Sydney harbour
![Boys in nautical uniforms sit a long benches on the top deck of a ship and a man at a blackboard stands in the centre near the mast](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/53457fd0be0ab5bbecb331bb281536e78d8094f1-1920x1522.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
On This Day
20 May 1867 - Vernon nautical school admissions
On 20 May 1867 applications for admission to the nautical school-ship, the Vernon, commenced. The Vernon was purchased by the Colonial Secretary in January 1867 & moored in Sydney Harbour
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About Bohemian Harbour: Artists of Lavender Bay
With its sweeping views across the sparkling water to the city skyline, Lavender Bay on Sydney’s lower north shore has inspired generations of artists
![Painted scene of houses.](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/c8723043b75041eba1fa364abc43f7d5.jpg)
Discover Paradise on Earth
Whether you’re a lover of design, architecture and art, or simply seeking an oasis in the CBD, this new exhibition invites you to reflect on the extraordinary story of architect Marion Mahony Griffin
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Flying boats: Sydney's golden age of aviation
The 1930s were widely considered aviation’s ‘golden’ age, a time when modernity and luxury combined to define an era in world travel that will almost certainly never be repeated
![Circular Quay, ferries 1936](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/57526101f1264eb0a782e77b03d97e0f.jpg)
Harbour views through time
More than 4000 striking images from the Sydney Harbour Trust and Maritime Services Board in the State Archives Collection have been released online
![Man with curly hair being hugged by woman with headscarf holding drink and cigarette.](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/30e3b08056a1458eb9c6d2310e736438.jpg)
In conversation with Wendy Whiteley
Wendy Whiteley OAM talks about the significance of Lavender Bay in her extraordinary life as wife, muse, mother, and creator of a much-loved garden
![Illustration of man on horse.](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/5f2f9f67dcd54bf5830f585cd4067a8c.jpg)
Lennie Gwyther
Lennie ‘the Legend’ Gwyther spent his childhood running around the foothills of Leongatha in country Victoria with his four younger siblings and his prize-winning pony, Ginger Mick
!['Lady Hopetoun' docked at Commissioners Steps in front of the Sydney Harbour Trust building](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/04/b0462463d36d44288cdf13b34a54bad2.jpg)
Maritime Services Board
A sample of the 4000+ digitised glass plate negatives from the Maritime Services Board