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Vessels on the Brisbane River, 1890s

This image depicts several vessels, possibly Pearl-class cruisers, moored in the Brisbane River. The third ship in the distance could also possibly be a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy.

 

The photograph was taken by John Cameron from an original glass plate taken by P C Poulsen from a collection of photographic negatives of original glass plate images from the 1890s-1930s.

 

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Object number: 00048194

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Uploaded on June 26, 2012
Taken on October 8, 2007