File:Sydney ferry WARINGA at Kurraba Point between 1894 and 1913.jpg

English: Sydney ferry WARINGA at Kurraba Point between 1894 and 1913. This image from a glass plate negative produced between 1894 and 1913 shows the Sydney ferry 'Waringa' frothing to a stop at the Kurraba Point wharf, Neutral Bay, Sydney Harbour. 'Waringa' was built in 1894 and was renamed 'Karaga' in 1913. In the foreground is part of the long flight of steps leading to the wharf with a kindly placed seat.

Opposite is the new North Shore gas works on the north western side of Neutral Bay. This area later became HMAS 'Platypus', the submarine base for the Royal Australian Navy.

Graeme Andrews OAM, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences volunteer under the supervision of Margaret Simpson, Curator, November 2015

This photographic negative was published by the Sydney firm Charles Kerry & Co. and is part of the Powerhouse Museum's Tyrrell collection which contains over 2,900 glass plate negatives by Kerry & Co. Although a few appear to be from the 1880s most were produced between 1892 and 1917. Over this period, and well into the early 1900s, prints from these negatives appeared in many Australian publications and albums of views. In 1903 the company began producing postcards from these negatives, further establishing the images as some of the most significant and best known early views of New South Wales.

Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences. Photograph of Kurraba Point, Neutral Bay, NSW, 1894-1913. Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia. Retrieved on 21 July 2020.