENN, MS BARUMUN, MS KONINGIN EMMA, MS MAAS LLOYD, MS TULANE, MS WATERLAND, MT THAMES, MT ZWARTE ZEE, MV FAIRSEA, MV KANIMBLA, MV KOOLAMA, MV LARCHBANK, MV MACDHUI, MV SPRINGBANK, MV WESTERDAM, OCEANIC, OILETTE, PORT HACKING, PORT WAIKATO, RMS NARKUNDA, RMS ORSOVA, RIO BLANCO, RMMS AORANGI, RMS ORAMA, RMS KENILWORTH CASTLE, RMS NALDERA, RMS OMAR, RMS ORION, RMS ORONTES, RMS ORUBA, RMS STRATHMORE, SANUKI MARU, SMV MELINGA, SOUTH STEYNE, SS ANTLEON, SS ATUA, SS BOMBALA, SS BONALBO, SS BOPPLE, SS CANBERRA, SS CANONBAR, SS CELTIC, SS CHRONOS, SS CITY OF DIEPPE, SS CITY OF NAPLES, SS CITY OF POONAH, SS COOLEBAR, SS DARMSTADT, SS DURANBAH, SS GLENREAGH, SS HANSEATIC, SS IRON BARON, SS KATOOMBA, SS KINCUMBER, SS LATONA, SS LEVUKA, SS MACLEAY, SS MAHENO, SS MALOJA, SS MAUNGANUI, SS MONGOLIA, SS MOOLTAN, SS NARKUNDA, SS NOOREBAR, SS ORARA, SS ORCADES, SS ORESTES, SS ORVIETO, SS OUR JACK, SS PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, SS PULCANBAR, SS TOMKI, SS ULIMAROA, SS ULMARRA (II), SS WYANDRA, STRATHAIRD, TV FAIR SKY, TETHYS, THE VIKING, TSMV WESTRALIA, TSS ANTENOR, TSS AWATEA, TSS COOMBAR, TSS DOEPEL, TSS HECTOR, TSS KANOWNA, TSS KYARRA, TSS KYOGLE, TSS MAIANBAR, TSS MAURETANIA, TSS NAMBUCCA (II), TSS UKI (II), TSS YULGILBAR, TSS ZEALANDIA, USS INDIANA, USS MAINE, USS NEBRASKA, USS NEW JERSEY, VIMEIRA, WAIKOUAITI, WARREGO, WESTWARD HO, WILLIAM THE FOURTH and YARRA.