Crew on yard of James Craig 1920s

   Crew aloft on James Craig in the 1920s

Images

Photo Library

The Fleet holds a large collection of images in various formats. These include prints, slides, film, glass-plate negatives and CDs. The images are predominantly of ships but other related subjects are also represented. They include the collections of:

  • The Davidson Collection. A collection of about 4000 maritime photographs, taken by the twin daughters of Alister Davidson, a former employee of Burns Philp. Marion and Margaret took the photos mainly during the 1950s. View a selection, arranged by categories, here
  • Author, ship model builder and marine historian Cyril Hume (1935-1979).
  • Robert Lundie, one-time President of the Sydney Flying Squadron.
  • Numerous photographs from the Burns Philp company papers.
  • The collection of professional seaman and writer Graeme Andrews. This collection covers the period from the mid 1960s to 2003 and comprises over 28,000 images. View a selection, arranged by categories, here

Enquiries for copies of all images should be made to the Maritime Records and Research Centre

Images of the Fleet's vessels

A selection of images of the Fleet's vessels can be viewed on-line by clicking on the following links:

Photo Diary

A selection of images of recent Fleet activities and events can be viewed by opening the Photo Diary.

Older Photo Diary images, mainly of the James Craig restoration, can be viewed by following links below:-

Video Clips

A selection of video clips can be viewed by clicking on the links below.

These video clips are not streamed. A clip must download before it will play. Click on the title or picture to download the clip.

All the video clips are for Windows Media Player. If you do not have this, you can download a free version or update by clicking on the icon at right:- (versions available for Mac, Palm etc, as well as pc)

Virtual Tours

To go on a virtual tour click on one of the following links:

Volunteer Images

Images of some shipyard volunteers can be viewed by clicking here:

Last modified on Friday, 13-Aug-2010 12:00:20 EST