Series 1: The Flying Squadron anchored between Middle and North Heads [Sydney Harbour], 13 December...
Series 1: The Flying Squadron anchored between Middle and North Heads [Sydney Harbour], 13 December 1869 / drawing by Rosalie Ann Thorne
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13 December 1869
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PXE 1742/Item 1
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1 drawing - 17.5 x 25.4 cm - pencil
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Out of copyright : Created before 1955
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One pencil sketch depicting six ships of war of the British Royal Navy Flying Squadron on their arrival in Sydney in December 1869. The squadron is shown anchored between Middle and North Heads. In the foreground is a fenced parkland scene.
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Series 1: The Flying Squadron anchored between Middle and North Heads [Sydney Harbour], 13 December 1869 / drawing by Rosalie Ann Thorne
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Captioned lower right: The Flying Squadron, anchored between Middle + North Heads. 13/12/69
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The 1869-1870 cruise of the British Royal Navy's Flying Squadron visited South America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, Hawaii and South America (again). It was the first of its kind 'to visit all our distant shores' and its other aims were to show the British flag in the colonies and cement British naval power around the world...
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PXE 1742/Item 1
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9O4zJZrn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4zJZrn
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9623568
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