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Dock workers and the Titan crane c1947

By
David Moore
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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
[Object number 00030758]

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Moore, David

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Cockatoo Island

Cockatoo Island has changed dramatically from the uninhabited rocky island it was when Europeans arrived. Reshaped, levelled, cleared and used for a range of social and industrial purposes, the island is now a historic landmark, administered by the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, and open to the public.

Heavy engineering

Ship building

Cockatoo Island

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Largest island in Sydney Harbour, between Birchgrove and Woolwich.

Titan

Floating crane fabricated in England before assembly at Cockatoo Island where it was used in the construction and refitting of vessels between 1919 and 1991. It was removed in 1992.

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