Tag Archives: harbour

Yachts on Sydney Harbour

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

96/44/1-5/4/28/2 Image used in book on page 37 Neg 2137 The image used shows Skiff racing on Sydney Harbour Nothing to do with the Sydney Hobart Ya...

This photograph showing the crew of a small skiff racing on Sydney harbour was taken by David Mist for his 1969 publication, Sydney: a book… More

Dawn, Fort Denison

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Fort Denison from Sydney Harbour Bridge walkway, Sydney

This beautiful early morning view of Sydney harbour was captured by Powerhouse photographer Jean-François Lanzarone while on location gathering images for two of the Powerhouse Museum’s… More

Berry’s Bay Industrial Heritage

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Geoff Barker

This picturesque photograph of Berry’s Bay was taken by the Sydney based photographer Charles Kerry around the turn of the century. Looking across Sydney Harbour… More

Circular Quay at night

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Paula Bray

96/44/1-5/4/177/2 Neg 4954 As used in book on page 164

This night shot was taken by David Mist and was published in his book ‘Sydney, A Book of Photographs’ back in 1969. This black and… More

Circular Quay

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Paula Bray

This image showing Circular Quay comes from the Tyrrell photographic collection and was taken sometime between 1880-1923. We’ve just added this to the Commons on… More

The Powerhouse Museum's Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day, chosen from the Powerhouse Photo Library.

The majority of these images have been taken by Museum photographers for a variety of purposes such as for exhibitions, of objects in our collection, events, behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also feature many images taken by our Flickr community and from our visitors. We hope you enjoy the photographs and stories.

The licensing of each image varies however we are trying to release as many as possible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.1 license.